Awesome indie games

ilya · #1 03-12-2007, 11:02 AM

The other day I found a shareware game that's so cool, I may actually buy it. It's called Armadillo Run and it's a physics-based sandbox puzzle game. It's been out for a while but in case you haven't tried it yet...you're missing out.

Anybody ever actually buy a shareware game? What was it like? Was it scary?

Moozh · #2 03-13-2007, 05:15 AM

Interesting game. I can see how it would get very hard.

Following some links brought up this nice page which had some other nice ones.

Independent Game Finalists 2007

Moozh · #3 03-13-2007, 05:19 AM

Blast Miner looks pretty cool for those who enjoy tetris...

Blast Miner @ YouTube

JuntMonkey · #4 03-13-2007, 06:58 AM

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Anybody ever actually buy a shareware game? What was it like? Was it scary?

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I have a friend who bought a shareware game recently, from davegilbert.com I believe. It's an adventure game about Judaism and Rabbis or something. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] IIRC, he said the process of purchasing the game was not quite scary, but really haunting.

Amateur adventure games are often very good. If you were a big fan of Sierra/Lucasarts point-and-click games, the "5 Days a Stranger" series is very solid.

http://adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ is a good starting point.

EscapePlan9 · #5 03-13-2007, 03:36 PM

The only shareware games I ever buy are ones where the game is awesome, is cheap, and the shareware version isn't merely a freeware version with a "click here to continue" annoyance. I bought a cheap variation on Risk called Conquest.

Moozh · #6 03-14-2007, 11:27 PM

Ok, my brother and I got into it and now I'm through the Armadillo Run demo with 602 remaining. Any challengers?

Dudd · #7 03-15-2007, 02:51 AM

I bought Armadillo Run a while ago, it's pretty good and definately worth the 20 bucks or whatever it costs.

ilya · #8 03-15-2007, 05:42 AM

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Ok, my brother and I got into it and now I'm through the Armadillo Run demo with 602 remaining. Any challengers?

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You're on...I've got 46/112/90/80/180/98 for a total of 606

VickreyAuction · #9 03-15-2007, 04:44 PM

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The other day I found a shareware game that's so cool, I may actually buy it. It's called Armadillo Run and it's a physics-based sandbox puzzle game. It's been out for a while but in case you haven't tried it yet...you're missing out.

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Have you heard of The Incredible Machine? It's similar to Armadillo Run, although it's much older.

fiskebent · #10 03-15-2007, 04:52 PM

44 / 130 / 100 / 72 / 188 / 76 = 610