Hey everyone! 'Phoamz here. Just wanted to updated you with the latest, especially now that we have these super fancy blogs! WOAH! I've been doing a lot of indie games lately and here are the most recent ones that have gotten some attention!
The first I'd like to share is a rogue-like called Crypt of the NecroDancer, by Brace Yourself Games with audio from Power Up Studios. It's a rhythm-based game, with the whole soundtrack by the awesome Danny B, and you can even use a DDR pad to play it - you have to move to the rhythm to beat the dragons, yo. The main character, Cadence, is looking for her father and must crawl (dance) through dungeouns to find him. Guess who voices Cadence? Wahey, I do, party poppers all around, have some rum! Really fun game, and so pumped to see it come out. Brace Yourself Games plans to release the game later this spring, but you can preorder the whole shebang, including the incredible OST, right now at http://necrodancer.com/. Available soon for PC, Mac, and Linux. Best part? NecroDancer has been nominated as an Independent Games Festival FINALIST at the Game Developers Conference! Wicked sweet!
The second is a 40's-style shoot 'em up platformer by krangGames - aka, my good buddy Nick Yonge, the creator of "i saw her standing there", "Beloved", and the upcoming "Emerald". The game is all about hunting down your precious turkey who ran away, RUINING your dinnertime! Now you've got to collect guns, lasers, rockets, and a whole lot of pumpkin pie in order to save your nuclear family supper. I play Momlady, who is only here for one thing and one thing only: killin' turkeys. My good buddy Jacob Burgess (http://www.makewordshappen.com) plays Dadman, who's equally as pumped to get his turkey back! If you love adorable, 40's-style, ass-kickin' good times with snowman guts and endless slices of pie, this game is for you. OH! I also wrote the music to it. So I say you should just go have yourself a merry preorder, right now, right here, for a mere $8: http://wholesomefamilydinnertime.com/ ...AND check out Nick on Newgrounds: http://kranggames.newgrounds.com/
The third game is a multiplayer airship combat game, set in a post apocalyptic world, called Guns of Icarus, from Muse Games. Extremely addictive, so watch out. You're able to pick and choose your own team, as well as a male or female character, and I was asked to provide the voices for the female characters of the game! So much fun to shout out orders at your crewmates... hehehe. You can choose the Gunner, Engineer, or Pilot position, and are able to brave the skies along with fellow crewmates. This was also voiced along with Jacob Burgess! The guys at Muse Games are super cool and just gave their website a makeover... so why don't ya check it out and give the game a look too? You'll be glad you did, especially if you want to hear me barking at you to turn the damn ship around! Guns of Icarus is available for PC and Mac, right here!: http://www.gunsoficarus.com
Well! I think that's just about it for now. Thanks for reading all o'dat. If you didn't, thanks for being here, being alive, and being you. If any of you are planning on heading to the Game Developers Conference, let me know, and we'll meet up for some drinks and stuff and whatever. I'll be getting toasty at IGF and most likely you'll find me hugging everybody at the end of the night.
Cheers!
Headphoamz (aka Elspeth)
P.S. Look how sexy I am.
VicariousE
First!
Glad to see you're busy making games better!
headphoamz
Thanks Vicarious, appreciate it! ^_^