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Indie Games Special

Monday, April 6th, 2009 – running time 35:40
A huge part of the Game Developers Conference is the Independent Games Festival. We talk to the developers, play the games, and show you why this part of gaming universe is so important.

As per the usual, the majority of the excitement coming out of GDC stems from the life and energy of the Independent Games Festival. It's a menagerie of clever ideas executed with a polish and precision some established game studios even have a hard time hitting. Made with love and passion--and a desire to win the $20,000 grand prize--the IGF showcases the best of the best in this generations' indie development community.

We start out by crawling the IGF with Phil Fish, one of the winners of last year's IGF competition for his upcoming game Fez and a judge in this year's competition. It must have been tough to pick a winner! After you watch our show, you'll see why. Amongst the games he had to choose from:

TAG: The Power of Paint. A unique, FPS puzzler where the colors of paint you spray on the surfaces of the environment cause your character to run, jump, and climb walls to reach your destination.

The Unfinished Swan. Again, a paint or ink metaphor where you being in an entirely white world and must splatter black ink around in order to reveal the geometry through which you must navigate.

Cortex Command. In intensely complex, real-time game of programmable bots and war machines. Highly customizable and backed up by eight years of development, this is one to watch.

Feist. As beautiful as they come, it's a charming side-scroller reminiscent of a Miyazaki film. It has to be seen to be believed.

Blueberry Garden won the Seamus McNally Grand Prize at the IGF netting the creator, Erik Svedäng $30,000 (Mountain Dew popped on an extra $10k) to finish up his delightful project. Exploration and discovery are the themes here and let's hope that cash is put to good use to getting the final game out the door.

We also need to thank Attract Mode for throwing a video game art party where art inspired by and on the subject of video games is featured prominently in the Giant Robot store/gallery here in San Francisco. The event featured pairings of Giant Robot artists with indie game makers to create some bizarre and downright inspired projects in rapid-time. In the case of Cactus, that same day! There were four featured games at the event, but we don't want to spoil it by spilling the beans here. Give it a look-see! We think you'll be as impressed as we were!

Next week it will be back to, more-or-less, business as usual as we find some great DS games you may have overlooked and drop some final bits of indie-scene arcana into your repertoire of gaming knowledge.

Highlights
art show ( 27:01, 27:01 ) gears of war ( 4:39, 4:39 ) Netflix ( 0:10, 26:21, 26:22, 26:25, 26:48, 0:10, 26:21, 26:22, 26:25, 26:48 ) series a ( 19:01, 19:01 ) art show ( 27:01, 27:01 ) gears of war ( 4:39, 4:39 ) Netflix ( 0:10, 26:21, 26:22, 26:25, 26:48, 0:10, 26:21, 26:22, 26:25, 26:48 ) series a ( 19:01, 19:01 )

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" This episode of co -- is brought to you by Squarespace. Godaddy. Netflix going to end this."

" And announcements were going to never can be but -- is really -- for restaurant one."

" To the -- not believe she's the became the I don't know I should also point out futures everybody's it's ABC this week. Everybody out there if I've got one real difference -- for holly drive. It's doing its work everyday and overall it's good material American apparel."

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" And moon --"

" The man you know immediately thought. For a second this will be. Because we can have -- report to. It's a little easier it was -- there is waves. It was the one is that whenever the playing field right not having to run around in -- trailers. If he's not quite as passes. Still wouldn't. He knows everything I did everything it. I didn't more than I ever would've done that PCB board and more than anything the idea is always following this thing. Yeah what's. Toppers there's so much cool stuff like. One thing when -- walk to the screen and you know McCain. Throwing things OK game it start registering at a white experience blank slate --"

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" Communities about voting places and it's -- process. Got a lot of things about trying to avoid making a puzzle game and so. Isn't practicing that -- sing god it's just double negative space that's been stolen -- saying it's. It's all white it's -- open honest tonight -- Cole's false positives okay. Revealed in Iraq. The main thing when it's okay that's. That's part. It's almost like anti level design but -- here designing gears of war level or something. Fifteen he would want belief system when somebody gets you into an environment. Had a chance ridiculous and that's where this game starts out and up also looks really is hot line is that again. And that's just California and let -- things drastically. Different exactly yeah it is I don't really -- mechanics. It's. A lot of insight comes about from testing -- and having people play which is what all the indie developers and rolling. The best thing about being -- having all these people play linking on standing right here next to them I'll only give your team you've got -- you all hands and judges and everyone gives on the screen -- backwards through your comments the other game that's the one -- That benefit most obviously the most games have -- was the first. And we've seen a lot of good stuff coming out of digital you know Alaska where is my guess again. The latest success story today. -- Okay. What what did everyone do on the project. Who's really a four person team to reform program. We just had a lot of awards -- things a little stuff not. -- into the hands of major did you guys yeah everything's been. Have gone up probably. And its own. -- Little bit about."

" It's very simplistic. Yeah I'm wondering like what did everything for you guys behind. We have to go wrong. You know here's a word yeah Paul really sure nobody's gonna pay attention to. One of the reasons I mean it's obviously within with a flat Floyd it's. Limited in the -- and really -- hello. When your -- I don't. We really look forward. We didn't want to doing well and the apartment that kind of not cool it and then feels like a little bit if you are everybody everywhere -- the color in the world is on the evening news. It's. Only -- fool -- and being. Yeah look you see something you've already -- you can use that to dump off. But we don't want if you deliver -- more power than anyone is closed to within the main thing 400 busier place. Imagine it would -- how -- Kirby got -- he must begin within hours the flood -- you'll leave everything behind. It's amazing what they're doing wrong with a right. I salute you didn't have the longest book family -- allowed to -- little boy you. But -- and have a look live again and -- to me like. I'll tell them physically it's like he's. -- somebody you. They just don't walk by you living on contact me not. I believe that it -- is arguably it. Because of the unaffiliated they've -- Oppenheim live on -- and you'll -- We recently instituted draft you then we'll. Have -- Let me motive kidnapping has -- does yeah. Yeah. Some people really get anything negative karma but believe me it's -- be delivered on the power of being not. Okay we don't let him live on windows. Don't work to do."

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" It's this you. Zionist like I don't even fully understand it I heard that before but it wasn't really on my radar. But after meeting him at the idea of having him talk about the game and went to the win that means is -- and everything like okay got to get this shot but even more so I'm like. Man I gotta turn my little brother -- this game is my little brother he's fourteen years old. -- programs like crazy on his calculator your friends are always do that decorator stuff to get in trouble in school on time because we can't -- programming with each other. But I like Kiki and I gotta get my little brother in this campaign. Shame because this is that it's the kind of thing that absolutely you know pushing into the path towards game design. And you know. What's more often."

" So I gotta feel like. Looking over people's shoulders when I was. -- insanely complex."

" I don't think you're -- not quite gotten this right Brian Buchanan and yet there's a lot of complexity in there I mean after. Here's the trying to get as much cool stuff there's like ten you know a lot of it accumulated time now. Anyhow but yeah. You know first real. People are coming here better better the game and I am because they've been playing like competitively in the wrong. I've never actually played against the good guys. Played fast and it's my brain. My ass and it's really surreal experiences and events."

" Sings -- and you already have this community."

" Don't you tell us how to do. My main source things for the last year started selling a year ago. And it's not done yet so it's only -- discount. It's not done it right. By now going don't hey good morning again homers in the where Robin profitable. -- that's okay -- anything we can beat ourselves then it's much better. Yeah. It's working now it's starting it's not winning commercial purpose I started as a way to teach myself game. And I just bought -- Amazon it's what do we need to learn. To finish this and I've found myself actually finished game what's that project really bizarre theory in almost a decade later restored. There's -- news happening yeah."

" Then there's games that are you know where you'll -- I mean unfinished when I'm hoping it doesn't give you played there there's games like fights where. Almost it's almost completely tedious that it right now that's been -- people interest and it's not. There's not -- designer and artist so good there's satisfactory economic house Obama keep telling everyone I was Zagreb. Let's put its light screen shots from the game is all they're so gorgeous though he's big and each game each individual screen shot to be really nice poster. It makes me want to -- is about and Jason trailer two weeks ago Metallica -- broken its. Games I think it's. Been so beautiful. The left I'm -- I think."

" A few months. Really quick and sleepless nights the media loves the art. Jumping up and down it's -- wrong. The branch is there any physical properties to read these a lot of what you wanted this. Being around objects a lot of -- stuff can't even getting married again we're sort of life. --"

" He runs his team we do okay so I didn't -- the objects and enemies and eight. Bad he didn't actually jump in many giveaways. -- I'm trying -- out it's -- So apparently winning and you -- It's. -- right thank you Andy this time if you want to thank Casey Anthony's. I think he's okay disappointing. Yeah it -- I mean it's. Like you're keeping them honest. That's what innings and yeah I'm going into wireless."

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Started discussion: April 7, 2009 @ 10:02am GMT

Episode 105 - Indie Games Special [Discussion]

A huge part of the Game Developers Conference is the Independent Games Festival. We talk to the developers, play the games, and show you why this part of gaming universe is so important.

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suurge
8 months ago
Another great episode, you guys fuckin' rock. So much cool stuff that I need to check out.
HarryAKA
8 months ago
I just Boot Camped on over to XP so I could try out Tag. I've only played a couple of the levels but it's really impressed me so far. The graphics style seems perfect for this game. I would love to see this game on the XBOX Community Games section or even the Arcade. Either way I want this game on my XBOX because I rarely ever game on my laptop, mostly because its such a hassle using Windows.

BTW just wanted to say the episode was another really great one. Keep it up.
rpeterson0910
8 months ago
Fantastic episode. I love how you guys put the source links to the game in the intros as well. I remember you guys did this on the 1UP show last year and this one was even better.

I love this show and will never miss an episode. Keep up the good work!
weirdo513
8 months ago
Great run down; IGF was pretty amazing this year. Wish they could have gotten to more of the games on the floor. There were a ton of gems.
JC Magnus
7 months ago
Great episode. I downloaded the Tag game and I loved it! It feels like a part of the Portal family, just has a unique feel to it.
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