Essays about: "indie game"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words indie game.

1. 1. Non-male Career Development in the Video Game Industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Vigdís Kristjánsdóttir; Maïmouna Fischer; [2023]
   Keywords : Non-male career development; career anchors; video game industry; gender minorities; male-dominated workplaces.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper explores the career development of non-male workers in the video game industry in a male-dominated context. It examines their motivation, perception of success, goals, and values. The aim was to contribute to the discourse on the experience of minorities in a majority-dominated work context and how this affects their career development. READ MORE

3. 2. Designing for All Gamers

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

   Author : Ida Amneryd; Anwar Aldafae; [2023]
   Keywords : accessibility; indie game industry; accessibility guidelines; accessibility resources;

   Abstract : In recent years, playing games has become a popular activity for everything from socialising purposes to educating purposes, with billions of players worldwide. However, being able to play games is not evident for people with disabilities. The gaming industry is excluding masses of people by not creating enough accessible games. READ MORE

4. 3. Having the right pedigree? A caste study of an American Mobile game developer’s transition to an indie business model.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Domagoj Kljakovic-Gaspic; [2022-06-23]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of this study was to better understand the transition of a mobile games developer from a Co-Development business model to an Independent one by harnessing the framework of institutional logics. The paper is based on a case study of an American Mobile Game developer with operations in several geographical regions across the world. READ MORE

5. 4. Isomorphism in the indie games industry

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Amit Goyal; [2022]
   Keywords : games industry; game production; isomorphism; indie games; AAA games;

   Abstract : Game development has come a long way from its origins back in the 1970s and 1980s, where small development teams worked over a production cycle of months to produce games. As the processing and graphical capabilities of computers and consoles increased, games became multi-million-dollar projects, developed by large teams over a period of many months, sometimes stretching into years. READ MORE

6. 5. Games and the future of our medium : A manifesto of proposed change

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Christopher Robin Liljenström; [2021]
   Keywords : Manifesto; Games Industry; Gaming; AAA; Indie game; Power-disparity; Development; Growth;

   Abstract : From fears of issues with potential problematic consequences in the gaming industry stemming from a perceived power-disparity between the industry’s two defined“categories” (AAA and Independent), a study was made to investigate. This qualitative study was made to investigate whether or not certain perceived issues in the industry exist, and whether or not they are problematic (and in what way, if any). READ MORE