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« on: September 28, 2017, 12:13:38 PM »

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. Beer!

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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2017, 12:40:26 PM »

I think it helped kickstart the indie revolution that we have now.
that's revisionist though: indie games as a movement was already in full swing for completely different reasons and xblig was just the first real response to that from microsoft. in fact, I remember when it was introduced (or maybe when its name changed) some people even theorized that ms did it to combat the rising "threat" of indie games by giving them a bad name, lol
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« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2017, 12:59:36 PM »

Maybe? I just remember there being a fairly large community using XNA and moving on to FNA and Unity. Not to say that the indie movement wasn't already gaining momentum but this was another wave of developers joining in.
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2017, 01:02:22 PM »

shit didn't you need online authentication just to play those? goodbye prismatic solid, shoot 1 up, protect me knight, tempura of the dead, the apple one, johnny biscuit, wizorb, and anything else i forgot
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« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2017, 01:38:47 PM »

xblig never made it to my country afaik
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« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2017, 01:45:39 PM »

xblig never made it to my country afaik
ordinarily i would recommend that you move to the country of Europe but in this instance actually tomorrow you wouldnt be able to enjoy the benefits of living in the country of europe such as playing x box live indie games
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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2017, 01:48:46 PM »

i am in the country of europe you DOLT
you are in a europe overseas territory, big difference
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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2017, 01:49:32 PM »

dont reply to posts before i can delete them you IMBECILE
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2017, 01:57:22 PM »

going to become more compassionate and understanding again. i apologise.
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