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Seven Summits Studio’s Petite has won the award for best story in the Indie Prize at the ongoing Casual Connect Asia. Petite is a unique ambient game that revolves around the life of a woman and several key incidents in her life. Each level finds her in a new situation …
Read More »Unrest arrives on Steam on 26th June
Indian indie developer Pyrodactyl will release its adventure RPG, Unrest, via Steam on 26th June. Unrest is the product of a successful Kickstarter campaign, and aside from Steam, the game is also currently available for preorder via the developer’s website. The DRM-free version is priced $15, while the Special Edition, …
Read More »Guest column: Collaboration – the indie advantage
Joel Johnson is a Bangalore-based indie game developer and the sole member of digiKhel. Johnson recently released his first game, Orion’s Gold, in collaboration with other indie developers. In this guest column, Johnson talks about the intricacies of collaborative game development, and its benefits to independent game developers. I started …
Read More »Bangalore start-up Moonfrog launches Bingo Club
Indie start-up Moonfrog has just launched its first game, Bingo Club, for Android. Bingo Club is a real-time multiplayer game with its own take on the Housie formula, including power-ups and treasures to be discovered in ‘special rooms’. The game is set against the backdrop of famous cities and iconic …
Read More »Seven Summits Studio’s ambient game Petite headed to Windows 8 in June
Seven Summits Studio’s ambient game, Petite, is set for release in June for Windows 8. Petite was created by Asar Dhandala as an entry for Microsoft’s Dev Camps, for which the prototype was created within 12 hours. It was selected as the best game in that competition, following which it …
Read More »Indian indies at Casual Connect Asia
Indie developers from India will make up a sizeable contingent at next month’s Casual Connect Asia in Singapore. Award-winning games like Save The Dummy, Meanwhile In A Parallel Universe, and Project Heera will be showcased at the three-day event, with several developers also scheduled to speak. Here’s a list of …
Read More »New indie studio Frolicode announces Hoopla Gems for iOS, Android
Indian indie studio Frolicode has announced its first title, Hoopla Gems, for iOS and Android. Hoopla Gems is a block-based puzzle game, where the player must clear out as many blocks as possible by choosing the right colour option. Frolicode is a three-member studio headed by Siddharth Singh, who left …
Read More »Narcissist Reality’s Exist to be showcased, playable at Bit Bazaar
First-person horror-adventure game Exist will be showcased at Bit Bazaar in Toronto this may. Exist is developed by Mumbai-based Ansh Patel aka Narcissist Reality. The game takes place in the player’s nightmares and deals with themes of existentialism and societal negativity. Exist will be playable at Bit Bazaar, and visitors …
Read More »Sandyloisa announces Flash puzzler Bricks and Minions
Sandyloisa’s follow up to the multi-award winning Save the Dummy is Bricks and Minions, a ragdoll adventure game”. That game tasks players with clearing the level of bricks of varying gravity orientation by shooting minions out of a canon. Players must use different gravity orientation to their advantage to clear …
Read More »Sandyloisa bringing award-winning Save the Dummy to mobile
IGF China and NASSCOM Game Forum award-winning puzzler Save the Dummy is headed to mobile and other platforms. Developed by Kolkata-based Sandeep Saha aka Sandyloisa, Save the Dummy is a physics-based puzzle game that won the Excellence in Technology Award at IGF China 2013 and the runner-up award in the …
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