TIGSource: Indie Games at E3

Indie Games at E3

Derek Yu — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:27:00 +0000

With the death of the giant laser show / burlesque club that was the old E3, and the rise of what it supposedly a toned-down, more exclusive new E3, it feels like independent games are the smart, well-dressed classmates that are getting invited to a teaparty that E3’s mom is making him have for his birthday instead of the huge kegger he wanted to throw for CliffyB. This is courtesy of Indiecade, which, in this analogy, would be like indie games’s mom, who called E3’s mom and convinced her to invite indie games because she felt they were spending too much time on their homework and needed to have some fun. In the end, E3 has a great time and with the help of his new friends (and the magic of montage) he actually raises his GPA to a C+ and gets his high school diploma.

Check out the line-up after the extended. It’s a good crop of games and developers:

Hands-On Demos

8, by Tale of Tales

And Yet It Moves, by Vienna Institute of Technology

Braid by Jonathan Blow

Cloud, by That Game Company

Everyday Shooter, by Jon Mak, Queasy Games

Fijuu2, by Julian Oliver and Pix

N, by Metanet Software

Night Journey, by Bill Viola with Tracy Fullerton, USC Revolution, by MIT Education Arcade

Rumble Box, by Digipen

Whyville, by New Medeon

Video Compilation

Arcade Wire, by Persuasive Games

Bone, by Telltale Games

Can You See Me Now, by Blast Theory

Freedom Fighter 56, by Lauer Learning

Game Over (Machinima), by Pes

[giantJoystick] (Installation), by Mary Flanagan

Out of Your Mind, by gameLab

Steam Brigade, by Pedestrian Entertainment

(Source: Kotaku)

"Indie Games at E3" by gum

Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:29:46 +0000

I’ve almost played it through now (what’s the point of being a games journalist if you can’t brag about all the cool games you get to play, eh?). It’s the bestest and wonderfullest game I’ve ever played. No really, it’s an instant classic.

"Indie Games at E3" by Melly

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:09:35 +0000

Most of those titles are very promising and interesting. I’m especially looking forward to one day play Braid, even if just a demo (doubtful it’ll be freeware, unless somebody can correct me).

"Indie Games at E3" by PoV

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:10:19 +0000

What?

"Indie Games at E3" by ravuya

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:04:58 +0000

Go Rumble Box, Go!

"Indie Games at E3" by fartron

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:43:28 +0000

In the John Hughes version of the gameospherex indie should be the motor-heads, or at least carry a whiff of leather.

"Indie Games at E3" by rinkuhero

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:39:31 +0000

What the – how do they have a demo of “8”? I thought Tale-of-tales was still working on The Path and had saved 8 for after that…

As a side note, Indiecade is run by Jenova Chen’s professor, Celia Pearce, who is a pretty good game designer herself.

"Indie Games at E3" by Rz.

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:17:23 +0000

that was the most wonderful analogy i’ve ever seen. what is this salty discharge coming from my eyes? ;_;