Favorite Indie game?

[Crazie_Guy]

Also, Aquaria.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

There are too many to mention but everyone here should give Spelunky a chance.

 

[wordsmith]

Toribash and Fantastic Contraption

 

[Zersy]

As many of us have been noticing, indie gaming is on the rise. Now, being into indie music and fashion myself, I decided to take a look at some of these so clalled "indie games", and sure enough, I fell in love. I've gotten to the point where over half of my gaming is by indie developers.
Anyways, getting back on topic, my favorite indie title is probably "Pixeljunk Eden". It has a great, original soundtrack, interesting, new-ish gameplay, yet an old-school platformer feel that just gives it that tasty little cherry on top.
So tell me, what's your favorite, and why?

Crayon Physics Deluxe

it's unique and fun plus it's funny

overall the game sucks you in since there's nothing like it

(I feel bad for critisizing the author on his blog when it was being delayed so much)

 

[Lemon Of Life]

I really like Osmos.

It's so relaxing!

 

[piratejames]

Mondo Medicals and Mondo Agency are two pretty amazing indie games.

 

[Srdjan]

World of Goo, brilliant.

 

[xbeaker]

Castle Crashers? The Behemoth is a fairly indie-type developer, consisting mostly of Tom Fulp and a couple of buddies.

I'd say CC definitely counts. Size or complexity or cost don't determine whether a game is indie (Braid cost TONS of money to make and it's considered Indie)

it's all basically down to developers making their own games with their own money or money from several smaller places (not large games publishers) and making a game.

Actually, Braid did not cost tons of money to make. When the creator said he would need to make $250,000 to consider making a profit (or whatever the figure was) he was referring to the amount of money he passed up by not working a traditional job while he was creating Braid. The actual cost on it was quite low, as he created all the resources himself, except for the music, which he used public domain as much as possible.

Back to topic, for me, Castle Crashers and I Made a Game With Zombies In It are my 2 favorite indie games at the moment. Castle Crashers because it is just a great 4 player beat-em-up and IMAGWZII because I love a good twin stick shooter, and that song really gets stuck in your head.

 

[Blue Musician]

World of Goo, PB Winterbottom, Braid (?) and Beat Hazard. other than that I cannot remember many other indie games.

 

[qazmatoz]

Cave Story for sure.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

There are too many to mention but everyone here should give Spelunky a chance.

Cave Story for sure.

DAMMIT! Both of my choices, for sure. You should also look into a game called Samorost 2--it's really short, and very simple in its storytelling, but it's (a little) difficult.

 

[DividedUnity]

I havent played any indy games that I liked yet