Favorite independant games?

[Blackwolf]

Because of the seeming popularity and success of our coverage of the Independant Games Festival, I wanted to see if there were any indy games YOU wanted us to talk about. I am planning to take the show away from just recent big name news (although that will always be a part of the show) and talk about recent indy game news, and give some coverage to people who typically don't get any coverage.

So, is there any really cool indy PC game you've been playing that you want us to talk about? There's a whole bunch out there, and I want to see if you had any favorites that we should look at first.

[AcquiredTarget]

For some reason, I have it in my head that I played Savage from S2 games sometime ago, but I don't remember where.

[EvilWall]

Ascendancy.

That was a great game. The logic factory (http://www.logicfactory.com/games_ascendancy.htm) never made that many games though. I wish they would hurry up and get working on the second one.

[GH33DA]

I guess we should qualify independent cause technically EA is independent. Let's just say small to medium releases.



Marble Blast
GarageGames
Website: http://www.garagegames.com
Contact: havefun@garagegames.com

Marble Blast Gold was developed internally at GarageGames with help from Kevin Ryan. GarageGames mission is to help indie developers make money from their games by providing technology, team collaboration, and a marketplace. GarageGames founders still want to make games though and Marble Blast Gold is the first of many more to come.



Epoch Star
Battleline Games
Website: http://www.battlelinegames.com/
contact: support@epochstar.com

Enter a universe of epic adventure! Master combat with hundreds of ships and thousands of weapons. You will clash with dark and mysterious enemy races. Engage in missions to help a crumbling republic, and restore peace to the Galaxy.



Jets 'N' Guns
Rake in Grass
Website: http://www.rakeingrass.com/
Contact: http://jng.rakeingrass.com/support.php

Heavy piece of ground shaking rock blasting action dressed in full metal jacket colored to kill in graphics that will blow you eyes out! Enjoy quest for saving the universe in this award winning action game!



Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
Stardock
website: http://www.stardock.com/
contact: info@stardock.com

The galaxy is on fire in this sequel to the award-winning strategy game. Take command of one of nearly a dozen interstellar civilizations (or design your own).



Tribal Trouble
oddlabs
website: http://www.oddlabs.com/
contact: support@oddlabs.com

A bunch of clueless Viking raiders have stranded on a group of tropical islands - much to the annoyance of the local Natives. Help the tribesmen settle their disputes in this fast paced realtime strategy game.



Darkstar One
ASCARON Entertainment
website: http://www.ascaron.com/
contact: http://www.ascaron.com/gb/gb_firmeninfos/index.html

The story-based missions gradually lead the player deeper into the galaxy to new races, new technologies and ever stronger opponents. More and more solar systems will become available and may be visited. The artifacts of an ancient race, which are hidden in these solar systems, are essential to upgrade the player ship - the Darkstar One.

[Tom the First]

My favorite is definitely Darwinia. I'm not the biggest fan of RTS games; I'm more of a turn-based guy, but this game got me hooked, and it's probably because of it's unique style. The genre is not strictly strategy due to its gameplay style; it's more of a strategy/Pikmin/arcade hyrbrid. Not only is the gameplay very cool, but the environment and sound of the game is very immersive. They make you feel like you are part of a growing world rather than just a game.

[Emptythought]

the two that immediatly came to mind were cave story (http://agtp.romhack.net/doukutsu.html) by pixel and soldat (http://www.soldat.pl/main.php) by michal

[Regole]

Gish, Galactic Civs II, and Darwinia

[KingKRool]

Rumble Box. It's so fun seeing blocks crumble to tinier blocks.