DIYgamer

With indie games comes a certain amount of charm. I can’t put my finger on it exactly, but, needless to say, I think everybody can agree that every indie developer out there who successfully creates his/her own game has put a bit of themselves into their game. Perhaps this is where that certain charm comes [...]

On One’s Own is a column about, you guessed it, independent gaming. The wayward wanderings of DIYGamer’s James Bishop might lead to probing art, gameplay, design, reception or a number of other aspects related to independent games. But you can rest assured that all things indie will be carefully considered on a weekly basis.
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Nintendo’s Press Conference in San Francisco today revealed some interesting release dates for some hotly anticipated mainstream titles, but amidst the chaos, the long mentioned WiiWare version of Pixel’s Cave Story also got a release date. It will be hitting the WiiWare channel on March 22nd, in about a month’s time.
Developed by Nicalis and under [...]

Team Meat just announced, via this pixellated  image to my left, that their upcoming platformer Super Meat Boy will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade in addition to the previously announced WiiWare and PC platforms.
IGN’s Daemon Hatfield broke the news this morning, followed by the appearance of this image. Hatfield’s post also mentions the game will [...]

On One’s Own is a column about, you guessed it, independent gaming. Specifically, nothing specific. The wayward wanderings of DIYGamer’s James Bishop might lead to probing art, gameplay, reception or a number of other aspects related to independent games. He might even talk about general gaming as it corresponds to the independents! (Henceforth referred [...]

Back in the early days of December, our own Geoff Gibson got an early look at Max and the Magic Marker, a physics-based 2D platformer that centers around a little boy and the magic marker that lets the player draw “directly inside the game world.”
Now the rest of us can get a taste of [...]

That’s right, folks! The pipe-puzzler that was a well-founded hit on the iPhone makes its way onto the WiiWare store on January 4, 2010. Heron: Steam Machine is the work of Triangle Studios, who develop for the DS, iPhone, and Wii. The story of the game goes a little something like this: As Ron, you [...]

Now that Pallurikio has been released to the European WiiWare, Playstos Entertainment is eyeing a December 21st release for the North American WiiWare store. The cost of the title will remain the same at 1,000 Wii Points ($10). The Milan-based studio has been hard at work at the title and for an action platformer, Pallurikio [...]

Playstos Entertainment announced on November 26 the release of their upcoming action-platformer title, Pallurikio. The game will be released to the European Wii Shop Channel on December 11 for 1,000 Wii Points. The American Wii Shop Channel will also receive the release, but at an unannounced later date. After playing a strange board game with [...]

When you talk about indie developers and success, Ronimo Games should be mentioned. These are the same individuals who created de Blob, which later became an incredibly popular cross-platform title. But this isn’t about de Blob, rather it’s about their new game, Swords & Soldiers. For those who are interested (that’s all of you), Swords [...]