Financial Fridays! So, what does it cost to make an indie game?

As promised in yesterday’s post, here is a very useful link that will help developers do some back of the napkin guesstimations. Not to be confused with proper projections or calculations, this napkin scrawl is still far superior to the Dinofarm formula: ‘Big indie’ Kickstarters are killing actual indies In the article the author likewise

Financial Fridays! Some clarity.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/274500/discussions/0/405691491102673468/?tscn=1456139312#c405692224242982114 Upon reading its context will become clear. There is a chasm between what people think a game costs to develop (if you read through the comments, here’s a “developer” who thinks great games can be made on a budget of $0) and what it actually costs. Perhaps that’s more accurately this week’s theme: the