Finding gane development information and articles has always been a
tricky thing, but after having done some legwork, I’m pretty sure I can
feed Tucows’ IndieGameDev blog more regularly. There are already two entries for this week…
Yesterday’s entry covers Transcend,
a 2D shoot-em-up with abstract visual,
musical and gameplay elements for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. You can
either just play it or you can check out the source code (it’s licensed
under the GPL). Here’s a
screen shot of the first level:
Today’s entry covers Neverball,
a “tilt the landscape to guide the marble to the goal before the clock
runs out” type of game. It’s available for Windows, Mac OS X and a
handful of Unixen. As with Transcend, it’s licensed under the GPL —
you can either just play it, or you can also see what’s “under the
hood”. Here ‘s a screen shot:
