indie developers and increased funding!

[Neil79]

With the likes of Kickstarter and IndieGoGo proving a mighty successful way to fund your latest project, it was only a matter of time before an indie gaming centric funding site came along. 8-Bit Funding was launched today, and is hoping to provide the best place for indie developers to give their ideas a monetary boost.

The site has launched with seven indie titles already gunning for your cash, and anyone interested in trying the setup out can simply sign up for an account right now and start their own project page.
I talked to organiser Geoff Gibson about how the site came about, and what he hopes to accomplish:
What is 8-Bit Funding, and how can developers get involved?

8-Bit Funding is a new game development-centric crowdfunding website. It’s an easy way for developers who might need a little extra funding to appeal to a community as a whole instead of trying to selling shares or profits in their games to large publishers or venture capitalists.

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2011/01/8bit_funding_a_new_pledge_site.html

Brilliant, more funding the better!. Personally i feel companies should ditch publishers and go solo

 

[Gimpymoo]

Personally i feel companies should ditch publishers and go solo

I agree.

Publishers are evil, yet without them, you wouldnt see half the budgets used for games.

HOWEVER.. how many big budget games are ****.

Give an indie group $1 million and I would love to see what they can do.

Give Activision the same amount and watch the stupid decisions being made before your eyes.

 

[HangTime]

It's certainly easier for indie devs now however I still feel some of them probably will be lacking on the promotional side of things. Word of mouth on the internet is great but for every success we've heard about there are probably 10 games just as good that you never get to see.

That said, most of the publishers would the clout to get games noticed on mainstream sides (or traditional advertising) probably aren't likely to throw much at startup devs anyway.