[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/GP/JF/indies.jpg[/IMG]September proved to be a good month for three independent game developers: [URL=http://zeboyd.com/2010/09/24/breath-of-death-vii-the-beginning-post-mortem/]Zeboyd Games[/URL], [URL=http://www.carpefulgur.com/]Carpefulgur[/URL], and [URL=http://www.minecraft.net]Mojang[/URL]. Let us start with the elephant in the room that is Minecraft. It has been widely reported that the developer of Minecraft, Markus 'Notch' Persson, has made $3,787,748 off his game to date - and it is only in alpha! The game is DRM-free, and Persson does not care all that much about piracy. Obviously, that position has not hurt sales.

Persson has reportedly had job offers from Bungie and Valve (he declined) and is now focusing on opening up his own development studio. Here's what Persson told [URL=http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/29/a-right-old-racket-recettear-profits/]GI.biz[/URL]: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/10/01/september-remember-three-indie-games][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]

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