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Given the big swathe of posts about bad behavior from big companies, I figure we could counterbalance that with some positivity about stuff the smaller guys made that often costs us less too.

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The whole defenestration trilogy is amazing

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[–] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

The Cat Lady and the other games from Harvester Games 👀

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

I'll have to go with Selaco, it's not even finished (in fact it's approximately half done) but it feels more complete than any mainline Halo game after H:Reach. Looks better too.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)
  • Vintage Story
  • Project Zomboid
  • Stonks 9800
  • Zero Hour
  • The COMA
  • Phantom Brigade
  • SCP 5K (still in Early Access, long way to go, rip lol)
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I haven’t seen it mentioned and feel like it should count, since it really just had a solo programmer working with a graphic designer and musician, but RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 took a big chunk of my gaming time.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

I really like Isle Wars and Scorched Earth

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Rogue Legacy

[–] Altrex@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Most of my picks have been mentioned already, but I had a blast with Mullet Madjack. A tongue in cheek riff on 80s anime in a boomer shooter where you have 10 seconds to live, but each enemy kill gives you 2 more seconds of life.

[–] proceduralnightshade@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Clonk Endevour is not my favorite game, but I played it a lot with friends when I was younger. You can play with 2 or even more people, with just a monitor and a keyboard! Also it's so old it should run on any potato.

edit: real answer is Slay The Spire

edit2: ah shit now all of a sudden all the good indie games I played pop up in my head. Project Kat I enjoyed. Synthetik was awesome. Caves of Qud hasn't been mentioned yet (didn't play it much though).

[–] Stache_@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I remember playing an RPG back in the day called “Dink Smallwood” on my old Macintosh laptop, it was one of the few games that were Mac compatible. Really funny and self aware dialogue, pretty great! I found out there’s an app version of it for mobile

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)
[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Clair Obscur really isn't an indie game.

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Gunpoint. Charming, atmospheric, doesn't outstay its welcome.

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