Launches
Products
News
Community
Advertise
How to post?
  1. Discussions
  2.  → What's your favorite indie dev tool success story? What...

What's your favorite indie dev tool success story? What makes it different?

Ben Reinhart
4 replies
I have a lot of respect for people that could hustle enough to grow an indie dev tool into something sustainable. What are some great examples? What made it successful on the marketing and community side?

Replies

Chemical Bull
For Shedworks’ two-person team, tackling Sable’s open-world terrain generation was a substantial challenge – right down to the diverse tools needed to get the results they wanted. “We could do all the pathfinding, behavior trees, inverse kinematics, and such, but it would have taken us years,” says Technical Director Daniel Fineberg. “The Asset Store was definitely a key resource.” https://www.chemicalbull.com/pro...
Share
Sarvpriy Arya
One standout indie dev tool success story is the journey of Jira, developed by Atlassian. Initially created as an internal bug and issue tracking system. BTW, speaking of tools, I'm excited to share that I'm launching Okfeedback, a feedback management platform with customizable widgets and survey forms, on 9th Jan. Your support as an indie developer means a lot.
Share
Ben Reinhart
@sarvpriy_arya Sounds interesting, I'll keep an eye out! Funny to think about Jira in that way, given the monolith it's become...
Share
Ben Reinhart
One project I am a fan of is https://plausible.io, well executed and a need met at the right time (when data regulations were going into place).
Share