Financial, Aesthetic and Cultural Independence: A Selective History of Independent Games

Jesper  Juul; Dooley Murphy

Financial, Aesthetic and Cultural Independence: A Selective History of Independent Games

Institute of Visual Design

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Abstract

Do independent video games exist, and how? By looking at the history of independent game festivals, this paper argues that independent game institutions have gone through
three main phases: 1) an early financially independent phase of focusing on the economic conditions of development, 2) an aesthetically independent phase where independent games acquire a specific style to become a distinct type of video game, and 3) a culturally independent phase where independent games are claimed to embody cultural and political change as well as a more healthy way of developing video games.

Original language	English
Publication date	15 Aug 2018
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2018
Event	History of Games Conference 2018 - IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 16 Aug 2018 → 17 Aug 2018 https://gameconference.itu.dk/gameshistory.html

Conference

Conference	History of Games Conference 2018
Location	IT University of Copenhagen
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	16/08/2018 → 17/08/2018
Internet address	https://gameconference.itu.dk/gameshistory.html

Artistic research

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