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Best Of Indie Games: May the Forte Be With You

30
Jul

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Best Of Indie Games: May the Forte Be With You

[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. presents his weekly roundup of the top free and commercial indie games from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/dow...

Tags: Braid, co-editor, com, Edition, editor tim, educational game, flotilla, Game, goodies, indie, indie games, IndieGames, look, number, platformer, roundup, sister state, State, Weblog

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Best Of Indie Games: Crafting Harpoons and Spears in Rome

23
Jul

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Best Of Indie Games: Crafting Harpoons and Spears in Rome

[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last week from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top indepe...

Tags: arcade shooter, com, Edition, editor tim, educational strategy, harpoons, indie, indie games, IndieGames, look, mining, mining game, multiplayer, new arcade, sister state, State, Strategy, strategy game, Weblog

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Tale of Tales: Reaching New Audiences Hampered By Indie Resources

22
Jul

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Tale of Tales: Reaching New Audiences Hampered By Indie Resources

In Gamasutra's latest feature, an expansive postmortem of Tale of Tales' acclaimed game The Path, the creative duo of Michael Samyn and Auriea Harvey write about their failure to reach a wider audience. Though Tale of Tales had hoped to lure in nontrad...

Tags: audience, audiences, Auriea, auriea harvey, creative duo, failure, Gamasutra, Game, Gamers, Gaming, indie, indie resources, mainstream, mainstream games, michael samyn, New, path, postmortem, tale

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Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Indie Viability To The Reasons We Play Games

22
Jul

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Gamasutra Expert Blogs: From Indie Viability To The Reasons We Play Games

In highlights from Gamasutra's Expert Blogs, industry notables write about diverse topics, including the viability of indie games, breaking into the industry, and the reasons why we play games in the first place. In our weekly Best of Expert Blogs colu...

Tags: Blogs, community, Development, Expert, Game, game development community, indie, indie games, industry notables, Member, play, showcase, viability

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Interview: A Rocket Bear Takes Off – Vostrov On Going Full-Time Indie

19
Jul

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Interview: A Rocket Bear Takes Off – Vostrov On Going Full-Time Indie

Alex Vostrov is the one man band behind Rocket Bear Games, previously known as Indiebird. His work has been featured on sister site IndieGames.com's blog numerous times, and with good reason -- his games tend to be quirky and interesting, as well as so...

Tags: alex, band, bear, Blog, com, day job, decision, full time, games, gearbox, good reason, indie, IndieGames, man band, pandora, reason, sister, Swarm, zombies

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Best Of Indie Games: Lights, Camera, Action!

17
Jul

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Best Of Indie Games: Lights, Camera, Action!

[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look ...

Tags: camera, co-editor, com, Edition, editor tim, Game, indie, indie games, IndieGames, lights camera action, look, pair, puzzle, seven days, sister state, State, turnip, Weblog

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PAX 10 Indie Finalists Include Puzzle Bots, Hegemony, Super Meat Boy

15
Jul

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PAX 10 Indie Finalists Include Puzzle Bots, Hegemony, Super Meat Boy

Penny Arcade has announced the finalists for its PAX 10 indie game competition, which include Puzzle Bots, Super Meat Boy, Altitude, Hegemony: Philip of Macedon, and six others, to be showcased for attendees of the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this Sep...

Tags: Bots, boy, Call, culling, event, Game, game competition, game industry, hegemony, independent games, indie, industry experts, Meat, panel, pax, penny arcade expo, philip of macedon, showcased, site, Super

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Indie Devs: Making The Fulltime Transition Is Tough

15
Jul

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Indie Devs: Making The Fulltime Transition Is Tough

As part of Gamasutra's latest feature, Making Games On The Side: Development In The Real World, indie developers discuss their transition from hobbyists to fulltimers, and the pros, cons, and challenges of the approaches they have chosen. "If I feel li...

Tags: challenges, Developers, Development, Devs, feature, Fulltime, Gamasutra, Game, games, hobbyists, indie, pros cons, Real, real world, side, Transition

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Q& A: Skulls Of The Shogun Team On Going From EA To Indie

15
Jul

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Q& A: Skulls Of The Shogun Team On Going From EA To Indie

The members of Haunted Temple Studios spent years working together on massive teams at Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio. Now, with their debut turn-based strategy game Skulls of the Shogun, the distributed studio's developers are relishing the great...

Tags: 60s, amp, arcade, ea, Electronic, electronic arts, Game, indie, man team, release later this year, shogun, skulls, Strategy, strategy game, Studio, Studios, Targeted, team, Xbox, xbox live

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Best Of Indie Games: God Save the Queen

9
Jul

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[IndieGames.com: The Weblog co-editor Tim W. rounds up some of the week's top free-to-download and commercial indie games from his sister 'state of indie' weblog.] This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top independent PC Fla...