FEATURE
Independent Gaming
Growing numbers of aspiring developers are building games in their bedrooms and basements. Find out who's leading the new indie scene.
Xbox Marks the Spot
Microsoft's Xbox Live is the definitive console community experience, offering users tons of fresh content while generating enormous sums of revenue via millions of micro- transactions. No one loses in that equation (other than your creditors), and as the company turns its powerful gaze to the indie scene, the future is only looking brighter.
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Original designer: Metanet Software
Having won the Audience Award at the Independent Game Festival in 2005,
this fast-paced platformer is on the fast-track to success. Players control a ninja,
leaping and running around giant levels while collecting gold. Think of it as the
extreme evolution of Lode Runner, and, shortly, as a great reason to
blow some Microsoft Points.
Play the original
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Space Giraffe
Original designer: Jeff Minter
An explanation: the game was accidentally named after its creator attempted to describe the lead character on a forum. Despite the kooky title, this arcade shooter is inspired much more by the classic Tempest than Zoo Tycoon. It so impressed the Microsoft brass that they included it in one of their gameplay montages during their E3 07 press conference.
Eets: Chowdown
Original designer: Klei Entertainment
Best described as a cross between Lemmings, The Incredible Machine and
Hello Kitty, the original Eets was a very successful shareware game. Its great
puzzle gameplay quickly garnered the respect of gaming luminaries and eventually
transitioned over to the consoles as an Xbox Live Arcade
title.
Check out Eets!
 VIEW EETS: CHOWDOWN SCREENSHOTS |
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Posted: 19 Jul 2007