{"id":14451,"date":"2024-05-14T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/i-dont-see-the-point-of-me-without-the-politics-video-game-writer-meghna-jayanth-on-the-benefits-of-staying-indie\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T12:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T10:37:22","slug":"i-dont-see-the-point-of-me-without-the-politics-video-game-writer-meghna-jayanth-on-the-benefits-of-staying-indie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/i-dont-see-the-point-of-me-without-the-politics-video-game-writer-meghna-jayanth-on-the-benefits-of-staying-indie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I don\u2019t see the point of me without the politics\u2019: video game writer Meghna Jayanth on the benefits of staying indie"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a less happy time attached to triple-A games, Jayanth has settled on smaller, freer developers \u2013 and is using that freedom to speak up for causes bigger companies would rather ignore<\/p>\n

Can a video game writer do her best work at the industry\u2019s biggest scale? Well: Meghna Jayanth is fine where she is. Last year, with Outerloop Games, she released Thirsty Suitors<\/a>,<\/em> <\/em>a fluorescent fusion of messy flirting and sick skating; coming up next is All Rise<\/a>, a climate action courtroom drama. These are indie games \u2013 Thirsty Suitors\u2019 hero is a queer Desi skater and the villain is her feelings; of course it is an indie game \u2013 and Jayanth, one of the star video game writers of her generation, is perfectly at home here, where a modest budget is the trade-off for making joyful games about colonialism, identity and sexuality, with people whose values align with hers.<\/p>\n

The money is smaller, and that hurts getting the work noticed. \u201cIt was tough to come out when we did,\u201d Jayanth says of Thirsty Suitors. \u201cPeople were still playing Baldur\u2019s Gate III, because it\u2019s huge. The average gamer on Steam plays four games a year. That\u2019s the real problem for most indie studios: how do you reach people without millions and a marketing budget?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nAfter a less happy time attached to triple-A games, Jayanth has settled on smaller, freer developers \u2013 and is using that freedom to speak up for causes bigger companies would rather ignore
\nCan a video game writer do her best work at the industry\u2019s biggest scale? Well: Meghna Jayanth is fine where she is. Last year, with Outerloop Games, she released Thirsty Suitors, a fluorescent fusion of messy flirting and sick skating; coming up next is All Rise, a climate action courtroom drama. These are indie games \u2013 Thirsty Suitors\u2019 hero is a queer Desi skater and the villain is her feelings; of course it is an indie game \u2013 and Jayanth, one of the star video game writers of her generation, is perfectly at home here, where a modest budget is the trade-off for making joyful games about colonialism, identity and sexuality, with people whose values align with hers.
\nThe money is smaller, and that hurts getting the work noticed. \u201cIt was tough to come out when we did,\u201d Jayanth says of Thirsty Suitors. \u201cPeople were still playing Baldur\u2019s Gate III, because it\u2019s huge. The average gamer on Steam plays four games a year. That\u2019s the real problem for most indie studios: how do you reach people without millions and a marketing budget?\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a less happy time attached to triple-A games, Jayanth has settled on smaller, freer developers \u2013 and is using that freedom to speak up for causes bigger companies would rather ignore Can a video game writer do her best work at the industry\u2019s biggest scale? Well: Meghna Jayanth is fine where she is. Last …<\/p>\n

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