by Mike Schramm 
{ Oct 5th 2009 at 10:26AM } 
IndieCade 2009 was held in Culver City, CA this past weekend, and the local art galleries and restaurants were filled with independent games and their developers from all over the world. The festival billed itself as the
"video game Sundance" and lived up to this self-made reputation, putting 29 different indie games on display, both throughout the weekend and during a Thursday night opening ceremony MC'd by
Uncharted 2's Richard Lemarchand (shown above with festival founder Stephanie Barish).
We've rounded up the festival's finalists in the gallery below. You may be familiar with
a few of them, including Twisted Pixel's
The Maw and a selection of well-known iPhone titles, but all of these titles deserve your attention -- and a playthrough!
Tags: aether, akrasia, classicnight, closure, cogs, dear-esther, deep-sleep-initiative, eliss, everybody-dies, festival, gallery, global-conflicts, gray, indie, indie-games, indiecade, indiecade-2009, mightier, modal-kombat, osmos, papermint, playthrough, radio-flare, richard-lemarchand, ruben-and-lullaby, shadow-physics, sowlar, spectre, the-maw, the-path, train, tuning, you-get-me
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
copa @ Oct 5th 2009 10:55AM
Thanks for compiling these, Joystiq. I look forward to trying them out.
isotrex @ Oct 5th 2009 11:10AM
Would love to see a list of those indie games. I just love em. Plus they're cheap, fun, and addicting too. :D It's always nice to play indie games from time to time sidetracking away from mainstream games.
JeezWhiz87 @ Oct 5th 2009 11:13AM
There were a few on there that really caught my eye. I'm looking forward to checking them out. Thanks Joystiq!
Cytech @ Oct 5th 2009 3:02PM
Im soooooooooo fukin pisssed I live in Culver City. Literally down the street from downtown. I GOT Sick this weekend omfg. I hate my immunities
Cytech @ Oct 5th 2009 3:06PM
Why didn't you report this Joystiq? Before it was over. WTF
Dummy00001 @ Oct 5th 2009 3:28PM
Have you also seen Aztaka?
I think fans of platformers might like the nice blend with RPG.
SeanB @ Oct 5th 2009 4:54PM
I just want to make a correction to the description of Spectre: the team comes from the University of Southern California, from the same department that produced Flow, P.B. Winterbottom, and IndieCade Voter's Choice winner Minor Battle.
DomoBraden @ Oct 5th 2009 7:56PM
Dear Joystiq,
Please change the color of the hyperlinks within the galleries. As they are now, they're nearly impossible to read without highlighting them. Thank you.
Love,
DomoBraden