Pax Britannica
Created for the Gamma IV competition,Pax Brittanica is an engrossing indie title that asks if players can defend a battleship and sink another using only one button.
Review: Proun
Proun is a great-looking 3D psychedelic racing game by indie developer Oogst. Find out why it became so popular after its release (over 1.2 million HTTP requests) that its website went down for the entire weekend
Review: Picaroon
Picaroon is an RTS with some MMO elements (or what the devs call an MMORTS; it’s free to play, but if you really want to wallop your opponents, be prepared to shell out the doubloons.
Spirits and Spirits for iPad free today, May 12th, 2011
“Spirits” and “Spirits for iPad” will be available as a free download today in cooperation with FreeAppADay.com. A major update is also around the corner, that will make the game more accessible and add Game Center Achievements.
Kingdom of Loathing Wants to Kiss and Makeup
Kingdom of Loathing, a deliberately low-fi but wonderful free browser-based MMORPG has undergone some serious updates. It’s time to take another look.
Devil's Tuning Fork
IGF award-winning indie game Devil’s Tuning Fork, inspired by the works of master optical illusionist M.C. Escher and the sonic echolocation abilities of dolphins and whales, is a first-person exploration/puzzle game in which the player must navigate an unknown world using visual sound waves.
Fly Guy
With nothing but your directional arrow keys you can enjoy this amazing storylike odyssey that involves flying a fat balding guy through an 8-bit universe full of amazing characters and interactions. Kind of like floating through the Beatles film Yellow Submarine while color blind. And fused with a Commodore Vic 20.
Canabalt
Want some heart-stopping indie game browser action? That’s right, you don’t need to buy anything, sign-up for anything, hold anything just run and jump like a crazed fugitive in a grayscale world.
The Kingdom Of Loathing
For years people have been saying that it is impossible to make money on a free product, especially if you do not run ads. The online game Kingdom of Loathing, now in its sixth year, proves that this can indeed be an effective business model, and is fun and addictive besides. Read the review of this unlikely MMO.
Orbiter - A Free Advanced Space Flight Simulator That Strives For Authenticity
“ORBITER” is a complex, full-fledged flight simulator that takes you beyond the skies and into outer space. Highly detailed and deep in its implementation of existing spaceship control, this amazing, free program allows you to launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system among other things.
See How An Indie Developer Makes A Video Game Online Using Wild Pockets
Explore the process a very low budget indie developer might take to create an online video game. You can see character sketches, early stage 3D models, even play with early versions of the game engine he has created. Also learn about an exciting online game building tool.
Neutral Room Escape – Indie Game Review – “Vision”
If you enjoy challenging puzzles, you should try “Vision” from Neutral. In this free, Myst-style Flash game, you are asked to escape from a mysterious room. You will need to solve a number of puzzles, including finding and using objects and figuring out mini-puzzles within the room to open boxes, compartments, etc.
Indie Game Review – Pizza City – Flash goes 8-Bit
If you are looking for some free 8-bit action online, check out Pizza City – a web-based Flash game that somehow recalls for this writer Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, GTA and Paperboy all at once.
VIDEO + FREE DOWNLOAD: The 24-Hour Police (indie game)
24-Hour Police is a free download that looks like a cross between Mario Bros. and Mortal Kombat.