Source: IndieGames.com

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Valve Software has begun to host selected mods directly on its digital distribution platform, Steam, starting from next week.

The five mods first to be hosted will be Age of Chivalry, D.I.P.R.I.P., Insurgency, Synergy and Zombie Panic. The mods will be available to download and play for free with any Source game and will appear on Steam users ‘My Games’ list.

“We’re excited to see MOD developers get wider recognition for the hard work they have done, and we hope to support more MOD teams in the future,” commented Valve.

All the mods will be able to make use of Steamworks, a suite of publishing and development tools unveiled earlier this year, to provide stat tracking and integration with the Steam community.

Source: gamesindustry.biz

Following confirmation that Google intends to open its virtual world Lively to games developers, creative director Kevin Hanna has revealed the long-term goal is for the service to become an online games platform.

At GDC Austin earlier this month, Hanna said that initially the company will release an application programming interface (API), allowing users to create simple arcade or 3D games.

“There is a longer term goal of opening up the API so the architecture of Lively could be used as an online games platform,” detailed Hanna, speaking exclusively to GamesIndustry.biz.

The veteran of Microsoft – who now works at Google partner X-Ray Kid with a team that includes former employees of Sony, Disney, Electronic Arts, Warner Bros. and Marvel Entertainment – hopes that Lively can be an entry point for developers who can easily get to grips with the Google technology.

“I’d like for it to be invisible, where when it makes sense to have 3D aspects of the web, that everyone will have already downloaded the plug-in, it’s one of the first things you do when you install your machine, and you’re able to just jump around and play in a creative space,” he said.

“I feel like a big chunk of the games industry out there has a corporate mentality where you’re first to be second, and I’ve been there, where they say, “‘Make sure you include this aspect, and this aspect, and this aspect, to ensure that we have an 80 per cent market share.’”

This copycat attitude is dampening the creativity of the games medium, according to Hanna, who believes Lively can can be an inspiration to developers.

“It’s sucking the life out of what should be the most creative and innovative medium out there, and I hope that this inspires those same ‘passionate start-ups’ and kids in college to actually go and produce games where they don’t have to worry about the visual bar or the accessibility, because those things are already pre-established.”

Source: gamesindustry.biz Read the full story there.

Caster Trailer 02 from Mike Smith on Vimeo.

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Zompocalypse Beta! A Indie Sidescrolling Zombie Shooter from Paul Greasley on Vimeo.

PlaneShift is a OPEN SOURCE Role Playing Game immersed into a 3D virtual fantasy world which is FULLY FREE to play. Fully free means you will have no surprises of premium content which will limit your gameplay or unbalance the game. There are no limitations in skills, ranks, abilities, items you can gain with your free account. There are no time limits or additional constraints. Other similar games just advertize the “free” concept to sell you premium accounts. We don’t. Servers and bandwidth are donated by sponsors.

At the present state of development, PlaneShift is not a complete game, but a “tech demo”. With this definition we mean that the game is still under heavy development, so you may easily find bugs, glitches and missing features. We decided to open it to the public because we want to have your feedback on improving the game and because we have enjoyed seeing our progress being put into productive use from the beginning. Apart from this, the game is enjoyable and has hundreds of active players.

Today you can explore the virtual world, interact with other players or with server controlled creatures, fight monsters, cast spells, solve quests and puzzles, improve your character, gain magical items and more.

Talent needed:
Engine Department: PROGRAMMER Member
Graphic Department: 3D ARTIST Member
Graphic Department: 2D ARTIST Member
Setting Department: BACKGROUND/SETTING Member
Public Relation Department: RECRUITER Member

If you would like to join the team go to planeshift.it

Untitled from shockwave on Vimeo.

“Marshmallow is a short action game which involves guiding the main character up into the sky while carefully navigating around other floating objects. Click anywhere on the protagonist’s head and our genderless friend will move a little faster in the opposite direction. He or she (or it) will also knock any other creatures out of the sky when executing this action.”

Source: indiegames.com

The music makes you want to take a nap in the clouds.
Play it at forrent.jp

Temporal (Oren Bartal) from indiegames.com on Vimeo.

Haven’t you always wanted to be a little robot with a propeller on your head?
Well now you can at potato-factory.com

“Techno-Slyph is a nice, laid back variety of shooter with a very well paced difficulty curve that should be easily picked up and playable by any fans of the genre. Shoot the bad guys and slowly evolve your ship into an ever more destructive war machine.

‘z’ fires your normal attack, while ‘x’ will unleash Ikaruga-style seeking lasers.”

Get from nona.dti.ne.jp or indiegames.com