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Re:I Am the Cheapest Bastard in Indie Games by coldtea on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @05:10AM (#20807589)
>My guess is that the average gamer is less willing to forgive crappy art than the average game dev, because game devs have more experience dealing with works-in-progress that have unpolished graphics, and “seeing through” the graphics to the underlying merits. I could be wrong, though.

Thing is, the target market for his games is not "the average gamer".

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Re:I Am the Cheapest Bastard in Indie Games by repomies691 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:15AM (#20809202)
This. This is niche-within-niche-within-niche level stuff. Gaming nowadays is insanely big market and there are endless weird niches for all kind of tastes. Businessmen like Jeff discover some specific niche and make living out of it.
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