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Re:“It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed” by blakeyrat on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @02:01PM (#10049471)
From reading the reviews of the game on Steam, the main complaints are that it's buggy (especially with regards to enemy AI), and it's incredibly short (not even 2 hours' worth of content.)

There are a lot of $10 games that will entertain for 4-5 or more hours (even excluding the outliers like Terraria). I'm surprised that the developer was surprised at the perceived value of their product.

That said, he's right that the market for indie games is ridiculously saturated right now.

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Re:“It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed” by robryan on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @11:22PM (#10052112)
Yes, unless you are have a really novel concept that will make people see past early bugs (such as ARK: Survival Evolved) you are competing with some games that set the bar very high.

For example something like Ori and the Blind Forest, not exactly indie but a $20 title with amazing graphics and sound and around 6-8 hours of bug free gameplay.

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