Comments on: On the Power of Indie Game Development http://ragingrickshaw.com/blog/?p=46 Thoughts about XNA, Windows Phone 7 development, and the state of the Games Industry Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:44:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: LiveStrom http://ragingrickshaw.com/blog/?p=46#comment-11 LiveStrom Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:44:25 +0000 http://ragingrickshaw.com/blog/?p=46#comment-11 Totally agree. It's like going to Pojo's nickle palace, with all of its old arcade games for two nickles a pop, except this time its on this amazing device in your hand. I'm looking forward to when developers can fully utilize the cloud for these old school games, making the experience seemless between the various form factors (laptop, slate, smartphone, and console). I don't think we're too far from that becoming reality. Totally agree. It’s like going to Pojo’s nickle palace, with all of its old arcade games for two nickles a pop, except this time its on this amazing device in your hand. I’m looking forward to when developers can fully utilize the cloud for these old school games, making the experience seemless between the various form factors (laptop, slate, smartphone, and console). I don’t think we’re too far from that becoming reality.

]]> By: Leafworth http://ragingrickshaw.com/blog/?p=46#comment-9 Leafworth Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:15:44 +0000 http://ragingrickshaw.com/blog/?p=46#comment-9 I think the other thing indie developers have going for them is a resurgence in the retro gaming industry. A lot of mobile gaming platforms are reselling titles that are twenty years old to a group of nostalgic gamers. The things that made the original console gaming market great are the same things that drive the current mobile market. The things that made "Bubble Bobble" addictive, "Bionic Commando" fun, and "Dragon Warrior" compelling... are those same elements driving the mobile gaming market today. Ahh... memories. I think the other thing indie developers have going for them is a resurgence in the retro gaming industry. A lot of mobile gaming platforms are reselling titles that are twenty years old to a group of nostalgic gamers. The things that made the original console gaming market great are the same things that drive the current mobile market. The things that made “Bubble Bobble” addictive, “Bionic Commando” fun, and “Dragon Warrior” compelling… are those same elements driving the mobile gaming market today. Ahh… memories.

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