GRcade Indie Games chat thread | For the smaller games no one cares about :toot:

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by Dangerblade » Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:08 pm

Would love a print of that :wub:

Machinarium
Horace
Castle Crashers
Donut County
Cuphead
The Binding of Isaac
Spelunky
Octodad: Dadliest Catch
World of Goo
West of Loathing
Wandersong
Hotline Miami
Fez
Time Fcuk
Gish
Shovel Knight
VVVVVV
Getting Over it With Bennett Foddy
Untitled Goose Game
Among Us
Don't Starve
Nuclear Throne
Frog Fractions
Steamworld Dig
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Celeste
Legend of Bum-Bo
Cave Story
Super Meat Boy
Guacamelee!
Threes
Bugsnax
Cookie Clicker
Undertale
Stardew Valley
Hollow Knight
Baba is You
Snake Pass
My Friend Pedro
Fancy Pants Adventure
Bit Trip Runner
Tricky Towers
Bendy and the Ink Machine
Slay the Spire
A Hat in Time


So many I recognise but can't place my finger on, and I own like 90% of the above list (but actually played a lot less than 90% :slol:)

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by Ironhide » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:46 pm

In addition to those, I can see Skullgirls, Baba is You, Snake Pass, Tricky Towers, Carrion, Forager, My Friend Pedro.

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by ITSMILNER » Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:57 pm

Flinthook is on there also, it’s a great image though :wub:

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by Ironhide » Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:07 pm

Can't see Slay the Spire, which considering its popularity seems a glaring omission if it isn't cleerly hidden somewhere. .

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by Dangerblade » Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:45 pm

Ironhide wrote:Can't see Slay the Spire, which considering its popularity seems a glaring omission if it isn't cleerly hidden somewhere. .

I missed it too...at first. Take another look around the middle of the entire thing

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by Squinty » Tue Jun 22, 2021 10:18 pm

I got 34 in that image.

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by That » Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:13 am

Karl_ wrote:I'm not sure if it's indie enough for this thread(!?), but I will probably play Ender Lilies at some point. It reminds me a bit of Blasphemous and I liked that. It's even more explicitly Souls inspired in terms of presentation. Hard to get a feel for the combat without actually playing it but seems competent at first glance.

I gave this a go for an hour.

It seems OK so far! It starts off a bit slow - I'm personally of the opinion that soulslikes ought to ramp it up quickly (we've all played Souls before, that's...why we're here!) but I'm trying not to get impatient. I'll definitely give it another hour or so.

Very early to post impressions but the boss fights I've finished were good. I'm interested by the Metroid-style doors you can't open yet, there seem to be plenty scattered around - I think that's a nice component of 2D soulslikes. The enemy variety isn't blowing me away so far, but there have been some interesting challenges to overcome with enemy placement in the level. I think it has an interesting attack system - three separate weapons equipped at a time, each mapped to a different face button.

The art and presentation are inoffensive, and the music is decent, but the writing suffers a little from being translated and comes across a bit goofy in places, I think.

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by The Doom Spoon » Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:59 am

Love this idea for a thread! I really only started getting into Indies since owning a Switch. It's been such an awesome console for it and now is say 85% of my library are Indies now.

I think now new AAA games are creeping up in price, I'm turning more and more towards this "smaller" titles, and generally get atleast the same level of enjoyment out of them as I would a AAA.

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by Ironhide » Sun Jun 27, 2021 2:05 pm

The only remotely AAA games I've played in the last ten years would be XCOM 2, Civ VI and Diablo 3, almost everything I can play is an indie release and I'm totally fine with that.

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by ITSMILNER » Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:21 pm

Indies really came into their own last gen thanks to the console manufacturers giving them the time to shine. I just love the unique experiences you get with them or the nostalgic trips they can take you on.

The Doom Spoon wrote:Love this idea for a thread! I really only started getting into Indies since owning a Switch. It's been such an awesome console for it and now is say 85% of my library are Indies now.

I think now new AAA games are creeping up in price, I'm turning more and more towards this "smaller" titles, and generally get atleast the same level of enjoyment out of them as I would a AAA.


Switch is my go to machine for indies, they seem perfectly suited to handheld play!

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | How many indie games can you spot on PG.11?
by ITSMILNER » Tue Jul 06, 2021 1:34 pm

Boomerang X launches on Switch and PC this week, looks really cool, another Devolver published game.




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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by ITSMILNER » Thu Jul 08, 2021 5:44 pm



This looks entertaining :lol: although I bet the singing would get annoying after a while

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by Balladeer » Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:24 pm

It's already annoying after half the trailer! :dread:

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by OrangeRKN » Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:30 pm

Yeah I don't think I could stomach that for longer than a trailer. It's a fun concept, but I don't want to actually play it :lol: It doesn't look particularly good outside of that gimmick either, or at least it looks generic in gameplay and visuals. I'm glad to know it exists though I guess?

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by Balladeer » Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:41 am

What The Golf? was genuinely one of my games of last year. A hugely funny, hugely varied way of looking at how to use basic videogame golf mechanics to do a bunch of things that just weren't golf. Well worth a look, and even more so now because they've released two new mini-campaigns for it!


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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:23 am

Anybody here tried Unavowed? I was thinking of picking it up whilst it is stil on introductory sale for Switch. I'm a big fan of Point and Click games, but have never played a Wadjit Eye one (no PC). Is it safe to say i should be picking it up?

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by Balladeer » Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:30 am

Unfortunately I can't speak to Unavowed, but for indie point-and-clicks I can strongly recommend There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension and the Darkside Detective games (2 > 1 but you do kinda need to play 1 and 1's still good).

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Wed Jul 14, 2021 10:36 am

I keep forgetting about There Is No Game. Would that be better on Switch or Mobile?

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by Balladeer » Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:40 am

Honestly I don't know. I had maybe one issue with the controls on Switch (on the telly)? And it looks pretty nice on a big screen, despite often having pixilated graphics.

The Darkside Detective games do have a rather nice thing on Switch where you can use both sticks to move the cursor faster. It's not quite mouse speed but it works well.

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PostRe: GRcade Indie Games chat thread | Boomerang X launching this week!
by kazanova_Frankenstein » Wed Jul 14, 2021 11:44 am

Ok thanks. It's another one i need to keep an eye on.


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