Indie comics and indie games are closer than you might think. We can learn to be successful creators by learning from both mediums and how they differ from their mainstream counterparts.

Indie games are experience an awesome renaissance of sorts because, much like indie comics, the creators are extremely passionate. Many times the passion supersedes the corporate nature of some of the AAA game titles. One of the coolest things about games as an art form is of course the interactive element. Indie games take that interactive element to the next level by coming up with concepts bigger companies are, in a way, too big to think of in the first place.

 

Indie Game References

Super Meat Boy: http://supermeatboy.com/

The Binding of Isaac: http://bindingofisaac.com/

Cave Story: https://www.cavestory.org/

Limbo: http://www.playdead.com/games/limbo/

Little Nightmares: https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/little-nightmares

Celeste: http://www.celestegame.com/

Tower Fall: http://www.towerfall-game.com/

The Wolf Among Us: https://telltale.com/series/the-wolf-among-us/

Five Nights at Freddy's: https://fivescarynights.com/

Doki Doki Literature Club: https://ddlc.moe/

Dresden Files RPG: https://www.evilhat.com/home/dresden-files-rpg/

Silent Legends: http://silentlegends.com/

 

Indie Story References

Dresden Files Comics: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/comics

Sword Art Online: http://www.swordart-onlineusa.com/

Ready Player One: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/209887/ready-player-one-by-ernest-cline/9780804190138/

Overlord: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4869896/

NPC’s: http://www.booksamillion.com/p/NPCs/Drew-Hayes/L568145265

Scott Pilgrim: https://view-comic.com/category/scott-pilgrim/

Penny Arcade: https://www.penny-arcade.com/