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Indie Games [August] Now Voting - Post 937!
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Wok
Member
After following for some time the Indie thread I can finally show my new videogame!
Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
Design:
I was inspired by the classic point and click adventures from the 80’s and 90’s. It adopts these eras characteristically design and it is built using only the pixel art technique.
It has a base resolution of 256x192 but it wil run full screen and will adapt according to size. All backgrounds have a minimum of 512px wide so if the screen is wider it will always be ok.
Lot's of crazy pixel art work at very low resolutions can get your eyes strained but the final look is worth it.
Mechanics:
It's a classical point and click adventure.
Talk to NCPs, gather clues, solve cases.
I added a new game mechanic to the equation where you can interview people showing them items and asking the right questions.
You can also fast travel and do stupid things (more on this later)
Main quest and sidequests available.
I am trying to make all screenshots as animated GIFs.
We will first launch for Windows, Mac and Linux and think about more later.
We have a good friend that created a more official thread here on gaf with more info so wait for that or just hop on to our website
We are a 2 man team working together at the Lisbon Studio in Lisbon, Portugal, with 3 more people doing music, art, and production that are not here on a day to day basis with us. We are using Game Maker: Studio from Yoyo games and we will self-publish digitally on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Any and all feedback is appreciated.
Official website
Nerd Monkeys
Cool poster!
P.S. yes, I am no longer at Seed Studios.
Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
Design:
I was inspired by the classic point and click adventures from the 80’s and 90’s. It adopts these eras characteristically design and it is built using only the pixel art technique.
It has a base resolution of 256x192 but it wil run full screen and will adapt according to size. All backgrounds have a minimum of 512px wide so if the screen is wider it will always be ok.
Lot's of crazy pixel art work at very low resolutions can get your eyes strained but the final look is worth it.
Mechanics:
It's a classical point and click adventure.
Talk to NCPs, gather clues, solve cases.
I added a new game mechanic to the equation where you can interview people showing them items and asking the right questions.
You can also fast travel and do stupid things (more on this later)
Main quest and sidequests available.
I am trying to make all screenshots as animated GIFs.
We will first launch for Windows, Mac and Linux and think about more later.
We have a good friend that created a more official thread here on gaf with more info so wait for that or just hop on to our website
We are a 2 man team working together at the Lisbon Studio in Lisbon, Portugal, with 3 more people doing music, art, and production that are not here on a day to day basis with us. We are using Game Maker: Studio from Yoyo games and we will self-publish digitally on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Any and all feedback is appreciated.
Official website
Nerd Monkeys
Cool poster!
P.S. yes, I am no longer at Seed Studios.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Looks excellent, F-Pina. Will be keeping an eye on it for sure
For those interested. Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures is now in pre-sale on Steam. Will launch in september.
Kinda looking forward to this one
Kinda looking forward to this one
Messofanego
Banned
After following for some time the Indie thread I can finally show my new videogame!
Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
I am trying to make all screenshots as animated GIFs.
This looks fantastic! Great job!
More_Badass
Member
Wow, has Toma abandoned us? Without his guidance, Wayback Wednesday was forgotten. lol
Is EU4 really that addictive? Anyway, seems like I'm the top poster here now, time to stage a coup
Is EU4 really that addictive? Anyway, seems like I'm the top poster here now, time to stage a coup
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
I've been kinda wondering that, myself. Thread isn't the same without Toma.
Wok
Member
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Well, the graphics have sure caught my eye. Looks great so far.
PandaPedinte
Member
I totally forgot that yesterday was Wayback Wednesday. Grand Strategy games are really addctive.More_Badass
Member
That idea came up during a discussion on feedback in this thread and its an awesome idea that hopefully gets picked up by you guys. A problem even this thread seems to show, is that people still likely avoid the very unknown titles that might not have all that great looking production values. The idea someone came up with was dedicating a day to playing any of the games from the past threads that you havent played yet and post your impressions about it, be it good or bad. That way we wont forget the games from the past threads completely and it allows us to check on some other games
Here are the past thread links:
I recommend checking for the games in the OP rankings of the april, may, june and july threads and checking out a game high up on the ranking that you didnt get to yet, since its likely that those are among the better ones anyway.
The hell, I thought it's Wednesday today. Probably because of To The Moon I played for the whole night
It looks like it's gonna be filled with charm and great humour. All those Iberian games are kicking ass lately.
Dog Problems
Banned
Wow, that looks fantastic. Can't wait to play it. Definitely getting a Sam & Max vibe which is awesome.
More_Badass
Member
Electronic Super Joy is on Early Access
Trailer
Trailer
Described as "the Unholy merging of Super Meat Boy & Super Hexagon!" , Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.
Messofanego
Banned
Ergon Legos -
Download
Satirical text adventure, reminds me of typography videos. That polish helps it along, while other text adventures would have me bored after 10 min. There's not much to it, was made in 8 days, and using the spacebar to change directions is imprecise. Great music, though.
Outer Wilds -
Download
This game is awesome. Even though I suck at landing the shuttle, it was jaw-dropping doing seamless transitions from space exploring to landing on planets. Playing as alien space explorers with their own mythology is interesting. Nice to have a game purely dedicated to space exploring rather than all the strategy stuff that turns me off to those games.
Against the Wall -
Download
It's a simple block puzzle game, but the abstract world is the star here. Once you get to the jaw-dropping city with multi-eyed trees that really just want to ram you into the wall, you know this game has something special going for it. Also, I love games where you can get to a really large height and then fall all the way down (Mirror's Edge) instead of a game-over screen in the middle.
Tessallation -
Download
Yo, I'm a teacher with a multicoloured blocky head who likes to time travel to get past through obstacles in my own school. Hope you like the colour palette!
Iji -
Download
Challenging side-scrolling action platformer with an art style that reminds me of Out of This World for some reason. The story is a more desperate and hopeless alien invasion. A rare good female protagonist in this kind of game is refreshing. It's fun kicking things and learning different weapons. The checkpoints are a bit too spaced out and they're one-use only. Excellent rock soundtrack!
Download
Satirical text adventure, reminds me of typography videos. That polish helps it along, while other text adventures would have me bored after 10 min. There's not much to it, was made in 8 days, and using the spacebar to change directions is imprecise. Great music, though.
Outer Wilds -
Download
This game is awesome. Even though I suck at landing the shuttle, it was jaw-dropping doing seamless transitions from space exploring to landing on planets. Playing as alien space explorers with their own mythology is interesting. Nice to have a game purely dedicated to space exploring rather than all the strategy stuff that turns me off to those games.
Against the Wall -
Download
It's a simple block puzzle game, but the abstract world is the star here. Once you get to the jaw-dropping city with multi-eyed trees that really just want to ram you into the wall, you know this game has something special going for it. Also, I love games where you can get to a really large height and then fall all the way down (Mirror's Edge) instead of a game-over screen in the middle.
Tessallation -
Download
Yo, I'm a teacher with a multicoloured blocky head who likes to time travel to get past through obstacles in my own school. Hope you like the colour palette!
Iji -
Download
Challenging side-scrolling action platformer with an art style that reminds me of Out of This World for some reason. The story is a more desperate and hopeless alien invasion. A rare good female protagonist in this kind of game is refreshing. It's fun kicking things and learning different weapons. The checkpoints are a bit too spaced out and they're one-use only. Excellent rock soundtrack!
More_Badass
Member
Has anyone here played Ring Runner? It looked pretty good from the trailers and RPS impressions and I'm trading for it on Reddit. I'll post impressions later, but was curious whether it lived up to the promises set in those trailers and its Kickstarter
PandaPedinte
Member
After following for some time the Indie thread I can finally show my new videogame!
Detective Case and Clown Bot in: Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
Design:
I was inspired by the classic point and click adventures from the 80s and 90s. It adopts these eras characteristically design and it is built using only the pixel art technique.
It has a base resolution of 256x192 but it wil run full screen and will adapt according to size. All backgrounds have a minimum of 512px wide so if the screen is wider it will always be ok.
Lot's of crazy pixel art work at very low resolutions can get your eyes strained but the final look is worth it.
Mechanics:
It's a classical point and click adventure.
Talk to NCPs, gather clues, solve cases.
I added a new game mechanic to the equation where you can interview people showing them items and asking the right questions.
You can also fast travel and do stupid things (more on this later)
Main quest and sidequests available.
I am trying to make all screenshots as animated GIFs.
We will first launch for Windows, Mac and Linux and think about more later.
We have a good friend that created a more official thread here on gaf with more info so wait for that or just hop on to our website
We are a 2 man team working together at the Lisbon Studio in Lisbon, Portugal, with 3 more people doing music, art, and production that are not here on a day to day basis with us. We are using Game Maker: Studio from Yoyo games and we will self-publish digitally on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Any and all feedback is appreciated.
Official website
Nerd Monkeys
Cool poster!
P.S. yes, I am no longer at Seed Studios.
A bit late but amazing stuff, looking forward for it.
PandaPedinte
Member
Just saw it from Amplitude Studios facebook page about the Dungeon of the Endless:
I haven't played EU4, but I played Crusader Kings 2 and it is really addictive. I started a new game as the Byzantines last week and I couldn't play anything else until I restored the Roman Empire to it's former glory.
PandaPedinte
Member
FTL and Reus are $4.99 each on GOG and Expeditions: Conquistador is $9.99
More_Badass
Member
Anyone try Electronic Super Joy yet?
Dog Problems
Banned
Yeah, got it the day it came out because I'm a fan of some of the developer's other games. It's a standard 2D platformer with a high difficulty. Kind of wish I would have waited for it to be on sale but on the other hand it was only $5. Not a bad game at all, just average.
Sup guys, what do you think of this game?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/u55/u55-end-of-the-line?ref=category
My friend and eternal lurker sent it to me, and I really like the idea of binaural sound for a horror game. It also looks incredible.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/u55/u55-end-of-the-line?ref=category
My friend and eternal lurker sent it to me, and I really like the idea of binaural sound for a horror game. It also looks incredible.
Hmm. Not much to show so far, but the premise is engaging. Lovecraft in a modern-day setting? I can throw in some money, maybe.
The gameplay video is very promising, but the way he holds his phone makes my hand hurt.
More_Badass
Member
Wanted to thank the members and Toma (whenever he returns), my passion for indie games has only been enhanced by the wonderful recommendations here, so much so that I decided to start a blog dedicated to indie and overlooked/under-the-radar games on PC, console, and IOS
Indie Game Enthusiast: Shining The Spotlight on Independent Games
Already have a few posts if anyone's interested. I'll definitely be spotlighting all the free games recommending in the threads, any games that have demos, and of course ones that I own
Indie Game Enthusiast: Shining The Spotlight on Independent Games
Already have a few posts if anyone's interested. I'll definitely be spotlighting all the free games recommending in the threads, any games that have demos, and of course ones that I own
Wok
Member
Going to put this here for a bit
Since I started a youtube channel who does Indie Impressions daily, I started to notice how many great games were out there that hardly got any marketing or just couldn't be found because of all the big games that craved for attention. As a small youtuber I couldn't do much, but somehow I want to change this and I am about to expand to a full fledged website called www.Indiespotted.com
This website will be devoted towards the indie games. At the start it will mainly be computer and Ouya based indies, yet I will be expanding in due time. With my website I wish to support all of you to get the word about your game out there. Weither you are a new developer company or you are all alone in your project. Each and everyone of you work hard and deserve to be known.
How will my website help all of you? My video impressions will be on the website, together with articles that you may provide me about your game. I will also do specials towards interesting looking concepts, crowdfunding campaigns and I will give developers to put their crowdfunding campaign on the website either by article or the actual Kickstarter/IndieGoGo widget.
I will be sharing more information soon, as of now feel free to follow me @Indiespotted, where I will update anything regarding the website.
If you guys think this concept is interesting, feel free to share your ideas with me. Or if you couldn't care less, feel free to ignore this or just tell me that it is not suitable here and I will remain quiet then
Since I started a youtube channel who does Indie Impressions daily, I started to notice how many great games were out there that hardly got any marketing or just couldn't be found because of all the big games that craved for attention. As a small youtuber I couldn't do much, but somehow I want to change this and I am about to expand to a full fledged website called www.Indiespotted.com
This website will be devoted towards the indie games. At the start it will mainly be computer and Ouya based indies, yet I will be expanding in due time. With my website I wish to support all of you to get the word about your game out there. Weither you are a new developer company or you are all alone in your project. Each and everyone of you work hard and deserve to be known.
How will my website help all of you? My video impressions will be on the website, together with articles that you may provide me about your game. I will also do specials towards interesting looking concepts, crowdfunding campaigns and I will give developers to put their crowdfunding campaign on the website either by article or the actual Kickstarter/IndieGoGo widget.
I will be sharing more information soon, as of now feel free to follow me @Indiespotted, where I will update anything regarding the website.
If you guys think this concept is interesting, feel free to share your ideas with me. Or if you couldn't care less, feel free to ignore this or just tell me that it is not suitable here and I will remain quiet then
Dog Problems
Banned
Whoa, that is beautiful. I'll definitely check it out.
Going to put this here for a bit
Since I started a youtube channel who does Indie Impressions daily, I started to notice how many great games were out there that hardly got any marketing or just couldn't be found because of all the big games that craved for attention. As a small youtuber I couldn't do much, but somehow I want to change this and I am about to expand to a full fledged website called www.Indiespotted.com
This website will be devoted towards the indie games. At the start it will mainly be computer and Ouya based indies, yet I will be expanding in due time. With my website I wish to support all of you to get the word about your game out there. Weither you are a new developer company or you are all alone in your project. Each and everyone of you work hard and deserve to be known.
How will my website help all of you? My video impressions will be on the website, together with articles that you may provide me about your game. I will also do specials towards interesting looking concepts, crowdfunding campaigns and I will give developers to put their crowdfunding campaign on the website either by article or the actual Kickstarter/IndieGoGo widget.
I will be sharing more information soon, as of now feel free to follow me @Indiespotted, where I will update anything regarding the website.
If you guys think this concept is interesting, feel free to share your ideas with me. Or if you couldn't care less, feel free to ignore this or just tell me that it is not suitable here and I will remain quiet then
I'm actually interested in seeing some feedback of exclusive Ouya games. But it all sounds like a good idea, I'll definitely check it out every now and then.
This game looks promising.
AdventurOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmRfAx8S9k
More images
Indiegogo campaign
AdventurOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmRfAx8S9k
More images
Indiegogo campaign
One Foul Note
Member
That looks like a real cool concept. I can't even begin to imagine that multi-layered massive hell dungeon it would assemble out of my steam folder.
Voting!
RULES THIS MONTH IN SHORT: Up to 10 games, at least 4.
Why?
Because we want to offer people who first step into the thread an easy go-to list for great games. Plus it gives more attention to the titles that really deserve it.
How?
Everyone votes on his top 10 games out of the ones that already have been released AND are mentioned in the OP (So everything in Post 2). I'll tally the results and put the best 5 in the next thread. A minimum voting count of 4 is required. Feel free to vote for games that you deem "important" or the ones that you enjoyed the most. Since this is a rather communicative thread, feel free to include a short description why these games ended up on your list or a "honorable" mention if you feel that one game deserves another mention even though it wont count for your list. That way it would also make it interesting to read which games we should check out that others might have enjoyed. You dont need to "rank" the 10 games. Every list entry gets 1 point for the overall ranking.
When?
This thread is still open until the end of the month, so you can drop your list in here whenever you want. You can also change your list up to the last day. I wont start the count before the last day of the month, so everyone has still time to revise their lists and play some games. Speaking of which, if you dont even KNOW 7 games to vote for, there are plenty free games in the OP to check out. Most of which are rather short too. Use the remaining week to catch up with 1 or 2 titles you didnt get around to yet!
Which?
Since the list got rather long, here is the complete list of games to vote for for this month:
RULES THIS MONTH IN SHORT: Up to 10 games, at least 4.
Why?
Because we want to offer people who first step into the thread an easy go-to list for great games. Plus it gives more attention to the titles that really deserve it.
How?
Everyone votes on his top 10 games out of the ones that already have been released AND are mentioned in the OP (So everything in Post 2). I'll tally the results and put the best 5 in the next thread. A minimum voting count of 4 is required. Feel free to vote for games that you deem "important" or the ones that you enjoyed the most. Since this is a rather communicative thread, feel free to include a short description why these games ended up on your list or a "honorable" mention if you feel that one game deserves another mention even though it wont count for your list. That way it would also make it interesting to read which games we should check out that others might have enjoyed. You dont need to "rank" the 10 games. Every list entry gets 1 point for the overall ranking.
When?
This thread is still open until the end of the month, so you can drop your list in here whenever you want. You can also change your list up to the last day. I wont start the count before the last day of the month, so everyone has still time to revise their lists and play some games. Speaking of which, if you dont even KNOW 7 games to vote for, there are plenty free games in the OP to check out. Most of which are rather short too. Use the remaining week to catch up with 1 or 2 titles you didnt get around to yet!
Which?
Since the list got rather long, here is the complete list of games to vote for for this month:
Wok
Member
My votes:
- 1000 Amps: simplistic graphics, but varied game mechanics which you discover on your own. A cool puzzle-platformer with lots of exploration. What I dislike though: the screen becomes totally white when you collect things.
- Contre Jour
- Gateways: once again, a game in which you are free to explore the rooms and solve the puzzles at your own pace. Lots of simple and smart mechanics, yet a bit too difficult to be mainstream.
- Ittle Dew: the game looks bland at first, why would I play another tribute to Zelda? Well, the animations are really cute, the game is overall simple but enjoyable, with landscapes and protagonists which are very easy to recognize. Great artworks.
My honorable mentions:
- Against the Wall: an interesting take at the progression in a game: you have to climb a tower. The game is tedious tough.
- Chester: the concept is nice, but I dislike the controls and the art direction: it feels messy.
More_Badass
Member
My votes:
1. Outer Wilds
This game was excellent. I enjoyed it so much that I endured annoying lag and poor performance just to experience. It's incredibly atmospheric and really makes you feel like a explorer loose in the final frontier.
2. MTB Freeride
Got tons of laughs from this game. I never reached the bottom but every attempt was fun and the sense of speed is exhilarating. And first person crashes never get old
3. Tessellation
A colorful challenging puzzle platformer. I enjoyed this one a lot.
4. Ending
The graphics are simple but the game is not. Every move must be calculated and considered. And there's quite a bit of content between the puzzle mode, adventure mode, and level editor
Honorable Mentions:
Against The Wall
The art style is great and the sense of exploration and discovery is wonderful. Plus the block based platforming can get tricky,
ISIS
It may be short but ISIS packs a punch. The premise is pretty cool and the writing earns major kudos for getting you into a certain mindset while going through your short playthrough
1. Outer Wilds
This game was excellent. I enjoyed it so much that I endured annoying lag and poor performance just to experience. It's incredibly atmospheric and really makes you feel like a explorer loose in the final frontier.
2. MTB Freeride
Got tons of laughs from this game. I never reached the bottom but every attempt was fun and the sense of speed is exhilarating. And first person crashes never get old
3. Tessellation
A colorful challenging puzzle platformer. I enjoyed this one a lot.
4. Ending
The graphics are simple but the game is not. Every move must be calculated and considered. And there's quite a bit of content between the puzzle mode, adventure mode, and level editor
Honorable Mentions:
Against The Wall
The art style is great and the sense of exploration and discovery is wonderful. Plus the block based platforming can get tricky,
ISIS
It may be short but ISIS packs a punch. The premise is pretty cool and the writing earns major kudos for getting you into a certain mindset while going through your short playthrough
One Foul Note
Member
My Ten
Against the Wall
Experiment12
Humans Must Answer
Isis
Ittle Dew
MTB Freeride
Outer Wilds
Shadowrun Returns
Tessalation
Viscera Cleanup Detail
Almost Made It
1000 Amps
Chester
Gateways
Cube World
Desperate Gods
Maere: When Lights Die
Ergon/Logos
More_Badass
Member
Picked up a $30 Visa gift card
- Sir You Are Being Hunted?
- Betrayer?
- Electronic Super Joy and Legend of Dungeon?
- Back Ghost Song on Kickstarter ($15)?
- Sir You Are Being Hunted?
- Betrayer?
- Electronic Super Joy and Legend of Dungeon?
- Back Ghost Song on Kickstarter ($15)?
Wok
Member
Do not forget Shelter next week.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Looks pretty neat. I remember there was a SHMUP that did the same thing. Except that it deleted the files you destroy.This game looks promising.
AdventurOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmRfAx8S9k
More images
Indiegogo campaign
As long as this one doesn't do that, I'd love to try it. Especially if there's a Mac version since all my files aren't really on my Windows machine.
I'm unable to watch the video right now so I wonder how it decides what files become what kind of things. What becomes a boss? EXE files?
Dog Problems
Banned
My favorite genre and my favorite animation style. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Another good point-and-click adventure that is also stop-motion is The Dream Machine, which is excellent.
More_Badass
Member
Well...fuck...so many good choices and I don't want to spend all that $$ at once
I'm kind of leaning towards Ghost Song, because not only does it look awesome, but it's made by a GAFfer. Would be first KS backing
Most bang for my buck would be Legend of Dungeon and Shelter/Electronic Super Joy
SYABH just looks awesome but is the most expensive. Betrayer would probably by my final choice.
But they're all good choices
Wok
Member
Ahaha, and what about Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons? This one will released next week too.
More_Badass
Member
PandaPedinte
Member
Going to put this here for a bit
Since I started a youtube channel who does Indie Impressions daily, I started to notice how many great games were out there that hardly got any marketing or just couldn't be found because of all the big games that craved for attention. As a small youtuber I couldn't do much, but somehow I want to change this and I am about to expand to a full fledged website called www.Indiespotted.com
This website will be devoted towards the indie games. At the start it will mainly be computer and Ouya based indies, yet I will be expanding in due time. With my website I wish to support all of you to get the word about your game out there. Weither you are a new developer company or you are all alone in your project. Each and everyone of you work hard and deserve to be known.
How will my website help all of you? My video impressions will be on the website, together with articles that you may provide me about your game. I will also do specials towards interesting looking concepts, crowdfunding campaigns and I will give developers to put their crowdfunding campaign on the website either by article or the actual Kickstarter/IndieGoGo widget.
I will be sharing more information soon, as of now feel free to follow me @Indiespotted, where I will update anything regarding the website.
If you guys think this concept is interesting, feel free to share your ideas with me. Or if you couldn't care less, feel free to ignore this or just tell me that it is not suitable here and I will remain quiet then
Nice initiatives guys, I'll make sure to check yours sites later.
This game looks promising.
AdventurOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZmRfAx8S9k
More images
Indiegogo campaign
It looks promising indeed.
More_Badass
Member
So I narrowed my choices down to Sir You Are Being Hunted, Legend of Dungeon, or some other unexpected release or Early Access game.
I realized my specs can't run Betrayer, I can wait for Shelter, and I'll wait for games like Electronic Super Joy to go on sale.
Any impressions of Legend of Dungeon?
I realized my specs can't run Betrayer, I can wait for Shelter, and I'll wait for games like Electronic Super Joy to go on sale.
Any impressions of Legend of Dungeon?