Indie Links Round-Up: Face To Face

“Guerrilla Tea and Cancer Research UK are teaming up to develop a mobile phone game called GeneGame to help pinpoint new genetic causes of cancer, the companies announced.” “The sixth No More Sweden concluded with over 20 games jammed out over the weekend and Traffic Zoom Denial, Hype Snake, and Ynglet being voted as its best games.

Today’s Indie Linksinclude pieces on a sequel to chess, the No More Sweden 2013 game jam winners, and an indie studio attempting to cure cancer.

Indie studio developing mobile game to pinpoint genetic causes of cancer(Polygon)

Freeware Picks: These are your three No More Sweden 2013 jam winners(IndieGames.com)“The sixth No More Sweden concluded with over 20 games jammed out over the weekend and Traffic Zoom Denial, Hype Snake, and Ynglet being voted as its best games. First place was Traffic Zoom Denial for Windows and Mac by Alex Camilleri, David Oppenberg, Mattia Traverso, and Michelle Westerlaken. Progress here requires using the mouse to place lights to stop the flow of traffic. However, true winning seems to be in losing, when the game says things such as “Driving home for Christmas… DENIED!” or simply, “Children…. DENIED!” when crashing.”

Well, Thank God, Someone’s Finally Making the Sequel to Chess(Kotaku)“Next time you complain about Half-Life 3 taking forever, consider this: the modern game of chess is believed to have originated in 1575, and only now is Chess 2: The Sequel coming out. And it’s an Ouya exclusive.”

New Xbox Live Indie Games for week ending July 19, 2013(IndiePub)“Best bets this week include: Dark Quest, a turn-based role-playing adventure game; Zombominous 2, a zombie survival game; Fish Warfare, where you must destroy toy enemy submaries; and Bulkhead Survivor, an action-packed FPS.”

Live Free, Play Hard: I Need To Get The Water Pumps Working For Caligula(RPS)“Post-apocalyptic adventure games. 1001 shards of a kiss. Magical police station.”

Kickstarter Katchup – 21st July 2013(RPS)“here have been plenty of weeks with no losers and several winners, but I can’t remember compiling this column and finding losers without winners to sit above them. There are lots of projects that are readying themselves for a spot in the winners’ section though, propped on the podium, parading their plaudits.”

Fishy Warfare(Indie Gamer Chick)“Fishy Warfare in the brook – Why does your game have no hook?”

Desktop Dungeons Beta Review(Independent Gaming)“Sometimes a game comes along that is so engaging that you can sit and play for hours and hours without any need for shiny graphics, an overarching storyline, or even fair and balanced gameplay. That was the Desktop Dungeons alpha build for me. A game that is still free from the developers, and just as fun as ever. But what happens when you take that same gameplay and add great art, a kingdom building story element, and balance out all the mechanics? The upcoming Desktop Dungeons release!”