Looks like someone learned that the indie gaming scene is tougher than the startup scene.

The group blamed a harsh independent video game climate for shutting down the program, saying that getting a digital game noticed is more difficult than it had realized.

“It has become very difficult for an independent developer to get noticed,” managing director John Austin told local New England-area outlet The News & Observer. “For every Angry Birds, there are literally tens of thousands of great companies not getting noticed.”