Indie Games Summer Uprising gets new trailer, community voting begins

So, those eight games chosen to headline the Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising, would you like to see some footage? No? How about footage set to the tune of Mega Man 2's first Dr. stage? Yes! We knew you would come around.

Since you're here, you should also know that community voting for the final two games has begun. Check out the entries page on the Summer Uprising website and then head over to the Facebook page to cast your vote. We'd love to strong-arm our readers into voting for The Jump Hero, but what sort of example would that set for other responsible websites?

The Summer Uprising officially begins later this month on August 22.

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The Summer Uprising community vote starts this week!

Community is requested! From Monday, August 1st – Monday, August 15th, fans will have the opportunity to choose two (2) titles that they would like to see as part of the promotion on any of the remaining candidates from the IGSU entries page. Voting will take place on the IGSU Facebook page. Winners will be announced during the #IGSU Twitter chat.

Do you think you found a hidden gem that we passed over? Now is the time to make your voice heard!
The #IGSU Twitter Chat will be held on Tuesday Aug 16th – 9PM EST, and the gaming community will have the ability to speak directly with the developers, organizers, and journalists in a roundtable style chat.

The IGSU page has had some large changes recently as well:

New trailer showcasing the top 8 developer picks
Hand drawn character art for each of the 8 titles, prominently displayed on the front page
Updates Games Page, with added details to the Top 8
Updated FAQ page

Release dates will be solidified next week, with the two community voted titles releasing on the final two dates. For review codes, please contact the respective developer for that title. All of their contact information is now found on their title's page.

Indie Games Uprising Summer Schedule:
August 1st – August 15th: Community voting for 2 additional titles they would most like to play
Tues Aug 16th – 9PM EST: IGSU Developer Twitter chat, community winners announced
August 22nd – September 2nd: Promotion and release of 8 developer and 2 community voted titles

Reader Comments (32)

I hope all the games do well, but the only one that really interested me was Doom and Destiny.

About the Mega Man 2 music, too soon.

@Dubiousity Was Doom and Destiny made with RPG Maker!? :D

Shame its on Xbox. Its like they don't want their games to sell.

@Destati

Well considering these are made on XNA and sony is only now giving indie a bit of attention while Nintendo is standing strong with the finger their giving saying F*ck off. It might make it easier to understand why these games are on the Xbox.

More or less indie games are like indie music. Made in the underground keeping the games at their roots. They may sell a lot or none at all. They are a step the devs have and are taking.

@Stevetrop Man of Mystery
You forgot that PCs exist

@YourMomsLover
Did I offend your favorite console?

@Destati
uh .. I'm not even going to bother.. enjoy no stars you silly goose

@YourMomsLover
Everyone owns a PC capable of running low-end, non-graphics intensive indie games like these.

Only Cawwadoody fans and people with little taste in video games own Xboxes.

Battle High looks bitchin'!

@FakeJamaican

Its out now on XBLIG, but the Uprising is promoting a big update to the game.

@Alexisonfire Really, what's happening with it? It's the only indie game i've bought to date... I don't need 324008 minecraft clones.

@Revengez

Balance patch, widescreen support, new stages, and some minigame modes.

Before the patch, make you try out this little trick... as arvid, knock down the opponent and move them to the corner. when they stand up, mash Throw and hold towards the wall.

Volchaos would have had my vote but for some reason it isn't on the list of choices, even though it is one of the candidates on the main page. Hopefully it is an oversight and will be added soon enough to make a difference.

Some of those games actually look good. I thought these were for the PC at first. I'll be looking forward to these.

I still don't understand what all the voting is for, or when we'll get to play these games.

@DarkNightRJ
The voting is for two more games to added into the uprising.

Getting into the uprising means your game will likely get a lot more coverage on game sites like Joystiq here as well as probably a promotion on the dashboard (there was one for the Winter Uprising, so I imagine they may do one for this one too).

More promotion = more exposure = more people trying your game = more people buying your game = higher chance of success on the game = higher chance of more games coming from that indie developer (which are probably more polished).

It also gives fans exposure to all the games that have qualified for the promotion. I know that I now have a sneak peek at dozens of interesting games slated for release on the service within the next few months.

Also it just gives fans a way to be involved.

@Alexisonfire
Thanks for the clarification. Was figuring it was something like that. So when are these games released? Does anyone know? Is it all at once or is it more like summer of arcade?

@DarkNightRJ

As for when, a different game will be released every day from August 22nd until September 2nd.

This gives the people who are voted into the uprising (which we will know who on August 16th) enough time to put last minute polish on the game as well as getting it through probably some sort of "unofficial certification" with people organizing the event, to make sure there are no giant bugs in the game.

@Alexisonfire
Awesome. Thanks for the info.

@DarkNightRJ You can find all of the information on our FAQ page. Go to the IndieGames-SummerUprising.com site and it is all there.

Right now we are trying to steer people toward our facebook page (which you can also find from the main site) to allow for them to vote on the two titles they would like to see added to the promotion.

The developers chose the 8 that they think should represent the platform - now it's your turn to tell us which 2 titles of the remaining candidates you believe belong there.

I will definitely be picking up a few of these, they all look great.

From Speedrunner HD on are the games that I want. The T.E.C 2000 looked insane. Also if i must refer a game that has caused great time wasting and great drunk game downloand The Impossible game on the XBL you will have fun, laugh, and cry at your frustration and its only 80msp i believe.

T.E.C. 3001 and Speedrunner HD look absolutely fantastic. Doom & Destiny, like most indie simplistic JRPGs, all depends on its writing and pacing, but I'm willing to give it a shot.

@Alexisonfire I agree, when I saw speedrunner i was like :o

Without an actual remake of Megaman 2 in the style of Maverick Hunter X on the PSP this thing is not worth watching :).

Go vote for Pajamorama!

whoa, these are indie games? The ones i've seen and purchased on Live did not have this kind of quality. Definitely getting all of them, they look great!

@Risaza
I too was surprised by the quality within; at least half of these look like they could pass for XBLA games, and all look to be worth a shot at the least.

Cute Things Die Violently looks like it's up my alley.

Is that screenshot of a fat kid in a cape screaming someone to death?

@Courtney Why yes, yes it is!

Get your votes in now everyone while you still can! Hop over to the facebook page.

Hey,

Vote for Progenitor: Prologue. We are a small indie company with big dreams and high production value! We are making a DotA/League of Legends style game, the first ever on consoles! It has split screen coop online and off, AI, vehicles, and many more features! All for $3!

The game will be split into 5 chapters and the first will be released for this competition, but we need your votes! So please, vote for Progenitor: Prologue!

Indie Games Summer Uprising gets new trailer, community voting begins

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Posted: Aug 1st 2011 11:20PM Dubiousity said

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