Thread of the indiest indies (itcho.io stuff)

[Bebpo]

Anyone else sometimes browse all these weird amateur (and free) games? I know the Rusty Lake series started on little stuff this as did some of the other more famous series.

Like I checked out Rottenwood Lake - Made in 4 days by 4 people. Only like 15-20 mins long. But kinda neat? I like the writing and atmosphere even if it loses steam a bit in the end.



https://selewi.itch.io/rottenwood-lake-project

[Coax]

There are a series of playable vignettes called Places, some of which I'm quite fond of and most available in-browser. I found that free of any gameplay conceit like collecting things/enemies/etc and along with its real life based sound design I'm less distracted by internal critique and open to just experiencing the mood of the location.

Eg: Place 6, Sketch 3.

[Tasty]

https://itch.io/c/688594/gb-studio-games

[tiesto]

One of my friends made this game using an old game creation program called MegaZeux, a slightly move advanced version of ZZT (an ascii-art game creation program which was the first game made by Tim Sweeney). I have made some MegaZeux games back in the day so he wants me to put it up on itch.io but my games have licensed music so I dunno if I'll get flagged. Anyways, play his game, it's pretty fun:

https://kkairos.itch.io/rd3

[Bebpo]

I've mentioned it a few times in the past, but I hardly follow any websites anymore since I just use forums for latest news, but I've been reading this once a week or two for like ten years (used to be called something else)

http://indiegamesplus.com/

In my opinion, from the limited spectrum of indie game spotlight places I've seen, this is one of the best ways to discover interesting indie games. If I had the time, I'd honestly be pretty happy to contact them and see if I can join as a writer doing these little indie game preview articles. Kind of a dream job for me, and I say that as someone who spent a couple years as a game reviewer and fucking hated it.

[bluemax]

Today was the USC game expo https://www.uscgamesexpo.com/ I believe all the games are free to download, there were some pretty nifty games!

[bluemax]

https://twitter.com/npckc/status/1260183195800055808