TIGSource

TIGSource
Type of site
Blog/online community
Available inEnglish
Founded2005
Created byJordan Magnuson
URLtigsource.com
Commercialno

TIGSource, short for The Independent Games Source, is a news blog and Internet community centered around the creation of independent video games, founded in 2005 by Jordan Magnuson but soon taken over by Derek Yu, both independent game developers.[1] The site has been described as having been an important "cultural nexus" for the creation of indie games development in the 2000s and early 2010s, and a key player in changing the perception of independent video games as merely casual games to that of an art form.[2][3][4][5] Its forums were the launchpad for several award-winning games, including the best-selling video game of all time, Minecraft, BAFTA-winning dystopian immigration officer simulation Papers, Please, viral phenomenon QWOP, puzzle-platform game Fez, and Yu's own Spelunky.[6][7][8] [9][10][11][12][13][14] The site was in 2009 referred to as "one of the primary sources of information about the indie scene on the web and host to one of indie's best forums, bringing creators and fans together to share novel new ideas and the greatest new games."[15] In 2008, it was chosen as one of "100 top sites for the year ahead" by The Guardian.[16]

References

  1. ^ Sharp, John. Debugging Game History: A Critical Lexicon. pp. 259–260.
  2. ^ Robert, Yang. "Theorizing local games cultures in a post-TIGSource era". Radiator Design Blog.
  3. ^ Juul, Jesper (2019). Handmade Pixels – Independent Video Games and the Quest for Authenticity. p. 86.
  4. ^ Brown, Pierson; Schram, Brian R. (2021). "4. Intermediating the Everyday: Indie Game Development and the Labour of Co-Working Spaces". In Sotoma, Olli; Švelch, Jan (eds.). Game production studies. Amsterdam. pp. 83–100. ISBN 978-90-485-5173-6. OCLC 1242871951.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Hill-Whittall, Richard (2015). The Indie Game Developer Handbook. p. 152.
  6. ^ Edge Staff (January 20, 2014). "The Making Of: Papers, Please". Edge. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014.
  7. ^ Purdom, Clayton. "QWOP turned failure into comedy and found viral immortality". The A.V. Club.
  8. ^ Cullen, Johnny (March 5, 2014). "Lucas Pope: "I'm kind of sick to death of Papers, Please"". VG247. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "The Amazingly Unlikely Story of How Minecraft Was Born". Wired. November 5, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  10. ^ Hansen, Dustin (22 November 2016). Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More. Feiwel & Friends. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-250-08096-7.
  11. ^ The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds. Routledge. 2017.
  12. ^ Guevara Villalobos, Orlando; Villalobos, Orlando Guevara (27 November 2013). "Cultural production and politics of the digital games industry: the case of independent game production". Edinburgh Research Archive.
  13. ^ Polinsky, Paige V. (2019). Minecraft. p. 28.
  14. ^ Kremers, Rudolf (21 October 2009). Level Design: Concept, Theory, and Practice. CRC Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4398-7695-4.
  15. ^ Cameron, Phill. "Interview: Aquaria 's Derek Yu On Indie, The Pit of Death". Gamasutra.
  16. ^ "100 top sites for the year ahead: our latest selection finds that location-based services, work-anywhere collaboration and video are prominent". the Guardian. 18 December 2008.


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