der-baron-von-ubercheesen-cheese-factory posts

We here at Big Download love indie games. From telling you about them, playing them, or offering downloads for them, we are all about helping lesser-known developers get their name out into the world. Each week on Saturday, we'll give you the Indie Wrap-up, a collection of all the indie news stories and features during the previous week.

There was no big features this week, unfortunately. Most of our staff was gone at E3, after all! Just Freeware Friday was this week. However, the TOJam 2008 competition recently wrapped up, so there's a ton of games that were released this week! Dwarf Fortress also finally got the first update in the Army Arc, adding battles and wars to the historical records of the game.

Features

Freeware Friday: Off-Road Velociraptor Safari James Murff takes Freeware Friday to a new place: browser games.

We do love a good business game, and that's why Der Baron Von UberCheesen Cheese Factory intrigues us so much. A competitor in the TOJam 2008 competition, it has pixel art reminiscent of the old Incredible Machine games. That's never a bad thing. Featuring a business-oriented gameplay model, it's a rather interesting strategy game to waste some time in. Your goal is to create a profitable cheese factory for the Baron, utilizing conveyors and machines to create your desired output. It plays very much like your typical tycoon game, only you're doing it with beautiful pixel artwork and an evil baron looming over your shoulder.