How Indie Games DOMINATED the Decade
ALL FORMATS LIFTING THE LID ON VIDEO GAMES CONQUERED How indie games DOMINATED the decade Issue 30 £3 | wfmag.cc Conker Latency OMNO The making of What it is, and how A solo developer’s Rare’s Bad Fur Day to minimise it big action adventure 01_WF#30_Cover V6_RL_DH_VI_RL.indd 1 09/01/2020 12:02 JOIN THE PRO SQUAD! Free GB2560HSU¹ | GB2760HSU¹ | GB2760QSU² 24.5’’ 27’’ Sync Panel TN LED / 1920x1080¹, TN LED / 2560x1440² Response time 1 ms, 144Hz, FreeSync™ Features OverDrive, Black Tuner, Blue Light Reducer, Predefined and Custom Gaming Modes Inputs DVI-D², HDMI, DisplayPort, USB Audio speakers and headphone connector Height adjustment 13 cm Design edge-to-edge, height adjustable stand with PIVOT gmaster.iiyama.com Death Stranding is a mess of weird ideas, and that’s a good thing n the lead up to Death Stranding, there were This isn’t how big-budget games are supposed to a lot of fingers crossed for a Kojima downfall. be made. They say something clearly; they follow There were hot takes and a fair amount of trends; they can be labelled and filed. Reject the models I shade aimed at the nonsensical, star-studded and you deserve no success. It’s the way the world is. trailers. Some say Kojima’s games amount to little more It’s what people want. And yet Kojima Productions didn’t than “sixth form creative writing.” These people are WILL LUTON follow the rules. right. Kojima’s work is defined by the lack of creative As I look back over my decade as a game-maker, I see Will Luton is a veteran inhibitions and pop influence of a media studies student myself become increasingly rational and smart, yet my game designer and from a middle England university – albeit made with product manager games are less interesting.
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