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How The Myth Of The Solo Indie Dev Makes People Think Indie Games Are Cheap To Create - Aftermath (aftermath.site)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago

Solo indie game dev here, I'm primarily like this because of dumb reasons.

Imagine you're a drummer, and you're seeking a band. However, instead of finding people who either need a drummer, or want to form a new band, you get people telling you, that you did a grave mistake by focusing on drums, since drum machines exist. Bass players assume if you don't want to pay them upfront, that means you want to exploit them. When looking for vocalists, you get told that how great instrumental music is, and a really bad singer can ruin a band. After many circles, you get told that you should just play drums under pre-recorded guitar loops.

I call this effect "djentification". Formerly collaborative art becomes easier to produce for a single person, then it becomes the new standard, with people instead try to speialize in a way they can most effectively produce said art alone.