You want to create a video game? Great You want to tell a story? Fantastic You want to create a video game that tells a story? What? Are you insane? I'm joking, kind of.
You don't have to be insane to tell a good story through your Indie video game, but you do have to be out of your mind.
What I mean is, you have to empty your brain of a whole bunch of stuff that Hollywood and Triple-As have told you about games and stories, and fill it up with stuff that's actuall.