I'd say the best thing you can do is cite independent sources. Don't just say it draws upon Matt's experience with mental illness--quote Matt as saying that in an interview with a major game site like Polygon. And do the same thing with the art style, plot, etc. Wikipedia doesn't allow independent research, so you can't just ask Matt here and use that (though he can certainly suggest topics, articles, etc.). You could also mention sites that list the game as one to look forward to, or something along those lines, like IGN's list here.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/29/ ... on-in-2014
As for "orphans", that doesn't mean the article doesn't link to anything, it means no other articles link to Neverending Nightmares. I didn't realize that Skyler McGlothlin had his own Wikipedia page. It looks like someone's already taken care of linking to Neverending Nightmares on that one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilis_(artist)
I went ahead and updated the Ouya article, which already has a section on the Free The Games fund.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouya#Free_the_Games_Fund
It needed to be updated anyway, since it talked about the early controversy, but not all of the rule changes that brought about. I added this paragraph:
Many developers criticized the fund's rules. Sophie Houlden removed her game, Rose and Time, from the Ouya marketplace. [53] Matt Gilgenbach, who was trying to finance his game Neverending Nightmares with help from the fund, said, "It would kill me if due to other projects abusing the Free the Games Fund, people lost confidence in our project and what we are trying to do...While I believe in the idea of the Free the Games Fund, I think it definitely could use some reform in light of the potential avenues for abuse." [54] Eventually, Uhrman accepted this criticism. "Developers were telling us over and over, 'You’re being too idealistic, and you’re being too naive'...That was the part that personally took me a while to understand." Ouya changed the fund rules, including adding a dollar-per-backer limit. Houlden put her game back on the store, and Neverending Nightmares qualified for funding under the new rules. [53]
And these are the citations:
https://gigaom.com/2013/10/31/ouya-ceo- ... d-trouble/
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/09/13/never ... the-games/
Does the orphan note get generated automatically, or should we just remove it now? (Assuming two links is even enough.)