Tag: Indie Game

Eric Swain Thoughts

The Revolution is Over

December 8, 2013 | Filed under: Recent Posts, Thoughts and tagged with: Indie Game, VGX Ignore the title. I suck at titles. Last night Spike’s VGX awards ceremony was broadcast all over the internet and as expected it was the cultural travesty we’ve all come to expect from it. I’m not really interested in how they can remedy the situation and fix the awards show, instead I want to use it to point at a larger trend that seems to be taking place this year. | more

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Indie Game Spotlight: p0nd

Indie Game Spotlight is a weekly feature where I highlight an independent game that deserves attention. Given the difficulty these developers have in being heard, every little bit helps. Some will be free, some will cost money, but all are deserving of some attention. P0nd is a one-button, flash game by PeanutGallery that came out I want to say over a year and half ago. It is a strange game and before I go any further, I want you to go try it. It won’t take more than a few minutes of your time, definitely not more than 5. | more

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Indie Game Spotlight: The Stanley Parable

Indie Game Spotlight is a weekly feature where I highlight an independent game that deserves attention. Given the difficulty these developers have in being heard, every little bit helps. Some will be free, some will cost money, but all are deserving of some attention. The Stanley Parable is a Source Code mod made by Davey Wreden. It took two years of work to make and is a superb think piece. That’s what it is, a think piece in interactive form. It’s not a game in the traditional sense. | more

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Indie Game Spotlight – One Chance

(Indie Game Spotlight is an irregular feature, trying to be a regular feature that I haven't done for almost a year and finally got back to. I highlight and talk about an indie game as opposed to the AAA titles that usually dominate the critical conversation.) One Chance is a flash game over at Newgrounds that you must play, but a note before you do. The title is more than that; it is a warning of what you are about to play. You have only one chance to play this game. There are no restarts or replays. | more

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Indie Game Spotlight – Today I Die

Over at the CreativeFluff design blog I spotlighted Today I Die, an indie game that came out around April of this year from designer/developer Daniel Benmergui. Go play it before reading anything below. It's a short game and worth it. Today I Die is a game that firmly wears the arty badge and wears it proudly.  It's a simple puzzle game that has an interesting take on the point and click adventure game genre. Using floating words to alter the poem, you change the world and your avatar's state of being. | more

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Indie Game Spotlight – Small Worlds

The game was made for Casual Gameplay's design contest #6 with the parameters to incorporate this content's theme: Explore. Were I to judge in the contest I would look to how well it incorporated the theme, as a critic I am looking at what that means within the game. I recommend playing it here before continue reading. Small Worlds is a simple game. It has three buttons: left, right and jump. And that's all the game needs. You are in an environment that you cannot see until you begin to move around and explore. | more

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Indie Game Spotlight – Norwegian Wood

Over at the Creative Fluff design blog I've started a new, hopefully weekly feature called, in case you couldn't guess, is Indie Game Spotlight. I've decided to highlight a different indie game each week. These games don't have the huge marketing push of the AAA titles so they can use any and all attention they can get. These aren't reviews or critiques, just bringing attention to a title I think deserves some attention. | more