Cave Chaos 2, unstable platformer

As you may have already noticed, I'm not a huge fan of browser games but, damn, today I got really something worthy. Cave Chaos 2, by Nitrome, is a freshly published platformer that really deserves a little try. Nitrome Nitrome is a huge "indie" company that releases every once in a while high quality browser games characterized by an indistinguishable pixel art that I'm sure, no one can dare to dislike. All their games are easily playable directly...

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Funding Sunday, Kenshi

Today's Funding Sunday feature is Kenshi, and also a question that is twirling in my mind: why isn't this game getting all the funds it should deserve? Lo-Fi Games We're talking about a 1-man game development studio. Who's actually working alone for already a long time on this quite innovative concept of gameplay, mostly based on freedom, from what I see. Lo-Fi Games, as it is also stated in the indieGoGo campaign, don't have any other previous...

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Kyoto plays with your senses

Hello! I'll be spending just a couple of minutes to remember you guys that Kyoto reached its beta stage and you know what? It's downloadable for free! But, what's Kyoto? I must admit, I totally didn't get the point of the whole game, in the beginning. This happened probably because it was my very first approach with an interactive ambiental musical visualizer. I can't really say that the game is actually "fun" to play, but if you're that kind...

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Some apologies

Yeah, I'm here just to tell you in a couple of lines what is it going to happen. I doubt that I'll be able to write any other post till June, exams are really close and since I always wait to do something instead of studying a bit each day, I'm incredibly in troubles. My studying schedule for this semester failed badly in the beginning and now, well, I must take care of me and my future life. (Don't worry, I'll be coming back at least as cool as Jesus!) P.S: Yeah, Diablo III is really coming out in 4 hours <3 ~L...

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All-Stars Bundle!

Alright guys, I love bundles, that's a fact, and that's also why am I writing about All-Stars Bundle even if I should be studying 24/7. But hey! whats different? Indie All-Stars Bundle is a music bundle, where you can get the amazing soundtrack of VVVVVV, a phenomenal indie game that should be already known to many of you (shame on you if you don't know it!). Beside that, there's also available Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia. Except for...

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Funding Sunday, Turf Battles - Reawakening

Hello guys! For our second episode of Funding Sunday I chose Turf Battles, and, even if they have already reached the aimed money, remember that everyone can still help them by giving some more. So, let's start by saying why did this project amazed me enough to bring it here. First of all, the indie development team Envision, is already funding the entire project since the very first day from their own pockets, bringing already something to show...

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Hartacon, a quite interesting RPG project

Being italian, I really MUST talk about Hartacon, one of the most promising indie projects that I've ever seen in my country (it makes me proud, somehow). Hartacon is being developed by Daniele Messina under his alias (Charlie Fleed) and a small group of people, including his brother. The original game was going to be created in RPG Maker but they decided to export it in XNA, in order to release it on Xbox and PC. But what is Hartacon Tactics? ...

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Funding Sunday, The Red Solstice

Hello fellows! Today its Sunday and its finally time to start with: Funding Sunday EP. 1! Between a lot of cool projects, I decided to pick The Red Solstice, a tactical co-op indie game in development that is in need of contributors on indieGoGo. So, let's see what does this game offer: While the game has its singleplayer mode, the developers want to clearly point out that The Red Solstice is basically made for the multiplayer experience,...

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SpyParty - A revolutionary espionage game?

Hello! Today I'll be spending a couple of words trying to present SpyParty, an indie game developed by Chris Hecker . Even though the game is still in its paid beta stage, most of the playtesters as long as its developer claim that there isn't anything close to the kind of experience provided by this title, hopefully I'll be able to see this by myself in some days (as soon as I afford some spare cash). Revolutionary? So, what does this game...

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Some thoughts, projects, ideas

Hello readers! It's sunday afternoon and I've got nothing to do at all, so, I just thought that I could share what I've been thinking in the last days. First of all, I consider my Indie Gala coverage closed! I know, I'm still missing a game and the extras as well, but, I think that I've been spending already too many time on it, plus, it feels like that the real central core of the bundle has been already covered. Will be looking forward Indie Gala...

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Indie Gala 3, Twin Sector

Twin Sector, the second startin bonus of Indie Gala 3, totally amazed me! And when I say so, be sure that there must be something really unique to talk about. But before starting, I really want to throw a question out there: What's up with this Valve's Portal concept that is characterizing all the latest 3D puzzle games? I'm not saying that Twin Sector has anything to do with Portal, I'm just wondering why does every single game of the genre...

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Indie Gala 3, Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes

As soon as exams come closer it becomes harder to find some spare time to play some games. Anyway, this morning I spent some minutes to check how did Grotesque Tactics look (which was one of the bonus game in the last Indie Gala bundle). Being honest , it was a great first impression, the storyline looks gorgeous, but, everything is even cooler whent it's all surrounded by stunning graphics. Silent Dreams This is a German development company...

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Indie Gala 3, FlatOut

It really passed a lot of time since a game could keep me an entire day on my computer, but well, today we're going to be looking at FlatOut, a rather old game that was included in Indie Gala 3 after the first week. I've also have to add that I'm really not a huge fan of racing games, probably because I've never been good at them. Bugbear Entertainment Its an indie team based in Finland founded in 2000, except FlatOut series they developed other...

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Indie Gala 3, Trapped Dead

Today, we're going to finish the regular games coverage, those that you can get nearly for free, considering that some extra time has been added. There is still 5 days till the real end of sales, get your Indie Gala 3 here: indiegala.com. Back on topic, Trapped Dead, a survival real time strategy has been developed by Crenetic studio and published by Headup Games. Unfortunately, I couldn't really find anything else about the developers so,...

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Indie Gala 3, Last 2 days!

I'm already late to report that every single bonus is unlocked, but, considering that this april will be remembered as the IndieGala-April, an article regarding the bundle at its full potential was extremely needed! Currently, the average price is 4.69$, you know what does this mean? Means that you can get 7 games, 4 music albums and for the first time even an indie comic for just 5 bucks! But now let's check what have they added during these two weeks starting from the games: FlatOut A spectacular car racing game, the best indie in this genre,...

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Indie Gala 3, Future Wars

Hello there, today's topic is going to be Future Wars, my second pick between Indie Gala 3 bundle. A quite interesting Strategy game that didn't let me sleep till 3am yesterday night. A typical game "easy to learn, hard to master", as I read somewhere. So, let's get this done! Radon Labs, a sad story Radon Labs, the german developer company based in Berlin was founded in 1995 and, died in 2010 (the year they released Future Wars) for financial...

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Indie Gala 3, GREED: Black Border

I just decided to start off with my Indie Gala 3 coverage, the first game I'll be presenting it's, in fact, GREED: Black Border. Picked this game between the starting five for absolutely no reason and didn't regret, so, here are my thoughts. ClockStone STUDIO This is an Austrian developing company not only focused on gaming but also on 3D animations founded in 2006. They are an experienced core of programmers and artists that, looks like they...

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Indie Gala 3, something that you can't miss

It is time for another "PAY WHAT YOU WANT" indie games bundle! During these days (till 8th April) we will be able to purchase the latest bundle promoted by, in fact, by indiegala.com that features some great games, but also music, for the price you can really feel to pay. Also, you don't have to forget that, by buying this, you can also contribute to a good cause donating some of the money you paid directly to charity. But, hey! There's...

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CraftStudio, create your own indie game

Recently, indipendent game developing started to inspire continuously more amatorial teams to create their own game. Nowadays we can find thousands of game projects made by people that, not even a year go, didn't know a single line of coding. And that's basically why we are finding tools and engines more and more user-friendly; These, are finally permitting almost everyone to create what they always wanted, even with a very low knowledge base. CraftStudio Sparklin...

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What would Molydeux? MolyJam 2012!

As you probably have already understood, today I'm not going to talk about a game, today's topic is What Would Molydeux, a quite uncommon indie game jam that is going to last 48 hours which is going to take place from 30th March to 1st April. First of all, you need to know a little bit of story; Everything started when someone decided to create a fake twitter account (with permissions, I guess) of Peter Molyneux, a well knows british game designer....

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Minecraft Parkour

Alright, I recently got into Minecraft Parkouring, unfortunately, my pc is too old to provide videos of what am I trying to build but, I just thought that I really had to share this recent trend which is becoming quite popular among minecrafters from all over the world. What is it? In the old times when Minecraft Beta 1.8 went live with lots of the features that changed definitely the game as we know it, creative minds started to think of maps...

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Lemma! a perfect combination between Minecraft and Mirror's Edge

Welcome back! It's time to share something about Lemma and its brand new playable alpha version, I just found some time to give it a shot and you all should do the same! Evan Todd aka et1337 Exactly, this time you are reading about a game made by just one single person, Evan Todd, a professional indie game developer with just one goal in his mind release as much digital games as possible and donate all the revenue to charity. He started this...

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Children Of Liberty, an indipendent american revolution

Hello indie gamers! Today I'm bringing to you Children of Liberty, a platformer by Lantana Games in a early developement status but with a pretty interesting free alpha. Lantana Games Lantana Games is an indipendent game developement studio based in Boston founded by two guys and, as they say: "they like it that way". They have already released two products in 2009 but their very first major game is surely going to be Children of Liberty. I suggest...

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Containment: The Zombie Puzzler!

 Exactly, this sunday is perfect to spend some time exploring Containment, an interesting puzzle game ambiented in a city with a clear problem with zombies, the game was released on Steam a couple of days ago and the price, around 4€, it's seriously a great deal. Bootsnake Games It's an indie team based in Seattle composed by three experienced developers that wanted to create games on their own. You can find them at bootsnakegames.com...

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Cradle, what can we expect?

Yesterday I got totally caught by the first gameplay video of this game, its name is Cradle and I believe that it is going to offer something that the indie, and more in general the gaming, scene is still missing! Now that I have gathered the needed details I just can't wait to write the few usual thoughts. Sadly, there is still nothing playable, we'll have to wait till this spring; I'm just hoping to bring some interest in it. Flying Cafe for...

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Should be Indie is totally renewed!

Aw yeah guys! I finally got my own domain, plus, a better theme I believe. Now I'll look way more professional (even if I'm not), but really, during these days I realized that Should be Indie is getting more traffic every day that passes. And this moring, finally, I'm publishing under shouldbeindie.COM! Would like to thank everyone that made this possible, you are awesome! P.S: Update you bookmar...

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Mojam bundle!

Sup guys! Tonight's topic is Mojam bundle, even if I think that most of you already know what is this about, I just wanted to share my personal opinion about it. What is it? The video is pretty much selfexplanatory, but lets say a couple of things more. Mojang team, in association with humblebundle.com, is creating a new game. The game, which is at the moment unnamed, has to be done and fully working by the end of this Sunday, as they promised,...

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Driftmoon, your indie full featured RPG

God, I'm so glad that I've finally found a game that could remind me that, no matter what, RPGs are just the better games that have been ever invented. Today I'll just spend some time describing Driftmoon, a great RPG currently under heavy developing by Instant Kingdom. Few words about Instant Kingdom It is an indipendent game developement studio based in Finland, well, it is more likely an indie project kept alive by Ville and Anne Mönkkönen....

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Backworlds!

Hello folks! Today I'm here to write a bit about an indie game, probably unknown to many of you. As you can easily see, its name is Backworlds and it has some interesting features really new to me. By now, you can only download the demo, which is available for PC and Mac directly from their website: backworlds.com. About the developers The game is entirely made by two guys from sweden, Juha Kangas and Anders Ekermo. They are trying to release...

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_ensnare_ scores once again, with Binary Opposition

Exams are finally done, or well, I passed one of them at least, so, you guys know what does this mean? No? Then let me explain: I AM FREE! free of updating as much as I want Should Be Indie, free of finally do what I really find interesting, expect an explosive February! There couldn't be anything better than a post about _ensnare_ and his new album, produced also with another talented chiptune artist, .mpegasus (the dot is not even a typo). _ensnare_...

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Flip's Adventure, a platformer by DigiPen

Hello! I'm taking another break from my study to make a short post about Flip's Adventure, a new adventure-platformer made by the Singapore DigiPen's students. If you would like to know something more about what I've just said, I suggest you to check my old post about Nitronic Rush HERE. Unfortunatelly, on DigiPen's there's basically nothing about the developers, and the game does not even have an official site. So, I guess we could already...

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Loved Portal? you can't miss Q.U.B.E.

Hello hello! It's definitely time to present Q.U.B.E. which was released few days ago on Steam, for something less than 10€ (that means, a little bit more than 10$). I bought it yesterday and, I really started to feel the excitement that the first minutes of Portal 2 were giving. Sure, I know that this one lacks a bit of environment when it comes to compare it directly with the master of every 3D puzzle adventure, but it is still a good alternative...

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New Template!

New year new template! It took me hours to find another that was close to the old one, in terms of colours and simplicity, but finally I've chosen this one. Please, let me know what do you think in the comment section below, I can still switch this appearance with the old one whenever I want, I just thought that maybe some changes would've been cool. Anyways, back to study, there are 19 days left to economics exam, and it feels like I'm forgetting more things than what I'm learning day by day ...

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Nitronic Rush, and of course HAPPY NEW YEAR!

  What's up everybody! Had a great time yesterday's night and I hope you guys too :D so happy new year to everyone! Today I'm taking a break from my endless studying to share something about Nitronic Rush, it's definitely a game that reminds me of Tron, yes, the movie you've probably seen last year at the cinema. Had an incredible and unexpected fun playing, even though I'm not a huge fan of cars and "run for your life" games so, here's...

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