SimulationFit check
Is Make it indie! worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players interested in short game scenarios about indie development
- Adventure fans who prefer choices about work and personal time
- Players seeking a game with multiple unique endings
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a game covering more than a seven-day development period
- Players seeking detailed production systems beyond schedule management and difficult choices
- Players who prefer serious treatment of indie game development
Our take on Make it indie!
The seven-day structure keeps the premise focused on a brief development period, but gives up the broader time scale of managing an indie project across months or years. Its emphasis is on immediate choices rather than long-term production planning.
What is Make it indie!?
Make It Indie!
is an adventure and simulation game about making an indie game while managing a developer's schedule. The objective is to survive seven days while facing horrors and making difficult choices about work and personal time. Players can choose whether to keep working under intense pressure or take a break. The game includes multiple unique endings, more than 30 minutes of high-definition video about the life of an indie developer, and varied music tracks. Its presentation treats the subject lightly, despite the threatening situations surrounding the developer. The game focuses on the pressures and decisions involved in an indie development period.
How Make it indie! plays
- 01Seven-day scenario
- The game follows an indie developer through a seven-day period.
- 02Schedule management
- Players manage the developer's schedule while deciding between continued work and taking a break.
- 03Multiple endings
- The game contains multiple unique endings.
- 04Video footage
- More than 30 minutes of high-definition video focuses on the life of an indie developer.
- 05Varied music
- The game includes a diverse selection of music tracks.
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Make it indie!: platforms & release
Is Make it indie! worth it?
It is worth it if: players interested in short game scenarios about indie development. Skip it if: players looking for a game covering more than a seven-day development period.
Where can I download Make it indie!?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Make it indie!'s store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Make it indie! on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
