Why do Indie Games Release THIS Empty?

[@BigfryTV]

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[@professorcurious]

Devs: We have made such a big map! Players: Oh wow, what's in it? Devs: Huh?

[@billywashere6965]

Just about every Unreal asset-store game out there, ha.

[@professorcurious]

Yeah, the latest Unreal is the worst thing to happen to storefronts as every crapy game maker is just downloading Unreal 5(I think it is now?) and just charging people money to play it. Play what? Just Unreal 5, a big empty void of Unreal 5 with no game in it, because who needs a game with these graphics!!!? @@billywashere6965

[@RealityScapeStudios]

Exactly!! A big empty map is boring. I try to focus on a map that has meaning. Interactable objects, each building give it something good and impactfull that will make you want to explore the map! Not a huge randomly generated map that is EMPTY and dull.

[@cementi4381]

When I hear "survival genre" or "our players are our content" I hear unfinished game with virtually no content. Every now and then a friend talks me into one but I never stick with them.

[@wolfy6815]

You should have a look at Grand Emprise. It's a solo dev asset flip who made multiple games in less than 2 years and complains when someone leaves a negative review with less than a hour of playtime. But here's the kicker, he himself does the exact same thing to other games that are 10x better than his crap like Sons of the Forest and Forever Skies. Yet his 5 hour game for 20 bucks is apparently more superior because everything that happens to his game is intentional even if it's a bug

[@Alcatraz509]

Sounds like a lovely lad! 😂

[@wolfy6815]

@@Alcatraz509 he ain't lovely at all when you try to explain problems of his games to him lol

[@K3rhos]

As a game dev myself (never released a finished project, but made multiples projects to learn in the past few years) I'm currently working on a multiplayer "GTA like" but in a retro style (just like the early PS2 era) and I made more stuff in 2 months than this guy without using any assets from the store ! I made myself the 3D models, the texturing, the scripting and even the audio using FL Studio. I already have a fully playable multiplayer with 3 buildings (with interiors), multiples roads, a radar, a pause map, players/vehicles blips on the minimap, collision damage for vehicles with parts detaching from the car etc... It's sad seing this type of games on Steam, it's ruining the reputation of others indie devs like me who just wants to create a good game and not a quick cash grab that will be forgotten in a day !

[@uavisionx]

never heard of the game, just looked it up, and must say it looks amazing.

[@PrechtGaebolgHades]

​@@K3rhos What do you use to make assets and games on? and I wanna ask which application is better for good and easier for 3d animation (I'm thinking of getting into it)

[@Drstrange3000]

These kinds of games are why I'm not on the same indie craze as other people. I used to be. Big, open worlds, premade assets, procedurally generated content and levels, janky animations, very little story, and roguelike elements plague a lot of these kinds of games. They just all feel mindless to me.

[@newsonomamashine]

The reason why this happens is because making a nice looking enviroment and puting a character walking, running and jumping with unreal engine is ridiculously easy, anyone can do that following some tutorials, and even add gameplay mechanics like shooting, and considering the total lack of quality control on steam, you have hundreds of noobs just putting all these things together in a couple of weeks and then charging for them.

[@6581punk]

That's kinda the argument against engines, it limits creativity and innovation in games.

[@Drstrange3000]

This is why I wasn't optimistic with what UE5 was saying about how anyone could throw together a game. I felt like we would get more and more games like this with no real experience or vision. These asset flips are embarrassing.

[@KAPAFlyer]

One thing I've learned watching BigFry.... All these indie "devs" copy & paste the same exact thing in their "How Long in Early Access" section on their store pages.

[@nexli5130]

maybe I should start making games looks like easy money

[@DCI_LeoDan_]

I'd buy it for a dollar.

[@koollio9724]

Good luck

[@reveriesduh]

If you want money then develop a corny p*rn game made in renpy or some shit, people will shove money down your throat.

[@sc0ner783]

​@@istealpopularnamesforlikes3340might have to wait a couple of remasters for starfield if you want a polished AAA experience

[@JadeyFreakinM]

Me too tbh, good luck

[@RagingGoldenEagle]

UE5 makes it so easy to create giant, great looking open worlds. But it won't place interesting things to do in those worlds for you.

[@DxBlack]

Pfft...pretty sure there are plugins you can buy that'll do that for you too, but they were to cheap to buy them.

[@someguy4252]

welp thats a surprise fancy running into you here. youtube must be small eh?

[@PROPHYZ]

sometimes I feel rly rly bad for you... having to play all this crap. On the other hand it's funny as hell, we love you :D

[@SevKast_7]

I know many people hated Steam Greenlight, but i feel like at least back then you wouldn't see shit like this game so often because the community actually had a saying on what would get approved or not.

[@RebelPaws]

You don't need to buy these games though. A ton of bad games will release on Steam, you simply can choose not to buy. If people stopped buying bad games for a meme or content they won't get seen.

[@zombiesl8yer383]

the thing is, theres nothing wromg with having big ambition, hell it certianly is possible to have an open world game as an inide compnany, BUT thats rhe thing, ambitiion has limits, and its skill/time,/ investment, that huge open worlds and mmos just take SO MUCH of, i do hope they work on this, who knows they may make something decent... but who knows.

[@PeninsulaCity2024]

Dev: "Hey guys, indie dev here, I hope you enjoy our game. We are on the Early Access platform and I hope you enjoy." Supporter: "Cool, can't wait until it's finished." Dev: "Oh than- wait, finished?"

[@GameDevUE]

Literally just the ultimate survivor multiplayer template

[@GamingGrenade1]

The fact Steam still allows horrible asset flip crap like this to be sold on their platform is ridiculous. The quality control is completely non-existent and has been for a very long time

[@jeffcivjeep7]

hence steam reviews and refunds

[@CJ-jl6hf]

I sense Gabe somewhere rubbing his hands like Birdman 😆💀

[@RebelPaws]

To be fair if a game is bad people just need to give it a poor review and then others need to learn to read before buying. The biggest issue I've seen is content creators buying these bad games and using them as content. Often not refunding or giving a bad review. Which tells people who want a quick buck if they make a shit "game" and slap it on Steam with a decent page some content creators and curious people will buy it.

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

No one forces people to buy any game on STEAM. Quality control is just fine.

[@intrance96]

@@iAmCodeMonkey Who shat in ur coffee?

[@RODE85]

You have to love it when a game starts you off when its dark like wtf were you thinking?

[@ceepert2153]

"Direction wanted by the comunity"?? What direction? Being a smal mouse amongst drastically overscaled assets?

[@toddtaylor6506]

Indie games have become the haven of hobbyists that want people to pay them to be game developing hobbyists.

[@skylerbenoit1103]

They really should name this game, “Blank World.” 😂

[@SpitfireSpud]

At least you got to play "something" 😂 I have a feeling this will be like The Day Before, but that won't even launch this November. That game is 3 months from launch with no updates, BETAs, number of players/servers etc... This Bleak Winter could be going the same way. Great video for pushing through it for so long!

[@BoredPodcaster]

Someone needs to tell these people that "Early Access" doesn't mean "Put out what you have on the first day, and update it later." There's more content on the STORE PAGE than there is in the would-be "game".

[@HandleNameIsStupid]

Bleak Winter....lmao 10/10 name

[@SKanuckS]

it should cost -8.99 CAD

[@emouzi4]

i could have watched you play this game for almost 2 hours, super good and entertaining video

[@SirBlackout_]

This was an incredible stream! Thanks for the countless entertainment bro 🙏

[@billywashere6965]

Was that a Hull C in the ad spot? LOL

[@tinokosova3356]

This is kind of why i stopped playing DayZ. You literally can't see a damn thing! even in the day time! lol.

[@johnny5805]

Makes you appreciate how great DayZ is.

[@RW-ij1ci]

As someone who aspires to create video games, I swear these survival games.... they all watch the same youtube tutorials...

[@sonsofthewestredwhiteblue5317]

Maybe we should collaborate on an Inception game where you spawn in a featureless misty haze with your smoking but soon to become unhinged French soul mate and the object of the game is to ‘create a unique, intricately detailed city scape where every detail is conceived and brought into being by the infinite imagination and creativity shared between you and that French hottie before you become detached from reality and she necks herself. ….anyone fond enough of the concept and the film to purchase the game on this premise will be delighted to learn that the code we provide caters to the title screen and ‘choose a player’ screen…. Limited to also of course because who’s selecting the unhinged Euro babe who necks herself in real life and proceeds to haunt every single one of her widowed husband painful remaining days whilst in exile from everyone he loves. Stage 1 - Leo aka Player 1 must write the game code to bring ‘Inception’ as we’ve envisioned it to life. …. Die hard fans are guaranteed to feel their very own ‘kick’ just like Leo did, except mainly in the gut, balls and wallet region. Happy Incepting!!

[@scottnapkori4758]

Old school BigFry here baby!!!! Memories lol

[@MalikATL]

Just play Dave The Diver better than most FPS indie games

[@LeoMajor1]

These are my favorite videos. My only regret is missing the live stream

[@MortiXD09]

damaging a target is dlc🤣

[@OldNorth152]

Hey @BigfryTV any chance you need any voice actors for your game?

[@sergeantsilly5239]

Back in school in 2012 or so we had this very basic game-programming software to play around and make little games and we had created games that were more fun than some 15$ early access game today istitles.

[@irascible5119]

ya we love this. the incursion video is among my favorite videos ever created and ive watched it many many times X D

[@akaxstretch]

Quality. By that, I mean the content.

[@timurcayli6457]

IDK if I'm the only one who's noticed but bigfry has been looking like a fucking Chad lately the fitness journey really seems to be paying off.

[@McRibsDeluxe-bz2ey]

I edge to your videos

[@BigfryTV]

Me too. Edge on brother

[@cheese5081]

Based

[@PwncakeOW]

Lmfao.

[@juristeezy]

Das crazy

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

dafuq?

[@EarthboundX]

Wonder if they used ChatGP or something to write at least some of that developer response to that review?

[@TheWehzy]

this game is more empty than my wallet.

[@willnottel5598]

I'm only saying this because any comment helps, and I genuinelt love big fry. Bu lmao fuck, SOME OF US WORK 9-12 HOURS NO BREAK on weekends. Free time on a weekned. Life Goals, except no weekends for people willing to workd with traumatized dogs.

[@McGizzleYT]

the game does not look like early access its more like alpha 🤣🤣🤣 OR NOT EVEN ALPHA !!!

[@Cid_1]

Yup, seems about right

[@jakehopgood7446]

Regarding old fashion EA games, an idea for a video might be oldest games STILL in EA.

[@leeoiou7295]

This is the reason i subbed to big fry. Roasting these soy devs

[@Rightchickenwing]

9:24 have heard that before 😃😂😂 it's just a scam. What utter tosh

[@ImNotRite]

The game isn't even on steam anymore, they already pulled the plug.

[@黒雪-KuroYuuki]

Inb4 the lead dev emails you, and whines and complains that your negative coverage has prevented them from feeding their family or some other bullshit. Bonus points if they have shit grammar

[@Tommyboi7566]

I love your attitude and your vibe your just brutally honest and i love it😂😂😂😂

[@Jorendo]

Look had you been a Dutch Citizen, I would have submited you for a "lintje" as we call them. You get a "lintje" for bravery, heroic acts, doing something extrodinairy, etc. Sports people get them when winning the world cup, Olympics, etc. Others get it for saving a life or dedicated their lives to help others. You deserve one for your dedication to go trough all this crap, remain sane and warn others. A lintje also gets you knighted. After all you gone trough with these games, that is the least you deserve!

[@RizkyAshary]

using UNREAL ENGINE, someone making game very fast, only use BIGGER MAP and then what the story of game? sometimes funny ,too much game like that now -_-

[@DHell-n8i]

plays just like deadside

[@RustyBear]

deadside is better tho

[@BigfryTV]

Come on lol Don’t do Deadside like that haha

[@HideorEscape]

Developers should be banned from making "Open World" Unity Asset flip games.

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

Honestly, William Shatner's Tekwar looks more fun than this, and that says A LOT.

[@sl-corp8425]

this dev info for the EA at the end is such a copy paste

[@cryptotrippin]

Appreciate your continued PAIN for our viewership pleasure. 😂 Dual stream to YT tho, fook the purple snakes

[@Endname343]

Love that type of content 🤩😂

[@iansox5720]

Title image looks like starfield haha

[@TTrigg]

Bleak Winter..yea that game looks bleak all right Anyone been watching the Gamescom streams?

[@Mornings]

Same reason you give them free attention. Dopamine addiction.

[@everythingpony]

"no longer available on steam" I think you hurt their feelings

[@TchSktch]

Developers told the publishers "the scale of the game is way bigger than what they can accomplish" and they dissapointingly asked steam to take it down, good thing is they only sold 16 copies but bad news is it seems the publishers put a decent amount of their own resources in to what basically seems like an attempted cash grab

[@spyglass123]

seams like they took the game down from Steam stores lol

[@RizkyAshary]

make an instant game, but not optimal results have been released, what's special, what's the story of the game, it's not clear, they released it without a purpose, there are lots of games like that now,

[@unknownusrname]

They forgot to add the game

[@xPOSSUMx]

lmfao this shit always cracks me up.... good vid fry

[@loaded_iserdawg]

Hi big fry. Have a look at renown

[@Munishin]

Outside of means for overview like content creation such as with this vid I really be wondering who be buying these games. There's no way all these blatant asset flips are profitable scams for these "devs".

[@Flak_TV]

these devs should get together and learn from each others mistakes. lmao

[@RedBeardMortis]

OH WE EARLY EARLY

[@croncastle3028]

Starfield in a nutshell

[@Smaxx]

Not sure why, but from the thumbnail I expected some kind of "Putin SImulator".😉

[@seff6533]

Dollar store DayZ

[@iamlandman]

Hahaha! Dude, this is the absolute steaming pile of s##t kind of game I love seeing you cover.

[@MH-zk7hc]

To be fair... this entertained me more than some aaa-games. Well at least for the duration of the vid.

[@patcaza6166]

Steam QC sleeping on the job again

[@iAmCodeMonkey]

Not STEAMs fault. Blame the idiots buying this shit.

[@kristenhawkins5453]

Nice! 🤪👑😘

[@biffski01]

Goal 1) Grab Cash Goal 2) Flee to country with no extradition Goal 3) Bring out new cash grab when money is blown on booze, birds and coke.

[@nirvanna666_]

DAYZ all over again