I've always known that indie gaming was a cesspool of leftist scum, but there were at least a decent amount of games that tried to have some semblance of good gameplay,. Now though, the scene is absolutely dominated by trannies and faggots in the West. The Nintendo Indie Direct epitomized this perfectly. Sure, we had Shantae and Blade Chimera (a game made by a Japanese developer, if I recall correctly), but everything else was just derivative shit. They showed the creative director of some walking simulator "hiking game" and the creative director is an ugly tranny with the squeakiest of voices, of course. It's just a perfect encapsulation of how bad indie gaming in the West has become.
Every other game was some variation of a "cozy" game (like Animal Crossing, but nowhere near the appeal) or a walking simulator with some leftist drivel of a "story." Characters are obnoxious women or minorities, or are degenerate looking furries. The vast majority of games are some variation of roguelike/roguelite, with either farming, crafting, or deckbuilding inserted. Souls-likes are frustratingly common among metroidvania games, and the vast majority of them are some variation of Castlevania Symphony of the Night with Dark Souls (as though they are copying and pasting some kind of gameplay template from somewhere). None of these games try to do anything deeper in terms of gameplay and any "gimmick" is forcefully inserting a different genre that adds nothing to the experience.
As technology becomes easier, more and more lame faggots take over who really don't give a shit about video gaming (they treat games like movies) and just want to make some woke nonsense with as little gameplay as possible. We are at the point where trannies and faggots are the norm rather than the exception, and gaming is completely suffering as a result. What few good indie games coming out compared to the shit, is basically just slightly better than ratio of "good" AAA games to slop AAA games, and it's pointless to pretend that indie gaming is adding anything to the industry other than decline.
These days, Western indie developers shouldn't be seen as talented individuals who wanted to strike out on their own to do their own thing. They should be treated as incompetent leftists who are so awful that even AAA studios refuse to hire them. It's pathetic to see how open and proud these Western indie developers are with their faggot lifestyles, and the games they produce are all soulless and creatively bankrupt.
I don't even blame you and I'm working my arse off to be an indie as well LOL. You're right, I do see people sometimes posting about how you should support indie devs and such and non-woke games do exist. I agree with the idea of supporting indies, but make sure they're true indies and do due diligence on research.
Thankfully because they can't help themselves with their propaganda, it's very easy to spot the red flags these days. This is why I've done things like a straight only content pledge because it will make it far easier to identify my business as a non-woke one compared to these virtue signalling turds. I kind of treat most indie devs as umbrella's of the wider leftist movement these days. You saw this quit a bit with the MRA movement where you had feminists shamelessly trying to infiltrate and claim they were Men's Rights activists who weren't 'toxic' ( Dead giveaway if anybody uses that term ) indie groups and devs are looking to be very much the same.
Please do continue to pursue indie gaming. I understand it is not easy to do and there are still people who just want to make something without the corporate bullshit and such, It just is laughable at how glorified indie gaming is as a whole as though indie gaming is filled with "based" developers and not the globohomo boot-lickers the vast majority of them clearly are.
Oh I'm on a mission with that, no need to worry, I just agree with your general points about the state of indie devs. However precisely because indie dev gaming isn't this centralised monolith the way big studios are I think they're ripe for a revolution. It's another reason why I'm trying to encourage even people here to try out game engines and mess around making their own projects.