Ludum Dare is an indie game development competition held regularly every few months which pits developers against a 48-hour deadline to create a game from scratch, based on a given theme. The main site is a community hub for a creative niche in the indie gaming scene that takes part in more than just the …
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Category Archives: Indie
Time Donkey
10/09/2009 – 20:56
Flashbang Studios has made a name for itself offering quirky browser games on their site Blurst. Their latest effort, Time Donkey, has gone live. You play as a taco-craving donkey, whose goal is to collect as many tacos and other fast-food items within a set time with the aid of a magical time-reversing stopwatch.
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Canabalt
02/09/2009 – 17:03
Thanks to RPS for posting this great little flash gem by indie dev Adam Atomic. Canabalt is a fast-paced game featuring a free-runner speeding his way over rooftops. The only control is a single button to make him jump over various obstacles and across gaps. He progressively picks up more and more speed, so there …
Sqr
29/08/2009 – 15:48
Sqr is a quirky little shooter by experimental developer Retro Anomaly. Utilizing simple but psychedelic graphics in a style reminiscent of Gunroar, the game is a nice little distraction for restless fingers – though confusing at first glance.
The title of the game refers …
The Blackwell Convergence Review
12/08/2009 – 18:03
Dear readers, though this article focuses primarily on the 3rd instalment to Wadjet Eye Games’ “Blackwell” series, The Blackwell Convergence, we are subsequently also to publish a second, combined number on the 1st and 2nd episode. Please bear with me as we progress, in reverse order, to achieve some degree of relevancy.
Both parts will also …