Indie/Fan Made

[Somari]

Φέρτε επιτέλους ένα ΣΩΣΤΟ αρχαιοελλαδίτικο παιχνίδι με ατμόσφαιρα όπως την σκεφτόμασταν όταν διαβάζαμε τα βιβλία, και όχι παπαριές τύπου Sega's Spartan που έψαχνε ο πρωταγωνιστης να βρει τη "λεωφόρο".

Και ναι, μη βάλετε τον τίτλο γραμμένο ΛΡΟΤΗΕΟΠ.

[sOLiD SNAKE]

Wow για το APOTHEON, τρομερή ιδέα και η εκτέλεση φαίνεται το ίδιο καλή. Εψαξα στο νετ και βρήκα μια συνέντευξη της ομάδας και ο τίτλος μοιάζει αρκετά φιλόδοξος.

Ο τίτλος είναι 2d action adventure-platform με rpg στοιχεία (έως και επιλογές διαλόγων έχει) και online multiplayer. Ουσιαστικά είναι κάτι σαν symphony of the night plus διάφορα άλλα στοιχεία.

[Loggo]

Apotheon is a 2D platform action-rpg set on the rich stage of ancient Greek mythology. Hera, the queen of Olympus, has overthrown her husband Zeus, and taken his throne as ruler of the Gods. Bitter and scornful towards the race of mortals, she launches a murderous campaign to scour them from the earth. As humanity’s last champion, you must pass through the land of the dead, infiltrate Mount Olympus, and end the wrath of the Gods. With sword, spear, and shield in hand, you will sneak, conspire, loot, and battle your way through majestic palaces and chthonic depths as you climb towards godhood. Only by stripping the old gods of their powers, and taking control of the elements as your own, can humanity hope to survive the coming oblivion.

Along with a large single player campaign in a massive open world Mount Olympus, Apotheon will include online multiplayer with deathmatch and team based gamemodes.

Parallax is an interdimensional platforming and puzzle-solving game. The goal in each level is to reach the exit by travelling between two overlapping dimensions through rifts. Parallax challenges the player to think beyond the spatial boundaries of traditional platformers.

Νέος τίτλος απ' τη Team Meat (με γάτες lol):

Well hello there!, it's been a while since we talked... a lot has happened in the past 5 months, one of the biggest being the release of Indie Game: The movie on Steam and Netflix. We have been getting 100s of e-mails about the movie and we really appreciate all the love. It's very very hard to get back to all of you with worthy responses so let me just do a blanket statement here and say Tommy and i both read all the fan mail we get and really do appreciate it, we have just been amazingly busy these days with 2 new games and dont have much time to respond.. so yeah, THANKS ALL OF YOU!

Now on to the announcement.

As some of you know Tommy and i have been working on a new super meat boy for iOS and Pc for the past few months... but a month or so ago we decided to do a little game jam over a weekend and fell into a totally out of left field project we call...
MEW-GENICS!

Mew-Genics is by far the strangest project I've ever worked on.. and that's saying something. Tommy and i are very happy with how development has been going on it and decided that Mew-Genics will be the next official Team Meat game. We don't want to spoil too much here, but we can say the game will be randomly generated, strange and involve cats.

We are moving quite fast on it and should be able to start talking about platforms, more gameplay details and screen shots soon.

and SMB fans need not worry, the new Super Meat Boy (SMB:TG) is still in dev, just on hold till we squeeze this little kitten out of our loins.

STAY TUNED!

[Loggo]

Δυο ενδιαφέροντα projects:

Abandoned moon bases are scary enough. Routine ups the ante with perma-death, no HUD, no extra lives, and no health packs. In this non-linear, first-person horror exploration game, players will have to find enough data to uncover the truth behind the strange disappearance of everyone stationed on the Lunar Research Station.

Peeking around the official website, other features of Routine will include full body awareness and deadzone aiming. Developed by UK-based, three-person team Lunar Software, Routine comes to PCs in 2013.

Rock Pocket Games has released a new trailer for its dimension-hopping platformer Oliver & Spike: Dimension Jumpers showcasing the game's latest build.

Oliver & Spike's potential becomes apparent once you witness the game's protagonist cross a large gap by switching to an underwater dimension -- impressive stuff! The mechanic is bound to make for some challenging environmental puzzles, and the full game will also feature unique areas designed for cooperative play.

Oliver & Spike is in development for Windows and Mac platforms, and console ports (including a possible Ouya version) are still being discussed. A release date has not been announced.

[Loggo]

An indie puzzle game scheduled for release on Steam August 8th, Unmechanical first took life as a student project. However, over the course of a year and a half, the game continued to grow. Set within the bowels of a strange, machinery-riddled world, Unmechanical will have players taking command of an odd little robot who must escape captivity and figure out precisely what's going on, something that may entail the unveiling of dark secrets. To paraphrase a guy from the YouTube comments, Unmechanical looks very much like a mixture of Limbo, Machinarium, Little Big Planet served on an Unreal Engine platter.

Castle in the Darkness is Matt Kap's upcoming, retro-styled exploration platformer. Kap says it is inspired by games like Castlevania, Megaman, Metroid, Zelda, but not the classic Konami MSX game The Maze of Galious. He's never played it.
Matt Kap is aiming for a 2012 release on "PC/iOS/maybe more," priced slightly higher than free. Kap has updated Castle in the Darkness' website this month and says to follow him on Twitter for more regular updates.

Cloudbuilt is an old-school action platformer where your goal is to traverse obstacles as efficiently as possible. As Demi, a recently injured war-veteran in mental rehabilitation, you'll always be on the move as you progress from confused rookie to masterful speed junkie.

Explore the thoughts of Demi through challenging multi-path platform-puzzles using extreme wall runs, dashes and jumps. Avoid hostilities in your path, or shoot them out of your way as you charge and release your powerful energy beam. Be the dare devil who risks your life to cut valuable seconds, or be the calm fellow who values your lives more than beating some record.

[Loggo]

Axiom Verge - Metroid clone για 360 και PC:

Axiom Verge is an upcoming indie game focusing on action and exploration. Expect it for PC and Xbox 360 sometime in 2013.

You play as Trace, a relatively normal (if quirky) guy who suffers a fatal-ish injury, after which he wakes up in a strange, unsettling new world that is both high-tech and incredibly ancient. Why is he here? Where are the world's inhabitants? And what is the myterious force that seems intent on ending his life?

Features:

• About 8 hours of play time (depending on how much you explore)
• Over 60 items and powerups hidden throughout the world
• Over 20 upgradeable weapons
• Classic 2D graphics
• Gripping sci-fi storyline
• Pulsing sci-fi soundtrack

[Titus]

http://www.gameover.gr/articles/Molyjam-2012.19230.html

Θεόκουφο.

Υπάρχει κατά πώς φαίνεται ενας παρωδός του Molyneux στο Internet, o Molydeux, ο οποίος γράφει στο twitter ανάλογες κουφαμάρες με αυτές που αμολά ο γνωστός developer. Το θέμα είναι πως η πλάκα και οι κουφαμάρες φάνηκαν τόσο ενδιαφέροντες σε εργάτες της βιομηχανίας που...

όταν, μια μέρα που ο ειδησεογράφος του Giant Bomb, Patrick Klepek και η Anna Kipnis, gameplay programmer στην Double Fine, αστειεύονταν στο Twitter, η ιδέα δεν άργησε να πέσει στο τραπέζι, έστω και στην πλάκα: τι θα γινόταν αν οργανωνόταν ένα game jam (μια συγκέντρωση game developers, που θα δοκίμαζαν να φτιάξουν παιχνίδια από το μηδέν μέσα σε 48 ώρες – δηλαδή, σαν μουσικοί που “τζαμάρουν”), βασισμένο στις παλαβές ιδέες του λογαριασμού του Peter Molydeux; Η πλάκα σύντομα εξελίχθηκε στο Molyjam 2012, ένα παγκόσμιο event που προσέλκυσε πάνω από 1000 game developers σε εκδηλώσεις που διεξάχθηκαν παράλληλα σε περισσότερες από 20 πόλεις ανά τον πλανήτη, το περασμένο Σαββατοκύριακο, όπου σχεδόν 300 παιχνίδια δημιουργήθηκαν από την αρχή.

Δημιουργήθηκαν λοιπόν πάνω από 260 (ω ναι) παιχνίδια με απίστευτες ιδέες, εννοείται ημιτελή και απλά σκαριφήματα, αλλά με τρομερό ενδιαφέρον. Ο ίδιος ο Molyneux πέρασε από το event και είπε κάποια πράγματα. Ακολουθεί link με όλα τα παιχνίδια.

http://whatwouldmolydeux.com/archive.php

Πραγματικά διαβάστε το άρθρο του Gameover, είναι πολύ ξεχωριστό.

[Titus]

ΜΑΡΙΟ + PORTAL

Ναι καλά διαβάσατε. Κυκλοφόρησε ένα δωρεάν παιχνίδι ονόματι MAri0, όπου ο μουστάκιας έχει portal gun και λύνει γρίφους. Εδώ είναι το link που είδα την είδηση...

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/time-for-celebration-super-mario-and-portal-mashup-mari0-is-now-available-for-free/#more-19695

...και όπου μπορείτε να βρείτε και πού να το κατεβάσετε.

The amazing mashup of Super Mario and Portal, called ‘Mari0′, has just been released. Developed by Stabyourself, Mari0 is a complete from scratch recreation of Super Mario Bros. with a focus on perfectly imitating the feel the 1985 classic gave us. And this time around, Mario has a Portal gun that will help him solve the new puzzles that are introduced to the game.

Mari0 features 4-player simultaneaous coop, the Level Editor that was used to create the levels in the game, 33 different hats, downloadable Mappacks, as well as game modifiers for extra fun.

[straier]

Αυτό θα πει αντιγραφή της αισθητικής του ICO/SotC.

[Loggo]

Ναι διάολε, δεύτερο teaser trailer για το Toren:

[Bartman]

http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/

[Titus]

Το To the moon θα το τσιμπήσω κι εγώ σε κάποιο price drop, δεν έχω ακούσει πουθενά τίποτα αρνητικό.

[Loggo]

[Deus]

Το the moon παιδιά έχει αποσπάσει πολύ καλές βαθμολογίες από τον τύπο.όλοι λένε ότι το παιχνίδι έχει μια από τις καλύτερες και πιο συγκινητικές ιστορίες των τελευταίων ετών.Σίγουρη αγορά για εμένα στο μέλλον.Η αλήθεια είναι ότι 10 ευρώ είναι κάπως πολλά αλλά από ότι λένε τα αξίζει.

[belmont]

Δυστυχώς δεν το έχω αγοράσει. Δεν ξέρω καν πόσο έχει. Το είχα βρει τυχαία σε μία άλλη ιστοσελίδα. Αν υπήρχε κάπου retail θα το αγόραζα σίγουρα.

Το παιχνίδι είναι σχετικά μικρό, περισσότερο 6-7 ευρώ θα το αξιολογούσα και όχι 10. Αλλά είναι από αυτά τα, σχετικά λίγα, παιχνίδια που σου μένουν όταν τα τερματίσεις. Αλλά οποσδήποτε το προτείνω, η ιστορία του είναι πολύ καλή. Δεν λέω τίποτα γιατί δεν θέλω καθόλου να spoil-άρω.