Penny-Arcade and their convention, PAX, have a pretty solid history of giving back to not just communities and gamers, but to start up indie developers as well. This tradition lives on in continuance with its latest announcement of the PAX East Boston Indie Showcase Winners. These local(to Boston) developers will have the opportunity to showcase their games on the show floor of PAX free of charge, which otherwise may not have been possible. So without further stalling for time, the winners are:

The winning entries are:

• Slam Bolt Scrappers – Fire Hose Games – A unique combination of engaging in building challenges while fighting off wacky, cartoon baddies in a beat ‘em up brawler
• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! – Dejobaan Games – Jump off buildings floating above Boston performing stunts and making split-second decisions as you weave around buildings to score points
• Dearth – MIT Gambit Game Lab – Save the Tribal Lands from monsters and drought playing as a great shaman in this exciting co-operative action-puzzler
• Waker – MIT Gambit Game Lab – Players are challenged to use both mind and reflexes to solve puzzles, creating platforms to form a path in this puzzle/platform game set in the world of a child’s broken dream
• Turba – Keith Morgado – A puzzle game where each song played will generate unique game boards on which players much create combos of 3 or more of the same color
• Miegakure – Marc ten Bosch – A platform game where you explore the fourth dimension to solve puzzles.