Indie game news, reviews, previews & developer interviews
In this candid and insightful interview at PAX Prime 2012, Misfits Attic discuss the behind-the-scenes of making their popular indie puzzle arcade game “A Virus Named Tom” and what the process has become since after they launched on Steam in August 2012.
Thomas Was Alone by independent game developer Mike Bithell is the perfect embodiment of the power of an indie game to communicate and evoke thought and emotion. Read the full review…
Gateways is a 2D Platformer and successor to indie game developer Smudged Cat Games’s The Adventures of Shuggy. Gateways pushes the platformer with puzzles, portals and ponderous processes. But does it prevail? Read the full review…
A review of Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD – the first PC port of the popular space sim from indie developer Fishlabs Entertainment GmbH. Now in Full HD and beyond! Read the full review…
“Home” from indie game developer Benjamin RIvers is a psychologically challenging adventure game that employs pixel art and moral quandaries to elicit a haunting interactive storytelling experience. Read the full review…
Gimbal from indie developer 8888888 Labs is a multiplayer top-down shooter that offers buildable vehicles and features solid graphics and gameplay. Read the full review…
IGR had a chance to speak with Klei Entertainment’s community manager about the independent development team’s first self-published title “Don’t Starve” – an “uncompromising survival game full of science and magic.”
Qix Meets Bomberman in this clever plumber puzzler from indie developer Misfits Attic’s “A Virus Named Tom” – a Jeston’s-styled electro puzzler from the future with some interesting twists. Read the full review…
Lone Survivor is a creepy 2D sidescroller from indie developer Jasper Byrne that features lo-rez graphics and a brilliant soundtrack. But can you survive this frustrating maze of upset expectations? Read the full review…
Offspring Fling! from independent game developer is an easy to pick up, difficult to master platformer offering overing a hundred levels with several interesting twists. Read the full review…
With easy to pick up gameplay, tight controls and clean GUI, Dynamite Jack from indie developer Hassey Enterprises, Inc. proves far more engaging than one might suspect. Read the full review…
Tired of waiting for CERN to find the God particle? Feel like messing with life at its most basic level in the search for perfection? Splice has you covered.
In Roller Coaster Rampage you create insane coasters loaded with twists, drops and loops. Now ride through them in mind-blowing 3D! Read our full review…
Positech Games (Gratuitous Space Battles) may have grounded the fleet, but the level of challenge still aims for the stars. Read our full review!
To say that there is a glut of 2-D platformers in the indie scene is a bit of an understatement. But The Adventures of Shuggy from Smudged Cat games, stands out. Read the full review…