Animal Well, Dunkey & the "Indie" Problem
114I've been a Dunkey viewer since more or less the beginning, and thanks to a youtube comment I saw on a review for Animal Well I felt obligated to make this video. I've been going hard at Youtube for a little over a year and a half now and while I've had my ups and downs I'm mostly proud of what I've been doing and how I grew to the size I am now from quite literally zero subs. Its kinda amazing I've gotten this far, especially considering that I mostly cover indie games, which is what I'm passionate about. That focus of this channel though, and seeing firsthand what its like for other creators that AREN'T Dunkey when trying to cover indie games, I feel, gives me a good view of the field to talk about why some of the backlash Bigmode got was just downright unwise.
With the success of Animal Well both critically and financially I think its already a fair assessment to say that Bigmode Games and Dunkey's marketing strategy worked out well for Billy Basso and his years-long project. Let's hope it keeps going and that more people end up using their platform to promote cool, weird little indies.
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My first video: https://youtu.be/QK1MHp2QEeA
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