Category: 500-Word Indies

October 28, 2017

Press X To Not Die

With the rise of digital video, the revival of the FMV game is well under way, both large and small. …

August 12, 2017

Indie developers are constantly looking for two things; a game they can make in a timely manner, and a concept …

July 26, 2017

Parameters by NekoGames (AKA Yoshio Ishii) is a Flash-based JRPG built from nothing but boxes and numbers. You could start …

July 14, 2017

Despite appearances, Love is a game with a fair bit of history behind it. Created in Game Maker by Fred Wood, the …

July 14, 2017

One of the best things about indie narrative games is that they’re able to explore subject matter that major releases …

July 14, 2017

If there’s one thing indie developers seem to love in their puzzle games, it’s minimalism. Not hard to see why. …

July 14, 2017

Making an addictive game is tricky, but Thomas Bowker seemed to figure out the formula with his first major release, LYNE. …

July 12, 2017

The rise of the indie scene has also seen a return of the choose your own adventure format. There are …

July 12, 2017

Hanako Games has been around for a good while now, and they’re an interesting group. The games they help publish …

May 4, 2017

Space Mouse is the second of Mindware’s conversions of early 80s Japanese PC titles, originally published as a type-in program …

April 12, 2013

The protagonist of Home is a nameless guy who wakes up in an unknown house with a wounded leg. Just in the …