Indie Gaming

[REZ]

I don't know about you guys, but I quickly become bored with the $50-shiny-graphics-yawn-inducing-gameplay type games they feed us these days.. For the last couple of years I've been keeping an eye on indie games, and I must say, there are some real gems out there.

Like this one for example - Viva Caligula! http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/10/02/viva-caligula#comments - complete with mic integration, so when you yell SPARTAAAAAA! into the mic our wacky friend Caligula builds up RAMPAGE MODE!


Check out this site http://www.tigsource.com/ (one of dozens) and rekindle the 'fun' in your gaming. Yeah, remember when gaming was challenging and fun? Or you could always drop a chunk of money just to say 'neat' a few times and then shelf the game in it's glossy box with all the others (remember, Portal started out as an indie game)

Of course there are probably people here who've gone through every one of these indie titles and websites - and I'm proud of you for that - but there are most certainly those that continually bump their heads up against CoD4, Halo and Madden with their unfailing moth-to-flame tendencies. There's a whole underground universe out there - explore it!

 

[spraduke]

darwinia and psychonauts are prime examples of how good indie games can be (not forgetting RO )

Unfortunately just as there can be gems there can be a lot of rubbish so finding out what is worth playing can be challenging

 

[Murphy]

That's why the have a "higly recommended" section on that site. ;P

Try "Black Shades"!

 

[REZ]

Oh yeah.. had a lot of fun with Darwinia. Old school feeling all the way


'gonna try Black Shades now



EDIT - http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/crayon/ crayons olol!

 

[Nimsky]

Just found a cool Flash game so I thought I'd post it in here. It's called Jelly Battle, and the objective of the game is to destroy the other jellymen before they destroy you. You'll understand how it works.

http://www.jellybattle.com/

 

[Zell]

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[Kipper]

http://www.making-history.com/

 

[REZ]

So hey, when are we gonna get to see a homemade project from Ska Wars our recent gaming graduate

 

[Murphy]

I bet he already made tons of stuff but all of the games have crosshairs in them so he is afraid of posting it here.

 

[Dillinger]

http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/

That's the ultimate site for Indy Gaming. Lots of great gems there. Check out the Top 21 list. I have a lot of games off of here on my work laptop to play during "downtime". Tower of Goo is the greatest! Highly recommended.

 

[Murphy]

Holy cow! I just tried Tower of Goo with the expectation that it was some sort of bridgebuilder clone. In a way it is, but in most ways, it isn't. Try it guys!
My first tower collapsed and I built a much bigger one on its remains. That one just collapsed too.

 

[REZ]

Noice, thanks for the link Dillinger


You guys could also check out the Slamdance Guerilla Gaming competition 2007 selections - http://www.slamdance.com/games/2007games.asp





Here is a different indie games festival taking place in SF I plan on attending - http://www.igf.com/

 

[Nimsky]

Did you know that Yahtzee creates games, too? You know, the fast-speaking Brit that makes Zero Punctuation.

Check out this game by him called "TRILBY: The Art Of Theft".

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/games/yahtzee/artoftheft

Was released last week. It's a 2D stealth platformer, and it's pretty cool. Doesn't require installation so no excuse not to try it.

I'll have to check out more games by him...