Buzz has always surrounded Rataton: Slimeval, a never-released SICK game that, if rumors are to be believed, inspired Metal Slug (Nazca, SNK, 1996). SICK historians and fans alike have been trying to get in contact with the game’s developer, Will Steinhardt, for years. This April, they finally did.
Open on GDC 2023, where four recent graduates met and realized they were in the same boat: looking for a job in an industry where layoffs are perhaps too common. Realizing they could set off together, they formed Struggled Seas Studios, added a few more team members, and the rest was history.
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On April 11, the closed online alpha test for Preston (or Slaps)’s upcoming online multiplayer action game Drift Shell launched. The game, where players take control of a mech and fight in a low-poly world, is created by a one-person team and inspired by PS1 games like Armored Core (FromSoftware Inc., 1997).
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In my experience, all indie gamers love pixel art and hate corporations and the way they’ve changed the world. SolarFlare, an upcoming co-op, roguelike hero builder includes both evil corporate executives and a beautiful pixel art grid, making it an ideal experience for indie gamers.
Detect-Dev is a sci-fi narrative mystery game with themes of corporate corruption. The two main characters — Dev, a cocky detective straight out of the academy and AV1NA, his wisecracking, lie-detecting robot sidekick — use three kinds of logic puzzles to solve a murder at an animation studio.
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Newgrounds has always been a place friendly to fresh ideas, scrappy underdogs, and gratuitous blood splatter. From animations to flash games, aspiring and veteran artists and developers alike used the site as a testing ground for new ideas and a repository for their best poop jokes.
From that primordial soup springs Contract Rush DX, a wide-release expansion of a free web game called Contract Rush.
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At M+DEV in November, the winner of the Best of Showcase Student Entry Award was SoulSync City, a project produced by Lost Water Studios. Indie City Games jam director Sebastian Galvez sat down with lead producer Kadin White and creative director Alexander Koeberl to talk about the development process and what’s next for the studio.
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It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I’ve been working on a game called Elemera. It’s something I take every opportunity to talk about, something I’ve already sunk years of my life into, and something that some members of Indie City Games have already contributed to.
It’s safe to say I’m very passionate about it.
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In this interview, Dani Orizaba describes the process and inspiration behind their newest single, “Lunar Psychosis.”
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Solo dev vaaasm (or Nattie) created a charming Halloween RPG where players throw a party for Death. Seb Galvez talks to them about it.
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