Gaming The Indie Quest '10

Maxi Maxi · Jul 10, 2010

<div align="center">The Indie Quest '10
Hell Yeah!<hr /></div>Me and <a href='http://gbatemp.net/member.php?name=prowler_' target=_blank title='View profile for member prowler_'}>prowler_</a> did this last year in November to try and find awesome indie games. Ones that are well known and ones that are not.
Didn't turn out so good because the forum we posted on is dead 95% of the time and 99% of the members are noobs so I thought to post on here instead, see if we can get a good indie list going.

Anyone can suggest any games, but they must be classified as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_video_game_development" target="_blank">'Indie'</a>. Even if it's P2P, free or browser based. You can either write something about it or just copy pasta information about it, if you are going to copy pasta, provide source of where it's copied from.
Most of this is typed by myself, and Dean is helping by BBCodean it up and helping me find games. <a href='http://gbatemp.net/member.php?name=Lyon057' target=_blank title='View profile for member Lyon057'}>Lyon057</a> provided all of the starting browser based games.

FREE PC/Mac/Linux Indie games

<a href="http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/" target="_blank">Cave Story</a>Platformer
Easy one - everybody who's ever been involved with the indie scene for any amount of time and any reason knows about Cave Story. Arguably the greatest indie game ever made, it's a retro-style platformer that essentially popularized the entire genre and gave way to an entire plethora of indie games and gamers. Created by a japanese man named Pixel over five years, it's shown popular enough for a Wiiware remake by Nicalis (of Knytt fame) and a large amount of dedicated fansites along with walkthroughs, music remixes, mods, and other assorted fanworks. You play as [spoiler], a [spoiler spoiler] who awakens on a [spoiler]. You know what? I'll just let you play this one. Go download it.
<a href="http://whatareyouwait.info/" target="_blank">RunMan: Race Around the World</a>
Platformer
Simply put, RunMan is utterly fantastic. The whole experience comprises of pelting it through zone after zone of levels which look like they were draw in MS Paint with the biggest size brush, bouncing off walls, smashing through bricks and baddies and then picking up a medal at the end depending on how fast you were and how much stuff you crashed into. All the while a glorious mixture of folk, blues and jazz accompanies the action, somehow perfectly complimenting the hilarity.
<a href="http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2009/10/indie_game_pick_runman_race_ar.html" target="_blank">IndieGames</a>
<a href="http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2008/07/freeware_game_pick_i_was_in_th.html" target="_blank">I was in the War</a>
Platformer (?)
I Was in the War is a short action game where players are subjected to relentless enemy attacks from all fronts, but can jump or flip to avoid serious injuries. Use the cursor keys to move, press the A key to leap, and tap the S key to switch positions.

The soldier grows in size when moving forward, but shrinks when remaining stationary or colliding with another object. A proper ending is included.
IndieGames
<a href="http://elecbyte.com/" target="_blank">M.U.G.E.N</a>
Fighting
The name is pretty much representative of this game; it's quite liturally infinite. A 2D fighting game that's customizable in every way ever, characters and stages are still being made for this popular, previously abandoned indie game. Some history: Elecbyte released an early beta in 1999. It was massively enjoyed by fans, hoping for a full release someday. And recently, there's been one. Elecbyte started updating again, much to the delight of their inevitably large fanbase who have continued to make characters for it even to this very day. It's truly fantastic in just sheer numbers - I filled up my 700 character slots (available by expansions or "screenpacks") in liturally days.
<a href="http://www.wolfire.com/humble" target="_blank">The Humble Indie Bundle</a>
Various
While the deal may be over, you can still grab four of the games (that are now open source) for free. Games include Aquaria, Lugaru, Penubmra Overture and GISH. All good games waiting to be tried!
<a href="http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php" target="_blank">Iji</a>
Action
Iji is an action shooter with some RPG elements (you can level up some attributes), but also with some strategy behind it (you CANNOT max level everything).
It has different endings and the story changes a bit depending on your actions. The graphics are reminiscent of Out of this World (Another World).
<a href="http://www.mattmakesgames.com/games.php" target="_blank">An Untitled Story</a>
Platformer
It's some sort of a Metroidvania game, where you begin as an egg (yes, an egg) and then you gain abilities to access other places. A really fun game, created by Matt Thorson, famous for the Jumper Trilogy.
<a href="http://www.autofish.net/clysm/art/video_games/seiklus/" target="_blank">Seiklus</a>
Platformer
Seiklus is an exploration-based game reminiscent of Nifflas' game Knytt and Knytt Stories. It's relaxing, but like most exploration games, can be extremely frustrating.

<hr />Commercial PC/Mac/Linux Indie games

<a href="http://www.worldofgoo.com/" target="_blank">World of Goo</a>
Puzzle
The game is built around the idea of creating large structures using balls of goo. The game is divided into five chapters, each containing several levels. Each level has its own graphic and musical theme, giving it unique atmosphere, similar in style to Tim Burton's film designs. There is also a bonus meta-game called World of Goo Corporation, where the objective is to build the highest tower using goo balls which the player collected through the course of the game. Players from all over the world can compete, as the height of the tower and number of goo balls used are being constantly uploaded to the 2D Boy server.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Goo" target="_blank">Wiki</a>
<a href="http://www.minecraft.net/" target="_blank">Minecraft</a>
Sandbox
Ever looked at a game like Blockland, or Roblox, and thought "What if this game wasn't horrible?" I know it's a preposterous idea to some, but an idea that's been realized by the large amount of people who have started playing Minecraft, a lego-esque blockbuilding extravaganza created by one man. It's browser-based and requires a fairly decent computer to run it, but when you play, you'll see it's worth it. There are two modes: Indev, the in development version of the game that's updated every bloody day (or infdev, the infinitely generated map version) or the recently renamed Minecraft Classic. Indev you have to pay for via Paypal, but Minecraft Classic along with it's fantastic multiplayer mode is absolutely free. There is also a downloadable client out for paying customer (Minecraft Classic is free for now, but mostly all features are P2P)

<hr />Flash (Browser Based) Indie games

<a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/AlexanderOcias/loved" target="_blank">Loved</a>
Platformer
"I wanted to build something confrontational, that would engage players to give thought to what they are doing both in and out of game." Loved is a flash platformer, described as a "short story", and in that respect it does well.
<a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/Titch/level-up" target="_blank">Level Up!</a>
Sandbox/Platformer
Sandbox Platform RPG Comedy – Run, jump, collect gems and talk to zany NPC’s to level up! I suppose it could be called satire of modern RPGs - you can liturally level up everything. Even just staying idle, you level up.
<a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/GregoryWeir/the-majesty-of-colors" target="_blank">The Majesty of Colors</a>
Adventure
"Last night I dreamed I was an immense beast, floating in darkness. I knew nothing of the surface world until I fell in love with the majesty of colors."
“(I Fell in Love With) The Majesty of Colors” is a pixel-horror game that puts the player behind the tentacles of a titanic, writhing sea creature. It’s a tale of love, loss, and balloons with five different endings. Will you befriend the humans or fight them? The choice is up to you.
<a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/2DArray/the-company-of-myself" target="_blank">The Company of Myself</a>
Platformer
This is a story about a hermit. It features art by Luka Marcetic (c404.net) and music by David Carney
<a href="http://dan-ball.jp/en/javagame/dust/" target="_blank">Powder</a> (Java)
Sandbox
Powder Game, or PG, is a popular particle simulator from the Dan-Ball website, also known as 'dust,' with the ability to create things with the available elements, and then you can upload them for others to vote or delete for.
<a href="http://lord.lordlegacy.com/" target="_blank">Legend of the Red Dragon</a>
Text-based Adventure
The premise of LORD is that a Red Dragon is wreaking havoc in a town where the player has recently arrived. Multiple players compete over a period of weeks to advance their skills and to kill the dragon. In order to achieve this goal, players must face combat to gain experience. Once they have gained enough experience, they must face their master at Turgon's Warrior Training and advance in skill level. Advancement presents stronger enemies and masters; a player must reach level 12, the final level, before challenging Turgon himself and attacking the dragon.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Red_Dragon" target="_blank">Wiki</a>
<a href="http://www.adamatomic.com/canabalt/" target="_blank">Canabalt</a>
Platformer/One-button
Canabalt is a running game by Adam Saltsman (known online as Adam Atomic) who is most famed for creating the Flixel engine, a tool to help flash developers create retro games. With Flixel, he's made a variety of games including Canabalt, probably the most popular and the most ridiculously addictive. Play it - you won't stop for a while. Also on iPod Touch and iPhone.<hr />

We will be updating this as we come across more games, these are just the starting games that we wanted to include. You can help too, remember :3

prowler · Jul 10, 2010

Maxi Maxi said:
and Dead is helping

Quoted because I'm not letting you off for this one D:

zeromac · Jul 10, 2010

This seems like a cool idea

raulpica · Jul 10, 2010

Thanks. The Company of Myself was AWESOME.

Lee79 · Jul 10, 2010

I want to add Powder to browser games. Wiki for the Game> http://danball.wikia.com/wiki/Powder_Game
Edit: Downloading RunMan: Race Around the World looks awesome

Very funny website

Frederica Bernkastel · Jul 10, 2010

P2P category is a very bad idea, I suggest you remove it.

In terms of flash games, super karoshi, super meat boy were good.
and in terms of free PC/Mac/Linux games;
Aquaria: [url=http://infiniteammo.ca/blog/aquaria-source-released/]http://infiniteammo.ca/blog/aquaria-source-released/[/url]
Lugaru: [url=http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Lugaru-goes-open-source/]http://blog.wolfire.com/2010/05/Lugaru-goes-open-source/[/url]
Penubmra Overture: [url=http://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2010/05/penumbra-overture-goes-open-source.html]http://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2010/0...pen-source.html[/url]
GISH: [url=http://crypticsea.blogspot.com/2010/05/gish-open-source.html]http://crypticsea.blogspot.com/2010/05/gish-open-source.html[/url]

tk_saturn · Jul 10, 2010

Indie? Well there's always the Fate of Atlantis.

I also liked Legend of the Red Dragon and Usurper.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Red_Dragon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usurper_%28video_game%29

Berthenk · Jul 10, 2010

Antoligy said:
P2P category is a very bad idea, I suggest you remove it.

And the reason for that is...?

Surprised to see Minecraft in the list.

Lee79 · Jul 10, 2010

Antoligy said:
P2P category is a very bad idea, I suggest you remove it.

I think P2P means Pay to Play which is ok as long as nobody post's illegal download links.

tk_saturn · Jul 10, 2010

Maybe to you Lee, but to the rest of us it means Peer 2 Peer.

prowler · Jul 10, 2010

Antoligy said:
P2P category is a very bad idea, I suggest you remove it.Well, there is tons of indie games out there that you have to pay for ;D

Berthenk said:

QUOTE(Antoligy @ Jul 10 2010, 05:58 PM) P2P category is a very bad idea, I suggest you remove it.

Click to expand...

And the reason for that is...?

Surprised to see Minecraft in the list.

I didn't know where to put Minecraft tbh. But there is more features for paying members than free members (obviously) and you can't get most out of the game by being a free member so I put it there.

Frederica Bernkastel · Jul 10, 2010

Why not rename it to "Commercial Indie Games"?
That way you'll still be cataloging games, but you won't be promoting piracy.

EDIT: if this thread is successful, it should be stickied

prowler · Jul 10, 2010

Sounds reasonable.

-done, waiting for Maxi.
If people are going to post games, please say what category it fits into and provide a link >:
For Antoligy's list, I just included a link to http://www.wolfire.com/humble and some info.

DeltaBurnt · Jul 10, 2010

How could you not add Super Mario Crossover to the flash games section?

Originality · Jul 10, 2010

Indie games eh? I've played a few, but I find it hard to find ones I like. Last one I did was Captain Forever, a flashed based game similar to Astroids.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_forever

QUOTE said:
Captain Forever won the Best Game award at China's first Independent Games Festival in 2009.[2]

EDIT: My brother loves "Flying Robo Unicorn", another flash game. I found it boring, even getting to the point where four or five dolphins were splashing about and the landscape just goes WOOOSH!

toguro_max · Jul 10, 2010

Dang, I was about to make a thread about free indie games with reviews (maybe I'll still do it, but...) and Puf! This thread appears out of nowhere...
Ok, Indie games... I LOVE 'EM!

I'll give some indications that i remember (At home I have tons of'em), ok?

Iji
It's a action shooter with some RPG elements (you can level up some attributes), but also with some strategy behind it (you CANNOT max level everything).
It has different endings and the story changes a bit depending on your actions. The graphics reminds me a little bit f Out of This World (Another World).
Go play it. Now!

An Untitled Story
It's some sort of a Metroidvania game, where you begin as an egg (yes, an egg) and then you gain abilities to access other places. A really fun game.
At this same site, you can get other great games, such as:
-> the Jumper Trilogy: Platform gaming at its best. Avoid spikes and lethat lasers;
-> Flail: Another avoid-the-hazards platformer, but with a kind of teleportation power;
-> Dim: Yet another avoid-the-hazards platformer, this time with two "planes".

Seiklus
An exploration game, basically. It's relaxing and frustrating at times. I like it.

Eternal Daughter and IM O.K.
Both games from Derek Yu.
The First one is and adventure game like Metroid and Castlevania (according to the creator), but i believe it's more like Monster Land IV, for Genesis.
The Second one is a bloody shooter!

Jump, Copy, Paste
Great platformer with a unique concept: to reach the goal, you must copy a portion of the stage and paste it somewhere.

I Wanna be the Guy
Punish yourself with this difficult as hell platformer!

Flash games

Canabalt
Run for your life! The wolrd is in ruins and you must run!!!!!!! A one-button only game.

Super Mario Bros. Crossover
As mentioned by DeltaBurnt, how could anyone not mention this?!
It's Super Mario Bros. with the possibility to play as Simon (Castlevania), Samus (Metroid), Ryu (Ninja Gaiden), Rock (Megaman), Link (Zelda) and Billy (Contra), besides Mario, of course.

So far, that's all. But there are tons of awesome indie games out there.

Maxi Maxi · Jul 10, 2010

Damn, toguro. Just updating the list now.

EDIT: Alright, got a few things to do so I'll add the rest later and maybe extend the writeups. Keep suggesting, and I'll add my needlessly large collection soon =P

Frederica Bernkastel · Jul 10, 2010

Braid
Killing-Floor
Beat Hazard
The Trap

updowners · Jul 10, 2010

Will you be adding any screenshots at all?

Edit:

Downloadable
Hero Core
From the creator of Iji came Hero Core which is a completely black and white, low res shooting game.[/p]

Action Fist!
Action Fist! is side scrolling shooter quite similar to Gunstar Heroes. Includes two player co-op mode [/p]

Toribash
Toribash is probably one of the most complex fighting games you'll ever come across.In the game, you must design all the fighting moves! The graphics are full 3d, look great and come with plenty of gore.[/p]

Flash games
Transformice
Transformice is an multiplayer flash game where you control a mouse which has to pickup cheese and bring it back to the hole along with other mice. A shaman may also be spawned on the level to help you across obstacles such as bombs, gaps, anti-grav, anvil snakes and pressure activated doors. The game is still in development so the game is still really buggy but very playable.[/p]

I fail at writing. You can edit the desciption texts if you want. Oh and you could also pick out indie games from this video.

DeltaBurnt · Jul 11, 2010

toguro_max said:
An Untitled Story
It's some sort of a Metroidvania game, where you begin as an egg (yes, an egg) and then you gain abilities to access other places. A really fun game.
At this same site, you can get other great games, such as:
-> the Jumper Trilogy: Platform gaming at its best. Avoid spikes and lethat lasers;
-> Flail: Another avoid-the-hazards platformer, but with a kind of teleportation power;
-> Dim: Yet another avoid-the-hazards platformer, this time with two "planes".

I love that game

I've beaten it like 5 times, I can't wait til he updates it (if he ever does).

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