Indie as Taste-Culture (mar 2, 1998 – jan 1, 2015)
Description:
With the rise of digital distribution in the 80s and 90s came the development of communities, centred around game making tools.The IGF, founded in 1998, helped to solidify indie games as a culture and community.
In the mid-2000s to early-2010s, a trend of commodification appeared, where publishers began to make use of the indie scene.
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Date:
mar 2, 1998
jan 1, 2015
~ 16 years