Indie Links Round-Up: Forest Folk

“Hey, it’s a cool-looking Ouya game!

Some great games in today’s Indie Links, including Towerfall and Gunpoint.

It’s Like Super Smash Bros., But With Archery(Kotaku)
“Hey, it’s a cool-looking Ouya game! This is Towerfall, a multiplayer fighting game inspired by the likes of Smash Bros. and Bushido Blade. It’ll be out for Ouya on June 25.”

Gunpoint: The Kotaku Review(Kotaku)
“Good things often come in small packages. Gunpoint is just such a good thing, in just such a small package. Like the diminutive buildings you’ll spend the game circumnavigating and infiltrating, Gunpoint itself is an intricate array of interlocking circuits and gears, finely tuned and waiting for you to bend it to your will.”

Live Free, Play Hard: WHAT THE FRIDA KAHLO!?(RPS)
“THIS WEEK: Markov chain visual novel. Musical therapy for the surgical mech. Quantum energy is basically about superpowers.”

Kickstarter Katchup – June 2nd 2013(RPS)
“I’ve been quiet for a few weeks so this Katchup is going to be a little different. I’ll add a few new projects, but I’m also looking back all the way to April 28th, when the last Katchup emerged, and checking the success or failure of every project included. That way everyone can remember why they were/weren’t enchanted by Dog Sled Slaga, tell all their friends (again) about that one cool cemetery game, and then commiserate or congratulate as the fate of all is revealed. Yes, the destinies of all are contained herein – even the sad future of that one reader who is doomed to spend the summer of 2016 adapting Portal for the big screen, only to find that Chris Tucker will be providing the voice of GlaDOS and Chell is now Cypher Raige Chad Danger, played by Danny Dyer. Michael Bay directs.”

Avatar and the Deadly Tomb(Indie Gamer Chick)
“From the studio that brought you the Oozi games comes an utterly generic, avatar-based punisher with bad level design. Can’t get enough of those. This is also one of those annoying auto-scrollers. Hate those in general. Especially hate them when they’re done vertically. I probably should have researched my game selection better, because there was almost no way I would have enjoyed Deadly Tomb from the get-go. Yea, it was a bit of a dick move for me to pick it. And if you’re expecting some Planet of the Apes style “it was a good game all along!” twist, think again. I played Avatar and the Deadly Tomb on the easy difficulty, because I’m shamefully bad at punishers and blunt in my admission of this. Even then, I found it to be beyond frustrating.”

Indie Pleas: Indie game crowd funding roundup for May 31, 2013(IndiePub)
“Double Fine Production (creators of Brutal Legend, Costume Ques, and Stacking) is pitching its second project on Kickstarter. The company is asking $75,000 for Massive Chalice, a turn-based tactic fantasy game with loads of replayability. If you are a Steam game fanatic (like I am) and think that Combat Cats and GoD Factory: Wingmen look interesting, consider popping over to Greenlight and giving them an upvote. And keep an eye out for Call of the Wild and Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet! to be added to Greenlight in the future. ”

Preview: Lost Spirits of Kael(Independent Gaming)
“There are many cool things about Lost Spirits of Kael, but the gorgeous art is probably the first thing you’ll notice. The hand-painted visuals and animated sprites make it feel like you’re playing an illustrated storybook come to life. But this dark fairy tale is not necessarily for children. The primary themes of the game are loneliness and feeling lost. There is violent combat and despair; but there is also beauty and light.”

Blast cubes, shoot the core with Futuridium EP (Freeware Pick/Dev Interview)(IndieGames.com)
“After releasing a preview a couple of months ago as an entry in a game development competition run by GameProg.it, the much anticipated final version of Mixed Bag’s Futuridium EP in now available for free download for PC with a Mac version coming after App Store approval.”