Between the indie darling and the multi-million blockbuster are BBB games, the land of cult classics and oddities. While indie is often praised for experimentation and AAA for perfection, BBB games are beautiful for their failures, born from budgets big but not big enough, with enough freedom for experimentation while still obligated to the conventions of industry and genre. This panel by ZEAL editor in chief Aevee Bee will explore how BBB games teach us lessons about design that can only be learned at the point at which games break down, fail, or refuse to be what we expect them to be.
