Whats with the sudden indie output from South Korea? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by delitomatoes@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world

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Usually known for their internal online and mobile games. In 2023 we get Dave the Diver and Lies of P which are non mobile single player games.

Tangentially is 2023 chock full of great games because the pandemic held up the development of so many studios?

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[-] Knusper@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

Tangentially is 2023 chock full of great games because the pandemic held up the development of so many studios?

I know, they all announced that, but as a software dev, I really don't see why this should be the case. We largely just moved into home-office and continued working, often even at increased efficiency. I guess, building games might require somewhat more creative sessions, which are generally more productive in person, but I don't see that making a huge difference.
My impression was rather that they had the usual delays, with maybe a few hickups at the start of the pandemic, and then they just declared the pandemic the whole reason for the delays.

As for 2023 being so full, the pandemic meant lots of people were at home, consuming digital goods. It caused a massive boom in the gaming industry. I imagine, lots of studios were able to secure (bigger) budgets during that time, which are now coming to fruition.