Western indie game developers: beg for money, hype up your product, blog about very facet of development and your personal life, attract a cult of personality, release your game and become a rich internet celebrity.
Japanese indie game developers: spend years working on a project in silence or with occasional (technical) updates, release it, "This is my game. I hope you enjoy it."
>>318211621
Fuck off, weeb.
Japan makes better video games.
It's just a fact
>>318211621
When was the last time a Japanese indie developer made billions of dollars? Oh wait, that never happened, because Japanese indie developers can't make good games.
>>318211621
I'm guessing you've never gone to comiket. JPN indie games are hyped all the time, and a lot of them release horrifically buggy shit that you'd expect to see in the dregs of Steam.
rip
:^)
Go Japan
>>318211621
I asked a Japanese indie dev if they could please add more than one resolution. They said they wouldn't because they didn't want to have to draw everything at multiple resolutions.
>>318212937
Who is this baby?
>>318213508
I don't think it works like that?
>>318212937
R.I.P.
>>318213652
Cross dressing Shota
>>318213652
alines from sorcerland
the game is lesss than a buck on dlsite
http://www.dlsite.com/eng/work/=/product_id/RE129482.html
heaps of fun in it's current state but the dev died
>>318214324
wait, like, he died? As in, give-up-the-ghost died?
japan: care's about games
west: care's about money
>>318213145
That's a pretty nice game
>>318214834
car accident
Pic related
>>318215002
But what about Capcom and Konami? They are Japanese.
>>318215096
shiiiiiit...
>>318211621
Do you speak Japanese? Frequent Japanese websites and blogs?
>>318215230
>>318214324
>>318215096
what the fuck man when was this?
>>318215196
capcom and konami are still leagues ahead of most american companies
>>318211621
Maybe the west does blog and hype it's indies more than Japan does overall, but remember that for every one indie development over-hyping their game there are probably a thousand that stay obscure.
The people you hear about are the ones who are good at marketing, which might mean they aren't as good at game development.
>>318211621
And that's why Japanese indie games are dying, friend. People don't know what the fuck they're getting. The more transparent a company is about their development process, the more likely they are to sell.
The only way for the Japs to make money these days is to have established and time-tested IP's to milk, or to do risque visual novels.
>>318215096
Wow, that really sucks. When did that happen by the way?
>>318215675
indie games hardly ever break even either way.
It still kind of saddens me that most Japanese developers simply don't want to bother with Western audiences.
>>318215382
>>318215848
Probrably last year.
Figured he died, he haven't updated nearly a year ago.
>>318216380
As how he died, it's a guess.
>>318216380
his last dev blog update was last year but his last online activity was around march on his pixiv
niconico seems to be charging his card automatically though
>>318217379
Services charges dead mens account until it runs dry.
>>318211621
That image reminds me of Fortune Summoners.
>tfw sequel never ever
It's in Japanese culture to be reserved and not try to hassle people.
>>318220641
same dev, yeah he kind of quit
