One of the best things about
indie narrative games is that they're able to explore subject matter that major releases can not, be it due to market pressure or for lack of tact or understanding.
That Dragon, Cancer is without a doubt 2016's best nonfiction narrative game... and perhaps, one of the best
indie narrative games of all time.
Not exact matches
We know it's a
narrative - driven
game created by acclaimed
indie developer Lucas Pope, the same man behind «Papers, Please» (among other
games).
The Uncertain Episode 1 The Last Quiet Day is a puzzle based
Indie Game that offers intriguing
narrative story line of era when Human's are destroyed and the world is ruled by Robots.
Developed with Unreal Engine 4 and written by a former writer for the Assassin's Creed series,
indie developer Frima calls the
game a «movie - length
narrative adventure.»
In 2016 Darkestville Castle won the Best
Game Narrative at
Indie Prize Amsterdam during Casual Connect Europe 2016 and this year Hernan Lopez will compete for the valuable prizes from our sponsors again!
Jaime Scribbles Games is a small
indie game company that specializes in
narrative heavy visual novels targeted towards a mature audience.
Games like Gone Home and Brothers: a Tale of Two Sons have showed players that
games can provide emotional, mature
narratives, while Kentucky Route Zero and others have continued in the tradition of Limbo, showing players that an affordable
indie game can have world - class production values.
In this edition I talk with Chris Suellentrop, video
game critic for the New York Times, and Steve Gaynor of the Fullbright Company, an
indie game studio developing Gone Home, a finalist for the Excellence in
Narrative award at the Indpendent Games Festival later this month.
Both ex-Failbetter
Games devs (Alexis founded the studio, Lottie was its producer), Weather Factory is a studio for ingenious
narrative games with a consciously
indie aesthetic.
Quadrilateral Cowboy is the magnum opus of Blendo
Games» Brendon Chung, one of the best voices we've got working in
indie games, who is formerly best known for his tiny, ultra-cinematic, jump - cut - heavy
narrative essentials like Gravity Bone and 30 Flights of Loving.
Osmotic Studios is a trio of German
indie game developers committed to making
games with
narrative and personal resonance that challenge players to reflect on the world around them.
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Hernan Lopez — the developer of Darkestville Castle — participated at
Indie Prize in Amsterdam early this year and won the Best
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If I had to select five words to sum up the generation, they would be «
Narrative - driven downloadable
indie games».
Innovative
game art by local artists and designers will be featured in this exhibition, sponsored in part by 4Culture's Tech Specific grant, that provides a behind the scenes look at the creative process, with a special focus on diverse artwork,
narratives and
indie games.
Some of the high - prestige
indie games that made their way onto Xbox and PlayStation include Journey (a melancholy pilgrimage to a mountaintop in which you sometimes encounter other random players), Gone Home (players explore an empty house in Portland, Oregon, and un-lock its secrets through hidden journal entries), and What Remains of Edith Finch (a
narrative adventure published by the video
game arm of the film production company Annapurna Pictures).
Wheels of Aurelia is a
narrative road trip
game developed from Santa Ragione for the premiere at Fantastic Arcade 2015 by Austin
indie game collective.
Playdead's Inside didn't win the big prize, but the
indie game scooped up four BAFTAs including «Artistic Achievement,» «Game Design,» «Narrative,» and «Original Property.&ra
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Narrative,» and «Original Property.»
We reviewed the first two episodes together, joining the chorus of praises being sung about the
narrative - driven
indie — praising its tone, characterisation and writing, but also how the time - travel mechanic gives a twist to the choices the player must make in the
game.
Narrative adventures have become a staple of the year
indie game scene, and quite rightly so.
It was also nominated for Best in Show & Most Innovative
Game and Best
Game Narrative for
Indie Prize at Casual Connect Asia 2016.
Nothing is off the table this week as we work out with fitness
games, bust out new and old
indie classics or shoot our way through surprisingly haunting
narratives.
After expanding to a team of nine, Sand Sailor Studio debuted Black The Fall at Gamescom 2016, where it racked up nominations for Best
Narrative, Best Art, and Best
Indie Game.
Indie games, especially ones that are
narrative driven, have the power to influence your emotions in a variety of ways.
It's why
indie games never tried to steal RE4's sensibilities, and instead went in more
narrative, combat - light directions.
It looks at storytelling and
narrative in
games of all flavors, including the casual,
indie, and obscurely hobbyist.
Some
games rely on outright violence, while others have characters fight robots or mix violence in with a quirky
narrative, so what do you see as the challenges for an
indie game studio that cuts out violence altogether?
Most
indie game makers are more focused on the
game play aspect of a
game rather than the
narrative and story of the
game.
The debut of release from
indie dev Beethoven & Dinosaur can be called «an action, adventure, exploration,
narrative driven, musical - laser - light - battle kind of
game».
Indie curio Her Story was acknowledged with the Best
Narrative award and the Best Performance award went to the
game's actress, Viva Seifert.
You'll find me playing a range of genres, from AAA to
indie, with a personal love of
narrative games that will challenge me emotionally!
Receiving accolades for «Artistic Achievement», «
Narrative», «
Game Design» and «Original Property» the
indie title saw off competition from a number of «Triple A» titles including Uncharted 4, Dishonored 2 and Titanfall 2.
And just like Gone Home, Fullbright Studio's first
indie hit, Tacoma is clearly a
narrative - focused
game, but you can expect an engaging and fascinating story.
It looks at storytelling and
narrative in
games of all flavors, including the casual,
indie, and obscurely hobbyist.]
The Stanley Parable is probably the longest
indie game I played in 2013 and struck me as the perfect
narrative game.
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Indie game scenes do have a
narrative, and it is as alien to me as a triple - A
narrative.
This
narrative style adventure allows you to react to the mundane in a variety of ways and Firewatch being a mysterious
indie adventure is a
game that I myself have been itching to play.
Indie game studio One More Story
Games is dedicated to bringing us high quality,
narrative - focused
games.
The Nintendo Switch version of
indie horror
game Perception has been dated: Boston, 24th of October 2017: Following Perception's launch this summer on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, The Deep End Games is excited to announce that their
narrative psychological thriller will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on October 31, Read More...
A
narrative designer and writer with experience as a playwright, Myers pitched the idea for Codename Cygnus during a meeting of the, a roundtable for
indie game designers.
Freebird Games is an
indie game development studio founded by Kan (Reives) Gao as a personal outlet, to tell stories through the form of interactive
narratives and music.
However, The Council, from
indie developer Big Bad Wolf Studios, takes the
narrative adventure
game a step further, adding an amount of RPG elements to it.
Speakers include graphic artist and illustration mastermind Jean Jullien, whose iconic» Peace for Paris» symbol became an instant global meme; children's book author and illustrator You Jung Byun, known for her detailed
narrative and commissioned work inhabited by strange beasts and lost children; everyone's favourite gif - wunderkind Julian Glander, creator of bubblegum - coloured digital illustration,
indie games and interactive artwork, all subsumed under the catchword «digital toys»; animator, writer, and producer Ben Bocquelet, creator of the famed animation series «The Amazing World of Gumball `; Martina Paukova, illustrator with an incredibly fast - paced career, whose jam - packed images in a trademark palette and Memphis - inspired patterns mirror our mundane lives in the digital age; and Jaime Álvarez, renowned for his 3D rendered Mr. Kat (PE) universe, fusing pre-Columbian with contemporary kawaii aesthetics.