kaiten-patissier 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.

In much the same way that Sonic had the rotating bonus stages, a new platformer with rotating stages has been released. Unlike Sonic, it is a full-blown platformer and not just a minigame. Kaiten Patissier is the name of the game, and rotating is its claim to fame. We're sorry for that rhyming, those responsible have been sacked.

In order to progress through the game's several stages, the player must rotate the level to their advantage, manipulating objects and gravity to solve puzzles and reach new areas. The eventual goal of each stage is to collect all of the items via cunning use of the rotating mechanic. You can download the game off of the developer's site. Be warned, it's all in Japanese. However, the download link is marked "download in English".

[Via IndieGames]