Indie Links Round-Up: Style Points

“Cards Against Humanity has made well more than $12 million, all because some Highland Park 20-somethings wanted to avoid conversation.”
“Finally a new PixelProspector video!

The story of Cards Against Humanity, iPad suggestions and much more – in today’s Indie Links.

Eight Nerds Get Rich Off A Game Where Oprah Sobs Into A Lean Cuisine(Chicago Grid)

New Compiliation Video(Pixel Prospector)
“Finally a new PixelProspector video! :)This video shows a selection of 55 fresh indie games that…were all released in 2012/2013* (or are still in development), are on Steam Greenlight.”

Rawbots(Pixel Prospector)
“Rawbots is a very promising robot sandbox game with huge(!) potential. You basically build and program your very own robots from many parts and play around with them (sandbox style only… there are no goals at the moment).”

Preview: under heavy fire in twin-stick shooter Assault Android Cactus(IndieGames.com)
“I recently had the pleasure of spending some time with a preview of the upcoming co-op focused, twin-stick shooter: Assault Android Cactus by developer Witch Beam – a three man team from Brisbane, Australia. Although you may have seen a few games with a similar premise (in a broad sense it feels like a modernized version of Smash TV with a number of twists), the execution and general polish of presentation in Assault Android Cactus set it apart from many others for me. Players will need to shoot through wave after wave of enemy robots which get progressively more chaotic while keeping kill chains up. Players must also adapt to frequently changing and dynamic environments, or even other quirks like the lights going out. If that wasn’t enough, every few levels leads up to a huge boss battle which may contain some bullet-hell style dodging madness.”

iPad-ing the Roster(Indie Game Reviewer)
“It is time to check in with the increasingly busy tablet market. In this round, we focus on the big guy in 10″ land – the venerable and ever-popular iPad.”

New Xbox Live Indie Games for week ending May 10, 2013(IndiePub)
“Best bets this week include: Avatars on the Edge, a stunt avatar game; Naoki Tales, a cute arcade/adventure game; Orbit Crash, a beautiful monochromatic space game; Loot Fest 2, a multiplayer explorer game; and Adamant Ants 2, a game where you control ants to rescue the queen!”

Dinora(Indie Gamer Chick)
“Dinora bears a strong resemblance to Terraria, the sleeper-hit that’s climbing up the charts on XBLA, and of which I reviewed the PSN version. As a reminder of what I felt of Terraria, I was annoyed by its numerous game-killing glitches, then went on to lose 50+ hours to a borderline-addiction to it. So, I guess you can say I’m a fan of it. Oh, I’m done with it. For reals this time. I swear. No really. Stop looking at me like that. Look, Brian and me went to play it a little more and the glitches they patched out were replaced by even worse glitches that made half the world invisible to me. So seriously, I’m over it. It’s out of my system. Had a good time while it lasted, but the thrill is gone. At least until they patch it some more.”

The Lunduke Experimental Artificial Intelligence Terminal Interview(Independent Gaming)
“This game really straddles the line between game and… er… experience? A game so odd and slightly scary, it literally scared Paul away so I’m doing it instead. It isn’t as frightening and damaging as it seems though.”