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Antichamber: An Overnight Success, Seven Years In The Making

GDC Festival of Gaming · talk · Watch on YouTube

Indie game developmentGame design

What it is

Alexander Bruce's GDC talk on making Antichamber, from working alone in a bedroom to winning acclaim at the IGF. It focuses on the psychological challenge of seven years of solo development.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as an honest account of the emotional toll and persistence of long indie game development.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I really recommend watching it”

    Antichamber's seven years of development effort

    scrollaway, 2016-01 · Recommendation · in “Why I Write Games in C”

  2. “Try this one”

    Emotional account of years spent making a game

    Cpoll, 2017-04 · Recommendation · in “In the Videogame Industry, Hiring People Is a Last Resort”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: antichamber, gdc, solo development, game design, igf

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