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The Neo-Indie Scene
How digital distribution and social media have opened
up extraordinary commercial and creative
opportunities for independent developers
Charles Cecil
20th November 2014
The birth of the home computer era -
1981
Adventure B – ZX81 (1981)
Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time
Lure of the Temptress
Atari ST / Amiga / PC (1992)
• The game reached number one in the British GALLUP charts at the beginning of July 1992 and remained in the top twenty for most of the rest of the year.
• It received reviews which included:
• 95% from Generation 4 (France).
• 94% from Joystick (France).
• 92% from ST Format (UK).
• 92% from Amiga Format (UK).
• ST Action rated the game as the best adventure game ever.
Beneath a Steel Sky
Atari ST / Amiga / PC (1994)
• The game went straight to number
one in the GALLUP charts in April
1994.
• Reviews included:
• 95% from CU Amiga (UK) with
the summary “One of the
greatest adventures ever.”
• 94% from Amiga Format with
“Utterly Brilliant!”
• In May 1995 the game received the
prestigious Golden Joystick award
for the ‘Best Adventure’.
Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars
PlayStation / PC / Mac (1996)
• Broken Sword was published by Virgin Interactive
Entertainment on PC and by Sony on PlayStation.
• Sales of one million units worldwide.
• Awards included:
• Best Quest of year by Quest magazine.
• Best adventure of year by Generation 4.
Broken Sword 2 – The Smoking Mirror
PlayStation / PC (1997)
• Published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment on
PC and by Sony on PlayStation.
• Sales of one million units worldwide.
• Reviews included
• 94% from Superjuegos (Spain).
• 9/10 from Official PlayStation magazine (UK).
• 9/10 from Edge (UK).
• Voted 5th best game ever published by Official
PlayStation magazine readers
(ahead of Resident Evil 2, Crash Bandicoot 2 and
FIFA ’98 - the latest versions of each game at the
time).
The PlayStation Age (1996-2006)
Broken Sword 3 – The Sleeping Dragon
PC / PlayStation2 / Xbox (2003)
• Published by THQ in Europe and
Dreamcatcher in North America, Marvelous
Entertainment in Japan.
• Nominated for 3 BAFTA awards / Best Writing
by Game Developer (US)
Broken Sword 4 – The Angel of Death
PC (September 2006)
• Published by THQ in Europe. Dreamcatcher in US
The iPhone (2007)
Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s
Cut
iPhone / iPad (March 2010)
Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars – Director’s
Cut
iPhone / iPad (Jan 2010)
Features:
•Whole new story arc added, with 2 hours of
additional gameplay
• Addition of contemporary first person
perspective minigames
• New facial expressions drawn by Dave
Gibbons, co-creator of Watchmen
• Help system incorporated – ensure that
player won’t get frustrated.
• Enhanced audio – both music and voices
12 Days of Christmas
Broken Sword – the Serpent’s Curse
Kickstarter – Revolution
Broken Sword – the Serpent’s Curse
Kickstarter – Revolution
Kickstarter – Revolution
Broken Sword 5 – the Serpent’s Curse
Charles Cecil