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2005 Independent Game of the Year Awards

Posted by Zonk on from the cheap-games-probably-look-good-right-now dept.

cyrus_zuo writes "For anyone looking for something different Game Tunnel presents the 2005 Independent Game of the Year awards. Game Tunnel's list of the Top 10 Independent Games of the Year covers gaming from a different angle, looking at the Independent and the Innovative. The awards also include the best of each genre as well as technical categories. Last year's results are still available."

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  1. Quick list: by B5_geek · · Score: 5, Informative

    10) New Star Soccer 3
    System Requirements: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
    http://www.newstargames.com/

    9) DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold
    System Requirements: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, Linux, Mac OS X
    http://www.caravelgames.com/Articles/Games_2/JtRH. html

    8) Professor Fizzwizzle
    System Requirements: Windows or Linux, Mac OS X
    http://grubbygames.com/

    7) Darwinia
    Windows 98/XP/2000, Linux, Mac
    http://www.darwinia.co.uk/

    6) Democracy
    Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP
    http://www.democracygame.com/

    5) Mexican Motor Mafia
    Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
    http://www.scienceoftomorrow.com/mmm_main.htm

    4) Tribal Trouble
    MacOS X / Linux /Windows NT/2000/XP
    http://tribaltrouble.com/

    3) Zombie Smashers X2
    DirectX 8+
    http://www.totallyscrewed.net/newsite/home.htm

    2) Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
    Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
    http://www.shrapnelgames.com/digital_eel/weird_wor lds/1.htm

    1) Oasis
    Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
    http://www.oasisgame.com/

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  2. Re:HUGE increase in Mac/Linux representation by AKAImBatman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Note that little item in #4's list of requirements: Java

    That's right people, Tribal Trouble was created by a long-time Java programmer. Don't be surprised if more and more Indies are done in Java. Cross-Platform support comes free, and development tends to be easier and faster. Tribal Trouble wasn't the first Indie game done in Java (*cough*heresafew*cough*), and it won't be the last. :-)

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  3. Re:exciting? by ClamIAm · · Score: 5, Insightful
    early games.

    Oh, you mean when games were fun?

  4. Apologies on the server... by cyrus_zuo · · Score: 5, Informative

    We actually spent MANY hours trying to be ready for this type of traffic, but apparently fell short :(. There is a pseudo mirror of the article and website here: http://gt.independentscore.com/articles.php?id=412