indie games

Back in March, we revealed the Xbox Live Creators Program. Today, we’re excited to announce that any developer can now directly publish their games to Xbox One and Windows 10. We’ve already had some great games published during the preview program (check out the list below!), but there’s always...

Over the next few months, we will feature game creators who are making games using the Unity game development platform. We’ve partnered with the Made with Unity program to showcase some of the amazing, talented game developers out there and how they use Surface to make their games come to life...

New developers – bring your app to various devices on Windows 10 with a simple mouse click. Link Removed has joined the Universal Windows Platform revolution with the release of its new UWP Exporter for Link Removed, a game and software creation tool used to write 2D games and apps across...

Level Up is a show devoted to game development. Each show will recap current news and events in gaming, deep dive with a game industry insider, and cover tips for programming or finding resources to help you with game construction. We would love to hear from you with feedback or suggestions for...

I am an amateur web developer and I would like to introduce you my last creation: Rush^3 It´s available for free and without ads at the Windows 8 store, (web link: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/es-es/app/d5e21bf0-efc7-4609-9f71-561c76664c91) I would like to encourage you to give it a...

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Hi! Firstly, let me introduce myself. I'm Julien Noble, french indie game dev working on small games for everyone. I've been working recently on a Windows Store game called Space Shooterz XY. It's an infinite arcade shooter where you aim to get the best score online! 8bit graphics and music...

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Dropping graphics and sound into your game is easy. But what are the nuts and bolts behind it? In this video, Josh Foss and Elbert Perez explain the Content Pipeline. Watch and follow along at Link Removed. We will be featuring a new XNA Game Development video each Monday for the next ten...

When you crash-land on an alien planet, you find yourself alone and in constant danger. Everything on this planet seems focused on killing you, but you have no choice but to explore and stay alive. Sounds a bit like Metroid, doesn't it? It's actually the premise behind a new indie PC game called...

Wolfenstein has been the subject of its fair share of remakes, demakes and fanmade tributes, yet few rank as high on the 'wtf?' scale as this new pixel-high 1-D interpretation. The craziest part? It's actually kind of fun. Created by Wonder-Tonic, Wolfenstein 1-D prides itself as being the “the...

Sorry I skipped yesterday's post, was mainly a 2nd chance offer on previous sale days, anyway here's today's batch: 1. Machinarium £2.24 2. EVE online incursion addon (Requires monthly fees to play) £3.74 3. Victoria 1 & 2 Vic #1 is £2.10, Vic2 is £7.50 and the expansion for it is £0.54 4...

Ever wanted to make your own game? XNA Game Studio enables game development for everyone on Windows, Xbox 360, and Windows Phone 7. Join Shawn Hargreaves and Charles Cox as they dive into the world of Indie game development, and answer community questions about XNA Game Studio, the XNA Creators...

Check out this trailer for Beyond Black Mesa shows off some of the hard work that a bunch of young Half-Life fans have put their blood and sweat into over the past 2 years:

I found this demo tonight which is a slight twist on the defence tower game. I've still not fully worked everything out but it's not bad for a 300 something MB download... Sanctum is an Hybrid of FPS with Twer defense that was pointed out by the top chaps at Link Removed. A demo of the...