Peak co-dev turned indie investor says "too many developers develop their title secretly for several years," and it's putting its friendslop fortune into helping devs find a better way

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Subscribe to our newsletter Whether or not you consider "friendslop" a dirty word, there's no doubt that the makeshift genre is making its mark on the industry.

Games with simple hooks and short development cycles have been dominating the indie scene, and one developer – Peak co-dev Landfall – is aiming to pay its success forward by funding and advising studios making similar games.

While those aims might sound altruistic, the name of the company's publishing arm is named with a sinister spin: Evil Landfall."We have so many people pitch us games that are like, 'This is like Peak, please fund it,'" Evil Landfall CEO Kirsten-Lee Naidoo tells GamesIndustry.biz.

"And I think that it's good, because I think that we really believe in making games this way.

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We believe that you shouldn't spend multiple years on a project, because we've noticed that we often get caught up in the spiral ## Editor's Note This is an interesting development that could shape the future of gaming. Source: [GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/co-op/peak-co-dev-turned-indie-investor-says-too-many-developers-develop-their-game-secretly-for-several-years-and-its-putting-its-friendslop-fortune-into-helping-devs-find-a-better-way/)