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In this moving six-minute microtalk from GDC 2011, Independent Games Festival chairman Brandon Boyer champions the countless independent developers that still have something sincere to say through gaming.
Nominated for awards in Art and Technical Excellence for obvious reasons in the 12th Annual Independent Games Festival, Playdead’s stunning black and white puzzle platformer Limbo is heading to Xbox Live Arcade this summer.
Alexander Bruce kicked some serious butt recently by taking out the overall 5th place in the worldwide Unreal modding competition, Make Something Unreal. We caught up with the Victorian indy developer about the experience and the ideas behind the project most simply described as a ‘Philosophical First Person Single Player Exploration Puzzle Art Game’. See? Simple.
ACE Team’s first-person melee combat game Zeno Clash is getting the retail box treatment courtesy of Tripwire Interactive, a publisher that truly understands the plight of the independent developer.
Initially released a little over a year ago, Bit-Blot’s fanciful aquatic adventure game Aquaria is now available for purchase via Steam, with a special price available to folks who purchase before December 31st.
Crayon Physics Deluxe, the 2008 Independent Games Festival Grand Prize Winner, is getting dangerously close to release, and to prepare for the waxy buildup that is sure to ensue, creator Petri Purho has launched a brand new website for the game and is now actively accepting pre-orders. What does a pre-order of Crayon Physics get you? How about $US5 off the already ridiculously low price of $US20, plus a guaranteed spot in the Crayon Physics Deluxe beta? I declare it not too shabby indeed.
