was thinkin about this old ass post i made.... these are the freeware indy games i thought were hot shit in 2006 (other than helix stuff i guess. in fact theres no game maker games on the list, maybe i assumed ppl knew about em already)
some of them are true classix of course like cave story and lyle. original noitu love was a bit sketchy from what i remember but i played the hell out of it nonetheless
then theres the less memorable ones.... akuji and within a deep forest were on all the blogs back in teh day but when was the last time u thought about them? maybe it was recently but thats not the case for me
grounstream being on there makes me laff.... i was so desperate for anything vaugely cave story like or metroidvania like in those days.... not that grounstream was bad but it was a jp only game that you kinda had to brute force your way thru and i gave up a few areas in
theres some games that i feel shouldve left a bigger impact on me than they did..... obake was a very very well made kirby-like platformer but it just doesnt stick out much in my mind.... a game with a kitty has a kitty in it so it shouldve been my shit but i dont remember much about it..... i think i went on kitty game authors website a while ago and it has like 6 or 7 sequels? i should check em out.....
eternal daughter is a very memorable one but kinda for the wrong reasons..... its like very nice and polished aesthetically but its the most brutally difficult metroidvania ive ever played.... i got really into it & eventually beat it but i dont think i could handle a game like that these days.....
another funny one is douglas circumstance..... i didnt even play it lol i think i just saw that it had a good review on home of the underdogs. i googled it & apparently there was a kickstarter for a new one at some point
if u remember allthe games on this list youre a true indy gamer..... im not because i forgot what "gambare natsuki san" is for like 10mins. i eventually remembered its the one thats like umihara kawase but without physics but i had to google to make sure i was right
the spirit engine was a pretty unique game iirc, it was like a side view rpg, but not a platformer, just side view and it had a neat battle system probably. i think i got bored of it after a few areas
uhhh guardian no rakuen was a decent zelda clone with cute graphics i think, i forget if i played it before or after a translation patch came out. its by the same person as akuji i think.... wait was it actually "guardian no rakuen" and not "rakuen no guardian"?? or did i just fuck up
yeha i dont know how to end this post..... ~indygrame memorys~