As an indie developer, we are typically competing against much larger companies. And normally, larger companies are just a lot…well, dumber. So we usually can beat them head to head because they can’t move as nimbly as we can or because our decision makers are better than their decision makers.
But Valve…they’re something else. Valve has the resources of a large company but the raw intelligence of a very smart indie. It’s an unbeatable combination.
Well, Valve impressed me a lot with Portal. A puzzle game based on a single, essentially simple idea with such modern production values and polish, and utterly original at the same time, that is really something. The "Portal Song" from the credits of the first game is probably the most hilarious game outro I have ever seen.
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