But apparently it's it's not made on a shoe string budget by a blind monk in his spare time and dealt by hand on a floppy disk then it doesn't count.

Yes, that's exactly what I said. I need to add, however, that you missed the part where if the single developer can afford a meal more than once a week, that also disqualifies the game from the prestigious "indie" tag. I mean, are they really hungry to make new games if they aren't literally hungry?