Post independent games you like, or just introduce us to really weird obscure ones

And holy shit keep it on topic this time, nobody cares if someone else likes a game that makes you cry just get off the computer nigga close the page nigga go outside

i liek it

Is this the thread? Can we talk about vidya in peace without some sc*hizo meltdown?
Alright then I'll ask again, what are some fun surrealist art games? Pic rel was neato, someone recommended Hylics but I'm kinda iffy on it cause I don't like the "3 niggas in a row*" style of game

(*Yes I know it's not really "3" niggas in a "row" it's more like "4 niggas waiting their turn to battle" but visuals aside it's the same thing if you get what I'm saying)

are there any obscure indies that arent turn based RPGs or top down pixel games? like what about something like a shooter or something?

>>713419603
do you think she abuses dolphins?

Is it ok if I like Deltarune?

>>713419603
>we want the newgrounds audience

>>713421054
you wouldn't get it

>>713420942
no it's not

you go to church and ask god to forgive you

>>713419552 (OP)

>>713423439
NO ANON SHE DOES NOT FUCK HUMAN MEN YOU GODDAMN DEGENERATE

>>713420009
If you're already iffy on Hylics I'd avoid it, I was interested in the aesthetics but dropped it around halfway through because the gameplay part was both boring and time consuming.

>>713423439
>he craves yaoi hands and humanoid soles on his waifurs
NGMI

I like the demo for this, basically taking care of and feeding a dragon girl, and the stats and abilities she gets is based on what she eats and how you raise her. Not sure if I can recommend it yet since it is coming out in early access but rather than a full game.

https://youtu.be/XQT8AGjMujg

I have a soft spot for Kyle Thompson's games, they aren't the most remarkable but they are the perfect cozy metroidvanias to play on a rainy autumn day.

Maybe this is a good place to ask but I like point n clickies
Do good ones still get made? And has anyone made any where there are perhaps multiple solutions to problems that put you on different routes

>>713420009
>Anthology of the Killer
Probably my favorite walking sim ever made, absolutely top notch writing and humor. You can download the individual chapters for free on itch.io and I'd recommend playing up to chapter 4 or so before buying the whole thing.

>Disillusion / Disillusion ST
The second one in particular is pretty similar to Dream BBQ in many ways, though you should probably play the first one beforehand.

>Jazzpunk
Another walking sim, though pretty much entirely focused on wacky comedy.

>Every game by CosmoD
More walking sims, but this time with a heavy focus on top-tier music and sound design. Their latest game is a dialogue-focused CRPG vaguely reminiscient of Disco Elysium, though a lot shorter and more comedic.

>Tetrageddon Games
Weird freeware interactive art project / minigame compilation. Absolutely bonkers presentation.

>Mango
Another walking sim. Much more unhinged and janky than most of the rest of this list (except Tetrageddon Games I suppose).

>>713424984
Thank you for delivering anon you included some more stuff I've never heard of
Will check out

>>713419552 (OP)
I hate that I recognized the dontrel art style
>painted nails
gross

>>713420009
You might Everhood, with rhythm based gameplay but I'd suggest trying out the demo to see if it's to your liking first obviously.

Oh man is that the new Sonichu game? Looks great

>>713419552 (OP)
is this the thread?

>>713425859
>>713426015
It's not even sonichu retards

>>713426075
Dude I'm joking lol
I don't gotta tell you twice do I?

>>713426289

>>713426289
>i was merely pretending to mistake this for a much more basic bitch meme artist

>>713426893
what the fuck happened to kids nowadys that made you all take everything 100% seriously?
do newfags not know how to jest around anymore?

Out of the way, losers! Real game, coming through!

>>713428657
phones and social media have turned their entire generation autistic
they only see in black and white, and have no sense of nuance

>>713428746
>autistic
i wish, autists may have trouble socializing in normie environments but at least they always ruled on here and are driven to create great things

this isn't autism, it's almost like the opposite, some kinda extreme end stage normalfaggotry and loops back on itself and becomes retarded but with none of the autistic passion

>>713419603
>6.5K reviews
I... I did not expect that many.

>>713420364
You just missed next fest threads we had a couple of weeks ago. Can recommend dredging through archives, they were filled with obscure demos of all genres.

>>713428727
This shit looks like a cartoon from the really early era of 3D computer animation

>>713428956
Word?

>>713428863
Yeah it's a surprising hit for a game made by, from what I understand, literally one guy
Not "one guy" like Undertale or something, where it's 'basically' one guy but he still had people working for him
The creator is literally just
Some dude

AFAIK the only help he got is in foreign translations after the game was already made, all development, coding, design, art, music, it was just him sat at his computer

>>713429018
Kek what IS this, man? Fill me up

>>713428727
What is this? I need to know more.
Is that a new Demon Rush?

>>713429081
>>713429342
It's my awesome action-adventure computer game, The Frydarian Tale. I made a website for it - it's still being built, but you can download wallpapers in the Art section, read about weapons in the Objects section, and explore the island the characters live in with the Map:
https://fygoon.com/

>>713429681
Godspeed you, anon. Do you have a newsletter or something I can subscribe for so I wouldn't miss any updates? I'm being serious right now.

Despite the plot being retarded at times and the protagonist being a massive asshole I overall enjoyed Seraphic Blue and thought it was chuunikino

>>713420942
Yes

>>713424984
>Anthology of the Killer
Weirdly reminds me of those "QT" games that are just silly galleries of doodles, but I know it's not that
I might play it but it's not high on my list

>Disillusion / Disillusion ST
Looks kino, will play as soon as possible

>Jazzpunk
You ever look at a game and you just can't bring yourself to enjoy it no matter what purely because of the visuals?This is one of those, I hate this little game piece dude style of character design it reminds me of many many soulless games I've played, maybe I can bring myself to get over it sometime but for now it's ruining it for me

>Every game by CosmoD
Too broad to say right now but I'll download the free one they have and see how I feel about the rest

>Tetrageddon Games
I won't lie, the look of the website sold me
I like any web page that makes it a nuisance just to look at it

>Mango
Very "generic" surrealism if that makes sense, not bad but it's not exciting me
Since a walking sim doesn't have intense gameplay, it relies entirely on being a really good art piece, if you don't have that you don't have much to sell me on
But I'll still take a look someday, into the endless realm of my Wishlist to be rediscovered and reconsidered in 2 years it goes

Also since Psychopomp has been mentioned itt >>713419603 I'll say it's absolutely within the realm of surrealism, a bit less wacky dream fantasy and more grungy filthy down to earth surrealism, but still surrealism nontheless
It feels like a very sincere take on the, for lack of a better term, "schizocore" trend that some games nowadays try to do but without any sincerity to them
This one just comes across like the devs genuinely love what they do and the thought process actually meshes with them and isn't just a trend chasing thing
So (You) check it out, my friend

white knuckle is fun

>>713429852
I have yet to figure out how to make an automated newsletter (which is funny since I made web applications as a freelancer) but I plan on making one in the future, among other little things. My domain provider is offering me the ability to make an email client with my domain, so I would wager I could do something with that; at the very least I plan on using it as a conduit for fans to send their art to be uploaded to the website.
In the meantime, you can follow my developer page on itch.io:
https://nrasko.itch.io/the-frydarian-tale

>>713419552 (OP)
I already same fag to shill a bunch of indie games I played on this thread >>713413620 so I'll just list them here
>Touhou Lunar Nights
>Towelket
>Iconoclasts
>Elin
>Hero's Adventure
>Crystal Project
>Pokémon Realidea System
>Yuppie Psycho
>JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 7th Stand User
>Astlibra
>Hylics 2
>Undertale/Deltarune
>Lisa the Painful
>Peret em Heru
>Phoenotopia Awakening
>Keylocker (the dialogue writing in this game is godawful though)
>Felvidek
>Evil Tonight
>Crow Country

>>713430220
nta but im curious
is the visual style intentional? a result of your limitations? both? like, if you could make it look like absolutely anything would you still make it look like this?
i'm not necessarily criticizing it, just interested to understand your thought process

>>713430330
>interacting in an obvious culture war outrage thread
lol u stupid
but i'll bite
>>Touhou
can any 2hou game really be considered indie? i mean i suppose in the technical sense it is, but it's so big now that it's kind of an industry cemented series in and of itself now

>>713426015
>mfw i read this and understood the joke perfectly but everyone i know says they didn't get it till chris explained it years later
i can't tell if that's a sign i'm intelligent or if i'm a fucking spaz on the same wavelength as chris

>>713431459
What's the joke??

>>713431540
cavemen like rice

>>713431540
it seems pretty clear that "you don't have to tell me twice, but during the stone age-" implies that people during the stone age may not have been very smart and not have understood things as well, so you'd have to tell them several times

>>713426015

>>713430473
Touhou is a weird case where the mainline games are made by mostly just one dude while everything else is done by different teams that have almost nothing to do with the author because he's pretty lenient with the IP, in this case the game I posted was metroidvania done by Team Ladybug which are small Japanese dev team that work exclusively on metroidvanias, but I guess they also can't be considered indie anymore despite the studio being small because they get a lot of contracted work.

I would genuinely play whatever video game Chris Chan could have made if he made it back in like 2012 at the latest, nowadays not because it would just be a bunch of obnoxious idea guy crap with gross AI generated audio and visuals and trying way too hard to be shocking, likely not even made by him but rather is handles, or at best just a Sonichu reskin on an existing Sonic game

But I fully believe that back then, back in the comic era, if he could've figured out even RPG Maker or something he could've made something proper weird and entertaining

>>713432092
>It can bend space time

>>713432146
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObHZADfb6_A
>quantum physics is fun

>>713428809
You do know that autism is more than being le socially awkward?

>>713432261
that's exactly what i'm saying
these people aren't high functioning autists/aspies because they're actually highly specialized to existing in normie environments and they're not low functioning because of the aforementioned point + their learning ability is unaffected, they're just stunted, shallow and stupid
extreme normalfags

remember, the only thing that separates normalfaggotry from autism without extreme symptoms is how acceptable your quirks and symptoms are
if you can't handle changes in your environment, you're autistic- unless those changes aren't socially acceptable, then you're a normie
if you kvetch and cry when people act in a way that doesn't match the behavioral patterns you're okay with, you're autistic- unless those patterns are established by society
if you hallucinate meaning and intent that isn't there based on what people do or say, you're autistic- unless the signals they sent are socially established, then you're a normie

at its most extreme normalfaggotry is just autism that is acceptable and safe to have but with none of the drive or passion or special interest

>>713432493
There are 2 axis
>Complexity of character, and normalcy
Low complexity + low normalcy = low functioning aut', usually fixates on one or two things like trains and one cartoon, might be high or low IQ, that doesn't factor in, if he's low IQ he just sits there and makes shitty deviantart mspaint edit, if he's high IQ he might become an impressive artist or train engineer, but still very incomplex and eccentric, usually the type normies take advantage of

>Low complexity + high normalcy = normalfaggot
Complete lowest of the low NPC, consumes every social trend, no internal mindset, no interests, only watches tiktoks and buys products and says/thinks what is acceptable, still might be high or low intellect, doesn't matter, but if he's lower intellect it might be easier for him to exist in society than if he was eccentric and if he's higher intellect he likely goes into some office job and never thinks about anything too complex

>High complexity + low normalcy = savant
Usually considered autistic, the kind that make something of themselves but are misunderstood most of their lives yet don't mind since they have complex internal worlds, the weird types, the esoteric kind, the ones who's brain is beyond most peoples' understanding

High complexity + High normalcy = rare outlier
This one hardly ever comes by because being a super internally complex person and super normal inherently can't mesh, normalcy is to some extent a handicap on complexity but a small amount of overlap is possible and when they exist they become the big faces, the rock stars, the scientists that change the world, the politicians, their mind palace is vast but to some extent it is based on the simple worldly foundation we all understand, if they're also intelligent they can fit literally anywhere and manipulate anything to their will

>>713419552 (OP)
I liked Fight Knight a lot, I also loved Raging Loop in spite of how shit the final act was but I don't know if its studio Kemco counts as indie

why are dolphin games always so weird

Is this an appropriate game cover for your independent video game

>>713435898
what? what are you even asking me? this isn't my game, so no i don't want that to be my cover, it's already someone else's cover
wtf do you mean

>>713435898
What's the game about?

>>713437692 (KWAB)
It's a 3d metroidvania(as much as something like pseudoregalia is a metroidvania) with a gravity bending gimmick and sekiro parry combat but worse

>>713430473
Apologies for not responding earlier, I was busy with something. Now, the visual style is intentional, as it is an evolution of the style I used to use when I was first beginning modeling known as Ico-Art (named such for its use of icospheres, not for that dreadfully artsy game); since then I've modeled with skinned meshes and skeletons, but I find using my old style to provide not only an easier way of doing things, since it is akin to something like building with Legos, but also provides a unique appearance that allows my characters to stand out.

>>713437770
>(KWAB)
Well that's a quick way to get me not to read the rest of your post, cheers

>>713428727
>>713429681
Are you done being an asshole and driving people out of the dev threads yet?
besides the coomerdevs, i mean

>>713420942
>>713429868
>Liking deltatroon
Lmao

>>713439157
I don't drive out other people from the threads unless they are degenerate cum-for-brains, creeps, or instigators who've foolishly begun a war of attrition they'll never hope to win..

>>713419552 (OP)
cool platformer
I like the setting and story as well

>>713439302
Well the shitshows around your and others behavior certainly made me not want to post my work in them.

https://pricklypeargames.itch.io/wodopom
ftl kinda game

>>713439289
nice newfag lingo
come back when you're over 18

i'll throw out a couple recs for anyone who wants a fun boss rush

Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy https://store.steampowered.com/app/1955830/Touhou_Hero_of_Ice_Fairy/

Has like 6000 reviews on Steam but like 5000 of them are Chinese so... anyway it takes some bullet hell stuff and puts you on a 2D plane like a platformer, you have an invincible air (or ground) dash that uses meter and you have a number of different projectiles and special abilities you can equip and use. The patterns are fun to learn and there's a good escalation in difficulty as you go from normal mode boss -> hard mode boss -> hard mode boss no-hit. It's not as hard as an official Touhou game typically is but it is challenging. I really like this game. There's also the prologue which is free and has a few fights that aren't in the full game so it's a good place to start https://store.steampowered.com/app/1715460/Touhou_Hero_of_Ice_Fairy_Prologue/

Probo Rush https://store.steampowered.com/app/2250170/Probo_Rush/ and Full Moon Rush https://store.steampowered.com/app/2338090/Full_Moon_Rush/?curator_clanid=45198875

17 and 12 reviews respectively on Steam, so literally nobody has played these turds. They're pretty fun boss rush games though and will occupy a few hours altogether... good pick if you want to learn a boss pattern and test your reflexes but probably not worth full price so wait for a sale. i just feel bad for this guy. if he'd of only made a metroidvania roguelite he'd be a billionaire and proud recipient of the treasured Epstein's 2.0 invite

>>713439641
There's only one loser who you need to "worry" about and he's making a multiplayer Diablo game or something where you watch grass grow. Insult his game, however, and he will stop at nothing to dox you. Best thing to do is to ignore him, and he'll scurry back to whatever asshole he crawled out of.
>>713441769
Now this is a cool game.

bump

Almost done with the new update to my site.

>>713448052
Someday I'll make a game just to enhance my shitposting

>>713449754
Someday? Do it today and you'll get cool pictures like this.

>>713450296
Oh god he's a soijakker
Yeah nevermind, I'm not checking this game out

>>713450296
>how to instantly drive people away from your work 101

>>713450951
>>713451198
Just pointing out the reality of advertising your game: you'll get people like this who will make "art" just to insult you.

>>713419552 (OP)
this one is really good

>>713451332
With that being said, for every insulting image, you get a whole lot more images like this.
Oh well, you gotta take the bad with the good.

>>713451332
>>713451636
Ok fair, I was under the impression that you're the one making soijak images t o advertise your game
Sorry bro, and sorry you gotta deal with underages too

>>713419552 (OP)
https://teia.art/collab/the_trace_gallery
Are you schizo enough to find the true ending?

>>713451914
It is what it is, but let it be known that my most fervent hater is in his mid-thirties. I guess when your only accomplishment is being known as "the guy who wasted five years making virtual plants", you get quite jaded and spiteful.
On an unrelated note, Microsoft Word makes for a really good image editor. Most of the cool images with the fading or borders on my site were done in a damn word processor.

>>713452876
Time to bust out my dedicated pico8 playing device.

>>713452929
Finally got the website's Fanart section going.
https://fygoon.com/art/fanart.html

bump

>>713420009
>some sc*hizo meltdown?
Do you guys think he didn't show up, and neither did the twelve "other" "totally impartial true and honest fans who are playing the game for the first time" guys who follow him into every ENA thread didn't show up this day because she's not in the thumbnail?

>>713458280
nah
it's just a monday
kid's got school lmao

Anyone got any recommendations like Shigatari https://store.steampowered.com/app/486380/Shigatari/ ? Short rpgs that aren't four-dudes in a row/rpg-maker copy-pastes.

>>713459667
I never played Helen's Mysterious Castle, but I believe it could interest you.

>>713452876
Got all the cheevos but one. Probably something dumb I missed.

>>713460236

>>713460791
nta but when you said "rpg maker copy-pasted" i personally assumed you just meant no low effort copied asset stuff

why does rpg maker specifically bother you? like in general?

>>713461165
There might be some exceptions to it, but most of them do feel extremely low effort even they aren't directly asset copying. 99% of them are the same unengaging jrpg style gameplay just with slight number/name changes and they share the same generic anime fantasy aesthetics. Looking at the pics of this game on steam, it does seem to fall under that.

>>713419552 (OP)
Hidden Deep, 2D alien cave diving. Nutty Putty/Saddam simulator essentially.
Felvidek, short dark comedy JRPG with a great artstyle. Pic related.
Void War, FTL but discount 40k
Terminator Dark Fate Defiance, Men of War/Company of Heroes hybrid. Squad focused with troop and vehicle management and modification. Hard as balls.

>>713450296
finally he got one