[Indies] Why do you do it?

Miscellaneous Forums/General Discussion/[Indies] Why do you do it?

I hope my game will make some money, given the hours involved.

Other motivations are the pride in contributing to a new medium, satisfaction in scratching a creative itch (from my Vic20 days) and relief at having 'transmuted' all that work into something others can enjoy (rather than just resting on my harddrive reproachfully)