Captain forever is pretty cool, imagine a 2d shoot em up, where when you kill a ship, you can get its parts.
The Best Free Indie Games Ever Published
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Scarygirl by Nathan Jurevicius is a charming platformer with a great art style and compelling environments.
Estocavio said:I stand corrected - Upon investigation its a bit more mainstream than i gave it credit forFetzenfisch said:doesnt change the point, but yeah we need to track down all the free versions and remakes of the classics and start a lecturing thread for the younglings hereYosharian said:with tipps and anecdotes from the crypt
Despite having played it, i underestimated the role of the company more specifically. Its still worth mentioning though, since "a large percentage of younger gamers have never even heard of it"
Then let me mention DUNE 1&2 both unique in their ways and especially the adventure/strategy mix of part one is genius
A dozen people already mentioned Cave Story, which was of course what first came to mind for me. For the sake of adding something no one's said yet, I nominate Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, which is a great spoof of JRPGs in general. It completely mocks everything about them, but it can only really be appreciated by someone who knows and likes them.
As an alumni of Clarkson University, I have to say Bonesaw the Video Game. 2D Platformer reminiscent of Megaman.
Flow, Fantastic Contraption come to mind first.
http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/
http://fantasticcontraption.com/
http://www.sparkworkz.com/fc2/
Super Mario Crossover, Tetrinet, OpenArena, as free derivitives of 'non-free non-indie games'
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416
http://en.tetrinet.no/
http://openarena.ws/smfnews.php
Vector Tower Defence, 'Ball' games on Newgrounds
http://www.candystand.com/play/vector-td
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/289849
http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/
http://fantasticcontraption.com/
http://www.sparkworkz.com/fc2/
Super Mario Crossover, Tetrinet, OpenArena, as free derivitives of 'non-free non-indie games'
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/534416
http://en.tetrinet.no/
http://openarena.ws/smfnews.php
Vector Tower Defence, 'Ball' games on Newgrounds
http://www.candystand.com/play/vector-td
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/289849
DWARF FORTRESS by Bay12
I've spent more time playing that game than most any full retail product released in the past 5 years. Hell, I've played it more than many of the games I've bought in those five years combined. It's brilliant, and once you get past the visual barrier, one of the most rewarding, clever, diverse, and strategic games ever made. There is simply no other game in existence which lets you do some of the things this game does, or to craft a world as involved or deep as is possible in this game. None.
I've spent more time playing that game than most any full retail product released in the past 5 years. Hell, I've played it more than many of the games I've bought in those five years combined. It's brilliant, and once you get past the visual barrier, one of the most rewarding, clever, diverse, and strategic games ever made. There is simply no other game in existence which lets you do some of the things this game does, or to craft a world as involved or deep as is possible in this game. None.
He means Toribash. A game with a brutal learning curve, but crazy depth. I actually bought earlier versions of the game to support them before it went freeware.DeadlyYellow said:
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup and Spelunky but I don't feel like saying anything about them.
One that I feel deserves to be mentioned is Glum Buster. A sort of dreamlike 2d exploration game with puzzles. Very nice sound effects and low res graphics give you a great feeling that you are in a strange, fantastic place.
Another is Pandora's Gearbox. A really unique physics puzzle slash lock picking game where you are presented with puzzles with dark areas that seem almost impossible to work out until you start interacting and probing them. As you do that you start to build a mental picture of the puzzle, solve it, and then the lights come on and you get to see what was actually there.
One that I feel deserves to be mentioned is Glum Buster. A sort of dreamlike 2d exploration game with puzzles. Very nice sound effects and low res graphics give you a great feeling that you are in a strange, fantastic place.
Another is Pandora's Gearbox. A really unique physics puzzle slash lock picking game where you are presented with puzzles with dark areas that seem almost impossible to work out until you start interacting and probing them. As you do that you start to build a mental picture of the puzzle, solve it, and then the lights come on and you get to see what was actually there.
I have to agree with everyone who has said Cave Story. I admit I never played the free version of it and got it on WiiWare, but it's worth it since Pixel gets some cash that way and not to mention that it's better than 99% of the stuff on WiiWare, PSN or XBL.
While it isn't free, I also love the XBL Indie game "Breath of Death VII"-it's the best dollar I ever spent and one of the better RPGs I've played since the PS1 era.
While it isn't free, I also love the XBL Indie game "Breath of Death VII"-it's the best dollar I ever spent and one of the better RPGs I've played since the PS1 era.