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Submissions for the 2012 IndieCade Independent games contest are now open. IndieCade is one of the biggest annual Indie games contests. Submissions are being accepted through May 1st. Submissions can be sent in as late as May 15th for an additional processing fee. If you want to submit your game you can do that here, and if you need more info you can check out the FAQ here.

If you need more info, or would like to contact IndieCade Central, check out the submissions area of the website.

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It’s now on Steam and it’s 25% off right now.

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This one looks cool, it’s nice to see liquid physics making it’s way into more games. Vessel launches March 1st on Steam.

Here an interview with the head of StrangeLoopGames, John Krajewski.

For more info check the developer’s site here.

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The video says coming soon to Android, but this announcement is for acknowledgement of the game and it’s release on android.

You can download it from the Developer’s Site.

Source: IndieDB

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Oil Rush gameplay – Sabotage – Indie DB

You can keep the oil conspiracy going and gather lots of oil by visiting the game’s website.

Source: IndieDB

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Minecraft 1.1 Update – Indie DB

If you want more info on the release go here.

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Right now over at Indie Royale you can get 6 Serious Sam games for cheap! It’s only running for 100hrs, as of this post it’s only 87hrs.

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The Red Solstice is 8 player cooperative tactical survival shooter it’s planned to be released in Q1 2012.

Check out the game’s site here.

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The game has a bit good humor in it.

Features

- DRM Free!
- Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux!
- Tower-defense style tactical battle system!
- Customizable characters!
- Story written by USDA certified English major! *
- Extreme challenges for Hardcore types!
- Casual challenges for Your Mom! **
- 100 Uniquely designed battles over 34 maps!
- Doesn’t waste your time!
- Endless challenge mode bonus!
- Multiple bullet points!

*The U.S. Department of Agriculture does not certify the freshness of domestically grown English Majors.
**The USDA has certified, however, that your mother is a classy lady. You should call her sometime, she misses you.

They have a demo up on the game’s site here.

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Puzzle Bonsai is a fresh and relaxing puzzle game where you take on the challenge of combining parts of the puzzle tree to form a correct equation. An excellent way to keep your thinking nimble every day of the year!

- Three different modes of play, words, numbers and shapes, each offering a unique challenge for different parts of your brain
- Easy, medium and hard difficulty levels with ten levels each combine to a total of 90 challenging levels
- Daily Puzzle mode, featuring new puzzles for every day of the year
- Visually compelling, animated, bonsai trees for every level to keep your mind in zen while you work on solving puzzles
- Relaxing oriental soundtrack and support for user selected custom music
- Game Center support

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Oh and by the way, the game is Free. Get more info and download the game on it’s website.

Oh, and the game has two new updates released. Read about it here.

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Innovative game mechanics – Stack and match blocks while annoying creatures struggle to thwart your efforts. Blocks Hurt! gameplay requires the player to balance between puzzle solving and fast-paced smashing action.

Four different kinds of battle – Levels objective always change, varying continuously the player experience. Each battle can have one among four different goals.

Powers and special blocks – Use juice dropped by smashed monsters to activate destructive powers. Place strategically metal blocks, turrets and bomb-blocks to live through the hardest battles!

Features:
- 3 Fanciful scenarios
- 90 Challenging battles
- 4 Different kind of battle
- 5 Huge bosses to defeat
- Many destructive powers & special blocks
- Amusing high quality soundtrack
- 36+ Game Center Achievements
- Optimized for older devices

Check the games site here.

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This is the first demonstration of the new game Castle Story. This game is a mix between a real time strategy game and a voxel based game.

Check out the games site here.

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Carpe Fulgur the doujin game localization studio will be releasing their next game project RPG Fortune Summoners on January 17th for Gamersgate and Steam for $25 bucks. This is great I really liked their first two releases Recettear and Chantelise. If their previous releases are any indication I think this one will be just as good.

Check out their site for info and to play a demo.

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There is a new Indie Royale Bundle available! “Well Johnny what are the games this time?” you may ask and my response would be “My name isn’t Johnny, so don’t call me that!”

…ok that’s kinda weird but hey, here are the games that are available in this nice bundle:

(oh…just a formality, click the links for the indie royale preview for each of the games)

– Nuclear Dawn: Nuclear Dawn is a Source engine based Multiplayer game that combines the visceral action of a First Person Shooter with the deep branching gameplay of a Real Time Strategy title. Forge your own destiny on the field of battle with every tactical decision, and ensure your faction’s survival with each headshot, capture buildings and bring the fight to your enemies’ strongholds riding the future’s machines of destruction.

– Max & the Magic Marker: Max is a young boy, and like most boys he loves to draw. One day he gets a mysterious marker in the mail. There is no letter attached – only the plain orange marker. Max decides to test it right away, sits down and starts drawing. He draws a monster but as soon as he finishes the lines on the paper start moving and to Max’s great surprise the monster runs off the paper and into another drawing. Stunned Max now sees how the Monster messes around with his drawings. Max realizes that he has to stop the monster. So he draws himself on the same drawing that the monster is in and immediately finds himself inside the drawing. The game begins.

– Fractal: From the award-winning team that brought you Auditorium and Pulse : Volume One comes Fractal, an enthralling music puzzler experience. Push, Combo, and Chain your way through a pulsing technicolor dreamscape all the while expanding your consciousness at 130 BPM.

– Super Crossfire: Super Crossfire is an intense shooter with a unique twist: Players can warp between the bottom and top of the screen at any time. Combined with a massive upgrade system, intense gameplay, visuals, and audio, and a huge variety of enemy types and waves, Super Crossfire is the next evolution in the arcade shooter genre.

Well, if you want it you can get it here:

or go to their website here.

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Nuclearoids is a simple game where you are given goals to destroy certain spheres in each level. It’s basically a puzzle game…it’s simple…but also addicting. The game is definitely more than a 5 minute game and looks, as I said, simple. I think it’s one of those games that most would over-look, so I think it’s worth posting here. The game is really fun and will draw you into completing it rather quickly. Definitely recommended for at least a 5 minute check out, though I’m almost certain you’ll play longer than that.

Play it on Armor Games

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Flush is the name of a pet goldfish, and… Super Hero Extraordinaire! Flush is not an easy fish to catch
and he will BITE when his master – and best friend – is kidnapped!

“Fish slap” your way through hordes of kitties and turn evil baby seals into fish sticks while you’re at it…
Random Castle mode features 300+ rooms all playable in any theme and any difficulty! That’s one meaty fish!

Features:

- Flipper 2 is a hardcore platform game that uses only 1 (one!) button to play.

- The world is dived in multiple rooms (300+), each room is one screen big.

- In each room the player starts at the left side of the screen and has to exit at the right side. In between are enemies, traps and some coins.

- In each room the player has a different action that he can perform by pressing the one button.

- So for example, in one room pressing the A button might result in shooting. In the next room pressing the A button might result in jumping.

- It’s up to the player to quickly figure out what the action is, and how he can use it to avoid the enemies and traps before he dies!

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The above image is the new main menu screen for the game Xenonauts. The game has not been released to the public, but if you pre-purchase it you will get access to development betas, like this one. Check out the website for more info on the development betas and this release, if you already have pre-ordered.

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Source: IndieDB

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This is one of the best bundles yet! Click here, help charity and get some great games.

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Get you some indie games for cheap!

The Blackwell Trilogy: Remastered available on: windows, desura, steam (pc)
*WORLD PREMIERE* inc. new voices, commentary – info!

Eets available on: windows, desura, steam (pc and mac)
Cult 2D puzzle platformer from the makers of Shank

Dino D-Day available on: steam (pc)
Fight Velociraptors and Nazis in this Source Engine-powered FPS

The Oil Blue available on: windows, desura
Overlooked, satirical oil-drilling action sim

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Nyu Media announced that it has teamed up with Capcom to localize and publish a series of Japanese doujin PC games for western audiences.

The Capcom partnership follows up on Nyu Media’s previously announced plans to bring a string of diverse Japanese titles to Windows platforms. Games announced for release under the partnership include atelier773′s adventure game Cherry Tree High Comedy Club, the arcade-styled shooter Ether Vapor Remaster and brawler Fighting Fairy from Edelweiss, and Tennen Sozai’s bullet-hell shooters eXceed 2nd and eXceed 3rd.

“We’re delighted to partner with Capcom to give these titles the attention and breadth of distribution they so richly deserve, and also to legitimize the indie gaming community as a whole,” said Nyu Media founder Seon King. “In addition to being available on the major digital distribution services, the games’ accessible pricing will make it easier than ever for gamers to enjoy the games and support the indie developers.” Source: indiegames.com

Read the rest at www.indiegames.com

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One of my favorite indie games is get a deluxe edition. That’s right Super Puzzle Platformer is getting more features. I can’t wait!!!

Check out the game’s site here.

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Gather the Gems has now been released on iPad and iPhone. It is not out yet for PC and Mac but is planned for release. It’s available for 99¢ at the App Store.

Check out the game here

Source: IndieDB

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For those who haven’t heard of Dirk Dashing, you can check out the first one here.

Source: IndieDB
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Battlemass is a turn-based multiplayer strategy game. Players play against each other on maps divided into areas of various sizes. Players can build cities in these areas to take control of them and to build more units in them; and build harvesters to harvest the areas for resources, needed to build more units. The goal in Battlemass is to destroy your opponent’s city (or cities) before he does the same to you.

Each turn consists of 3 phases. The 1st phase is the combat and movement phase in which a player can move his units around the map (units may move a limited number of tiles per turn) and attack any of his opponent’s units that are in range.

The 2nd phase is the harvest phase. A player will get an opportunity to select each of his harvesters in turn and select the tile that should be harvested. Resources, called edon, will be extracted from the tile and the tile will go into a decaying state. Tiles that are decaying cannot be harvested again and with each turn change the decay will get worse until the tile is removed from the game; any land unit on that tile will then be destroyed. A tile will go through 3 stages of decay before it is removed.

The 3rd phase is the build phase in which a player can select his city and target any open tile in the same area as the city to build new units on, provided he has enough resources (edon) to build the unit.

There is a free demo on their site here.

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Melee Man is a charming little retro game built to the original GameBoy’s very limited specifications.
The game is rendered at 160×144 and the color palette is limited to 4 shades of gray. It features addictively brutal gameplay elements and 2 beastly boss rooms.
Melee Man features the retro stylings of Daniel Davis. Daniel is making waves in the USA chiptune scene with his blend of timeless melodies and mathematical rhythms… using only an original GameBoy as his instrument!

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The game will be online for one week from 11/10, 5:00 PM PST to 11/17, 5:00 PM PST.

Cosmic Commander is an online multiplayer strategy game that may be played directly from your web browser. Take command of a robot army, organize your troops into Squads, and wage war against enemy forces. Armies can become very large, consisting of hundreds of Squads each containing multiple individual robots! Cosmic Commander also features fully animated battles, a feature absent from many browser-based multiplayer strategy games. The game features three main modes of play:

Main Mission Mode – Take on challenging Missions in real time! One turn, or “Phase”, passes every two hours. Team up with your allies to take down the hordes of Chaos!

Single Mission Mode – Work through Missions at your own pace, with the ability to advance to a new Phase whenever you please.

Arena Mode – Participate in exciting PvP Tournaments to determine the strongest Commander. Valuable rewards await the victorious!

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Blink is a first-person game crafted with an innovative formula of platforming, puzzles, and mystery. In a surreal world that is both beautiful and lifeless, you find you are somehow able to freely slip between two unique perceptions of the world. You can help get the game made by visiting their Kickstarter page and dropping some coin.

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Green Planet is the beautiful home of the little mechanical life forms known as “Minirobots”.
It was invaded by an army of ruthless robot troops that call themselves “The Machines”,
who wanted to turn it into a space resort! Help the peace-loving Minirobots fight to reclaim their homeland.
Build the ultimate team from 40 cute little robots to defend against a horde of 32 types of Machines that is
coming over land, air, sea and even beneath the depths of the ocean!

Use your wit and tactics to conquer the obstacles of an ever more challenging and fun storyline that spans
three episodes. Collect energy and metal parts to build your army while shooting, slashing, zapping and
bombing the enemies. You’ll also experience new ways to fight in heaps of great mini-games. Stand united
with the Minirobots and prove that size doesn’t matter!

Features

- Play through 150 levels in story mode that spans 3 episodes, each with its own storyline and distinctive gameplay.
- Save 40 little Minirobots from their peril; including Bubble Bot, Snow Baller, and Mama Factory.
- Battle against 32 types of enemy over 5 areas – Grasslands, Desert, Underwater, Glaciers and the Iron Fortress.
- Have fun with 30 mini-games that put a new spin on the Mini Robot Wars’ universe.
- Gain achievements, unlock new upgrades, and try new tactics – the fun never stops!

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Mebas is a Social Multiplayer Real-Time Strategy, where players design and evolve their own units. And it’s free to play. The art style kinda looks like Osmos.

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8-Bit Commando is a run and gun platformer with fast-paced action, a rocking soundtrack (from the chiptune artist Ozzed), local multiplayer and explosions. The graphics will take you back to the classic age of gaming and the gameplay is bound to challenge even the most seasoned vets.

Features:
- 6 levels of intense action
- Local coop multi-player
- Beautiful retro graphics
- 2 difficulty modes
- Online high-scores
- Rocking chip-tunes soundtrack

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The Light Temple is a 100% co-op game. The objective is to get both Fire Boy and Water Girl into their respective doors while making sure to collect the gems on the way. Fire Boy is the only one who can come into contact with fire and collect fire gems, just as Water Girl is the only one who can come into contact with Water and water gems. This game is better off played with 2 people rather than just going at it by yourself, although you can if you want. It also makes it rather easier to play with two different people. This game is a nice pick up and play flash game where it the gameplay elements kind of come to you easily, although things like lighting mirrors might be trial and error for you at first. I’d recommend giving it at least 5 minutes of your time (be warned, you might go longer than 5), and definitely if you have a partner with you.

Play it on ArmorGames: The Light Temple

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Key Features:

– Game Modes: Free run & Time trial for Single player
– Multiplayer Powerup Race & Race mode – Compete with your friends!
– 12 Levels which can be solved in many different ways
– 4 difficulty modes for each map and game mode
– Discover and use level modifiers and power-ups to get more momentum!
– Achievements to brag with at your friends
– Online Highscore list – Be the first in the worldwide rankings!
– Unreal® Engine 3 Powered Game

Source: IndieDB

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Two more games have been added to the bundle. The Binding of Isaac and Blocks That Matter, plus the brand new Binding of Isaac Halloween update.

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Voxatron is making its worldwide debut in the Humble Voxatron Debut a pay what you want plus charity promotion that gets you access to the Voxatron alpha and future updates. Voxatron is compatible on Mac, Windows and Linux and a customizable portion of each contribution will be supporting the Child’s Play charity and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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Sonar has released a second demo. You can get the demo here.

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Unleashed is a free early release of a gameplay experiment. This is a final year university project which will continue being worked on for a full RPG experience. Players are thrust into deadly arena combat against a horde of different and powerful enemies. Through the use of abilities and traps, players must strive to overcome each wave.

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The Project Black Sun is inspired by classic games like Super Metroid and Castlevania.

Features:

› Lots of exploring and collectables
› Responsive and presice controls
› Retro style graphics
› Challenging boss fights
› Smooth 60fps action

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Pineapple Smash Crew is a fast paced and tactical blast-em-up, featuring tight squad formation shooting, aliens, robots, zombies and lots of grenades! As your team level up you can choose from an assortment of devastating grenades, including (but not limited to): rockets, laser grenades, machinegun grenades, suction grenades, mines, teleporters, holo-bait and bullet shields! also including rare powerups such as speed boost, bullet time, armour and super-laser! This is another one from IGF to look out for.

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Parallax is an interdimensional platforming and puzzle-solving game. The goal in each level is to reach the exit by travelling between two overlapping dimensions through rifts. Interactive objects in the level include boost pads and switches that rotate the rifts. Parallax challenges the player to think beyond the spatial boundaries of traditional platformers. The game was a 2012 Independent Games Festival submission and it is currently in beta.

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indiePub presents its 2012 Independent Propeller Awards at South by Southwest Interactive”s ScreenBurn.

They’re awarding $50,000 in cash prizes to the six best indie games entered including a $25,000 grand prize and five subcategory prizes for $5,000 each. All that, and entrants might get the opportunity to have their game published.

They also invite everyone to come to the 2012 SXSW Interactive ScreenBurn Arcade between March 9 and 11, 2011, to visit their booth and play the winning games.

You can also come and watch as they announce the winners at an awards ceremony on March 9, 2012, during the ScreenBurn.

The prize categories are:

Grand Prize – $25,000
Best Art – $5,000
Best Audio – $5,000
Best Design – $5,000
Technical Excellence – $5,000
Mobile – $5,000

The contest submission period is from November 15, 2011, to December 15, 2011.

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Bloody Trapland is a 2D platformer that takes the trial and error genre to a whole new level! It’s very easy to learn, yet insanely hard to master.

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The story
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

From seedy downtown nightclubs to penthouse apartments to a luxury yacht on the Hudson River, Rosa and Joey will unearth the truth about the underground world of street psychics. Including some secrets that Joey would rather be left buried.

Notable features:
- Note combining is back!
- Rosa has a smart phone now. No more trekking back home to use the computer.
- Five individual cases to solve.
- More ghosts than ever!* Eight in total.
- Part of Joey’s secret past revealed!
- Plus all the usual guff – voice acting, orchestrated music, commentary, and unlockable bloopers/extras.

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Jermaine Uberheimer is on a quest to find what he values most in life, but he may run into trouble along the way in this action-packed top-down shooter, featuring more weapons than you can imagine and a story you will never forget.

Platforms: Xbox 360, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Features:
40+ unique weapons
Play story mode with a friend via online co-op
Online deathmatch/capture the flag, up to 8 players
Endless Survival Mode
Level Editor

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This press release was sent to us by The Bohle Company for IndieCade:

“LOS ANGELES – Oct. 11, 2011 – Thirteen games, chosen by a panel of experts, received top honors at the 2011 IndieCade Conference Festival. FEZ, created by Polytron Corporation, was awarded the Grand Jury Award. IndieCade recognizes superior examples of story development, visual, technological, audio and all-around independent game titles as well as a creator who has greatly contributed to the independent gaming field.

Eleven of the winners, including the Grand Jury Award were announced at the Red Carpet awards show, sponsored by LG Electronics, on Thursday, Oct. 6. On Sunday night, Oct. 9, GameFly, a supporting sponsor, hosted the closing party where the Audience and Developer Choice Awards were announced.

“2011 was a great year for the indie gaming community, which continues to grow and change by leaps and bounds.” said Stephanie Barish, CEO, IndieCade. “This year’s submissions reflected the incredible diversity and innovation we have seen growing over the four years of IndieCade. The nominees and winners represent the best aspects of independent games.”

The game and developer winners this year are:

Grand Jury Award: FEZ, Polytron Corporation – The award distinguishes the game that cultivates artistry and embodies complete passion for game development. This year the jury chose from 36 game finalists from 14 different countries.

LG Mobile Innovative Game Award: Hungry Hungry UFOs, Asher Vollmer, Sam Farmer and Ben Bharier- The nominees for this award were brought together and established the prototypes for consideration at the IndieCade 3D Mobile Game Jam, presented and sponsored by LG Mobile.

Visuals sponsored by Nvidia: Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Superbrothers, Capybara Games, Jim Guthrie

Audio: Proteus, Ed Key

Impact sponsored by G4: Johann Sebastian Joust, Douglas Wilson and Friends

Interaction: Ordnungswissenschaft, Till Wittwer, Marek Plichta and Jakob Penca

Game Design: Deepak Fights Robots, Tom Sennett

Technology sponsored by Transgaming: Johann Sebastian Joust, Douglas Wilson and Friends

Story/ World Design sponsored by BBC Worldwide: FEZ, Polytron Corp.

Special Recognition: The Swapper, Facepalm Games – it’s a game specially selected by the Jury for being a stand-out game, but not one that could fit into any other category very well.

The Trailblazers Award: Megan Gaiser

Developers Choice Award: Way, Coco & Co (Carnegie Mellon)

Audience Choice Award: The Depths to Which I Sink, Bigpants

For more information, visit http://www.indiecade.com/”

I’m rather happy that Fez won the show, and really looking forward to the game.

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You can get it here.

News Source: Indie DB

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The demo was just released on steam. The game will be released on October 12th.

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A very odd FPS. It’s a mindf#$%!

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8-Bit Night, a retro platform game with a unique twist. Spin the world around you on it’s axis to solve the deviously designed levels. Collect pixels, avoid marauding skulls and experience two-dimensional gaming from an all-new and exciting perspective.

I really like the way this game looks, yeah I know the whole 8 bit thing is getting old but this does look cool. You can try the demo for free or just buy the full version for ten bucks.

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We here at IndieOtaku love supporting the humble bundles, and we highly recommend them, so pick up the latest one below.

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Get the demo here
You can also Preorder the game for $10 which is 50% off the normal price

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According to this news post on IndieDB, Desura now has the ability for indies to put up their game for Alphafunding, similar to other funding websites like Kickstarter. The difference is you get instant rewards when you fund the indie games on Desura.

Check out the full news post

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Yeah I know the name is really generic and the graphics are a bit bland but the game-play’s not to bad and it’s free.

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Pink Planets is a sandbox puzzle game currently under active development and scheduled to be released later this year. You play as a hamster alone in space, in an over-sized space suit, you have to rescue your friends from surprising monsters by building cute and creative structures. And if you gather enough building blocks, you even get to build your own level, which you can easily share with your friends.

Prior to the game’s release there will be an online Building Competition Game which will launch on 30 September. By unlocking building blocks in puzzle levels, players will be able to build their own structures, which can be uploaded and voted for on the competition website. The creators of the three winning structures will get a free copy of the game. But the best part of the competition is that the winning structure will appear in the final game.

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Features

* Polished Interface : Combining the RPG and Hidden Object genres, a polished and convenient interface allows you to easily play.
* Crafting : An important aspect in the game. The most powerful healing items and all magic scrolls are crafted.
* Furniture : Lily’s new house in Rosaria can be filled with furniture. Each piece has a certain elemental alignment and power. The combined total decides the bonus the player receives.
* Points : Collectible points are scattered throughout the levels. They can be used to buy exclusive items!
* Puzzles : Sweet Lily Dreams combines the RPG genre with the casual ‘Hidden Objects’ genre, focusing heavily on puzzles and exploration.
* Mini-Games : There are over half a dozen mini-games that give you great rewards!

They’re aiming for a late Fall release.

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I’m very happy to see GameTunnel.com back up and running!

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Freebird Games just released a free 20min long game to promote their upcoming game To The Moon. The Mirror Lied can be downloaded for free here.

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This is old news but the game is available on steam.

From the time of this posting you still have 23 hours to Pre-Order it on Steam. Hard Reset is made by a team of previously AAA developers.

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GunHound!

It’s a basic game, 1 vs. 1 duels from a top down view, but space style. Your mech is heavily affected by the lack of inertia in space as you fly around. Mechs have three weapons, one of which you choose from, and melee. It’s almost, kind of, like a shmup-fighter, too, because there can be lots of missile and bullets flying at you. Melee requires some ace piloting, as you’ll tend to just rocket by your enemies, but of course, it does a lot of damage, especially if you can keep on them, they can die in a flash. But a cool thing also, is how melee blades will clash if you both try. The arcade mode features constant 1 vs. 1s, and at the end, you’ll be greeted by a big boss. There are also a couple of cheats to play as other mechs, just check out the comments on the video.

Get it here: http://www.kit.hi-ho.ne.jp/deepsea/project-gamma/

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You can now Pre-Order “To the Moon” on Desura for $9.95.

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Gatling Gears is a twin-stick top-down shooter for Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC. When the Empire begins its reign of destruction in a thirst for natural resources, it’s up to Max Brawley, a retired Gatling Gear pilot, to stop them. Together with his niece and his trusty Gatling Gear unit he must fight his way to the heart of the Empire and eliminate the destruction at its source.

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AirMech Tutorial/Walkthrough

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So with that, I’ll talk some about the gameplay. There’s no other way to play other than ‘Practice’, which really should be called something like ‘Skirmish.’ It’s a mode where you fight with up to 8 mechs, and you can split into (several) teams. Actually, there IS a mission mode, but it doesn’t work past mission 1…

So you choose mechs, teams, and from 5 maps. The gameplay has quite a few buttons despite its simple appearance. You move your aim with the directional button, and hold a button to boost in the direction you’re pressing. It works really well, actually, so you can easily aim while moving. You have a shield button, boost, main shot, melee, secondary shot, and shield+backboost. Many mechs have different attacks depending on the direction you’re boosting, and different melee when and when not holding a direction. There’s also special attacks, which are done by pressing certain two buttons at once.

It’s a simple concept, and maybe the graphics will throw you off (I think they’re superb for an old indie game, but others would disagree…), but this game is actually very good and fun. It also has LAN play, but I can’t figure out how it works, because of a language barrier. The rest of the game is totally in English, though. It may be me, the nostalgic music (surprisingly catchy), or the mech designs, but this is definitely one of the best once you really get into it. I may be a little biased, as this was my first (and best) foreign mech game find, aside from Silver Knights, which already had a little English fanbase.

So, you can download it from the website I made for it (Yeah, I really do love Second Age ;-;), or from the main site. Thing is, the main site has a latest version, which is more of a test build and incomplete… While from my website you can pick up an older and fuller version with all the mechs. Also, I made a whole picture manual, with explanations of the game and movelists.

So my fan-site is: http://www.freewebs.com/the-second-age/

Or you can check out the (Japanese) official website, which has actually been abandoned for years, but surprisingly still up… My point is, just try this old little gem.

http://www.geocities.jp/anno_sa/ar

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I’ll be starting with the basics, which probably most mecha fans know, or maybe not… This one is an obscure little gem.

Silver Knights!

This is the one that started it all for me. At first, I was thrown off by its subpar graphics, but the gameplay was really the heart. Now, though, the game has developed much more, with more content, and pretty impressive graphics. In this game, you pilot a mech in a 3rd person shooter styles, but you lock on to enemies rather than aim. Each mech has two weapons, and a special function, plus melee, and there’s a lot of’em. Your main form of movement is boosting, in short bursts. Really, the gameplay is simple, yet the game can be really intense.

It’s made up of only a skirmish mode, but you’ll soon realize that it’s all it needs. You can play with up to 8 mechs per game, and there’s many maps to choose from. Every mech has an unique playstyle, like setting up bits that shoot laser beams in sync with your mech, transforming into a plane, a sniper with 4 different main shots and a sniper mode, and a lot more.

But probably the best thing about the game is the ability to play online, it’s just so fun. One on ones against another human player can get really crazy, or you can team up and fight AI mechs together, or have team battles with other players. The game is pretty skill and timing based, despite its simple mechanics.

So if you’re interested, check out the fan-forum. It’s like my home forum… We’re a really small community, but we’ve been active for years, and we really need more mecha fans who want to play this online. Also, this game is actually still in progress, although the creator has taken a break from it, mostly because of lack of inspiration because of the small fanbase. So if you want to see this game grow further, show your support!

Official Webiste/Download: http://www42.tok2.com/home/silverknights/download.html

Fan-forum: http://s2.excoboard.com/Silver_Knights_Olympus

Oh, and, if you wanna contact me, ask about mech games, or whatever, I’m always on MSN, and sometimes on AIM. My MSN/E-Mail is Axyko@live.com , and my AIM is Audikura.

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Vanguard Princess is a 2D fighting game developed by Suge9, rumored to be a former Capcom employee. With a unique system and vibrant graphics, it challenges the shackles of restraint imposed upon it by Fighter Maker, blazing a higher standard for doujin fighting games everywhere!

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I don’t have a lot info on this one but it looks good.

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An interview with Carpe Fulgur [The Publisher of Recettear] about their newest release Chantelise and their upcoming release Fortune Summoners.

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Guns of Icarus Online – Teaser Trailer from Muse Games on Vimeo.

It looks like this will be an Indie MMO. This is the second game in the Guns of Icarus line. I haven’t played the first game but it is on Steam. I’ll maybe get it some day.

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This one is one to watch for. To the Moon is an indie RPG Adventure Game about two doctors traversing through the memories of a dying man to fulfill his last wish.

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Millennium 4 is the direct sequel to Millennium 3 – Cry Wolf, released in October 2010.
Millennium was awarded the title of “Best Indie RPG” by RPG Fan in 2009 and is one of Aldorlea’s flagship series. The game has been added on the catalog of diverse portals such as Big Fish Games, Yahoo!Games, Iwin, Gamersgate, Impulse Driven and enjoyed a successful run.

As episode 4 starts, Marine and her friends have six days to find the four remaining warriors and make it to the showdown!
With such tight schedule and dramatic events piling up, Marine’s nerves are all over the place.
But Jeanne, Marine’s tiny fairy friend, is back! And this alone helps even the balance!

Millennium 4 is the most suspenseful, thrilling and emotional Millennium installment so far!

Features:
- 25+ quests
- 25+ secret rooms
- 9 animal kings to fight
- 4 modes of difficulty
- Importable save files from Millennium 3
- Choice of visible or invisible monsters
- Choice of having your path guided or not
- Choice of fast or normal battles
- 15+ playable characters
- 20h of gameplay

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It’s that time again, what time you might ask? Well time to get great indie games, help charity and pay what you want of course. So go get some GAMEZ!!!

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They have a lot of indie games for cheap, I just got Caster and I’m planning on getting Jamestown.

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Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D. We combine fast addictive gameplay with strategy to create a new and innovative play experience.

- Fast Paced Addictive Gameplay
- 4 Unique Game Modes
- Online Leader-boards & Ranking Systems
- Achievements & Skillpoint Rewards
- Exciting Colorful Art Style
- Great Music & Sound Effects
- Power Up’s & Stratergy
- Accessible to Everyone

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Indie Game: The Movie Official Trailer from IndieGame: The Movie on Vimeo.

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SPAZ stands for Space Pirates and Zombies. You can buy it or download the demo on Desura.

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Buy Games not Socks!

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Infested Planet Trailer from Alex Vostrov on Vimeo.

You can Pre-order the game to enter the beta here.

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I rarely post flash games but Andrew Morrish sent us an email for his new game Super Puzzle Platformer and after playing it I thought it was good enough to post. I really liked the art and animation of this one and the gameplay is not to bad ether. Try it for free at his website or on gamesbutler.com.

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Man this looks good, I can’t wait to play this!

This image is from the game Dr. Awesome.

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Game description:
Spinballs delivers untimed match-3 fun packed into an unique game concept challenging both puzzle and action game fans. Moving away from traditional colored blocks or gems Spinballs requires players to think different. Colored orbs on seven discs need to be connected by rotating those discs and building up same-color chains. Since time is running players need to act quick and smart. Clearing chains reward them with points, extra time and energy for the four power ups that can be triggered to unleash effects like points multipliers, time slowdowns, automatic orb sorting and full playground explosions.
The new Zen-Mode in Spinballs Special Edition offers a relaxing endless mode enabling players to explore all the features of Spinballs without being stressed by time pressure. And the new special recharger comes handy on charging power ups faster than before.

Features:
- Unique and highly addictive gameplay
- Three brilliant skins
- Great music and sound effects
- Relaxing Zen-Mode
- Game Center support
- Publish Highscores on Facebook

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That’s the trailer for Space Captain McCallery Episode 2, there are 3 episodes in all. The games look like a throwback to old Nintendo graphics to me and that’s probably what piques my interest so much in them. While I have not yet played them (even after promising the developer I would T_T), they remind me of Adventures of Dino Riki (which I owned as a kid and loved and hated at the same time) for some reason. They are classic “arcade shooters” and look rather fun. You can also Donate to Ultimate Nerds if you want to help out.

Space Captain McCallery Episode 1, 2 and 3 are all freeware, and you can get them from Ultimate Nerds.

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Taking advantage of Screenr online screen capture software.

Ok so this game is one that I’ve wanted to do for an Armor Games pick for some time, but there have been some other good games too. It’s not the absolute best flash game I’ve played, but I seem to go back to play more of it and try to get farther in the game a lot. The game is based on a rogue-like RPG, Elona. What is it? Well, simply put, it’s a shooter. Your main goals are to gain money, level up, and survive all the days (if there is an end). This game is actually rather in-depth, and has the option for some moral choices as well. While I’m no fan of things like “robbing” people, you have the option of doing so in this game if you really need money, I for one do not rob even in this game. If you’re into click shooters, this is one to check out. I’ll warn you though, it can get rather hard.

Play it yourself: Elona Shooter

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I’m planning on getting a copy of this.

Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

Unlike most top-down shooters, which give multiple players a shared pool of lives or continues, Jamestown does something different. So long as any player survives, the team can be brought back from death. By giving every player the power to rescue their team from the jaws of destruction, Jamestown creates an exhilarating cooperative experience where everyone’s contribution truly matters. Win or lose, your team will do it together.

Key features:

- Blast your way through historic Mars as a crack team of up to 4 friends in local co-op mode
- Marvel and rejoice at vast expanses of lovingly handcrafted pixels
- Escape into a fast-paced story of swashbuckling redemption
- Epic orchestral scores composed by Francisco Cerda, unique to each level
- Brave the hostile Martian frontier with your pick of 1619’s finest steampunk weaponry
- Master innovative co-op mechanics paired with classical top-down shooter gameplay
- Test your skills against 20+ rule-bending bonus levels
- Run the “Gauntlet” arcade mode, and play Jamestown like it’s 1996
- Leverage the unique scoring system to claw your way up the online leaderboards
- Unlock all 30+ Steam achievements… if you can!

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Design Goals Walkthrough Part I:

Design Goals Walkthrough Part II:

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