There are 6.2 gorrilion games on steam. How does anything without

presumably, the developer enjoys making the game and is artistically satisfied in the act of making something that they are interested in

Hopefully the dev has enough confidence in his ability or his idea that others with the same interests will be drawn to it and hopefully buy it

You see, if you make a good game then people play it and recommend it and do lets play and shit. This is a trick a lot of indie devs still haven't figured out.

>>378497598
artistic satisfaction doesn't pay the bills, and there's a bajillion other guys you have to compete with

>>378497450
>There are 6.2 gorrilion games on steam

%99 of em are indie shit

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>>378497784
Which would make me not want to bother working on a game, even if I knew I could make a good one; odds are it'd just get buried regardless of merit

>>378497716
you gotta really unironically love your game
and your taste must not be shit

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>>378497450
Theres like, a billion books. Why even write anything new ever?

>>378497693
This is the best answer and yet you didn't reply to it OP. Why?

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>>378497693
You're super naive if you think word of mouth is the golden net that saves developers.

>>378497450
It's one thing to make a game. It's another to turn it into a business, and it's tough shit you gotta suck up if you think business isn't a competitive, proactive process.

So many sink. So many I've had to watch sink.

>>378497926
That's why you just pay a few YouTubers to play it, which they will if it's good.

>>378497450
sometimes you hit the lottery
outside of that it's not exactly a great industry to try to get into if your product isn't competitive in some fashion
this applies to anything for which there is a limited amount of attention, like books or music