After a pandemic-era funding boom fizzled, Maryland developers are turning to bootstrapping, angels and virality to survive — and keep creative control.

As ballooning costs and longer production cycles strain major publishers, smaller teams are finding room to grow — and meaning in the creative freedom.

The past year has been near-legendary for indie games – from the smash-hit success of Balatro, to games that crept up into success like 1000xResist. Nearly every month, dozens of indies dropped to ...

Early-stage venture Blue Ocean Games has launched a $30 million fund to support indie game developers. The fund uses an investment model called SAIL (Structured Agreement for Indie Launch), which ...

As the video game industry descended on San Francisco for this year's Game Developers Conference, one thing was clear: some of gaming's biggest ideas are born from its smallest teams. At showcase ...

Microsoft's decision to pull back a DMCA takedown request over an accused Minecraft clone could have a big impact on indie game developers.

Originally, the gaming space was literally all about people who could make games, making games, and seeing how well they did. Then, the industry became a bit more corporate, with massive entities ...

No code game engines and tools are becoming increasingly popular, enabling artists and anyone with a good idea to create video games without the need for typing thousands of lines of code. Also known ...

We've been supporting indie developers around the world since 2006. At our events in London, Helsinki, Dubai, San Francisco and more, we're always looking for new ways to help solo developers, small ...

Chequered Ink, a UK company producing fonts, game assets, and indie games, has released a pack of 10,000 game assets "to give budding developers an alternative to AI." Containing over 9000 graphics ...