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Indie Fund
Company blog · indie-fund.comstartupsgames
Indie Fund is the company blog at indie-fund.com, writing about startups and games. Since 2010, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Indie Fund is a brand new funding source for independent [game] developers”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite the Indie Fund site for its funding model, in which indie game developers fund other developers and are repaid from revenue. Commenters use it as a reference for how the fund works.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /about/3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-07-09
- Indie Fund is a brand new funding source for independent [game] developers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-03-02
What Hacker News says?
Well, I think the thing you're missing is that not everybody wants investors... Blow has actively worked to help other indie developers stay independent. http://indie-fund.com/about/
Comment linking /about/
on “‘Braid’ creator sacrifices his fortune to build his next game”Submitted Indie (Game) Fund is open for applications as a story · 55 points
HN discussion- lt · 2015-03-13
I was not aware that DF-9 had been kickstarted. In fact, I looked it up and can't find anything about that - the only games that Double Fine used kickstarter for was Broken Age and Massive Chalice. What I seem to find is that the first two weeks of sale on Early Access sales paid for the investment [1], which may be what you are thinking about. Anyway, I agree with your final point - in this model sales must pay for…
Comment linking /2013/11/spacebase-df-9-recoups-investment-in-two-weeks/
on ““Sierra… well, it was the poor victim of a hostile takeover by criminals”” Submitted Indie Fund is a brand new funding source for independent [game] developers as a story · 4 points
HN discussionDear Esther was funded by the Indie Fund. One of the founders of the Indie Fund is Jonathan Blow. http://indie-fund.com/about/
Comment linking /about/
on “The Most Dangerous Gamer”Submitted Indie Fund: A brand new funding source for Independent Game Developers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMaybe the indie game world need an incubator, like YC. There are a few groups and companies that are attempting this with various success. Afaik, the most successful version of this is Indie Fund ( http://indie-fund.com/ ), but it's not an incubator in the same way YC is, it's more like an indie game angel investor or VC. Joystick Labs attempted to follow the startup incubator model for indie games and failed. http:…
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on “The God Who Peter Molyneux Forgot”Submitted How to Pitch Your Game to Indie Fund (or Just about Anyone) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThey haven't taken consumer's money, but they're not without funding. I know they've had investment from the Indie Fund ( https://indie-fund.com/games ) Though I don't know if they've had other funding sources, eg the extent of self funding. I do expect that the nature of the Indie Fund (successful artists funding other artists) has put the pressure in the correct place: Take your time and make something great. I ex…
Comment linking /games
on “Miegakure Update September 2021”Submitted Indie Fund Makes Funding Terms/Agreement Public as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThe aim is ramen profitability, I guess. Vague outlines to the funding terms are at http://indie-fund.com/about/ . Basically you pay back a proportion of revenue til you pay then back plus a bit. Or, if you make no money in the first 3 years, you don't owe them anything.
Comment linking /about/
on “Indie (Game) Fund is open for applications”Even among what you might call "consumer-targeted games", investing seems quite different among different budgets and audiences as well. For example IndieFund has been quite successful as an investor by picking a specific niche that the people running it understand well enough to pick promising games, and provide relevant advice to the companies they fund. But this list of games is hardly a random subset of games in…
Comment linking /games/
on “Investing in Games: Broad or Deep?”
