Posts Tagged ‘Indie’

Dyson – I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Well I don’t know much about trees, or poems about them.  But there is a game written about a kind of tree called a Dyson tree.  Just what is a Dyson tree you ask?  Let’s call on our friend Wikipedia for an answer, shall we?  According to Wikipedia, “A Dyson tree is a hypothetical genetically-engineered plant, (perhaps resembling a tree) capable of growing in a comet, suggested by the physicist Freeman Dyson.”  Okay what does this have to do with games?  Well our next game is called, you guessed it, Dyson!

DysonSS01

(more…)

See you on the flipside…

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

…Flipside of the divine, that is.  Our next game comes from Erik Svedäng and his team including Daniel Kaplan, Pernilla Akterhall, Björn Öjlert, Markus Nurmimäki, Stefan Hurtig, Johan Gren, Daniel Rydin, Johan Åberg, Petter Mabäcker,  and Andreas Sundin of the University of Skövde in Sweden (I’m assuming Sweden because on his personal about page, it says he was born there) for a 10 week course in 2007.

flipsidess01

(more…)

Jasper’s Journeys – News Bulletin: Cat stealing sweeps nation! Cat Ladies crying everywhere!

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Okay so it’s just one cat named Orlando, who has been stolen by a witch. Today’s review is called Jasper’s Journeys, a delightful jump’n’run platformer that hearkens back to the 16 bit era by Lexaloffle. Please be sure to click on the screenshots for their full sizes, as scaling them down doesn’t really do them justice.

jasperss00

(more…)