Places like DigiPen (a great game development school) produce excellent games that are rather indie since they are produced by students at the school. These days, you can find tons of great indie games online, some for free, some for cost. Persson was a bit ahead of his time, perhaps, as he was one of the first to make the transition successfully, with Minecraft. Independent game developers are rapidly becoming a contender in the world of game development, especially for the PC and Mac platforms.
That being the case, the classic version is now available to play, for free, on the Minecraft website.īack in 2009 a smart guy named Markus Persson quit his job as a game developer for a company, and decided to work on his own indie games. Minecraft has become a rather big sensation among avid PC gamers over the last few years, and the game has finally ‘gone gold’ and offers a retail version now.
