The Indie Games Uprising III continues onto its 2nd game, Sententia by Michael Hicks or Michael Arts, if you prefer. A colorful platformer/puzzle game that takes on the very difficult task of making a game about growing up (and this isn’t no Zelda – transporting into the future and suddenly being an adult type of growing up either). Ultimately, Sententia […]
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By day he is one of many, writing software for a computer company. But, by night, he is something different entirely – he is a game developer. His name. Zukowski. Chris Zukowski. “I write software for an enormous computer company that makes servers that store so much data that almost no one, except for a few banks and government institutions […]
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Celebrate the start of the Indie Games Uprising III with the original soundtrack for the Uprising. The guys of VVGTV.com took the time to put together samplings of the music from all of the games in this years Uprising into one convenient soundtrack that you can now download for free. Indie game music from indie games made by indie developers. […]
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Today marks the beginning of the Indie Games Uprising III, the community ran, community supported effort to raise awareness of the XBLIG channel and promote indie game development. A total of 9 games, 8 of which cost only $1 (80 MSP) will be released starting today and going through September 20th (on Monday-Friday). In the end, all 9 games will […]
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With the Indie Games Uprising III fast approaching, starting September 10th – September 20th, we thought we would stop and take a moment to put all the game’s trailers together in one, convenient location. Check out the event’s launch trailer as well as the trailer for each of the 9 indie games below and share with your friends! Launch Trailer: […]
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As part of CBR’s 18 days of coverage of the XBLIG Uprising III, I thought I would take a look at how the organizers of this latest release extravaganza have been getting the word out about it. I contacted the event’s coordinators, Michael Hicks of MichaelArts and Dave Voyles of Armless Octopus, for their thoughts about using the online media […]
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As part of our ongoing coverage of the Indie Game Uprising III we asked Michael Hicks to tell us a bit about his game Sententia (read our PREVIEW of the game HERE). Michael was kind enough to take the time to tell us about his game and his career as a developer (in addition to the audio interview Dave Voyles […]
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Michael Hicks of MichaelArts studios may be shy of his twentieth birthday, but he has more experience making media than guys in their thirties. Hicks began making films with his cousins, as well as machinima, in grade school. One of his later movies even took the top spot on The Movies Online, a now defunct message board that allowed people […]
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We recently sat down with the minds behind the Indie Game Uprising III (XBLIG Uprising) Michael Hicks and Dave Voyles to chat about the uprising, indie gaming in general and even Angel Fire and Geocities. Check out this exclusive interview below, and keep up to date on everything uprising related HERE.
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The Indie Game Uprising III is coming on September 10th! Follow all of our coverage, and coverage from around the net in one spot (hint, it’s right here!). From previews, interviews, developer profiles and reviews, we’ve got you (and the Indie Game Uprising III) covered. This page will be updated as quickly as possible as new content becomes available, but […]
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