Indie vs AA vs AAA Developers

chart drafted by a friend about the difference between indie and AA, and AAA game developers Indie AA AAA Development Budget whatevers in the bank account baybee nyohohohoho one wormillion dollars the gdp of south america Marketing streamer with 13 regular viewers reddit post Streamer with 13'000 regular viewers (payed to play game) Team Size one beautiful transgender 7 europeans enough slaves to construct the pyramids of giza Publisher nobody Office supplies company trying to diversify portfolio jeff bezos, personally Graphics and Technology the most beautiful pixel art youve ever seen the ugliest 3d assets ever placed inside the unreal engine the second ugliest assets youve ever seen inside the unreal engine with motion blur Target Audience Busted Twunks that play baby games like metroid or fkn ZELDA ME!!!! :D :D :D the mythical median voter Development Time 16 year passion project made in free time between cafe shifts Couple years Eight years, or 8 months if you're yakuza devs

A purple comparison chart jokes about the differences between indie, AA, and AAA game developers. It exaggerates each category with absurd stereotypes, mocking indie budgets and tiny teams, AA games’ middling presentation, and AAA games’ enormous budgets, marketing, staffing, and development times. The meme is used as a reaction to game-industry discussions and to poke fun at how different tiers of developers are perceived. EN: A purple comparison chart jokes about the differences between indie, AA, and AAA game developers. It exaggerates each category with absurd stereotypes, mocking indie budgets and tiny teams, AA games’ middling presentation, and AAA games’ enormous budgets, marketing, staffing, and development times. The meme is used as a reaction to game-industry discussions and to poke fun at how different tiers of developers are perceived.

• @memetutorial / 19407 2025-05-09