Tag Archives: Indie Games

This 8-Bit Style Riot Sim looks pretty rad

8-Bit Riot Sim looks pretty rad 5

This actually looks pretty interesting. From a gameplay perspective, RIOT looks to be somewhat of a real time strategy game. The graphics and presentation look clean and understandable despite having retro-like 8-bit style graphics. You can pick one of 2 sides… the rioters or the riot police. RIOT is being developed by Leonard Lenny from Florence, Italy on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows PC.

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Interview: Tom Hall, Owner Of Pieces of Fun & Co-Founder of Id Software

Interview Tom Hall Owner Of Pieces of Fun Co Founder of Id Software
Photo Credit: Terri Hall

For many, Tom Hall is known as the co-founder of id Software and co-creator of the genre changing games, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Despite all that, a game he holds much more dearly to his heart is Commander Keen. Tom Hall spent the last decade doing everything from independent game design, to high profile mobile ports, to highly successful social game design. After a … [ Read More... ]

Sweet Looking Action RPG DELVER’S DROP

When I first saw the screenshots of Delver’s Drop, it instantly reminded me of Zelda: A Link To The Past… but on steroids. Upon a more thorough examination, it looks to be a very promising action RPG that will have its own groove.

Delver’s Drop is being created by Missouri based developer Pixelscopic, which is a few guys working together to make a fresh new game. So … [ Read More... ]

DICE 2013: Journey Creator, Jenova Chen, Speaks About Making A Game With Emotion

DICE 2013 Journey Creator Jenova Chen Speaks

Designer of the hit game Playstation 3 game Journey  and owner of ThatgamecompanyJenova Chen, gave a very interesting and personal speech at this years D.I.C.E. He goes over many concepts on how to make games and specifically, online games, a personal and emotional experience. Some of the challenges he goes over also include how to avoid players feeling left out, avoiding players hurting each other, and to … [ Read More... ]