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Humble Indie Bundle 3
By: Derek Yu
On: July 27th, 2011
Humble Indie Bundle 3 has begun, with 5 new games being offered: Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVVV, Hammerfight, and And Yet It Moves. As usual, the bundle is pay-what-you-want and DRM-free, and you can choose to split the money however you like between the developers and charity (Child’s Play and the EFF). All the games are available for PC, Mac, and Linux.
For many of the games, this is their debut on Mac or Linux, and bonus content has been added to Hammerfight (Survival Mode), VVVVVV (a map editor and a bonus level by Minecraft’s creator, Notch), and AYIM.
TIGdb: Entry for Crayon Physics Deluxe, Entry for Cogs, Entry for Hammerfight, Entry for VVVVVV, Entry for And Yet It Moves
Recent Good Knytt Stories #3
By: Derek Yu
On: July 7th, 2011
[This is a guest post by ortoslon.]
Yep, five more short pretty platformers. You’ll need the latest version of Knytt Stories to play these levels.
1. Dark Sea by SecretGlitch offers a mix of brutally hard but fair obstacles and amusing surprise deaths.
Dwarf Fortress Tale: Matul Remrit
By: Derek Yu
On: July 1st, 2011
There have been some excellent Dwarf Fortress tales floated around the past few years (Boatmurdered perhaps being the most well-known), but this one kicks it up a notch. Combining text, illustrations, screencaps taken from the DF visualizer Stonesense, and even music, Matul Remrit is a rather awe-inspiring tribute to the roguelike/simulation being developed by brothers Toady One and Threetoe. What’s next, a live action film?
(Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
Indie Game: The Movie Debut Trailer
By: Derek Yu
On: June 20th, 2011
Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky have released an official trailer for Indie Game: The Movie. It focuses on the stories of Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes, Phil Fish, and Jonathan Blow. The filmmakers also announced that musician Jim Guthrie (Sword & Sworcery) is doing music for the movie, which has been shot but still requires post-processing. If you would like to help them fund this final push, head over to Kickstarter.
Tim Langdell Loses to Future Publishing
By: Derek Yu
On: June 16th, 2011
Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s John Walker has written a fascinating summary of the case that Future Publishing, the publishers of Edge Magazine, had brought against the notorious trademark troll Tim Langdell and his company Edge Interactive Media. Last year, Langdell was stripped of his trademark “edge” in a battle with Electronic Arts.
And to think, it all started with this little quote from iOS game developer Mobigame, published on the mobile gaming site FingerGaming:
We have legal issues with a man named Tim Langdell, says Mobigame’s David Papazian. If you already asked why Soul Edge (the Namco game) was called Soul Blade and later Soulcalibur in the US, you have your answer.
TIGJam UK 5
By: Terry
On: June 7th, 2011
Date: 15th-17th July 2011
Venue: CB2 Bistro, Cambridge.
Announcing TIGJam UK 5! A weekend of making games in Cambridge, UK. Everyone’s welcome to come and make games, regardless of experience or background :)
Get tickets here: http://tigjamuk5.eventbrite.com
More information on this forum thread. Pass the word around, and register now!
Braid at GameCity 2010
By: Derek Yu
On: April 30th, 2011
In September 2010, at the UK game festival GameCity, Jonathan Blow spent over an hour playing through Braid and providing commentary. This is a shaky-cam recording of the session, which, according to Jonathan, is “by far the most I’ve said about Braid in one place”.
His current project is The Witness, a first-person puzzler – you can follow the game’s development here.
The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle
By: Derek Yu
On: April 12th, 2011
Wolfire Games has teamed up with Frozenbyte to put out the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle, which features three of Frozenbyte’s games: Trine, Shadowgrounds, and Shadowgrounds: Survivor. As bonuses, it also includes Jack Claw, an unreleased prototype, and the upcoming Splot, which you get as a preorder. As with the previous bundles, it’s pay-what-you-want, the games are DRM-free, and you can choose to give as much of your payment to charity as you like.
After the jump I’ve included the Overgrowth Alpha 125 video and the latest trailer of Trine 2:
TIGCompo Winner: 0space
By: Derek Yu
On: March 31st, 2011
The winner of our TIGSource Versus Competition is 0Space, a 2-4 player deathmatch set in zero gravity! Congratulations, Beau!
Here are the top five games from the competition, as voted on by the members of TIGForums:
1. 0Space (50 votes)
2. Masjin (39 votes)
3. Jesus vs. Dinosaurs (21 votes)
4. Brigands (11 votes)
5. En Garde! (9 votes, tie)
5. Kaya Loves Mushrooms (9 votes, tie)
You can see the full results here. Many thanks to all the entrants, and to the people who played and voted for 81 multiplayer games!
TIGSource Versus Competition: Voting
By: Derek Yu
On: March 13th, 2011
The TIGSource Versus Competition has ended and voting has begun! There were 81 games submitted to the competition. Follow the link, try the games, and cast your votes for your favorites. Voting will last two weeks.
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