BEST OF INDIE GAMING 2012
Play and see the absolute best in indie gaming from IGF 2012. Plus an exclusive gaming premier from those brats that brought you The Cat That Got The Milk.

GAMES TO PLAY:

Lume

An illuminating puzzle adventure!

With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style and tactility unlike any other.

As Lumi, an inquisitive young girl, you discover that power to your grandad’s house has failed. What’s more, he’s nowhere to be seen, but appears to have left you some intriguing clues.

Immerse yourself in Lume’s photoreal world, solve perplexing paper puzzles to help restore the power through ingenious eco-technology, and uncover a deeper mystery behind the blackout. Beautifully animated with handcrafted care, this illuminating puzzle adventure game will put visual, aural and memory skills to the test.

Mirage

Is a Unity-based action game in which you control a swarm of glass, out to explore a world filled with autumn leaves, branches, and plenty of sand. You take damage when colliding with a wall, but health can be restored by blasting the green crystals that you will encounter several times during your journey. There is a healthy amount of checkpoints too, and any enemies previously defeated will stay down even after you’ve respawned some distance away.

The entire game is basically just one long level capped by a boss fight, and can be beaten in about fifteen minutes or so.

Beat Sneak Bandit

Rhythm.  Stealth.  Puzzle

When all the clocks in the world are stolen by Duke Clockface and the world is in chaos, it’ll be up to the Beat Sneak Bandit to steal them back!

• Rhythmadelic controls: Everything in this game moves rhythmically, just like the simple controls: Tap to the beat to sneak!
• Stealthalicious gameplay: Sneak past patrolling guards, security lights, trapdoors and all the other freaky stuff and contraptions the creepy Duke’s got in store for you!
• Puzzletastic levels: Watch, listen and learn the rhythm patterns to figure out how to solve all of the sneaky puzzles!

Kosmo Spin

Is Simogo’s first toy! It’s a game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Throughout the cosmos a distress call is heard… ”Help us! For some reason a flying saucer is trying to steal our breakfast.”

Set out on a not so epic quest to save extra terrestrial muffins, space cups of coffee and alien toasts from the evil invader. Spin the universe at the tip of your fingers to defend your planet from eightballs and watermelons by deflecting them right back in to eternity!

• A one of a kind circular arcade game! Controls so simple your dog could play it!
• Two different game modes: Beat your own highscore in the endless mode or accept epic quests by weird people you don’t know in the quest mode!
• Online leaderboards & achievements on Game Center!
• There’s no reason you should pay extra for a few more pixels, so we made Kosmo Spin an Universal App. It can be played on everything from your 2G iPod Touch to your iPad. It’s so sharp on iPhone 4 your eyes will split in several parts!
• Dog must have developed fingers to play Kosmo Spin.

Bumpy Road

Spring is here and a loving couple in their autumn years have decided to go for a ride in their car, just like in the old days. Bump the road with a simple touch to safely guide them on their trip and help them collect the memories of their past.

• A completely new and original control method. Use the touchscreen to modify the ground and push the characters around.
• A feel good arcade game with a moving story – Discover the life of a family as you find memories while you play.
• Travel as far as you can in ”Evergreen Ride” or beat your best times in ”Sunday Trip”. Then sit back and relax as you enjoy the story in ”Memory Lane”.
• All the bells and whistles – Universal app, retina display visuals and
  achievements & leaderboards on Game Center!

The Cat That Got The Milk

Should serve you 10-15 minutes of quality time.  No more.  No less.  The controls are simply Up and Down.

Experience a night out on the town from a Cat’s abstract perspective.

The Button Affair - GAME PREMIER

The Jewel.  The Theft.  The Betrayal.  The Revenge

At A Distance

A two player puzzle game, created by Terry Cavanagh for NYU Game Centre’s 2011 No Quarter Exhibition.  It’s designed to be played on two computers runnins side by side.  It’s a game about solitude in shared experiences.

At a Distance was finalist at Indiecade 2011 and a Game of the Show Nominee at Eurogamer Expo 2011, not to mention a finalist at IGF 2012.

“Playing it gave me this sensation I used to have as a kid when I didn’t understand what a game was or was about; it felt alien and new, like there was something big to discover. That sort of experience is rare for me these days.”

- Tap Repeatedly

“Phenomenally clever, to the point of dastardliness, and a sterling example of how we haven’t even begun to see the outer limits of the experiences videogames can offer us.”

- Rock Paper Shotgun

OTHER GAMING EVENTS AT DARKLIGHT 2012

GAME JAM

Have you ever wanted to make a computer game but don’t have the time? Just said to yourself “I bet it takes forever to design and write a game.” You don’t need forever. You only need a weekend and a few friends.

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