It was recently revealed that one of our favorite indie developers for the XBLIG, Radiangames, had teamed up with publisher Chillingo to bring their games to the mobile space. Proof positive that the deed is done, a new trailer has just emerged baring the Chillingo branding and showing off the delectable new Super Crossfire game in action and man is it looking good. I can’t help but get excited about playing that on the iPad. Hit the jump and have a watch!
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The Chinese calander calls this the year of the rabbit and I think they may actually be on to something. That is, at least in the case of indie game platforms since they’ve apparently been breeding at that rate this year. Let’s get a quick head count shall we? IndieVania, IndiePub, IndieCity, Little Indie, and no doubt a dozen others I don’t even know about. So what’s the deal here? Is there actually a market here to support this or is this a future funeral procession that will inevitably leave thousands of gamers with orphaned licences in their wake? Keep reading
Late last night a war began. Indie icons Edmund McMillen and Markus “Notch” Persson battled on Twitter, returning tweeted blow after tweeted blow. But this wasn’t your usual war, because these aren’t your usual game developers. There was no vitriol or hatred, rather a heated exchange of public release of codes for their own games with Notch tossing out Minecraft codes and Edmund throwing out codes for his new game The Binding of Isaac (although some of them may have also been Super Meat Boy and Gish). A few others even joined the fray, including Supergiant Games, creators of Bastion lobbing a few code grenades themselves.
The most interesting thing in all this, however, was Notch’s commentary about the nature of self-publishing as an indie developer.
The war was ended by none other than everyone’s favorite bearded indie audio maestro, Danny Baranowsky who finally tweeted a photo of an excel spreadsheet containing 500 codes for the soundtrack to The Binding of Isaac.
The only casualty, was Derek Yu’s productivity.
You may think this styling is obviously inspired by that of BioShock, but believe it or not, art deco had its own period. Heck, it was around about the same time Julius Edgar Lilienfeld was filing his patents for the transistor. The point is, it’s not a new thing and it’s god damned wonderful. But I suppose once you get around to learning that creator Mórocz Gergő has named this particular mod “Welcome to Rapture” you’ve got to go along with it. Really though when I come across things like this, I can’t help be infuriated by the skill and talent that other people possess — those virtuoso bastards. How dare they enrich our lives by creating beautiful things. Go ahead and heck out a few pictures below the fold. Keep reading
Yesterday we let loose the first part of our two part interview with Kris Steele. The questions were mostly directed at his upcoming platformer Volchaos, but there was plenty left to be asked! We needed to know about iOS, IndieCity, XBLIG, and whether we could take a jab at Dave Voyles or not. While Dave may have emerged unscathed will Microsoft fair so well? Find out as we complete our interview with Kris after the jump! Oh and one more thing, did I mention Volchaos screens? Yeah we got screens. Keep reading
Time to put on that party hat and celebrate your birthday 2D Boy by practically giving away your games! That’s right its been five glorious years since Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler teamed up to form studio 2D Boy. I actually don’t know if the sale is specifically because of the anniversary or just because it’s fall, but either way this deal is better than good, it’s splendid.
The iOS version of the game is on sale for $0.99 (HD) (Non-HD)
Mac version is also on sale for $1.99 (Mac)
The deal only lasts from now through the weekend, so act fast or you’ll be back to paying retail you procrastinating scallywags.
via: 2D Boy
Tribute Games is super busy right now launching their first game Wizorb. Fortunately, we got the chance to get a few questions in with the industry veteran Justin Cyr. We find out a little more about the team, their past projects together, why they’ve set out on their own, and some indepth details about Wizorb. Keep reading
Oh boy have we got a delicious treat for you, a lengthy two part interview with Mr. FunInfused himself Kris Steele. In this part we’ll get the skinny on what FunInfused Games is all about, dig deep into their new game Valchaos, and find out a the special challenges making this style of game presents. So settle in hit the jump and have a read! Keep reading
I remember that red box on the counter at Target. It had a pair of legs and was festooned with dangely bits. I’m even pretty sure I needed to stand on a stool to let it suck my face with its rubbery grommet lips. Now that I think about it Virtual Boy really did seem like it was from another world, but man could that little red Wario world get me through the weekly shopping — keep in mind that was back before code ambers were like a daily exercise. Lets face it though that thing was a disaster and also the topic of this weeks Tales of Video Game Fails!
Now this is an interesting twist and I’m not too sure if it’s more carrot or stick. The Humble Indie Bundle is back a little sooner than I had expected but this time making a pretty interesting strategy change. You’ll get to buy one game, in this case Frozen Synapse, in the traditional ’name your price’ style. However, if you beat the average donation you’ll also recieve 5 additional games. I’ll go ahead and say it, this is once again fucking brilliant. The average is currently around five bucks, bid a bit over that and you’ll also take home: Trine, Shadowgrounds: Survivor, Shadowgrounds, Splot, and Jack Claw. JUST TAKE ALL MY MONEY WHY DON’T YOU.
Hit HumbleIndieBundle.com to snag your bundle.
