Too niche, said everyone
Two veterans, $750 spent, 10,000 wishlists in a single day — and a niche nobody believed in until they showed up.
How a Misunderstanding Created a Monster
How a car-ride misunderstanding and a professional chef’s background turned the creature-collector genre into a high-stakes dinner rush.
Cardboard Cowboy
From a flat idea to full funding — how one dev turned cardboard into conviction.
Why I Stopped to Look Twice
A magical dating sim might matter more than you think
When Doing Too Much Works
From pixels falling on a screen to communities building their own, R74n’s philosophy is simple: overdo it.
When a Banana Peel Becomes Survival
Inside Black Honey, the slapstick horror of Winnie-the-Pooh meets the stubborn devotion of a two-man team.
When the Math Doesn’t Love You
Real numbers, unsexy work, and the long road to finding an audience.
You Don’t Just Launch It and Leave
A tactical roguelike that didn’t peak at launch, but two years later.
The Chase: Inside the Minds of Indie Creators
Indie games are more than code and pixels. They’re the chase of something real.
He Set Out to Make a Roguelike. Then He Played Pokémon.
Years into his dev career, Sean Young stumbled into the monster-collecting genre — and it changed everything. Monsterpatch is the game he didn’t grow up dreaming about, but one he felt he had to make.
From Failure to Redemption
The Indie Devs Who Refused to Quit
Tinder but for Games
Game discovery, reimagined—by experts, for players.
Tails of Fate
Souls-like combat, pixel-perfect platforming, and an indie dev team proving it can be done.