Indie game devs ! Isn't success out of our control? I wanted to talk about things we don't discuss enough in indie game dev. Factors out of our control like luck, then there's having serious amount of patience, not all of us have equal access to resources like Kickstarter for example I feel like we're often told there's some kind of "formula" to succeeding as an indie developer. And if our game doesn't succeed or hit certain metrics, well, clearly we just didn't follow the formula correctly. But what if there isn't actually a formula? What if there isn't any way to succeed at all? My game Twilight Tavern which honestly I've been working on for years, now has been growing in WL and has been progressing at a rate im more satisfied with atm. But that was likely due to luck in the marketing I feel as well. Some devs get lucky and get more attention in a week than others may get in a year. Now im NOT saying that skill, marketing attempts, and other obvious factors have no influence in success. Of course they have some influence to some extent like everything else. Im trying to say that Luck is rarely spoken about or admitted. What do you guys think? #indiedev #gamedev #games