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Tag: independent games

independent games
GDC 2014

Creativity From Performance Art to Procedural Worlds

You don’t need words to have a narrative. An experience can convey more than you could ever get across with words. Indie games ...
By Joshua Vanderwall Legacy AuthorMarch 18, 2014
Experienced Points

The Indies Will Ruin Everything!

The indie scene is about to ruin a lot of hopes and dreams. Not mine, of course. Probably not yours either. We’re getting ...
By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJanuary 14, 2014
You're Wrong

The Indie Space/Time Continuum

The slaughterhouse was packed wall-to-wall with indie game developers from across the Nordic region. I was up on stage to give the welcoming ...
By Jason Della Rocca Legacy AuthorAugust 10, 2010
Reviews

Review: Cave Story

Independent freeware games can hardly be mentioned without adding Cave Story to the discussion, a Metroidvania-style title that was originally developed solely by ...
By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2010
Op-Ed

Independent Spirit

In this generation of amped-up budgets and development teams numbering in the hundreds, it is impossibly reassuring to me that indie gaming is ...
By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorFebruary 8, 2008
Game Design Friday

Game Design Friday: Officeball

an office game in several variationsGame Design © 2007 by Scott Jon Siegelscott@numberless.net | www.numberless.net Every last Friday of the month, Scott Jon ...
By Scott Jon Siegel Legacy AuthorAugust 31, 2007
The Little Guy

To the Edge of Reality

Binu Philip steps to the podium. He makes a joke, smiles broadly and begins to speak. He brings up the current platform transition, ...
By N. Evan Van Zelfden Legacy AuthorMay 9, 2006
The Little Guy

Scratchware Auteurs

I sat down in a room in the San Jose Convention center and basked in the greatest gathering of artistic intelligence I’d experienced ...
By Patrick Dugan Legacy AuthorMay 9, 2006
The Little Guy

Doujin A Go Go, Baby!

Many turn to indie games for an alternative to what is found on the shelves of the average games store. If your commercial ...
By John Szczepaniak Legacy AuthorMay 9, 2006
The Little Guy

Good For the Soul

Surprising English poet William Blake probably wasn’t talking about developing videogames when he said, “I must create a system, or be enslaved by ...
By Jim Rossignol Legacy AuthorMay 9, 2006

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