Every self-respecting indie developer we know treasures their poverty, wearing it as a badge of honor not unlike those bohemian kids in Rent. But for you monsters that are just interested in a payday, Jeff On Games has an interesting piece about how likely it is that you'll be able to make a living solely as an indie developer (i.e. not very) and how best to achieve that lofty goal.

Unsurprisingly, the keystone to the whole thing is being able to make a quality title. But we'd add another important step to Jeff's list: Capturing the heart of a blog and having it pimp your game in stories with only a threadbare connection to it.

On a completely related note, have you still not played Time Gentlemen, Please?

How to make money as an indie dev originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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