Indie Games: Developer Interview Round-Up

Which indie developers should you know about? GameTap interviews a dozen of them.

By Douglass C. Perry | douginsano
Apr 10, 2008

The indie gaming scene is an ongoing, ever-changing landscape that reaches from one-man development "teams" to four- to five-person studios. In our quest to reveal a wide array of teams whose games you should know about and play, we've interviewed a dozen developers. We're starting today with a handful and as the week progresses, we'll highlight more.

Indie Games: Iron Dukes Interview
This low-tech minigame compilation focuses on fiction, art, and sound.

Indie Games: Globulos Interview
Marbles, sand, and soccer in a videogame? French developer Globz makes it happen.

Indie Games: Goo Interview
Pillowfort's Tommy Refenes loves a challenge. Goo is a testament to hard work and great talent.

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Indie Games: The Dishwasher Interview
Microsoft's new XBLA darling is all it's cracked up to be.

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Indie Games: Fret Nice Interview
Mårten Brüggemann says the Guitar Hero peripheral is underused. His answer? Fret Nice.

Indie Games: Battleships Forever Interview
Sean Chan Hong explains how complicated RTS games inspired him to create his own.

Indie Games: Clean Asia Interview
Jonatan Soderstrom, aka Cactus, often creates a single game in a day. How does he do it?

Indie Games: Crayon Physics Deluxe Interview
IGF award winner Petri Purho talks crayons, physics, games.

Check back next week for more interviews.

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