The Indie game thread

[EvilBoris]

Usually these threads bomb like a giant explody onion, but here goes again!

Thought I'd highlight a few really cool looking and sounding games that are due sometime soon

Miegakure is a platform game where you navigate a four-dimensional world to perform miraculous feats and solve puzzles.



Krautscape - MULTIPLAYER RACING WITH PROCEDURAL TRACKS

Krautscape is an action-packed racing game with bird-like flying cars, focused on competitive multiplayer gameplay. Krautscape is currently available on Steam Early Access, for Mac and PC. A Linux version is coming soon.


Last Life - A sci-fi noir adventure game in which you investigate your own murder.

[charlesr]

I've just started playing Ghost Trick. That Last Life is like a rubbish looking version of it Ghost Trick is an astonishing accomplishment though.

Miegakure looks promising.

What does "PROCEDURAL TRACKS" mean? Random? If so, that's not really good is it? The whole point of racing games is to learn the tracks.

[EvilBoris]

Framed, this looks really interesting.

[Family Fry]

Lets see if any of these get some interest.

Gods Will Be Watching

http://www.godswillbewatching.com/

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic "point and click thriller" centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect. Set against the backdrop of an interstellar struggle, Gods Will Be Watching follows Sgt. Burden and his crew in six tense chapters from hostage situations and wilderness survival to biological weapon prevention and agonizing torture scenarios. Each decision is crucial and players will need to choose between the lives of their team and the saving the world from genocide. There's no good or evil, just decisions, with only you and the gods as a judge to your actions.

Routine

http://routinegame.com/

Routine is a first person horror exploration game set on an abandoned Moon base. Your job is to find enough data to uncover the truth behind the strange disappearance of everyone stationed on the Lunar Research Station.

•A non linear experience lets you explore any part of the fully open Moon base and find out secrets that other players may not!
•Be immersed with Full body awareness, Deadzone aiming, no HUD, no health bars or points system... you must run, hide and survive the best you can against what lurks in the base.
•There are no health packs or multiple lives, in Routine there is a Perma death system that will keep you on the edge!

Chroma Squad

http://www.chromasquad.com/

Tactical turn-based manager game, with sentai heroes and old-school pixel art! Everything you want in a fresh indie game!

In this game you become responsible for managing and recording episodes for a sentai TV studio. Hire actors, craft equipment from carboard and duct tape, record episodes and explode everything up!

Expected release: Summer 2014, on PC/Mac/Linux. Other platforms in late 2014.

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

http://www.asteroidbase.com/dangerous-spacetime/

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a frantic 1- or 2-player local co-op action game in development for PC and Mac. Set inside a neon spaceship, players work together manning turrets, lasers, shields and thrusters to fight robots, save animals, and stave off a vacuumy demise. Deep space is a dangerous place, but at least you don’t have to face it alone!

Thumper

http://drool.ws

THUMPER is a fast-paced action game that combines elements of racing and rhythm games. It will be released in 2014 on whatever platforms make sense.

Riot

http://www.riotgame.org/

RIOT is a riot simulator based on real events that have been influencing
the western civilization in the past few years.

RIOT includes 4 main campaigns set in:

ITALY
NoTAV movement

GREECE
Battle of Keratea

SPAIN
Indignados movement

EGYPT
Tahrir Revolution

Quadrilateral Cowboy

http://www.blendogames.com/qc/

Hacking. Dial tone. Cyberpunk. Cassette decks. Robotics. Espionage. Sabotage. Suitcase decks. Simulators. Brainbox injectors.

When you have a top-of-the-line hacking deck armed with a 56.6k modem and a staggering 256k RAM, it means just one thing: you answer only to the highest bidder.

Among the Sleep

http://www.krillbite.com/ats/

Among the Sleep is a first person horror adventure, in which you play a two year old child.

Mew-Genics

http://mewgenics.com/

A game about cats and cat breeding, cat pageants, cat fighting and mutating cats.

Shovel Knight

http://yachtclubgames.com/shovel-knight/

Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic created by Yacht Club Games. You play as the eponymous Shovel Knight, a small knight with a huge quest. Shovel Knight has come to this valley with two goals: to defeat the evil Enchantress and save his lost beloved. He wields a ShovelBlade; a multipurpose weapon whose techniques have now been lost to the ages. Always honest and helpful, Shovel Knight is a shining example of the code of Shovelry: Slash Mercilessly and Dig Tirelessly!

[EvilBoris]

Warbits

['Press Start']

Shovel knight looks like my fav out of the bunch. Perfect for Wii U gamepad play.

[VR46]

Adventure horror played as a two year old in first person perspective Among the Sleep is coming to PS4 too

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/05/13/horror-adventure-among-sleep-coming-ps4/

Anyone tried the free demo on Steam?

[Lebowski]

Lifeless planet ?9.99 steam early access

http://store.steampowered.com/app/261530/

Really enjoying this so far its all about exploration and atmosphere but its not your average go for a walk simulator, like gone home or Dear Ester. It has a lot of third person platforming a few basic physic puzzles and lots of things to discover and a jetpack too, if you fancy a bit of coldwar inspired sci-fi strange alien like planets and exploration there is a lot to enjoy here.

[charlesr]

That "Routine" looks pretty damn scary. And PERMA DEATH! epic.

[fishbowlhead]

That "Routine" looks pretty damn scary. And PERMA DEATH! epic.

Really like the look of this, fingers crossed for a ps3, vita port at some point so I can play it.

[VR46]

Had really high hopes for Among The Sleep, but Eurogamer only give it a 4/10 (PC version), maybe they can do some tweaks before PS4 version hits?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-04-among-the-sleep-review

['Press Start']

I might get this for my son on the iPad. It tickles my nostalgic fancy.

[VR46]

Bump, Among the Sleep is on course for release later this year on PS4 & XBox One

http://www.purexbox.com/news/2015/05/among_the_sleep_awakens_from_its_slumber_later_this_year_on_xbox_one

Looking at a lot of those videos above hardly any have been released yest have they? bar maybe on Steam.

[S3M]

Rise from your grave indie thread, yeah really should be more discussion of independant games on here these days. As there are some great indie titles out there. Sadly EvilBoris opening words came all to true before.

One game I think all the bullet hell fans will enjoy is Profane, which released last month and currently has a 20% off discount on it. Is Profane a Boss Rush shmup that is very well put together game. PC only at the moment on Steam

[JazzFunk]

Can anyone recommend any indie or not very well known Resi/Silent Hill sorta stuff on Xbox Live?

Or any good JP or JP-style shooters I may have missed? Not even just indies.

So many games on XB1 store, jeez, makes the 360 indie repertoire look comparatively tiny.