Specifika vývoje nezávislé hry na příkladu Feudal Alloy

The bachelor thesis with title Specifics of indie game development on the example of Feudal Alloy is based on the fact that there are no publications in the Czech academic environment dealing with the topic of video game development. Despite the ever-growing (economic) importance of the video game industry within the cultural industries, this importance is not reflected in the eyes of academics, politics or the general public. From the public´s point of view, the video game industry is a matter of younger generation, from the politics point of view, it is neglected as a creative industry, even though the economic outcomes are now several times higher than the already established movie industry. Through a non-standardized interview with members of Attu Games, the work indentifies the specifics of independent video game development in Czech environment. These findings are further compared to the general practice of mainstream development as described in Erik Bethke´s Game Development and Production. This comparison shows that the specifics of independent development in the Czech Republic are work in small teams, low budgets, a great deal of interest from the side of developers and no focus on economic profit. A suprising finding is also the lack of interest in state support.