Last thread: >What the fuck is this /indie/ is the general for all indie games, such as LISA, Yume Nikki, OFF, Middens, Underrail, Machinarium, DashBored, Vampire of the Sands, Braid, Limbo, Axiom Verge, Guacamelee, The Desolate Hope, Burrito Galaxy,Cookie Clicker, Stardew Valley, etc. as well as other games that just don't fit in any other general such as Atelier, Rayman, Pillars Of Eternity, Rise Of Nations, and Valkyria Chronicles.
Mobile or consoles, flash or unity, freeware or early access. This place is a home for the indie game community and indie and obscure games that don't have a home. So be free to talk and share all your hidden gems, forgotten games and starving devs here.
>Can I talk about games that already have a general? We mostly discuss games that are not popular enough for their own threads (since they have no other home in Veeky Forums), however, all indie games are allowed. So talk about them if you want, but don't overdo it since you already have other generals for that.
>How can I contribute? All we need right now is people to talk about their loved indie and miscellaneous games, so don't be afraid to post, bump and reply your fellow anons. Also we're looking for anons to make new pastebins/wikis/images and update the ones already made. And please give lots of feel, love, kind and nice to everyone, except namefags. And be sure to make a new thread if nobody else does.
Whoops, last thread is actually: Umihara Kawase is a series of platform games about swinging around on a fishing line, originally on the SNES, PS1, and 3DS, but they're all on Steam now. They're tough to learn but very rewarding, with a light relaxing atmosphere.
Dominic Harris
Great statement right before the thread died. We're not resilient, we're undead.
Samuel Cox
How long has /indie/ been a general, do you know? I've started a couple but only just pasting the last thread OP text.
Austin Cooper
Undead is fun.
Anyway, I actually brought Copy Kitty. I'm pretty excited, the game is pretty fun. A lot of power combinations plus fast action. Also developer is really working hard on it.
should i play vanilla stardew valley first? or are there any "must have" mods that don't change the game much
Luke Cruz
Aww yeah. Can't keep a good general down (for long)
Landon Cox
Why is Yume Nikki fanart so damn good?
Luke Gomez
I just got Welcome To The Game for ~$3 AUD on steam. Only 10mins in, slow boil, tutorial dump and heavy handed one at that (this is your browser, this is your notepad, watch out for kidnappers and the serial killer ok byeeee!) But overall I like the atmosphere and rigid design.
If call it the thinking man's FNAF. I do love how it's a little uncanny... The way the house is designed very plainly along with the very minimalistic design of the computer and phone, even the curtains next to you. It's so plain and generic that is easy for it to feel like "this could be like you".
But like I said I'm only past the tutorial and clicked the first 10 links so far. So I'm not 100% sold on it just yet... lord knows other games could and indeed have done a complete 360° and walk out the door before do I'm not holding my breath expecting to much for a -$5 game.
Anyone played this? Thoughts? Tips 'n' tricks? Things you'd like to point out?
Jackson Price
Haven't played it. What's the appeal of the FNAF and similar games? Does the storyline go anywhere?
>I do love how it's a little uncanny... The way the house is designed very plainly along with the very minimalistic design of the computer and phone, even the curtains next to you. It's so plain and generic that is easy for it to feel like "this could be like you".
Reminds me of the horror game Anatomy, which I highly recommend.
Brayden Williams
Honestly I've never really gotten into fnaf. I did the usual. Played 5-mins of 1-4 kept running into the same brick wall of too scary* to play so can't really tell if there's anything me to it. It just seems like it's made for youtubers and theorisation of its "plot".
*I don't find it as scary as much as it startles me. Its easy to be startled by a big REEEEEEE at every corner but it just means I can't keep playing it for too long. (See Yatzee Croshaw's: Zero Punctuation Fnaf video for more. Same opinion.
But yeah. I played each game for a few mins realized I don't actually ENJOY playing this GAME so I watch markiplier play it and matpat explain it (Game Theory).
Parker Cook
>I don't find it as scary as much as it startles me.
Same here. Doesn't seem like there's much else to it.
Horror's a tricky genre.
Levi Sullivan
it's not tricky it's just ruined by people trying to reinvent the wheel! :^)
Christian Gutierrez
I play most of my games headphones on: Voices 90% SFX 95% Music 0% Ambient 90%
More "realistic" adds to immersion. And I even do the same to horror games. (Yes I know the score/ost adds to the experience but I usually save it for my less invested; less immersed play through [things like the elder scrolls and the witcher are amazing and epic with music but its easy to project yourself when swords and other sounds are louder than a guy talking to you, as it should be, and the magical invisible orchestra aren't telling you when your being chased by smashing all the instruments together as the pianist slams down on the keyboard])
I say a horror game should scare you without the big " !!!! D U N !!!! " from the music. refer to resident evil 2 vs dead space 2. That's the comparison I make. They are both just as scary as far as action/survival horror goes but one is more soundtrack then atmosphere. I'm sure you xsn figure which one is which. (Only middle ground is DS2 had those damn air vents and RE2 had the windows... f****** crows!!!
Leo Diaz
>Music 0%
Madman 100%
I do that too sometimes. Max Payne 3's a very different game without the music. But I've never done it in a horror game. Outlast really annoyed me with it's !!! DUN !!! shit, wonder how that'd hold up without it?
Aaron Roberts
It's the kind of game that attracts creative minds.
Jordan Harris
Oh its fucking great without it. The psychos usually yell some eerie shit we ever they see you anyway (not that you hear anything past the first 2 words before the aforementioned !!! DUN !! so it's just as good and in my opinion better. You start immersed and remain just as scared/startled by them.
*creeping around the corner crawling on the floor... camera out of battery no night vision* you hear a noise. You turn around and see a figure towering over you--
"T H E R E Y O U A R E" "COME BACK HERE SO I CAN GUT YOU LIKE A FISH" "OOOH I CAN TASTE THE BLOOD ALREADY"
I find re7 does this well with John/daddy the way if you open a door to a room he's in obliviously he'll just say a quick. "WELL FANCY SEEING YOU HERE" and drop what he's doing to chace you while saying more things like that. "WELL SHIT, DONT SLOW DOWN OR NUTHIN, IM RIGHT BEHINE YOU BOI !!"
Camden Mitchell
Forgot the tag. Yeah obvious like I said some games with less realism or not ss much emotional investment can do with the over-the-top-90s-action-movie-epic-guitar-testosterone-booster but save that for the classic CoD 2 WWII shooters with the patriotic af trumpets of masculinity.
Justin Powell
Surprised I didn't see this general sooner.
Luke Ortiz
That sounds pretty cool, gonna need to try it sometime.
Tyler Sanders
Respect the dead.
Charles Ward
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Caleb Cook
No!
Christian Rivera
Started Detention, seems pretty good so far.
Juan Young
Oh that game looks really interesting.
Henry Morgan
I'm liking it thus far. Surprisingly light on plot but what's there is good, very much your old school Silent Hill horror but with Taiwan history instead of psychology.
Xavier Sanders
Will you promise not to die if I go to bed, /indie/?
Ian Diaz
No I will also go to bed.
Nathan Gray
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David Cook
Card Quest can go here I guess, since nobody on /v/ wants to talk about it. Anyone else playing it? Is wizard underpowered or do I just suck? How is rogue supposed to deal with enemies (particularly bosses) with contact damage? Trick dodge just isn't reliable enough. Berserker school on fighter. What's the point?
Christopher Wilson
hello friends i am back, teach me
Liam Baker
I think reading the codex 2012-2016 GOTY thread gave me permanent brain damage. And here I was thinking I would finally learn if Xulima (came in 25th place) is worth playing and why. It's been sitting on my backlog since an unfortunate failed roll during a GOG insomnia sale thread.
Thomas Rogers
Mutants?
Henry Collins
You better appreciate it, bitch.
John Richardson
Yo this looks fun. How randomized are the decks?
Juan Wood
Your deck is determined by your style and primary and secondary weapons. Each one accounts for 4 to 6 cards, plus there's a couple of mill + stamina recovery cards that are always present. Equipment can be mixed and matched for varied playstyles. The other three pieces of equipment are supplementary items you can use in combat.
Caleb Morgan
Any stardew valley fans here? Who is your favorite marriage candidate?
Liam Adams
this is a penny general
we permit the lower breeds to marry haley too, someone has to do the dumb labor
Lucas Murphy
Is Wild Eight any good or is it just another generic survival game?
Elijah Sanchez
Ah so you don't build the deck yourself. Interesting approach coming from stuff like baten kaitos. Defenitely added to my wishlist.
Noah Ortiz
Is it early access? Then yes it is generic.
Parker Rodriguez
Yeah, it is It got its kickstarter funded like a year ago
Michael Ortiz
La-Mulana 2 when?
Isaac Ross
Apparently it still gets updates for backers.
Connor Perry
How long is Torment anyway? I haven't even seen like half of the companions yet but already have a blade I can most likely sudoku with at the end of the game. That's pretty funny.
Levi Allen
GOOD GAME
Samuel Parker
Torment? Longer than Fallout but shorter than most CRPGs. I might be wrong. It was longer for me because I struggled a lot
Elijah Watson
All I've been playing lately is KOTOR
Anthony Bell
Lol I tried playing that on my passcard DS (or whatever it's called).
Cable kept breaking after ~5 minutes, thought it was a bug... nope, just piracy protection.
Zachary Barnes
Sounds like I still have a long way to go. Ah well. With Int and Wis maxed out the game basically plays itself. Except for combat, which is still kind of strange as hell. I am not completely sure spells do what they should be doing. At least I casted Elysium's Tears for the first time, Fancy animation, 9 blue meteors hit the target... for a grand total of 1 damage, and no one standing right next to him takes any damage at all. Weird shit, or maybe I'm missing something.
Nicholas Myers
Eh it was OKAY. It was extremely okay. Like, perfectly "okay".
Dunno what I would think if I wasn't comparing it to Cave Story...
Gavin Wilson
LMAO that is genious.
Michael Miller
It's better than cavestory Got a way better gameflow and the stories is not just generic jrpg stuff.
Jace Edwards
Here are two party members from my game! Progress!
Michael Carter
Cute but strangely erotic?
Eli Bell
whut gayem
Josiah Ramirez
Kero Blaster It has 2 kind of demos on steam with Pink Hour and Pink Heaven.
Gabriel Moore
Yeah the character design in this game is kinda like that.
Alexander Young
Enormous hips will do that. Can't say I don't like it, though.
Charles Moore
Man, /indie/ has held a lot of important moments in my life, it's like a big story over the past year.
>the death of /irg/ and subsequent birth of /indie/ >greenlight >time of constant threads >creation of the booru >the disappearance of welp >the rise and fall of midson >the arrival of chara-user >the great drought of posters >the /indie/ Renaissance >the redeath of /indie/ >the (possible) second rebirth of /indie/
Do you have any specific fond memories of /indie/?
Christian Smith
Speaking of greenlight. The program will get killed off and replaced with system that has no user feedback but a higher initial buyin fee than greenlight. It all sounds like it will fuck over the small and awesome indie games, especially free ones on steam that won't get the additional exposure now.
Angel Long
Yeah. Looks like small indies weren't making enough money for Steam. Jews gonna jew.
Andrew Torres
I found it comfy when that autist (here's hoping it wasn't you) was blogging about playing that weird game with a bird as the MC.
Honestly wouldn't mind more of that, as weird as it seems.
Evan Sanchez
reminder that CLASSIC GAME exists
Gabriel Thompson
Do you remember what game it was?
Christian Flores
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Bentley Thompson
Hello. I come from the previous thread. Following its creator's request, I played and made a video of CLASSIC GAME. Enjoy, maybe. youtu.be/fwjoNFoOsPs
Juan Myers
I will watch this later.
Mason Davis
What's the main draw of that game? Why should I play it?
Brandon Lopez
reminder that TWOHEADED MUTANT exists
Wyatt Diaz
Are there any other good games like Shadow Tactics?
Carter Murphy
I'm really sick right now, /indie/. Do you have any campy game suggestions to help cheer me up?
Jordan Anderson
How about shadowrun? I hear the first from the new is ok but honk kong is really good. Campy game?
Nolan Ramirez
>It's better than cavestory
I thought so too.
Jeremiah Bennett
creeper world 3
Michael Martin
Bump
Easton Martin
>humanity had a great civilization >trillions of people were killed by the creep >humanity exists only by a thread, fleeing planet to planet until they discover a way to banish spawners >spawners are teleported either far away, to some other dimension >the creep will inevitably consume everyone in that universe or galaxy as well
Yeah Steam seems better however they're killing off greenlight
William Jenkins
This really feels like an Ib ripoff and I was pretty dissapointed. Is this still true by the end? That coupled with the random lag made me quit playing but I was thinking of giving it another chance, I like vgperson.
Brandon Murphy
It's yet to be seen if they're killing off indies.
$100-$500 (maybe even as far as $1k) then indies will do alright.
$5000 though may very well be the end of casual indies on Steam.
Jayden Martin
>game made 40x on Steam what it did on itch.io Of course you'll get more purchases through Steam, it has at least 4 orders of magnitude bigger userbase than itch.
