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In a nutshell, you're right. This looks like, on paper, a bad investment market, and it might be. Indie Fund doesn't have to turn a profit and they'll be succe
by TimothyFitz 16y ago
In a nutshell, you're right. This looks like, on paper, a bad investment market, and it might be.
Indie Fund doesn't have to turn a profit and they'll be successful: they're fundamentally about funding the games that they want to see developed that otherwise can't for financial reasons.
Look at their submission setup. You won't find the word "market" there in any form. Not once do they ask about the potential upside. This is not an angel fund in any traditional sense.
I think it makes more sense to think of the "IndieFund" as funding Art and not businesses. They care about how the product will change them and the people around them.
- muhfuhkuh 16y agoI agree. From the looks of it, they're akin to a rich benefactor commissioning a work by a promising young artist that will ultimately end up hanging in a museum, just to say in their social circles, "I funded a promising young artist that is showing at blahblah..." I mean, they're basically giving the prospective developer all of the profits and guaranteeing them 100% of the IP. They just want to expand the culture of Indie games.