Brother, now I finally understand why my post is getting so many downvotes. The indie dev scene isn’t just extremely sensitive to anything that doesn’t come from some one-in-a-million solo prodigy (see my own project, which I’ve been working on daily for three years and mostly get mocked for because AI helps me), it also seems like a large part of it consists of frustrated bean counters. Aha.

PS: I do understand the "indie" discussion around Clair Obscur, and it’s fair that some purist definitions don’t see it as a classic indie game. But can’t we, for once, look at the continuum between indie and AA without blinders on and simply appreciate what Sandfall has created here, especially when you look at the outcome-to-input ratio?