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Entries Tagged as 'Indie Games'

Freeware Game Highlight : Cave Story

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

I first heard about Cave Story probably about 6 months ago, and everyone was ranting and raving about how good it was - So I downloaded it, played it for 15 minutes, couldn’t work out what was so great about it and deleted it.
Then Matt from loose Leaf Games told me that it was one […]

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Freeware Game Highlight : Dark Disciples

December 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I’m having a bit of fun with an old school turn based RPG called Dark Disciples - I sure do like my turn-based games This game stands apart from the crowd of freeware RPGs, where most are either dull or only short demos that never actually get completed.
The interface is pretty good, and the […]

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Echoes

December 4th, 2007 · No Comments

As well as being a song by Pink Floyd. Echoes is a totally cool freeware 2D shooter. Yesterday I posted that I was thinking about doing a 2D shooter for my project after Caverns, and Echoes has the exact control scheme I had in mind - which is good, because now I know it works […]

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How to get artwork for your great game idea

December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Danc over at lost garden has just posted a very good article on “How to bootstrap your indie art needs”
If you’re a newbie, hobbiest game developer, semi-pro, or seasoned indie you should add lost garden to your RSS feed. (If you haven’t already.) Most of my RSS feeds on my list are from various […]

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Tags: Game Design · Indie Games

Finished Eschalon

December 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Last night I got to the end of Eschalon. Clocking in at 18 hours + 3 hours spent playing the demo. (I started a new character when I purchased the full version, even though you don’t have to.) I tend to play through games quite fast, and there were a couple of minor quests I […]

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Eschalon Book 1 - Demo Mini Review

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

I spent this morning playing the demo of Eschalon : Book 1 from Basilisk Games - And it kicks serious butt!
It’s been along time since I got into a single player RPG. The last one was Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and before that the all mighty Fallout. I didn’t even really like Baulder’s […]

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Starcars : Freeware

December 7th, 2006 · No Comments

“An Entertaining Non-Violent Arcade Game”
Now Freeware!

Windows 95 / 98 / 2000 or XP
 
DirectX 8.0
Minimum : Pentium II-300 w 64mb Ram and a 3D Accelerator card

Help an Intersellar Pilot return home after an experiment lauched him all the way to the other side of the universe in this 3D Platform Game. Addictive fun […]

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