Today's Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, casual, indie' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/today/free/casual/indie/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> Today's Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, casual, indie' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg Today's Most Popular Games Tagged 'free, casual, indie' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/today/free/casual/indie/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Plasma Pong Plasma Pong is a variation of Pong that utilizes real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment.

Players have several new abilities that add fun twists to the classic game. In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 01:39:25 The Last Stand In The Last Stand, your objective is to protect a barricade against the oncoming hordes. Manage your time during the daylight to search for weapons, survivors and repair.
]]> 05 Jul 2007 05:34:55 SuperMaze SuperMaze is a simple to learn and play humorous non-violent hunt-and-shoot game using Smileys as the main actors in a maze style environment. You don't need more than the cursor keys and the space key to control your Smiley. The aim of the game is simple: Hunt each other and try to reach as first the win score. There are several different mazes supplied with the game in various sizes and styles. SuperMaze is fully networked and multi platform and so playable on a vast amount of computers. Windows and Linux builds are already available. Needless to say that all platforms may play together in networked games. The game does not require the very latest hardware. A moderate system with 800 Mhz is sufficient to play.

Check the game out, it's FREEWARE!
]]> 22 Nov 2006 01:11:27 Cave Story - Doukutsu Monogatari Cave Story is a freeware sidescrolling action/adventure/platformer title with leanings towards Wonderboy and recent sidescrolling Castlevania titles. You control a little amnesiac who runs around helping out these rabbit-ish creatures called Mimigas while trying to find your way out of the giant cave inside the floating island which makes up the game's setting.

This is a free game made by one man:

Pixel said,
It's been five years since I first thought to myself, "Hey, why not try making a game?" I developed Cave Story at my own pace, taking my time, and while doing so I released a few other smaller games as well.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 01:38:13 Within a Deep Forest Within a Deep Forest is a freeware 2D platform game for Windows, featuring challenging gameplay, beautiful music, an evil doctor, infinite cuteness, and a deep forest.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 02:38:21 Seiklus This is an strange endearing relaxing game. All about exploring the world.

It has many nice touches that come out if you take the time to play. Shows how much simple things and bare bones gameplay can still add up to an enjoyable experience.

The environments are strange and unexpected.. Might be a bit challenging for some and frustrating at times, but I enjoyed it overall.

This was made by a single guy using GameMaker, and given away for free! See developer's links below for more info

clysm said,
Well, when I make any game, I make
a game that Id like to see made by someone
else; like partly as just an effort to inspire other people to make little games. I know a lot of people who are really talented, or who have some ambition, but they dont do anything, because they just think they cant....
]]> 26 Nov 2006 11:33:25 Roach Toaster Roach Toaster is an original (no really) freeware, turn based strategy game made in Game Maker.

It has bad graphics but awesome gameplay... Who cares?

Take control of an elite team of soldiers to destroy the neighbourhood's roaches.

P.S. Watch out for Roach Toaster 2!
]]> 28 Nov 2006 12:06:29 Zen bondage In Zen Bondage you cover blocks of wood shaped like various animals with rope. You have a limited amount of rope to cover the block in, which you do by twisting and turning the figure.
]]> 03 Dec 2006 09:45:00 Bontago Bontago is a single or multiplayer 3d real-time strategy/puzzle game. By stacking blocks each player increses their area of influence, and can build closer and closer to the goal in the middle of each level.
]]> 03 Dec 2006 10:02:40 MacBornes MacBornes is a new version of the classic French card game Mille Bornes developed by Alexandre Colucci for Original Mac Games [OMG] Cup established by iDevGames in 2005.

Developer: Alexandre Colucci
Released: 2005-2007

[Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or greater.]
]]> 03 Dec 2006 11:22:54 Frets on Fire Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.
]]> 06 Dec 2006 04:17:44 Knytt The Knytt was abducted by an alien! Traveling through space, the UFO flies into a meteor and crashes on a nearby planet. Luckily, the Knytt and the alien survive, but the UFO is a wreck. How can the Knytt possibly find it's way back home again?
]]> 06 Dec 2006 12:42:22 Enigma Enigma is a puzzle game inspired by Oxyd on the Atari ST and Rock'n'Roll on the Amiga. The object of the game is to find uncover pairs of identically colored Oxyd stones. Simple? Yes. Easy? Certainly not! Hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams, and, most of all, countless hairy puzzles usually block your direct way to the Oxyd stones...
]]> 10 Dec 2006 06:24:18 Hakaiman Hakaiman is a top-down action stealth game. You control a commando who on each single-screen map have to complete various objectives, usualyl while killing a large number of enemies all on your own.

You control your character with the arrow keys. Shift is the general action button, which will fire your gun if you have it armed, and punch otherwise, and perform actions if you are in front of something upon which an action can be performed, such as a key (grab) or a team mate (follow/stop). Z is reload if you have your gun out, and grenade throwing otherwise. X changes your weapon.

The whole game is in Japanese, and there's no English translation, it should be reasonably clear what you need to do, otherwise just running around trying out things usually works.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:02:18 Digger Digger was released by Windmill Software in 1983, popular in the era of the IBM PC with a CGA graphics card and monitor. Digger was resurrected by Andrew Jenner in 1998, when he reverse engineered it to run using VGA on fast Pentium based computers. The source code of the remastered version was released under the GPL with permission of the original author Rob Sleath.
]]> 24 Dec 2006 02:53:39 Bridge Builder Bridge Builder is a game where you build bridges. In each level you have a limited budget to buy materials with, materials with which you have to build a bridge which will hold a train passing over it.
]]> 25 Dec 2006 01:58:32 Curator Defense Curator Defense is a homebrewed blend of the Real-Time-Strategy and Puzzle genres. The player must defend his museum from the hordes of modern art that attempt to raid his storeroom in hopes of being put on the main floor. Using an array of unique defensive objects, the player must stun, slow, and eventually defeat each wave of modern art.
]]> 01 Jan 2007 07:30:13 Toy Robo Please try it and then let me know what you think :)

Toy Robo is an Action-Adventure Shooter that requires quick hands and engaging strategy. You play as Toy Robo, a robot action figure on the side of good. Your goal is to rid the world of evil toys which appear only at night. You will do this in Arena style combat using your Blaster and Energy sword. To help you along your way, you can equip several types of batteries, each with different combat effects and
bonuses.

This game was developed as an entry to the gamedev.net 4e4 contest which required that it encorporate at least 2 of the following four elements (elements of which ALL games are apparently made of): pirates, ninjas, robots and zombies.

I opted for robots and zombies because robots are easy to model and zombies are easy to animate ^_^

The contest had a 6 month time limit, so I wanted to make sure I didn't bite off more then I could chew. In the end I came in 2nd out of at least 20 - the 1st place finisher was developed by 5 people! so even though I didn't win I felt like the game did very well and the process was rewarding.

Belowe are a few screen shots and the game download.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 10:40:46 Flash Element TD This addictive little flash game uses the Warcraft defensive towers to protect your little strip of land from wave after wave of "creeps".

Place your towers around the track to prevent the creeps from reaching the end. You earn interest based on the amount of gold you have left at the end of each turn, so place your towers sparingly.
]]> 30 Jan 2007 12:07:07 VECK Veck is an entry for a vector minicompetition on the Retro Remakes forum. It won, with more than 50% of the vote! Yay!
]]> 02 Feb 2007 10:33:52 Bang! Dodge the other balls while collecting the stars. The longer you stay alive the higher your score. You have no weapons with which to defend yourself however you can slow down time in order to better dodge the ornaments. Watch out though as you run out of slow motion the bottom screen will turn from red to black. When it's black your out.

Star effects
Blue stars - 10 points and refill half of slow motion
Red stars - refill slow motion
Green stars - destroy all enemies on screen and refill half of slow motion

Options
physics - on things glide around (astroids style), off they don't
players - one or two. If it's two then one person uses the x,y,a,b to move
control - stylus you use the stylus on the bottom screen d pad you use that

Controls
stylus or d pad to move depending on your choice. Either L or R will slow down time. Player 2 uses x,y,a,b regardless of whether player 1 is using the d pad or the stylus.
]]> 02 Feb 2007 01:47:34 Blocksum Blocksum is a very new typed action puzzle game. For everyone who can add numbers to 20.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 07:04:52 iKonquest iKonquest is a simple turn-based strategy multiplayer game of galactic conquest. The object is to conquer the entire (2 dimensional) galaxy. Each planet produces a fixed number of ships every turn. The game currently can only be played with other players. No AI has been programmed yet. It's a simple game similar to risk without the border restrictions.

The original game was created by Rick Raddatz in 1987. A second game for the K desktop environment called Konquest was developed initially prior to 1999? by Russell Steffen. Much of the concept was borrowed from the Konquest source repository.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 08:30:39 Montys Pesky Kids Oh no! Montys kids have done a legger and ran across town.

Help Monty get them back before they get up to too much mischief. It looks like they've already wedged themselves into awkward places, so you're going to need to be nifty in your timing to get them back.

Get them back in the pram before Mrs Mole notices they've gone.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 01:02:32 Lunar Rescue Remake Tribute to the Taito classic arcade machine from Trevor Smila Storey.

Controls a lunar lander module that must navigate through a field of asteroids to the bottom of the screen, rescue an astronaut by hovering above a plateau, and travel back up to the top through a swarm of enemy ships.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 01:32:43 Earth's Special Forces Earth's Special Forces, also known as ESF is a very popular half-life modification based on the hit anime series, Dragonball Z. The mod includes nine of your favorite characters who are able to duke it out using numerous beam attacks as well as close hand to hand combat. ESF mixes both elements to bring players intense fast paced with a twist of strategy. Each character is geared towards a different style of play. Some are meant to mainly use energy attacks, while others have the advantage in melee fights.
No matter what style of fighting you like to use, esf has a way to accomadate you.

ESF has been in the making for the better part of three years. The team continuely tries to push the half-life engine to it's limits in order to produce the most playably accurate Dragonball Z game around.

http://esforces.com/
]]> 08 Feb 2007 03:26:53 Shellcore Shellcore Beta


Shellcore is a simple tank game made in Torque Game Builder. You control the tank with "w", "a", "s" and "d" and fire shells with the left mouse button. The right mouse button fires the machine gun which is good for destroying RPGs before they hit your tank.

The point of the game is to get the highscore. Challenge your friends and enemies to beat your score. If they are unable, point and laugh at them.

I made Shellcore in order to get acquainted with the new Torque Game Builder. It is currently in beta stages.

Just have a little fun with the game . . . I also appreciate suggestions.


---The Esteemed Creator of Shellcore



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System Requirements

Minimum

500 MHz processor
256 MB RAM
Windows 98
OpenGL or DirectX compatible accelerated 3D video card

Recommended

1.0 GHz processor
512 MB RAM
Windows XP
nVidia or ATI accelerated 3D video card
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]]> 08 Feb 2007 03:43:44 Shopper Rush You desperately want the new hot gadget and you're ready to do whatever it takes to get it. However, you share the same thought with over a thousand other people!

Shopper Rush is a 2D game in where you control a single character in a sea of AI players. Some levels will throw over 1200 AI players at you at the same time and your job is to get from one side of the shopping mall to the other, and be one of the 30 first customers in order to get your long-awaited gadget.

You also have a couple of tricks in order to get there before everyone else does. You can bump into people so they'll fall, you can push tables and other objects in their way, sprint past them or even spin around and make everyone around you fall. Great if you're stuck somewhere!

The basic game mechanics are based on group behavior and flow dynamics. For example; If 100 people are rushing to the stairs, chances are that it will clog up and you're probably better of taking the slightly longer route around it.

The game is a 5 week project at the University Of Skövde and deadline for the game is February the 16:th. It is also participating in the Swedish Game Awards.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 04:55:54 Illutia The Beginning




Thousands of years ago a species that would later call
themselves "Lutians" rose from the center point of Yue,
known as "Vita Genero." These strange creatues had an ability
forsaken to all other creatures; conscious thought. The Lutians
view the Yue as a source of power and use it for many purposes
including magic.

Many Lutians believe that they were chosen by the Yue,
others believe that they, like other living things were the
result of random creations by it . This led to many
wars and still divides many lutians today.

Over the last hundred years some very strange things
have emerged very close to Vita Genero, where the first
Lutians emerged. These creatures came to be known as the
Nosaeron. They have caused many kingdoms to fall around vita genero,
and seem to have no purpose other than to destroy all life.

Now two kingdoms, Patrian and Ipcus, are fighting over the
nature of these creatures, The king of Patrian believes that
these creatures have somehow disrupted the Yue to use their power
to rule the world, and the king of Ipcus believes that the Nosaerons were
created by the Yue to get rid of the Lutians. The one and only thing the
two kings can agree on is that they must find the true nature of these creatures
and stop them at all costs.Both kings have ordered a call to arms of all their citizens
to discover the true nature of the Nosaerons, and seal them away forever.



General Notes

Illutia is a 2d anime mmorpg began under the original name
"Aspereta" In April of 2003. It was released mostly just as a test
run to see if there was still a market for 2d mmorpgs. Aspereta
became more popular than the small team ever imagined with over
50,000 accounts in less than a year. This encouraged Crazed Monkeys
to push hard to meet the expectations of their fans.

Now as of June 2005 Illutia (formerly Aspereta) is finally ready for
beta. We hope you enjoy this new version of the game as it is capable
of much more than we could have dreamed of for Aspereta.





About the Developers

We're a group of hardworking gamers, programmers, musicians,
artists, and volunteers who are still in love with 2d games and
refuse to let them die out! We are also huge fans of the anime
genre! We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it!

-Crazed Monkeys
]]> 08 Feb 2007 07:04:27 Asteroids Story:

At 0400 hours, we received confirmation from NASA that an asteroid field larger than any recorded in the history of civilization is headed for a direct collision course with Earth. If just one of these asteroids were to hit Earth's surface, the impact would measure at approximately 50 megatons - 4,000 times the explosive power of the fission bomb used on Hiroshima.

Our entire military fleet is currently at war with the Martians and, as fate would have it, the asteroid field is too far away from Mars to reassign a Commander. You are the only armed ship within reach of the field.

Your mission is simple: Eliminate all asteroids. Our information sources believe gravitational forces have banded the asteroid field into eight waves. This will provide time between each wave to repair your ship.

Scientific analysis has shown the asteroids' outer shells are coated in almandine carconite, a rare, highly explosive mineral which is normally only safe at extremely low temperatures. This means a single shot from a laser turret will suffice to blow the asteroid into pieces, but be warned! The explosion will be so large that you are advised to stay well back. A severe explosion could interfere with your guidance systems, or ultimately obliterate your ship.

The entire fate of the world rests in your hands. Good luck.
]]> 12 Feb 2007 04:49:18 DUOtris DUOtris is a take on Tetris (GB). Instead of blocks coming from the top, and fall down, blocks come from both top and bottom, and gravitate towards the middle.

The aim of the game is to get the highest score possible. Points are scored by moving the falling blocks on both sides of the play area so as to arrange 3 or more blocks of the same colour together. These blocks will then disappear causing any blocks "above" them to fall and possibly create further combinations. The game ends when either stack of blocks crosses the game over line. Over time the speed of the blocks increases, more colours are introduced and the play area becomes narrower.

There are two different game modes: Classic where there are just blocks falling, and Arcade where you get powerups and special blocks.
]]> 09 Feb 2007 06:11:41 A Mini Falafel Adventure Episode 1 of a Gameboy-style platform adventure game. Collect ingredients to gain abilities and become the ultimate falafel.

Single screen, free-roaming gameplay, with an emphasis on exploration and gameplay progression.

This first episode will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. 5-6 if you know where you're going. 3 episodes are planned, which will be compiled into one story.

Originally this game was started as an entry for a Retro Remakes competition.
]]> 09 Feb 2007 11:33:45 pingK This game is a pimped up version of the original Pong, but now the player has the ability to give the ball a spin.

Gameplay is very similar to Pong, but the ability to add a spin to the ball means an extra level of strategy is added. The ball can be spun to an extreme degree so far that you risk spinning it into your own goal.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 06:38:08 PiX Pang Best free Super Pang clone :)

Your mission is to save the world (and even the universe) from those evil bouncing bubbles in PiX Pang's 3 modes: Crazy, Adventure and Safari.

And you can choose between 7 different characters to play with: PiX, Super Pang's, Pang's, Mighty Pang's, DaniGM's, PAF and Ceferino Hazaña.

We have all the traditional elements of the old school Super Pang, but also some of them are absolutely new, like monsters, some new types of balls, moving blocks... and many more surprises!

It's been developed with Fénix.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 07:18:12 SlingStar Sling your wingmen to destroy the enemy in this addictive, physics based game.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 11:57:25 Nut Harvest Nut Harvest is a fun and frantic game for the Xbox 360 that supports up to 4-players! Take on your friends in a mad dash to collect the most golden acorns. Jump, shove, slide, and flip your way to victory as you try to hoard the acorns while unleashing havoc on your friends with crazy power ups! And don't forget it is completely free to play and source is included!
]]> 10 Feb 2007 10:54:07 Merry Gear Solid merry gear solid: secret santa is a top down stealth action game in the vein of hideo kojima's metal gear solid series.

it's grid-based as it was entered in the daily click grid-based x-mas game competition. it won 1st place.

use distractions and tools you find around the level to distract and get past any guards that are you in your way.

the game is relatively short, taking around 10-20 minutes to complete. the story is related to the metal gear solid series' plot so if you haven't played those games, you might be kind of lost.
]]> 11 Feb 2007 06:06:28 Ichor Ichor is an action game based in fluid dynamics. Each player floats around the screen, trying to engulf his opponent with his own color.
]]> 11 Feb 2007 08:48:06 Slouching Towards Bedlam Enter a steampunk adventure set in a London that might have been. The year is 1885. Bedlam Hospital still stands in Moorsfield, a decaying shell used to house the poor and the hopeless. Steam-driven mechanical wonders roam the streets. Gear-wheeled analytical engines spin out reams of thought onto punched paper tapes.

And in the darkness - in the alleys and the side shops - hide secrets.
]]> 11 Feb 2007 12:49:30 Tapestry It is a symbol and a tool. It is your past and your future. It is all things, in time. You, Timothy Hunter, have lived, and like all things mortal you have died. But the aftermath of that lifetime is anything but simple...

Faced with creatures beyond your ken, the fruition of whose inscrutible motives hinge on your decisions, what will you do? Will you face who and what you once were? Or will you try to change things for the better? Or the worse?
]]> 11 Feb 2007 01:42:23 Block Attack "Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks" is a puzzle/blockfall game inspired by Nintendo's Tetris Attack for the Super Nintendo. The game is pretty action packed for a puzzle game.

It's open source... What more is there to say?
]]> 11 Feb 2007 01:49:49 Racing Pitch Racing Pitch sets you to be the engine for a racing car! You must use a microphone to mimic the engine sound, which the game will listen and set you blazing forward accordingly. The game features both party games and track challenges, and you can even take a break from racing to fly with a hot-air balloon. It leaves you breathless!
]]> 12 Feb 2007 07:31:55 Whom The Telling Changed
The people had always gathered on moonless nights to hear the stories, since the time of their ancestors' ancestors. The heat of the fire and the glow in the storyteller's eyes made the past present, and the path to the future clear. The power in the telling was immense, subtle, divine. What man would dare subvert it?
]]> 12 Feb 2007 01:29:03 Sonic Invaders
In the beginning of the 22nd century alien invaders attacked the earth, but they were not as we imagined. The most effective way of defense was by using sonic pulses. Defensive turrets were placed on the surface of the earth to counter their attack.

The war was lost, but this is the story of that war.
]]> 13 Feb 2007 04:40:27 Brain Crash ' Your brain doesn't work right '

Did you know that your brain is not perfect? Test it now in a funny way! Absolutely for free!

When you see the word 'Red' printed in Blue, something strange happens. Your brain gets two contradictory informations from two valid sources. On the one hand, the label says 'Red'. On the other hand, the color of the label says 'Blue'. This way, your brain gets confused.

Your goal in Brain Crash: click on the labels which TEXT matches its COLOR. Simple, uh? Not so...

Time is limited, so go quickly! The faster you are, the higher your score! But be careful, because if you click on an incorrect label you will go back 2 levels.

A game for all the family. Non-violent and fun for all ages.

Now it's your time. Are you a master of Brain Crash?

Come on! Try it now! Absolutely for free!
]]> 14 Feb 2007 06:06:13 Hex-Change I made this small BUT AMAZING game one year ago, when I was facing OpenGL for the first time.

This game is basically about you (Gordon Freeman) who has to conquer most of the 6 side things in the level.

I would say it is more advanced than chess because you have to be very careful when you choose which field has to be attacked next.

Actually this game has a pretty much mind blowing story, but due to the fact that this game is in the German language, and because I am too lazy to translate this massive amount of text(~25 words) you will have to imagine something yourself.
]]> 14 Feb 2007 10:04:06 Heart Use your mouse to connect hearts that match for super points.
Basically this project was concieved and completed on Valentines Day as a gift to my girlfriend. (Game in a day, w00t).
]]> 15 Feb 2007 03:38:46 Ballistic In Ballistic you rotate the world around a little ball. In each level you have to get the ball to the goal within a certain time limit, something which is hindered by obstacles and gravity reversing objects.
]]> 15 Feb 2007 06:50:12 Nuts & Scrap: Desert Race This is the flash version of one of the stages of the full version of Nuts & Scrap, by the Spanish developer group Devilish Games.
Drive your peeing robot through the burning desert and avoid being squashed!
(DISCLAIMER: Peeing robot feature is only included in the full version of the game. Go buy the full version at devilishgames.com/nutsandscrap !)
]]> 15 Feb 2007 06:26:45 Mezzo: Winter Edition Mezzo: Winter Edition is a puzzle game for Windows and Mac by ActionHead Studios. It's the company's first title and was released on February 15, 2007. The game makes unique use of combos to create a series of challenging yet enjoyable puzzles.
]]> 15 Feb 2007 10:45:34