Thirty Flights of Loving official site. Reinventing stealth in 2D with Mark of the Ninja. Although there are plenty of ninja games, quite few depict the ninja as the master of stealth and trickery he ought to be.
And stealth games are precious rare in the platformer genre. But with its upcoming Mark of the Ninja, Klei Entertainment wanted to try a couple new things. Nels Anderson is leading the game's design, and even tackled the early legs of the project all on his own. It's the first time Vancouver-based Klei has done multiple projects at once; work on Mark of the Ninja became possible once Shank 2 was underway. Anderson says his studio would rather encourage cool ideas when they're possible rather than wait for some unspecified "right time. " Mark of the Ninja.
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Current-generation consoles have provided independent studios with accessible platforms like Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) and the PlayStation Network (PSN) that exposes their work to millions of gamers, similar to what the App Store has done for iOS developers. Microsoft has even taken it a step further with its XNA initiative, ensuring that literally anyone can create a game. The widespread embrace of these titles has encouraged others to follow suit and has paved the way for indie classics like Braid, LIMBO , Bastion , Minecraft, and most recently, Journey . The best part? Independent games are cheaper than standard retail disc titles and require far less storage space. Independent games are like great little novellas -- a perfect way to break away from big budget titles. Fez, developed by Polytron (XBLA, $10) Get a big indie game bundle for $33, help charity.
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Hello everyone !
So this is my post-mortem for Tinysasters, my LD# 23 48h entry made in Flash. Play and rate Tinysasters As I said before this was my very first participation. I hadn’t planned to enter the event until about one week ago, and I didn’t prepare. But I work on flash games every day, so this must count as some kind of preparation I was a little anxious, because I had never developped a game in such a short amount of time, and I didn’t know if I could do it.
The game Tinysasters is a puzzle/simulation/gestion game. Build the level 4 shrine to heal the ground and spare the world from disasters like earthquake ! The idea was to make something between the boardgames Settlers of Catan and Labyrinth ; basically a Settlers of Catan where the tiles move and change of nature. At first, I was absolutely not happy with the theme. Tinysasters - a Ludum Dare 23 entry by Volute. The Getaway Bundle - Indie Royale. The Humble Bundle for Android 3 (pay what you want and help charity) Voxatron. FreeIndieGam.es. Facepalm Games. Facepalm Games hopes to be the next big Indie Fund success story. When you’re two young guys from Helsinki, Finland, it can be hard to get your game a) funded; b) noted by the public; and c) finished.
But Facepalm Games’ The Swapper is hoping to do just that after February’s announcement that it is being backed by Indie Fund. Facepalm Games is primarily the work of two people, Olli Harjola and Otto Hantula. Neither has much game development experience, with Harjola developing some minor personal projects, and Hantula’s experience being limited to mods and Counter Strike maps. Despite this, the pair -- who are also being helped out by a third team-member, Carlo Castellana and occasional freelancers -- have struck a chord with The Swapper. The sci-fi puzzle/platformer "is inspired by films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris," said Facepalm's Olli Harjola. In The Swapper, players take control of a character exploring a space station, carrying a gun which gives them the ability to clone themselves wherever the cursor is pointing.