Tomorrow Xbox Live Indie Games is being closed and will officially be an end to an era. I just wanted to be nostalgic and thank XBLIG and XNA for getting me into games. I remember when I published my first game ever and it was for XBLIG with a game called
Sky Cat. It wasn't all that great of a game but I was able to do a whole development cycle and that was super helpful as I moved on through my career.
I also remember some of the really great games to come out of it like
Mount your friends or DLC Quest. Idk if there really is anything that is going to be like it (maybe Steam or itch I guess). It definitely had a tone of garbage but there were a couple games that really stood out and I think it helped kickstart the indie revolution that we have now.
Cheers XBLIG, I'll miss you.