Passage: Jason Rohrer explains his latest creation in detail. [download Passage]
DHC: DHC is working on a new horizontal shooter.
Competitions
2007 HSP Contest: Results for the 2007 HSP (Hot Soup Processor) Contest are out, with Another Bound bagging first place. [descriptions and screenshots for all entries]
Ludum Dare: Ludum Dare 10 (48 hour game competition) will begin this 14th of December.
Adventure, Roguelikes
Dwarf Fortress: Dwarf Fortress updated. [change list]
Incursion: A Mac port for the freeware roguelike game Incursion is now available.
Heartland series: Unbound - A Wound Vignette will be released next week. [Heartland Deluxe]
ScummVM: ScummVM updated with support for AGOS games.
Remakes, Ports
Wizball: Wizball now available for the Mac.
Army of Trolls: Tomaz Kac (Push Push Penguin, Head Over Heels) will release a new game soon.
Game Maker
The Windy Witch: Pug Fugly (Return to Sector 9) is currently working on four different projects, with one of them being an entry for the YoYo Games Winter competition.
RPGCreations: Orchard-L might develop a new horror game after Fedora Spade 4 is released.
Miscellaneous
Braid: In a rare forum posting over at TGC, Jonathan Blow had mentioned that he has every intention on working on a new game after Braid. Both PS3 and PC versions were not ruled out.
Audiosurf: IGF finalist Audiosurf will be released in February 2008.
Space Dynagon: A trial version for Murasame's new game, Space Dynagon is now available. [mirror]
Happy news indeed, but I have to admit that Passage is the most important bit... Can't recommend it enough. Oh, and do try it more than once...
ReplyDeleteI tried it three times now, and to be honest I feel like I've just been wasting time.
ReplyDeletePixel has released the new version of cave story. (1.0.0.7)
ReplyDeleteI like Passage, though I think one problem with it is, like The Marriage, you don't really fully get it unless you read the author's notes/statement. And I think that's a flaw, albeit a minor one, because a game should stand on its own without requiring too much explanation to get it. Now there are people who get it without that explanation of course, but I am just kind of against making the author's explanations a recommended part of the experience of the work.
ReplyDeleteBut it's certainly one of the best indie games of the year, I agree.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to point out amongst the nice update, Passage was an amazing experience.
ReplyDeleteOh, SPOILER ALERT, I suppose:
I didn't really know what was going on at first, thinking that if I moved to the right that it would be less blurry, but then I realized what was happening.
By the time we were old and gray, I was really afraid for the moment that one of us would pass away.