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Deep Rock Galactic roguelike dev says innovation for innovation's sake is too expensive to survive: "We're a studio of 50 people with bills to pay" (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"It sounds weird but we try to keep our innovation as low as possible," the director explained. "We'll say 'it's this game but with that.' It takes so much time to innovate. Sometimes you find the hidden holy Grail of game design, but often indie developers sit for five years trying out stuff. We're a studio of 50 people with bills to pay. So we can't do that."

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[–] [email protected] 128 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (20 children)

IMO, "it's this game, but with X" is innovation. It's certainly more innovative than "it's this game, again, with absolutely nothing new" like Ubisoft basically does with every sequel to every IP they handle.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

It's evolution rather than revolution. Which is fine, not everything can be revolutionary.

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