The Indie Light Podcast

We recently decided to go with Wordpress rather than the hosting platform we were planning on and that increases the work we need to do just a smidge but we’re getting close. Also there’s a special announcement coming soon so stay tuned!

There are three episodes left to record in season one! We’re so excited! This project is our indie project And we’re so pumped to be able to share it. Hopefully everyone else enjoys listening as much as we’ve enjoyed recording! #indiegames #podcast #chaseyourdreams

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Words count for nothing in a world where action is the currency.

Only in our hearts. But that’s because there it’s always Metroid Prime Day.

Hope everyone is having a decent Monday so far. The first season is halfway recorded and we will go live soon! Very excited to share what we have with you all!

Kids now really cannot fathom how much this blew our minds. I assumed it was a prank when I saw it for the first time.

It’s one of the best, too. I imagine it must be hard for executives to support or wrap their head around while it’s in development or something similar. Or maybe just so expensive to make that it’s hopeless to make a profit.

I think that video games may go through something similar to what happened to cars. In the 40’s & 50’s cars were a popular hobby for teens and 20s, not just tools of transit. Now cars as a hobby is relatively niche but they are ever more a part of our daily life. It’s not an exact 1-1 but still.

It is the official position of The Indie Light Podcast to not slap children. However: the photographer in this instance is adamant to test our resolve.

I think I over stated. I don’t mean to say that it is the way forward for devs, just the industry as a whole. You’re both right about that. People need to afford to live and the pay in indies is usually not enough. I just mean that the medium for hobbyists is shifting towards indies in a big way.

It does seem like that’s the only way forward. I’m glad there’s people out there willing to offer guidance now that the AAA bubble looks to be bursting.

This looks incredible! How have I not heard of this before?

This looks super cool.

You’re not wrong but I think you’re overstating. There is an untellable variety of Indies now and they vary in scope and art direction. El Paso Elsewhere has as much content as any major release and it’s low poly 3D art is very artistically robust even still.

But we likely define Indie differently.

The reality seems to be that someone high up at Xbox, someone who likely wasn’t laid off yesterday, isn’t doing their job to get projects finished. Of course you aren’t going to like your sales numbers when you aren’t bringing anything to market. Add to that incompetence the push for A.I….

But that exact scenario playing out over and over again in the past 15 years at Xbox says to me that something is broken on a management level and I can’t but wonder if the wrong people got laid off yesterday. Scalebound was cancelled in 2017, the year before The Initiative was started. 🤔 (2/2)

Everyone here at The Indie Light Podcast, especially myself, is devastated by this newest round of layoffs at Microsoft. They seem to have a genuine and very serious project management issue. The idea that a game could be in development for 7 or 8 years just to get cancelled is frustrating. (1/2)

Play Indies Games. The AAA space is not where it needs to be to sustain a creative industry of this size.

This is such a cool aesthetic. Great work so far.

In the popular consciousness “Indie” seems more about a vibe than a hard definition, unfortunately. For example: Technically Cyberpunk 2077 was an indie if our definition is either developer self-funded or self-published, but if we mean small team or low budget or even just low res. then it wasn’t.

This is why I have a smartphone. Lol Very cool.

This looks so cool. Very exciting.

Right now we have 8 followers. We’re hoping that that number continues to grow but for those 8 of you that have jumped on board so far I want to thank you. We’re very excited for what’s to come and this early support matters so so much. Thank you!

Hey this is how things should work. The reality is that AAA development is struggling with a creativity crisis right now do to the cost of development. So if something connects, even if it takes awhile to get where it needs to be like this one did, it serves the industry for fans to keep it going.

Love love love this!

Quick Update: We have been recording episodes with a handful of guests and we are so so excited for everyone to hear what we’ve got going!

We’re almost ready to launch the podcast! We will be confirming and recording the first flight of episodes soon so please reach out if you’re interested in being featured! We’re looking for Indie devs of all types that have at least one published game with a positive user review score! DMs are open!