This week on "Best Of Indie Games," we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week.
The delights in this edition include a 2D psychological horror game partly inspired by Konami's
Silent Hill series, an iOS game featuring rotting tangerines and pixelated baddies, a rather epic sax game, plus a mesmerizing 2D platformer from
Snapshot co-creator Kyle Pulver.
Here's some recent highlights from IndieGames.com:
Game Pick: 'Lone Survivor' (Jasper Byrne, commercial indie)
"Jasper Byrne's 2D psychological horror game is probably what every
Silent Hill title after the first two dreams to be. It's a skin-crawling, paranoia-inducing romp through a world ravaged by disease and madness and quite possibly my favorite horror game eve."
Game Pick: 'Rotten Tangerines' (Skipmore, commercial indie)
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Rotten Tangerines challenges players to remove tangerines from the screen by tapping them as they show signs of rotting. Though all tangerines will rot on their own eventually, a swarm of pixelated baddies invade the playfield to make your task even more difficult."
Game Pick: 'Epic Sax Game' (Pippin Barr, browser)
"In
Epic Sax Game, players attempt to replicate Epic Sax Guy's solo using six keyboard keys. After practicing, you can record a studio version and join a jam session before attempting the toughest challenge of all: a ten-hour YouTube video, performed live."
Game Pick: 'The eXceed Collection' (Nyu Media, commercial indie)
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The eXceed Collection includes Tennen-sozai's bullet-hell doujin shooters
eXceed: Gun Bullet Children,
eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX, and
eXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package, all of which should prove quite challenging."
Game Pick: 'Offspring Fling' (Kyle Pulver, commercial indie)
"For all those frustrated parents or on-lookers of horribly misbehaved kids, Kyle Pulver has come to the rescue with his mesmerizing 2D puzzle platformer,
Offspring Fling."
Game Pick: 'Raptus' (Alan Zucconi, browser)
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Raptus is a sad and beautiful work of interactive fiction. To say too much would ruin the experience but to quote the author, the game 'explores the concepts of Love and Death'."
