indiegames 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 were no major independent releases this week, with most of the week's news concerning more freeware than independent. There have been an explosion of new releases, however, thanks to the Procedural Generation Competition being held over on TIGSource. Stay tuned for more news concerning the excellent output from the competition!

Features and Downloads

	Freeware Friday: Torus Trooper Our resident indie fan James Murff takes a look at one of freeware's best shoot-'em-ups, even if he gets disoriented by all the twisting.
	Armageddon Empires demo available for download The incomparable Armageddon Empires now has a demo available for download through the Big Download service!
	MODvelous Monday: 6/2/2008 David Craddock takes his weekly look at mods to the excellent single-player Half-life mod They Hunger.

If you have spent any time in the indie game scene in the past two years, you have most likely heard of Dan Tabar and his baby, the side-scrolling strategy/shooter game Cortex Command. It's a sublime mix of physics-based gameplay, strategy, and good ol' running-and-gunning.

IndieGames recently got an interview with Dan, and it's a great article for those interested in how one man can turn a hobby started in high-school into his full-time job. It's also filled with neat little tidbits on how the project came together and what sort of tools they are using. Give it a read!