All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Windows, casual, indie, Mac, free' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Windows, casual, indie, Mac, free' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Windows, casual, indie, Mac, free' on The Great Games Experiment en-us 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 True Combat: Elite What Is TrueCombat:Elite?
TC:E is a modern world total conversion modification of the free, popular, stand-alone first-person shooter Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. That is, TC:E is an entirely free game, made by gamers, for gamers.

TC:E is currently being developed by GrooveSix Studios and TeamTerminator. While TeamTerminator is known for the famous Q3 based TrueCombat series, GrooveSix Studios was initiated by retired TeamTerminator co-founder Coroner to develop a Return to Castle Wolfenstein modification that is not released. Thus, as very experienced Q3-based content creators, we hope to be able to serve the gaming community with a quality offering.
Now, the most important question: "What can you expect from TC:E?" TC:E is a tactical-team shooter, set up in a modern-world environment. TC:E puts you into the role of elite mercenary soldier in the conflicts of two internationally operating forces.


SpecOps vs. Terrors
The Global Intervention Force (GIF626) is a special force formed of the top of the world experts joining from US Delta force, UK SAS, German KSK and GSG9, to mention a few. An international mercenary organization known as "The Unit" is their opponent. It is reported that some of these dudes are were once with the above forces, but the lure of money is strong. You say "Yet another terror counter-terrorism shooter. Why the hell should I go for it?". We say "Cause you don't have to spend a cent and it features:"

  • Texture Tone Mapping
  • HDR Lighting
  • Realistic scaling
  • Free climb
  • Free Aim
  • High quality sounds (44khz)
  • rich, deluxe graphics, based on high-resolution digital-camera shots
  • Letterbox & widescreen modes - TrueVision
  • Dynamic Eye Adaption - DynEA
  • Cross Platform Gaming (Win, OS X, Linux)
  • tactical-teamplay oriented, modern-world combat simulation
  • realistic weapon behavior simulation
  • iron sight aiming system, no crosshair
  • sophisticated ballistic simulation including multiple-layer object penetration
  • professional mode: 1-life, short-timed, objective driven scenarios in realistic environments
  • bodycount mode: team deathmatch style, gametype to relax?
  • Reinforced OBJ, as Capture the Flag in stock maps
  • balanced, team specific set of real-world weapons (Grenades, Pistols, SMG's, Assault-, Shotgun- and Sniper-Rifles)
  • lag compensation, client-side bullet prediction, punkbuster support
  • immersive and lethal, fast-paced action"


    • You will need to download and install Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory to install and play this game. But it's all free, so it's all good!
    ]]>     27 Feb 2007 08:35:25     Super Mario War Made with Microsoft's Game Studio Express by loving fans. This is basically a 2-D version of the 64's Smash Bros. game. The game supports up to 4 players going head to head and has various modes such as: capture the flag, race, deathmatch and more. The game also comes packaged with a level editor so you can make new levels to smash your friends! This game is tremendously fun and is definitely worth a download, especially because the full game is completely FREE!
    ]]>     16 Jun 2007 12:54:52     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     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     Tofu hunt Tofuhunt is a "whats wrong with this picture?" game. Two pictures come up and you are to find the differences or a tofu in the pictures. You can also make your own pictures.
    ]]>     08 Mar 2007 08:33:00     Sphere Of War Sphere of War is a FREE online multiplayer strategy game. The name of the game is world domination. Do you have what it takes to dominate the Sphere of War?

    Players have the ability to create their own unique characters and build those characters as they choose. Those with a penchant for war can train their character to use a variety of different weapon types and defend themselves against them as well. Team up with your clan mates by forming or joining a Militia and see if you can climb the Militia ladder to the top.

    Those who desire an economic challenge will find a host of challenging features as well. Start your own company, hire and fire employees, buy resources and produce items to sell on the player market. Buy and sell stock and build your own multi-millionair stock portfolio.

    Think you know how to run a country? Get yourself elected as president of one in Sphere of War and find out. Control taxation, natural resource commerce and country warfare as the president of a country and see if you can create the next world super power.

    Visit www.sphereofwar.com
    ]]>     29 Mar 2007 04:24:22     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     Desktop Tower Defense Desktop TD is a fun flash based puzzle / strategy game where you have to protect your desktop from invaders by spending money on attacking pieces and building a maze for them to follow. Strangely addictive yet stress relieving... how many levels can you survive?
    ]]>     03 Jul 2007 01:44:20     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     SuperTux SuperTux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game featuring Tux the penguin. It currently features 9 enemies, 26 playable levels, software and OpenGL rendering modes, configurable joystick and keyboard input, music and graphics. It runs on numerous different platforms, including Linux, Windows, MacOSX, PSP and more.
    ]]>     02 Mar 2007 07:52:53     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     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     Cartouche
    ]]>     28 Jul 2007 11:12:31     Barbie Seahorse Adventures Barbie Seahorse Adventures is an exciting side-scrolling game where Barbie the Seahorse floats on bubbles to the moon. This game won the teams category in pyweek 4. It is a retro side-scroller with original graphics, soundtrack, and 15 levels.
    ]]>     22 Apr 2007 03:43:17     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     RoidRage WIP Asteroids inspired vector style title.

    When learning a new system the first thing you do is remake a classic. When I wanted to do hardware accelerated glowy vectors I turned to one of the greatest (and also most remade) games of them all asteroids.

    RoidRage isn't going to be a clone of asteroids but a game in the style of asteroids, with powerups and more enemy types for starters.

    Currently undergoing development.
    ]]>     27 Feb 2007 11:02:32     Armor Blackjack Blackjack, popular casino card game.
    ]]>     03 Mar 2007 11:59:45     Space Eggs This is a pre-cursor to Retro Blaster. Jeff just finished it off a few days ago. The game is more like traditional Asteroids, but with progressive weapons. This game loads much quicker than Retro Blaster, and it supports 100's of on-screen objects (mostly shots) with little or no slow-down. Be sure to ramp your guns up to 3 + rapid fire, hold-down [Z] and blast everything back to pixels!
    ]]>     07 Jul 2007 05:11:59     Tasty Treats Online Adventures
    ]]>     21 Aug 2007 08:14:56     Submachine 4: The Lab Submachine 4: The Lab is the fourth installment of the popular Submachine Flash Puzzle/Adventure game. Created by Mateusz Skutnik, Submachine is a compelling mystery that only gets more intriguing as time goes on. Scraps of paper, words etched into walls, and archaic computers leave clues as to what the Submachine is, and how you must escape it. All of the (so far) 5 Submachine games tie into one another, and references to previous ones are riddled throughout.
    ]]>     10 May 2007 02:38:54     Proximity I made this game in 2005 as just a little thing to do in between projects, and it's spread to just about everywhere on the internet that has games and is my most popular game by far.

    It takes all the elements in common strategy game and distills them down to their core: competing for territory and having battles. However, in this game, once a tile is placed, it can no longer be moved, only captured, so unlike most strategy games, a game of Proximity is usually over in about 10 minutes. Also, since the rules are pretty simple, it appeals to a lot of people who aren't normally into the big, unwieldly, and complex strategy games out there.

    I'm currently working on a sequel, as well as looking for ways to get the game onto consoles, and hopefully a board game version eventually.
    ]]>     11 Apr 2007 03:59:23     Pardus Pardus is a free graphic-based Massive Multiplayer Online Browser Game (MMOBG) playing in a futuristic universe where traders, pirates and other pilots of various races and factions strive to gain wealth and fame in space.

    Playable with all common web browsers - No downloads or plug-ins required!

    Game Features
  • Step-by-step tutorial for learning the basics of gameplay
  • Guides assisting new players in a special Help Chat
  • All game-action is carried out in realtime - not turnbased
  • Action Points system allowing players with limited time online to be just as competitive as players that have unlimited time online
  • Navigation on a graphical interface
  • Dynamic economic system with prices adjusting to player actions
  • A vast, dynamic universe containing various planet types, harvestable resources and innumerable dangers
  • Factions, player-alliances, free territory delimitations and private starbases
  • Gain military rank through missions for advanced faction ships/equipment
  • Piracy, Ambushes, Bounty-hunting, Cloaking, Drug and Slave Trading, Smuggling - but remember your actions will be reflected in your reputation!
  • A multitude of NPCs for you to kill - or to be killed by!
  • Moderated ingame forums, chats, and a private messaging system
  • A friendly, mature, troll-free, leetspeak-free and intelligent player-community
  • Sophisticated Production Tree with dozens of possible buildings and commodities
  • Large assortment of ships, ship equipment and weapon classes available for combating PvP and NPCs, trading, or a combination of all - it's your choice!
  • An advanced skills system for a wide variety of high-end specializations
    • * Premium Accounts with many extra features
    ]]>     13 Mar 2007 09:02:07     Kiki The Nano Bot To solve the game, you have to complete several levels.
    Every level has it's own task.

    Pressing ESC will display a menu with a 'help' item which explains what you have to do in order to fulfill this task.

    Once you managed to fulfill the task, the exit gate will be activated. If kiki moves through the activated exit gate, it will be 'beamed' to the next level.
    ]]>     04 Jul 2007 02:10:44     Chick Chick Boom Developed by extra toxic and sponsored by Nintendo, Chick Chick Boom is a Worms-like Flash game that pits two teams of baby chickens against each other. Each side has a number of offensive and defensive moves to unleash by tracing their shape at the bottom of the screen. Launch bombs, poisonous mushrooms, and lightning bolts at your opponent, then use defensive moves such as a lightning rod or medicine to keep your own team safe. The goal is to stay alive as long as you can to unlock bonus downloads from the main menu.
    ]]>     06 Apr 2007 01:14:32     SlingStar Sling your wingmen to destroy the enemy in this addictive, physics based game.
    ]]>     10 Feb 2007 11:57:25     Sexxes Remake of a classic russian board game. Your target is to shoot all of opponents checkers out of the board.
    ]]>     03 Mar 2007 11:43:10     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     Sling Sling is a 2D physics platformer with a twist. Get ready to fling, flick, snap, bounce, drop and shoot a springy ball of slime through 50 danger filled levels. Along the way you'll meet a crazy old kook - listen to his rantings as they may just provide the help you need to defeat the evil monsters and save the citizens of Oozeville!
    ]]>     24 May 2007 09:45:02     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     Big Bomb Blackjack
    ]]>     22 Aug 2007 11:36:24     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     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     Transmigration
    ]]>     10 Aug 2007 10:01:47     Bust Up
    ]]>     22 Aug 2007 11:42:22     Disco Balls
    ]]>     22 Aug 2007 11:13:55     The Restaurant Game The Restaurant Game is a research project at the MIT Media Lab that will algorithmically combine the gameplay experiences of thousands of players to create a new game. In a few months, we will apply machine learning algorithms to data collected through the multiplayer Restaurant Game, and produce a new single-player game that we will enter into the 2008 Independent Games Festival. Everyone who plays The Restaurant Game will be credited as a Game Designer. It's never been easier to earn Game Designer credentials!

    This game was created with Torque v1.5.
    ]]>     07 Mar 2007 01:33:16     Switched On Learning The organisation Switched on Learning provides resources for handicapped or disabled children in Australia. They have had some simple games produced to entertain and educate the children that attend workshops and play groups. These games are bright, two-dimensional games that test the many skills that the children can develop. However, there are little or no games designed for the older primary school students and some secondary students.

    Objectives
    gui-custom.jpg To fulfil the client’s desire, there are several approaches. A main game with smaller games branching out from it would make a suitable objective that could be accomplished. To create this, a game engine has been suggested as the basis to design and produce the final product. Each game will comply with the specifications of the client with some modifications that the client authorises. A story driven game following the level system provided by the client will encompass the main game. Research of the target audience increases the chance of a successful game. The combination of the research and the game creates a winning formula to finish the project and complete a successful game.

    Game objectives for Level 1 and Level 2 of the Shopping Centre
    Ground level is a simple exploration level where the player can explore the entire shopping centre with no objectives or missions. The shopping centre is mainly under construction at that point of the game. Some shops will be completely inaccessible to the player at the current time. The supermarket will be sealed off until level 3 where the player must follow the shopping list and buy all the items.

    Level 1:
    Objectives: Buy a stamp

    Switched on Learning Switching Demo This level is to ease the player into completing objectives in an order. Of the stores open at the time there are two at which the stamp can be purchased a post office and a newsagency. In total, six shops should be open by level 1 with the player able to enter each store and have a conversation with the shop attendant. A security guard can help them if they get lost. Once the player enters the store, they must decide what was required to be purchased. Once they choose the correct item, the level ends and the player moves up to level 2.
    Level 2:
    Objectives: Buy a can of soup, a box of cereal and a packet of chips from the supermarket

    Items: Shopping list, cash

    Switched on Learning Switching Demo This is the final level of the game. Based in the supermarket that was initially sealed off, the player can now approach it and enter. They now must find and collect each item off the shopping list and head for the checkout. They must pay for the items, but they do have a choice to leave the store without paying. Several cues will be spoken to help jog their memory of what they should have done, each getting more obvious the longer the player stalls. The game ends when they leave the supermarket with paid goods.
    ]]>     13 Apr 2007 01:28:23     Gojirama : The Typing of teh Rizard!! The Typing of teh Rizard!!
    ]]>     18 Jul 2007 12:33:52     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     RomZom One blistering night, when all seemed quiet;
    A meteor came crashing and caused a big riot!
    To edge closer or not? A question unanswered
    as we stumbled through the forest, this way that, we
    meandered.

    Oh look! The circus is here! The children exclaimed!
    And HULABOO-BUBBLE! of the juggling clown fame!

    We entered the tent, with hopes and promises
    of wonderous activities and sugar pop molasses.

    13 green cotton candies, not 4 or 5.
    Hung high from the ceiling, swaying here, swaying by.
    But what's this? It drips! Red, sticky, warm blood.
    A low humming voice whispers, and then a THUD!
    ]]>     18 Jul 2007 11:35:47     Herder
    ]]>     29 Jul 2007 12:59:10     Bubble Fun 2 Try to dominate the puzzle board by popping bubbles to infect the adjacent bubbles.
    ]]>     05 Mar 2007 03:59:50     Spy a Solution
    ]]>     31 Aug 2007 08:21:22     Gamoliyas
    ]]>     26 Aug 2007 02:20:10     Lilly Bloom's Magic Garden Help Lilly and her rabbit pal Pico collect flowers. But watch out for those pesky bees!
    ]]>     09 Apr 2007 02:57:35     Rock Dodger A cross between Asteroids and Avalanche, use the mouse to dodge asteroids and pick up plasma bombs to blast them away. The entire game was created in a short amount of time using the Torque Game Builder 1.5 beta. the entire game was scripted using the new behaviors feature.
    ]]>     12 May 2007 02:39:48     Tim-Ball Pinball Tim Henman has just hit the pinball table! Usual rules apply, simply try get as many points as you can.
    Have you got what it takes to be the next Tim-Ball wizard and sit at the top of the leaderboard.
    ]]>     17 May 2007 04:25:10     Sleigh Away Help Santa retrieve his presents from his stolen sleigh.
    Fire stars at the sleigh to release the presents but watch out, that pesky elf is throwing baubles at you.
    ]]>     05 Jun 2007 04:01:54     Chimney Challenge Use the mouse to aim and then FIRE AT WILL!!! You have to hit the accountants with the snowballs.
    The quicker you hit the accountants the more points you get.
    There is one problem, Santa is stuck in the middle of this mayhem. To avoid losing lives make sure you don't hit Santa.
    The game gets progressively quicker with each new level.
    ]]>     05 Jun 2007 04:05:28