You know we’ve mentioned this idea that smaller, indier developers are just going to take the future into their own hands and create the sort of games they dream of?

Well, it looks like a lot more companies plan to do just that.

A fund designed to support independent developers by offering them an alternative way to bankroll their projects has been set up by a group which includes Braid creator Jonathan Blow, and Flower creator Kellee Santiago.

The new Indie Fund is a new funding source for independent developers created in order to encourage the next generation of game developers, which has already backed several unnamed projects to be announced shortly.

Other backers of the fund include Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler of 2D Boy, the studio behind World of Goo, Critter Crunch maker Nathan Vella, Flashbang Studio’s Matthew Wegner and AppAbove Games’ Aaron Isaksen.

Which kinda, sorta follows on from the question we posed last year, asking why there are no dedicated indie publishing labels.

Looks like they plan to take the ‘indie’ ethos through to publishing as well.

It’s more good news for those who enjoy watching gaming bloom and evolve in unexpected and fascinating new ways.  Watch this space for more exciting, innovative and (hopefully) fun new games in the near future…

- Brian (@flackboy)