Digital Distributor GamersGate has rolled out a week long sale that includes several titles that we at DIYG both know and love. Discounts range from 50%-75% off and the offers are all lovely, so take a look and see if you can turn your misfortune of not owning/playing these games yet into the reward of solid savings.

Clover: A Curious Tale for $5 (50% Off) — Originally an Xbox Live Indie darling, the enhanced PC version offers 50% more puzzles than the original, multiple endings, full voice acting and more.

Emberwind for $4.78 (60% Off) — A fantasy platformer with RPG elements sprinkled on top. Geoff gave it a sparkling review and also had the pleasure of interviewing Erik Möller, one of the game’s creators.

The Lunar Pack: Wake and Lunnye Devitsy for $3.79 (60% Off) — If you missed the pay-what-you-want sale Boss Baddie ran a while back, here’s your chance to pick it up at a price you could easily see yourself wanting to pay. Our review of Wake and interview with the developer.

Max and the Magic Marker for $5 (75% Off) — The title, also out on WiiWare, offers a unique take at the platformer genre and is really a steal at just $5. Geoff’s review.

Saira for $5 (50% Off) — Another great title from Nifflas, the 2D side-scrolling platformer has players exploring seven star systems and solving puzzles. Our review.

Trine for $6.78 (66% Off) — We’ve written a multitude of pieces on the excellent puzzle platformer. If you haven’t yet picked it up based on that or the numerous times it’s been given this type of large discount, well, now’s your chance. Geoff’s review of the game and interview with Frozenbyte’s Lauri Hyvärinen.

What are you bringing to the table this time around for Indie Sales? Does a deal have to lure you? Or are you sitting there with $10, deciding on whether to get one big game discounted or a couple of smaller ones. You have your options my friend.

The savings are swell this run around the course, and we have everything from sword sims, to tactical RTS, to gravity-light shooters and more. Take a look around and pull the metaphorical trigger on whatever deal fits.

Sales

Impulse is offering some great deals including Makivision’s well received RTS title Sacraboar at 80% off bringing it down to just $4, and an Indie Space Bundle containing both Light of Altair and Armada 2526 for 50% off its standard price tag of $54.90. Mode 7′s Determinance is just $10.20 instead of $17 as well.

GamersGate’s Swedish Smorgasbord Week continues, sales were highlighted previously here but to reiterate: Both PC and Mac versions of Emberwind are 50% off. The same for Bob Came in Pieces and as a bonus the distributor bundles both PC and Mac copies together at no extra cost. Strategy title Imperii is just $2.50 as well.

Steam is running another free weekend for Shattered Horizon, not sure you heard about it. Consequently, the space FPS goes for half off and can be had for just $10 through the weekend, with the free-play portion ending tomorrow at 1 PM Pacific time. Get your kicks in now if you want a free go ’round.

Launch Discounts

Steam also lists CINEMAX, s.r.o.’s RPG Numen: Contest of Heroes at 10% off for its launch week.

This week we had to scour every corner of the web to dig up enough sales, but as it turns out, those discounts we did find are heavy. Starting from 50% off and up to a name your price option, were in the high rollers room tonight.

Most of the offers end before the weekend so we’ll be back then to update on the new offerings on Friday.

Sales

The Lunar Pack almost ‘pay what you want’ sale offers up Boss Baddie title’s Wake and Lunnye Devitsy for any price you want as long as it’s at least £1 GBP (around $1.20), Geoff touches on it in more detail.

Both of Neocore’s titles Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come and King Arthur – The Role-Playing Wargame (plus all DLC) are 66% off on Steam through Thursday at 4 PM PT. Plenty of RailWorks DLC still discounted as well.

Both PC and Mac versions of Emberwind are 50% off on GamersGate through the week. The same for Bob Came in Pieces and as a bonus the distributor bundles both PC and Mac copies together at no extra cost. Strategy title Imperii is just $2.50 as well.

Pre-Order Discounts

Team 17′s Alien Breed: Impact has been listed on Steam at 10% off its $15 price, you can check out the demo on the Steam page as well. The title releases this Thursday, June 3 though so hurry if you want to grab the game for a bit cheaper.

TimeTrap Games just announced that they’re bringing their gnome-platformer Emberwind to the iPhone and iPod Touch this spring.

While no exact release date is mentioned, the game was well reviewed by our own Geoff Gibson, and seems to me it would make an excellent addition to the mobile market. Fingers crossed for the leap to the iPad as well.

Here is TimeTrap’s full press release:

TimeTrap announces Emberwind is to be released on iPhone and iPod Touch this spring

About Innogiant
Innogiant is a newly founded independent game development studio located in Tampere, Finland. The studio focuses on downloadable games ranging from handheld devices (PSP / PSP Go / iPhone) to PC and Mac. The driving force of this studio are four co-founders with strong backgrounds in mobile and handheld software development.

Many, many indie games get released each year. Big ones, small ones, ones that suck, ones that are great. In fact, in some ways, the indie “industry” isn’t all that different from the mainstream video game industry. We have our superstar, sure-to-be-a-hit titles like: Torchlight, Machinarium, and Trine and then we have our sleeper hits like: I MAED A GAME WITH ZOMBIES!!!, JUMP! and Osmos. Finally, we also have our games that should have been a hit, but, for whatever reason, just seemed to slip through the cracks of the gaming world. Here are our top ten picks for 2009′s most under-appreciated titles:

Before I begin, allow me to simply state that I am, in no way, calling these titles a commercial failure. I don’t know the goals set out for these titles, nor do I know the final sales numbers. This list is largely based on my own opinion about games that should have been more appreciated but, ultimately, weren’t. For all I know, every single one of these titles could have been a commercial success.

Recently we wrote our review of Emberwind, a delightful new platformer from indie developers TimeTrap, and, while we gave the game high marks all around, we still had some questions. Luckily one of the creators of the game, Erik Möller, was nice enough to sit down and go over some of the finer details that we had questions about, like why the game’s not available on Steam and whether or not we’ll ever see an XBLIG/WiiWare version.

Enjoy the interview guys, there’s lots of information to be had for anybody interested in this game.

Interview after the break.

For a while now we’ve been talking about Emberwind, a fantasy platformer with traces of RPG elements mixed in for good measure. It even managed to make it onto a list we wrote that was supposed to be for 2010 indie games only (back before a release date was announced). So suffice it to say, we were a little eager to get our hands all over it in order to bring you guys a review. Well, we got it, we reviewed it, and now here’s what we’ve got for you.

Before we jump right into the review, allow me to explain the game a little bit. Emberwind is a platformer set in a medieval fantasy setting. While it has all the usual traits of platforming — jumping, “coin” collecting, points — it also has a spot of RPG elements tied in as well. While hardcore RPG enthusiasts probably won’t be getting their fix from Emberwind, the game does allow for some character growth by way of attacking and health. As you kill more Gremlins you’ll increase your health and as you find specific  runes you’ll increase your attack power. Nothing too advanced — this ain’t no Dragon Age afterall — but enough to keep the game more interesting than a traditional platformer.

Everybody’s favorite Gnome, Kindle Elderwood, is finally making his debut today in Emberwind, a delightful RPG/platformer hybrid. The game is available through TimeTrap’s own webstore and is currently selling for $12.00. Both versions are available right now as you read this.

For those who still don’t know much about the game, or who want to try before they buy TimeTrap has also made available a free demo that’s available right now.

As many may remember Emberwind was originally featured Emberwind in our “Top 10 Break Out Indie Games of 2010” post which was written before a release date was announced and the game was presumed to have launched in early January. We aren’t complaining though as getting a game sooner rather than later is always a positive.

I’m working fervently on getting our own review posted by tonight so keep an eye out for it. I won’t get into specifics here, but I will say that the game is good… very good. Especially if your a platforming fan.

[download from TimeTrap]

Press Release and trailer after the break.

Oops! Looks like we are gonna have to scratch one off our “Top Ten Break Out Indie Games of 2010” as it would appear Emberwind is getting a release just within 2009… December 8th actually. Just a mere week away.

For those that don’t recall, Emberwind is an action platformer set in a medieval fantasy world. You play as a Gnome named Kindle Elderwood whose job it is to save the city from a rampaging horde of gremlins… the arch-nemesis of gnomes. Well, the game doesn’t actually say that last part, but it makes sense nonetheless. Both are small, stout, and awkward. It’s a rivalry born and bred into their creation! Probably…

Anyways, the game is getting released on December 8th for $12. Any takers?

Trailer and press release after the break!