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GAF Indie Steam Group (For announcing votings, contests and Greenlight collections, we are currently looking for someone to handle the Steam Group announcements, any volunteers are welcome to contact me via PM):
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NeoGAFIndie
Older threads[ (which are by no means "outdated" and still contain awesome games to check out and/or look forward to):
IndieGAF recommends: The 50 Best Indie Games of 2013 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928
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| 2. Overview |
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Post 1:
1. Header Information
2. Overview
3. Introductory Blurb
4. Voting Results "Best of June"
5. Indie Media Corner
Post 2:
6. Recently released Indies! Part 1: A-O
Post 3:
6. Recently released Indies! Part 2: P-Z
Post 4:
7. Upcoming Indies to look forward to!
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| 3. Introductory Blurb |
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Last month had a few amazing game surprises, and if anyone actually reads this and hasnt played through any of the featured games last month, go check out the voting list below. Sweet stuff. Also, last month sa the biggest voting participation this year, and a rise in thread activity, which I take as a good sign that our small thread here wont die out because of inactivity quite that soon
Have fun with another month of fantastic looking Indies, guys!
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| 3.5 Quick Note about Formatting |
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If you want to suggest a game that has recently released or that looks interesting, but hasnt released yet, please follow the following formatting structure so the post is picked up by Toma-Bot:
Released games:
Not yet released games:
If the game is free, then put "Free" as the price, otherwise please use $ or for the price. You can also include more than one game per post (like the Screenshot saturday posts), but please stick to the above format for every entry.
If someone posts a non-proper formatted post, I'd appreciate if you could repost the game with the same info in the proper format.
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| 4. Voting Results "Best of July" |
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Hey! I assume you are new in this thread series and want to see what we were up to? Or you didnt have enough time to play through all of the games from the last month but still want to catch up with the best ones? Then this list is for YOU! These were the games we enjoyed the most in the previous thread, voted on by the community (More thorough descriptions and impressions in the previous thread, especially the last few pages with the voting):
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| 5. Indie Media Corner |
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I noticed there are a few noteworthy, and relatively unknown, projects that deserve a shoutout here because I feel that they share a common interest with the people in this thread. I talked to the guy from Pixabyte and MetaVendetta and both are very enthusiastic about the things they love and figured you might appreciate the shoutout as well. If you enjoy anything here or want to give feedback, let these guys know via their websites or also here in this thread. If you appreciate something, let people know. A heads up can sometimes very valuable.
This is a monthly podcast series that presents notable Indie Game soundtracks. A likeable host and guests, a fantastic track selection, interesting discussions and a focus for Indies will make this one a mainstay in my monthly threads.
| 1. Header Information |
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GAF Indie Steam Group (For announcing votings, contests and Greenlight collections, we are currently looking for someone to handle the Steam Group announcements, any volunteers are welcome to contact me via PM):
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NeoGAFIndie
Older threads[ (which are by no means "outdated" and still contain awesome games to check out and/or look forward to):
IndieGAF recommends: The 50 Best Indie Games of 2013 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928
- Link to all (March-December) threads of 2013
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- Indie Games 2014 [June]
- Indie Games 2014 [July]
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| 2. Overview |
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Post 1:
1. Header Information
2. Overview
3. Introductory Blurb
4. Voting Results "Best of June"
5. Indie Media Corner
Post 2:
6. Recently released Indies! Part 1: A-O
Post 3:
6. Recently released Indies! Part 2: P-Z
Post 4:
7. Upcoming Indies to look forward to!
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| 3. Introductory Blurb |
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Last month had a few amazing game surprises, and if anyone actually reads this and hasnt played through any of the featured games last month, go check out the voting list below. Sweet stuff. Also, last month sa the biggest voting participation this year, and a rise in thread activity, which I take as a good sign that our small thread here wont die out because of inactivity quite that soon
Have fun with another month of fantastic looking Indies, guys!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 3.5 Quick Note about Formatting |
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If you want to suggest a game that has recently released or that looks interesting, but hasnt released yet, please follow the following formatting structure so the post is picked up by Toma-Bot:
Released games:
Not yet released games:
Copy the appropriate content and add the proper information for the black writing. Please only include 1 link and 1 image. I tried making it a bit failsafe, so it should be able to deal with 2 links or images as well, but 1 is safer.
If the game is free, then put "Free" as the price, otherwise please use $ or for the price. You can also include more than one game per post (like the Screenshot saturday posts), but please stick to the above format for every entry.
If someone posts a non-proper formatted post, I'd appreciate if you could repost the game with the same info in the proper format.
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| 4. Voting Results "Best of July" |
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Hey! I assume you are new in this thread series and want to see what we were up to? Or you didnt have enough time to play through all of the games from the last month but still want to catch up with the best ones? Then this list is for YOU! These were the games we enjoyed the most in the previous thread, voted on by the community (More thorough descriptions and impressions in the previous thread, especially the last few pages with the voting):
1. Crimsonland - $13.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/262830/
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
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2. Tales of Maj'Eyal - Free Basic version / $7 Deluxe Version (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://te4.org/
This game is, and I am not saying this lightly, one of the best roguelikes I've ever played. I love these games, but the way the game is structured, how the mechanics come together, the incredibly satisfying loot improvement curve, the way how most characters play fundamentally different and just how much stuff there is to find and see... is mind boggling. The initial release was an older game, but its still frequently updated, so I'll just honor it by including it here again. The game is not super pretty and screenshots might not be overly convincing, but its fan-fucking-tastic.
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2. Chronology - $9,99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/269330/
2D time travelling platforming puzzle game with gorgeous art, basically BraidXLimbo. These games have the tendency to have extremely easy or redundant puzzles and I am glad to report that this game actually feels refreshingly different the way it uses its mechanic during the course of the game. You can basically switch between 2 different time periods, in which small differences from the past might make a huge impact on the future. Obvious examples would be using terrain thats slightly different in the past, or moving a tree seed, so it will grow big in the future and can be used as a platform. However, those small examples do not represent the ingenuity with which some of those puzzles are created and this game definitely deserves to be looked at more thoroughly.
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2. Pocket Robots Test Chamber - Free (PC, Browser)
http://echa.itch.io/pocket-robots-test-chamber
Pocket Robots Test Chamber has proven to be an (awesome) surprise. The basic idea is that you have a six interval programming set-up to command your robot to move left, right, and jump. And commands, Not commands, branching commands, it's quite complex and took a few levels for me to wrap my head around how the mechanics work.Don't be fooled by the simple style. This is a challenging inventive puzzle game that uses its programming mechanic in a variety of interesting ways.
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2. Tobias and the Dark Sceptres - Free (PC)
http://www.tobiasgame.co.uk/
This is incredible endearing, you probably all know the story about this game and how he developed it for 13 years, which also shows in the gameplay itself and how the gameplay mechanics and animations get gradually more intricate as the game goes on (which is incredibly interesting to watch), but the game itself is actually good, partly because it feels like it rarely relies too much on some design constraints and just runs with whatever the dev found interesting at that point in time. I didnt expect to say this after I played the game for a while, but this game doesnt only have an interesting backstory, its actually worth playing.
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2. Hardline Gunner - Free alpha demo (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://lazorun.com/games/hlg/
Hardline Gunner may sport a minimalist style, but the action in the game's alpha demo is anything but. Each level offers a new challenge, from tight cramped corridors to open areas with bosses firing insane amount of projectiles to special tiles that boost you forward or slow your movement. Your small square is agile and fast, able to dash around, and quickly maneuver between bullets and missiles. Crates drop health and special weapons like homing rockets and spread shots, allowing you to change up your arsenal at the most opportune moment.
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Vagante
Subray
Unsummoning: The Spectral Horde
Lantern Forge
Ten Suns
Baby Mummy's Curse
Monochroma
Heroes Rise : The Prodigy
Arcade Ace
Nekro
Inside My Radio
Chained
The World Beneath
Cyberpunk 3776
Void
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| 5. Indie Media Corner |
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I noticed there are a few noteworthy, and relatively unknown, projects that deserve a shoutout here because I feel that they share a common interest with the people in this thread. I talked to the guy from Pixabyte and MetaVendetta and both are very enthusiastic about the things they love and figured you might appreciate the shoutout as well. If you enjoy anything here or want to give feedback, let these guys know via their websites or also here in this thread. If you appreciate something, let people know. A heads up can sometimes very valuable.
This is a monthly podcast series that presents notable Indie Game soundtracks. A likeable host and guests, a fantastic track selection, interesting discussions and a focus for Indies will make this one a mainstay in my monthly threads.
