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]]> 28 Aug 2007 08:35:48 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 The Fancy Pants Adventure Fancy Pants Adventure is a smooth, flowing side scroller. You can do back flips, roll down hills, and run up walls all while wearing your fancy pants. There are three levels that end with a final boss fight.
]]> 27 Dec 2006 04:45:57 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 Tasty Treats Online Adventures
]]> 21 Aug 2007 08:14:56 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 Punishment
]]> 17 Aug 2007 11:47:11 Gulo For 500 years the Gulo Nation lived in peace. But now a new threat has arisen, and it's time for action once more.

Living in a post-technological Utopian society was nice for nearly 500 years until a meteor storm struck the floating island of the Gulo Nation, wreaking havoc and killings hundreds of Gulos. Not only did the meteors obliterate what was left of the once great Nation, but the Oibri, helper robots designed to help preserve life, became corrupt and started attacking the Gulos.

It's up to one Gulo to take action and save what is left of his people.
]]> 02 Feb 2007 07:34:02 VoiD.net

- What is it?

VoiD.net is a 2D platformer that tries to take advantage of current technology for revisiting and expanding the platformer genre. It's being developed with Blitzmax.

- What is it... not?


  • It's not retro or a remake. No "classic" control or feel.
  • It's not all about jumping down on enemies and collecting coins or rings. No random items floating around. It tries to make the player feel inside a (somewhat) coherent world.
  • The objective of the game is not get to the end of the level to find out the princess is in another castle. As the story develops, the player will have to adapt to each plot-driven situation.
  • There's no destined all-good hero trying to save the world. You control a group of characters that have their personalities, lives, and motivations.

Note: I love oldies like Mario Bros and Sonic! - It's not that they're not great games, but this game isn't aiming at that!

- Features?

At this point you'll have figured out VoiD.net has a big adventure component, and this heavily influences the gameplay. It has some RPG aspects (character levelling, skills / "magic") and even tactical wargame or fighting games ones.
Let's say I try to mix what I liked most of each (2D) genre into a platformer. This is the result:


  • High-res 32bit, hardware accelerated graphics (supporting OpenGL & DirectX currently; probly DX support will be discontinued).
  • VoiD Engine scripting language for developing customizable campaigns.
  • Deep immersion in the sci-fi world of Void through ingame narrative, playable cutscenes, "alive" game maps and npcs...
  • Up to 5 selectable characters at the same time in the player party.
  • Fast paced control system, designed for heavy action scenes.
  • Vehicles, some controlable by the player.
  • Levelling system for characters. Character classes & subclasses, skills (including some kind of magic), buyable equipment, award system a la Tactics Ogre...
  • Fluid character animation, thanks to VoiD Engine 2D Skeletal Animation System.
  • Ambient, weather and cinematic effects (graphic effects via shaders, when available).
  • Lots of developer love :)

- Personal note

I've been into development (on my own) for more than 2 years, and I know I still have long ways to go. The game has evolved a lot since its first form and has become somewhat complex.
This may sound crazy for just one dev, but I have my reasons. It's a very personal project, because I see it as my "ultimate freeware game" before starting to think more... commercial.

If you have any comment, ... well, just leave it, or mail me or whatever you want!

Void does not forgive.
]]> 11 Feb 2007 12:38:40 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 Punishment: The Punishing
]]> 17 Aug 2007 12:10:36 La Mulana La-Mulana is a freeware free-roaming platformer game designed to look, sound, and play like a classic MSX game. It's heavily influenced by the classic Konami MSX game 'The Maze of Galious' and anyone who has played that title will probably recognize the similarities very quickly. You play the whip-wielding Indiana Jones-esque archaeologist Lemeza Kosugi as he investigates the ancient ruins of La-Mulana in an attempt to find its treasure and one-up his father, who is trying to get the same treasure as well.

The game is huge, with many different areas to explore and dozens of items and weapons to find. Each area has a large variety of puzzles and traps and you need to solve the puzzles in each area to discover the Ankhs and Ankh Jewels, which allow you to fight the eight Guardians of the ruins. To solve the puzzles you'll need to be able to read the tablets scattered throughout the ruins, which will require a Hand Scanner and translation software for the portable MSX that Lemeza has brought along on the adventure. Your Hand Scanner will also allow you to find items and search the bones of less fortunate adventurers.

Note that the original game comes in Japanes, so apply the english patch (link at the bottom).

(Description courtesy of Independent Games Blog)
]]> 13 Feb 2007 01:29:22 Hatrix This is a platform game and tetris combined into one. Press space to switch between placing tetris blocks and climbing up to the portal to the next level. Avoid the cancerous cancers, and careful not to render yourself 2-dimensional with your own tetris block. Win level 10 for the ultimate prize!!!


  • Definitions of ultimate may vary.

    • This game was made in just 40 hours for the 9th Ludumdare 48 hour game development competition.
    ]]>     25 Jun 2007 10:30:22     Noitu Love The year is 2188. The city is protected by an organization called "The Peacekeepers League" and everything is swell except for that it's under attack! By a robot army lead by professor Darnacus Damnation!!

    This game is an action packed adventure of several long levels (with save feature) and you play as Noitu Love, a young and talented boy, who's purpose it is in life to stop Darnacus and live up to his intercom girl Lori's expectations.
    ]]>     10 Jul 2007 04:41:13     Jumper Two Jumper Two is the sequel to Jumper (obviously), and continues the story of Ogmo, the horrible experiment gone wrong, as he attempts to evade capture by various forces which want him for various reasons.

    You'll have to get Ogmo through 60 of the most devious single-screen platformer stage designs ever in his quest for freedom, using the various kinds of jumps at your disposal.

    Also included is the Jumper Two Editor v4.06, which lets you create your own 10-stage 'Sectors' with a variety of game objects, some of which exclusive to the editor, and even lets you edit the game physics!
    ]]>     19 Feb 2007 11:52:14     It's a Magical World I was walking in my back yard the other day and wishing I had a wonderland to explore like Calvin and Hobbes. It always seemed like they had miles and miles of forest and adventure waiting for them.
    If this game ever gets finished (and I'm going into this with no experience at all, only ambition), it will be an adventure platformer similar to Seiklus and Knytt - though slightly more linear.

    This game will be free as it is my tribute to Bill Watterson's work. I hope to have a working demo by June.

    "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy...Let's go exploring!"
    ]]>     18 Mar 2007 09:34:43     Paper Chase 2 Paper Chase 2 is a stick figure brawler which takes place on a sheet of notebook paper. Unleash a torrent of deadly combos on your hapless foes in your quest for revenge.

    Highlights of PC2 include awesome combos and ripping off enemy heads, legs, and arms and then using them as weapons!
    ]]>     19 Mar 2007 11:01:30     Polychromatic Funk Monkey
    ]]>     18 Jul 2007 05:47:55     Zero's Impossible Fortress For years Emperor Zero the terrible has been trying to snatch the fair maiden. But everytime, the hero has foiled his plans by traversing his elaboratly designed, but not impossible, fortresses and jumping on his head- thus saving the fair maiden.

    But not this time. Zero has had it. The hero has foiled his plans for the LAST time. This time, he's just going to neglect to add the platforms to his carefuly designed fortress and watch as the hero haplessly falls into the pit over and over until it's game over- on the first level!

    Unfortunatley for Zero, this is the perfect time for Mega Platforms Inc(tm) to provide their brand new platform-express service- for heroes on the go!

    Quick, hero, utilize the platform-express service to get to Zero's lair, jump on his head, and save the fair maiden!
    ]]>     28 Jan 2007 01:02:34     Jumper: Redux Jumper: Redux is a remake of the original Jumper. In it, you must guide Ogmo, a failed secret experiment, out of the abandoned lab he has found himself in.

    Features the complete original game (all 7 sectors of it) with completely redone visuals, as well as a brand-new full-length set of more devious level designs for the truly hardcore.

    Plus, you can challange up to 3 friends in a 4-player online race mode through any of the single-player sectors (TCP/IP or LAN connection).
    ]]>     20 Feb 2007 10:52:32     Heli Attack Heli Attack Series:
    ]]>     12 Dec 2006 07:00:54     Flood The goal of this platform game is simple: just escape from the water. You think that's easy? Well, it's not. This game has sixteen different types of obstacles, in total there are over 100 obstacles! Here are some other advantages:

  • Nice graphics and many particles
  • Enormous level: 640x7280 pixels
  • Auto-hiding scorecard
  • Nice music
  • Joystick/gamepad support

    • Language: English
    Requirements: Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP, DirectX, Keyboard
    Version: 1.1
    ]]>     29 Dec 2006 10:38:13     Trick or Treat The award-winning platform beat-em-up featuring blood, guts, and a charmingly unique sense of humor. Use your trusty, rusty chainsaw to conquer the army of ghouls and monsters, or pick up powerful upgrades to increase the carnage drastically. Features 5 action-packed levels, with original art by Steven Burgess.

    What happens on Halloween when the only neighborhood in sight has been built over an indian burial ground and is full of nightmarish creatures? Well, you go to trick or treat there, of course, but not without your assortment of powerful weapons to aid you along the way.

    You can either perform a powerful slice attack or hold the chainsaw revving to do minor damage over time. The latter is often not useful unless you know what you're doing or have the super chainsaw upgrade, in which case it will tear through damn near anything.
    ]]>     13 Jun 2007 08:42:43     Bible Dave Bible Dave is a sidescroller game written in Python.

    Dave was on his way to distribute newly printed Kilopowa New Testaments to a tribe who has been working hard to translate it for a number of years. They're really looking forward to receiving their Bibles, but Dave's plane goes down in the jungle. As he was crashing through the treetops, the Bibles spilled out of his plane all over the jungle. You would think this would ruin the Bibles, but it just so happens that the printer of these Bibles shrink-wrapped them in plastic, so all of these Bibles are now happily protected from the elements, just waiting for Dave to collect them and deliver them to the Kilopowa villagers.

    Dave must run through the jungle, dodging denizens and collecting Bibles to bring them to the waiting tribe. His travels will take him from the leafy jungles to abandoned mines and caves and up to the mountain tops before he finally reaches his destination.

    Old-school family-friendly platformer action in an open-source package.

    This is a community project of ChristianCoders.com -- a site that connects people interested in Christian-based video games.
    ]]>     03 Jan 2007 12:10:57     Easter Avenger The temible easter rabbit has chocolated your father, and you will have to help Pascual, an easter egg, to avenge his horrible fault. Easter Avenger is a platform game, when you will have to defeat the Easter Rabbit camarades through 3 diferent worlds composed by 12 stages. Awesome boss battles, power ups, many different weapons. A great challenge for the gamers. The game is completly freeware and it wons a lot of awards including the sony playstation artfutura "best finnished".
    ]]>     31 Jan 2007 11:10:26     Stick Online Stick Online is a free MMORPG platformer game that takes place in a huge and seamless 2D world. Players gain levels, equipment, weapons, and skills in order to fight enemies, as well as other players.
    ]]>     26 Feb 2007 04:26:09     Jetpack Jetpack is a DOS game that was an immediate hit when it was released in 1993, and a cult following grew internationally. The author received a ton of mail and submissions by people creating their own Jetpack levels. The built in level editor is one of the most popular features - over 1000 levels have been created. Some teachers bought Jetpack because they considered the editor to be educational, encouraging their students' creativity.

    Jetpack was the top selling game for both publishers that carried it (Software Creations and Impulse Games). Jetpack runs fine on an 8086, and surprisingly well on today's computers!

    Jetpack has been made freeware by its author so it is now free to download.
    ]]>     02 Mar 2007 05:07:48     escapade Trapped inside a pop-up book, Iris must find a way through the maze of each page before time runs out.
    ]]>     09 May 2007 06:02:05     MagniBabyPix MagniBabyPix!

    Information
    Change Resolution? No
    Uses DLL's? Yes
    Full-Screen? Optional
    File Size? ~3.4 Mb

    About
    MagniBabyPix is a mario-styled platformer, with a small storyline, and a quest to get back your stolen baby!
    You must go through 24 levels, and 8 bosses to get the baby that the magician stole from you.

    Storyline
    One day, You and your wife decide to take a walk in the park with your baby, Pix. On your way to the swing a magician flys out of no where and steals your baby! You run and run and you can't get to the magician due to a wall he built.
    You must go threw 24 levels, and 8 bosses to get your baby back!

    Extra Information
    This game took approximately 3 months to complete.
    The graphics were orignally designed to be simple
    The game is the FIRST game I had fun playing that I made.
    2Player Mode is where you and a friend both get on the same computer going threw 8 extra levels include in the game! Very fun.
    Extra levels are 10 levels that I did not feel met the game, and I moved them aside for your enjoyment.

    Level Count
    24 levels in the main game mode (with 8 bosses)
    10 Extra levels
    8 Levels in 2P mode
    That should wet your mouth


    Quotes
    "10/10 ROCK and too easy" - player 1
    "Awesome game! The small one is evil with my eyes though >.< 9/10!" - Tyranic-Moron
    "Awesome! And the music's good, too wink1.gif! 10/10!" - SubSonic
    "I love the story intro." - Abacus
    "8.5/10 smile.gif" - Flea
    "Very fun, but Very hard..." - Mr.Pacman0
    "Nice! Total awesome work!" - Scronix


    Credits
    DesertFox - Help, Support, Etc
    FredFredrickson - Being a pain in my ass and nudging me on to not give up
    GmDude66 - Support, Not making the levels, Icon
    Fox-NL - FoxEngine
    RhysAndrews - No idea but I probably owe him credit
    SubSonic - Music
    tsg1zzn - SuperSound DLL
    Mark Overmars - Made Game Maker
    Abacus - Support
    You - For playing my game

    If I missed you, I am very sorry, and if you will PM me on the GMC I will gladly reupload a version with you in the credits


    Please read the "ReadMeNowOrElse.txt" file for controls, etc.
    ]]>     31 Dec 2006 09:47:19     Admiral Overalls Admiral Overalls is a refreshing 2D retro-themed platformer of comedic proportions. Evade deadly foes while wielding your fearsome slingshot loaded with tomatoes!

    Features a variety of chucklesome foes and 10 levels of challenge.
    ]]>     08 Jan 2007 01:41:54     Desperate Assault This was made with Gamemaker. It is a 4-level action platformer. the enemies have soldiers, bunkers, and tanks. There are also mines and explosives that you can shoot. Have fun!
    ]]>     19 Jan 2007 06:23:25     Bounty Bob rides again Bounty Bob rides again, a remake of the classic Bounty Bob strikes back! Refreshed graphic, new elements and a built in editor add the little something on top!

    Color all the platforms, but don't get caught by the mutants! Or one of the numerous obstacles. Or steep falls. Or moving pads. Or suction tubes. Ever tried to be a cannon ball? This game has it all and more!
    ]]>     04 Feb 2007 01:41:32     REZ: Havoc's End
    ]]>     06 Oct 2007 09:40:16     Space Barnacle
    ]]>     16 Oct 2007 03:30:41     Betasuppe
    ]]>     16 Oct 2007 03:45:48     Dump Jumper
    ]]>     16 Oct 2007 04:25:04     Morbidly Obese Samurai Havoc
    ]]>     22 Oct 2007 03:19:38     Dino Run
    ]]>     18 May 2008 11:51:03     Between Heaven and Hell
    ]]>     13 Jun 2008 05:41:09