For an interesting bit of indie game developer drama, notorious braggarts J Force Games challenged some indie group named GyroVorbis (?) to a contest: which of their current in-production games will get a higher average review score after release?
GyroVorbis was having none of it though, and perhaps wisely refused the challenge, instead making a small game mocking part of their game mock JForce Games.
The videos are entertaining to watch, especially if you've heard of J Force before. I think people tend to take J Force too seriously, GyroVorbis included. They're just kids having fun and making games, nothing you should hate them over.
I talked to their marketing guy over instant message today and he's much nicer and less arrogant in person than he is in his videos. And he does seem to know a lot about marketing, so he's not all just hot air.
All in all, I'm happy J Force Games exists, they liven up the indie game community.
Quite Soulless is an interesting game I played today, I found it on the indiegamer.com forums. It was created by a single Russian individual, creating his dream game.
As expected, everyone there laughed at it. But I love it! Just look at that trailer!! So I'm posting it here for you all to love too.
"My dreams have the strange essence."
"Sometimes they scare."
"I don't know where to go. I'll go to you!!"
Here's the game's site: http://www.quitesoulless.com/index.htm
I don't actually recommend playing it though, because it's barely playable. Here's a video I made of myself playing the game, and I narrated it a bit afterwards. Forgive my boring voice, it was my first Let's Play and I'm sure I'll get better at narrating stuff in the future.
There are many 100 Games in 10 Minutes videos on YouTube. I created my own, for Game Maker. But here is a collection of them.
Note I didn't make all of these, only the Game Maker one. There are still plenty of consoles and game engines missing, and I'd like to do 100 Games in 10 Minutes videos for the following: Ohrrpge Games, Indie (Independent Games), and Atari 2600 Games. I also haven't seen these consoles with 100 games in 10 minutes videos yet, which is surprising: Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, Sega Master System, Sega CD, Gameboy DS, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Atari Jaguar, etc., though perhaps those consoles don't have 100 good games worth showing? Anyway, hope you enjoy this collection, and email me (rinkuhero at gmail dot com) if you have any additions.
