‘I don’t think any of my games are pretentious, because I’m not pretending'
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BLG writes: "Do you know any famous games made by one person? Well, we’re here to educate you on some of the best one-man projects out there."
Nice list.
I’ll add 9th Dawn III to that list. Great game made by one person.
Always Sometimes Monster is made by two people technically, but let’s do an honorable mention.
I’d add HABROXIA 1 & 2 on here as well. Berry does pixel wonders with the Game Maker engine.
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Technically speaking Minecraft should have been on the list. But it's nice to see these single devs thrive.
Theyr is no game made by one man. Theyr is always a team of developers behind them.
However there is always someone who comes up with the idea of a game.
When i would give an example of one man with that idea for me its Hideo Kojima....
No there are certainly games made by 1 person, start to finish. Maybe after it launches and becomes a big enough success the 1 person will reach out for help maintaining it or updating, but games have been made by 1 person.
Unless of course you are being insanely nit-picky and trying to claim "the engine they used was made by Unity" or "the assets they put in were made by someone else"
If by prentious we mean : original, clever and inovative. Yes it's a pretentious game.
Behind each game there's an ego. If that ego just want to make games like other games, take no risk and earn a benefice from this experience it's ok.
There are also egos that consider the video game media like a tool to express something in their creativity, they are reaching different goals even if they work in the same industry. Both have their place in the media, the appreciation of the game they produce is only formuled by the public, so if a game is judged as prententious it gives more information from the person that think the game is pretentious than from its creator.
Braid's amazing and i will always love it but its still a mario clone
I've spent 10 minutes writing and re-writing this comment because I can't really sort out in my mind why I think Braid is pretentious. While the ending is interesting, not highly original but interesting, and the game itself well worth a play, there seems to be a feeling running through it that there is that much more going on.
That Braid is some sort of allegory for a problem or larger issue would be fine, but there is no real hint at what exactly that problem or issue is. Instead we just get the idea that it IS a metaphor. Which I think IS pretentious.
I got it but dont see why people love it so much. Kinda average platformer besides the time mechanic. The ontrols were spot on though. Great for one guy but nothing special imo. Limbo, now thats a sidescroller i love to death. Different strokes.
The music, art, all-around perfect gameplay mechanics (including innovative new mechanics), and writing are all BRILLIANT!
That's why everyone bought it! It's the whole experience!