Indie Games

                                                             Indie Games


Indie games are games aimed at a nieche market of gamers who tend to play games with a difference then the normal call of duty or fifa. They usually consist of a fantasy story and charactes in the game that will apeal to the gamers. They tend to be made by individuals or small teams of comapnies, Most indie games do not get alot of publicity or tend to advertise much due to the cost involved of advertising such a product to such an nieche market. Indie games started on the PC, that is where the majority of indie games are still found, this may to do with the cost of the package to set up these games.

Some indie games become popular within markets of different consoles however, an example of this would be Minecraft. this games was officially released on the 18th November 2011. it was a modest price considering the usual pricce for anew game was £40.00. it went on to shatter any previous sales records. the game is based around your own world were it is up to you to create your own surroundings i.e your house, the idea came from dungon master and other games near to the mark of minecraft.

World of  warcraft is another indie game that has exploded into the console market from PC. World of Warcraft takes place in a 3D representation of the Warcraft universe that players can interact with through their characters. The game world initially consisted of the two continents in Azeroth: Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms.it took just under 5 years to fully finish world of warcraft and was finally released in 2001. ever since then it has grown bigger and bigger, it was one of the best known indie games to date, it still sells well due to the release of new expension packs and their advertising methods, they offer a free trial to persuade gamers to try their product.