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Indie Zoe: Raider of the Lost News (31 July 2014)

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Come one, come all, gather round for I have glorious tales to tell. Oh, who am I kidding – you guys don’t actually care about all the cool indie news about locals doing well and fun things going on – you’re just reading to do me a favour and not make me land up like Martha with least comments of the week.

First up, we have some cool local news. For the first time at Gamescom there will be an Indie Mega Booth, filled with all kinds of awesome indie games. Two local games will be featured there – Broforce and Desktop Dungeons. That’s right, the cool guys from Free Lives and QCF Design will be heading to Germany (I wonder if they’ll be on the same flights as us) to show off their games and revel in the glory that is Gamescom. Well done to them – Free Lives were also shown off at E3, and it’s nice to see a bunch of locals getting some well-deserved attention.

Speaking of locals doing well, locally made The Maker’s Eden has launched on Steam. It’s described as a first-person hypertext adventure game in the style of a motion comic that sounds like a bunch of science fiction noir craziness. Here is the launch trailer.

Screencheat is a unique game that forces players to break multiplayer etiquette in order to play. You know old-school split screen shooters – kids would often put up sheets or other blocks to ensure that opponents couldn’t see what was on the screen. Well, In Screencheat, everyone is invisible – you have to look at the other player’s screens to actually know where you are and what you can do

Prototype of the Week

This week’s prototype is an island survival management game. It’s still in the early stages and could use any feedback that you have for the developer. I love this genre of game, probably because I enjoy living a cushy lifestyle while imagining doing survival stuff.

Last Updated: July 31, 2014

17 Comments

  1. SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI 4

    July 31, 2014 at 12:33

    I prefer to associate Matthew with Marth instead of Martha
    http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081016094738/fireemblem/images/6/67/MarthDS.jpg

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      July 31, 2014 at 12:38

      That’s clearly not from a JRPG. The sword isn’t big enough & that’s obviously a guy.

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      • SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI 4

        July 31, 2014 at 12:47

        HA!….Its actually a girl….BOOM JRPG….JK it is a guy 🙁

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 31, 2014 at 12:49

          Watched Knights of Sidonia, the people are mostly A-sexual and uses photo synthesis as a means to feed while piloting robots and fighting tentacle monsters. Very PG but very confusing

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          • Kensei Seraph

            July 31, 2014 at 12:51

            That is a good series.
            I should really find where I was in the manga and continue reading.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 31, 2014 at 12:54

            The final Crimson Hawk Moth battle was pretty cool, not like DBZ where they first scream for five minutes.

          • SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI 4

            July 31, 2014 at 12:54

            Sidonia is great! Even Kojima be praising it

          • Hammersteyn

            July 31, 2014 at 12:55

            Can’t wait for season two. Same goes for Attack on Titan

          • SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI 4

            July 31, 2014 at 12:57

            Man…..DAT ATTACK ON TITAN MANGA BRO…….Mother flucker

    • Her Highness the Hipster

      July 31, 2014 at 12:43

      i generally call him mindy, leading us to debate if sandy should become mork….

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      • SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI 4

        July 31, 2014 at 12:46

        Mork and Mindy lol……They should do a duo article

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  2. Kensei Seraph

    July 31, 2014 at 12:45

    Yay, time to risk my wallet again.
    Now to actually read the article.

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    • Kensei Seraph

      July 31, 2014 at 12:55

      Wallet is safe… for now.

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  3. Hammersteyn

    July 31, 2014 at 13:00

    Makers of Eden looks cool but the trailer needs some work, I mean you would use words in it to make people curios but here you have this :

    flying cars
    conversations
    androids
    conversations with androids

    Really?

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      July 31, 2014 at 13:07

      Can you have conversations with androids in flying cars?

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      • Hammersteyn

        July 31, 2014 at 13:23

        Dont be silly, how would that possibly work?

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  4. Rince&pop

    July 31, 2014 at 13:07

    Cool. Also, Zoe, did you see Nick Hall was doing a survey of all the developers in SA? He’s had around 24 responses showing so far that at least 194 people are employed in the games industry in SA, sadly not one run by a, what is that term again, female… If you are in the industry, feel free to fill out this google form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-r8qFGcaLdoClMfmWUkLgYEFA8T3jZHoYjj_1WHnncA/viewform

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