Tag archive: indie [ 60 ]

Starseed Pilgrim Game Curious Video: Plant or Fall

05/01/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Game Curious, Reviews

Exploration, music, and planting blocks on blocks on blocks. If you are lucky you’ll find some keys before you fall into the abyss, as long as “The Nothing” doesn’t get you first. Justin gets lost exploring the world of Droqen’s Starseed Pilgrim, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. This video is intended for a mature audience as our commentary is not kid-friendly: For more Game Curious and video content from Horrible Night: Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Join us [...]

The Indie Megabooth Brings All the Indies to PAX East ’13

03/15/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

Somehow the Penny Arcade Expo’s Indie Megabooth has gotten even bigger for this year’s PAX East on March 22-24. This year’s booth features 62 games by 50 developers from everything from Don’t Starve and Guacamelee! to Monster Loves You! and Drunken Robot Pornography. Even if you aren’t attending PAX East (we can’t make it either) the Indie Megabooth website has trailers and info on all of the games. Can you pick up the next star Indie Megabooth alumni to join [...]

Your Pants are Safe for a Bit Longer, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Delayed until Q2

02/20/2013
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by Ethan Moses in: Headlines, News

Are you tired of wearing clean underwear? Are your dreams lacking the nightmarish qualities that prevent sleep? Could your bed sheets use a bit more cold sweat? If you answered yes to all of these questions, then Frictional Games and thechineseroom have a game for you. Well, they will have a game for you though you’re going to have to wait until Quarter 2 of this year as Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs has been delayed. Life is so unfair. I, for [...]

Escape Goat 2 Announced for PC with New Art Style

01/30/2013
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

Goat and mouse. A bro combination so powerful that they could not be contained to one game. Ian Stocker of MagicalTimeBean has announced via an interview with IndieStatik that Escape Goat 2 is headed for a PC release later this year. Ian has stated that Escape Goat 2 will be similar in style to the first game with its focus on single room puzzles, but for the first time he will be working with an artist which makes the biggest [...]

STEALER Cyberpunks Us All

12/04/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Previews, Trailers and Scraps

So I can’t tell you much about the indie game, STEALER, from Russian developer Winged Doom. At one point it was intended to be a Flashback clone, but I see a cyberpunk Limbo meets Metroid. It’s also therefore hard to tell how the end game will turn out. Now, put all of that out of your head and watch the pixelated sci-fi perfection that is STEALER’s trailer: The atmosphere of STEALER is palpable, and it also looks like it will [...]

Hotline Miami Review: Bloody in Pink

11/07/2012
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by Aaron McNeal in: Rated, Reviews

A cold chill is in the air. The smell of blood is everywhere, following the path of destruction I’ve carved to get to this point. My moves have all been calculated, yet I’m nervous. My right hand shakes, but there’s no turning back now. I burst into the room, hurling the knife in my hand into the flesh of the man directly in front of me. As the thud echoes off the walls surrounding us, a hailstorm of bullets rains [...]

Lo and Behold! Mental Drift Looks Like a Good Time, Too

10/30/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

Lo and Behold! Games has recently announced its new indie PC title, Mental Drift. A game that, well, I’ll let them tell you: Mental Drift will be a puzzle-platformer game where players can take words from the ever-shifting thoughts of the main character and apply them to the world. This allows them to create their own platforms, move objects, and more based on the nature of the word they’ve chosen. Mental Drift is the first game sponsored by the Extra [...]

Guide to Greenlighting and Getting Greenlit: Part 1

10/16/2012
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by Ethan Moses in: Editorials

I’ve developed a bit of an obsession with the “Indie Scene” and the hundreds of different ways one can get their game out and into the hands of the insatiable masses. Steam Greenlight has been in my own personal spotlight as of late (though I’m still a huge Desura fan as well) and I’ve been overjoyed to see how quickly new games are popping up. It’s like an adventure every time I visit and I often spend more time searching [...]

Krater Continues to Grow with Co-op Update and More to Follow

10/03/2012
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by Ethan Moses in: Headlines, News

Krater is a quirky little tactical RPG mismatch that I can happily say I quite enjoyed. Despite this, it had some flaws, but Fatshark, the team behind the game, has kept itself busy fixing and patching things since the game released. On October 23rd, fans of the post-apocalyptic Swedish adventure will get one of the bigger updates to date as co-op support and a number of other improvements will be released for the game. I realize Krater flew under a [...]

DayZ Standalone “Has to be Out Before the End of the Year” says Creator

09/28/2012
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by Justin Lacey in: Headlines, News

Every time we think the zombie video game genre is getting a bit too crowded, some developer comes along and gives us a slightly different flavor. DayZ may be the most successful zombie mod ever and certainly captured our attention at its brilliant premise as a realistic open world zombie experience. Recently, Bohemia Interactive announced a standalone version of DayZ, and now we have a bit more of an idea of its release date. Creator Dean Hall gave a bit [...]