Indie games: Minecraft

Independent games: Minecraft

Independent video games also known as indie game are video games created by individuals or small teams of game designers that are without larger publisher support. Indie games are often innovative and creative and mainly depend on digital distribution. Indie gaming has seen a rise in popularity in the last few years, this mainly due to new online distribution methods and digital download. Depending on the complexity and size of the project. These games may take years to be built from the ground up or if they are quite simple they can be completed in a matter of days or even hours.

Minecraft is an example of an indie game. Minecraft is an independent video game originally created by Swedish programmer Markus Persson also known as NOTCH and as now developed by his company, Mojang. In 2011, Jens Bergensten, also known by his pseudonym Jeb, took full creative control over Minecraft.

Minecraft is a game that involves using a variety of different blocks to create structures. Minecraft was originally a PC game which is sold for around £15.00. It has recently been made available due to digital download on the Xbox 360; it is sold for 1600 Microsoft points which are around £17.00 in money. There are also other indie games such as angry birds created by Rovio which sells for £0.79 as an ios app on android and smart phone.