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DigiPen Ball-Stars has a lot of DigiPen in it.

DigiPen Institute of Technology students Corey Kay, Curtis McCoy, Jason Meisel, and Sean Reilly have banded together to release Barry's Magical Escape: DigiPen Ball-Stars Edition, a freeware indie crossover title for PC inspired by Mario Party's Bumper Balls minigame. (Unfortunately, Luigi isn't a playable character here, so you can't win by doing nothing.)

Barry's Magical Escape offers a motley collection of characters and backdrops from many DigiPen standouts, including the survival racer Nitronic Rush, stealth-action game Deity and Portal's predecessor, Narbacular Drop. As in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series, random items drop throughout each battle, and each successful strike increases an enemy's bounce recoil, leading to some wildly chaotic possibilities. Be prepared to lose friendships over this one.

Barry's Magical Escape supports up to eight simultaneous players in local and online multiplayer matches.

Gallery: Barry's Magical Escape - DigiPen Ball-Stars Edition

JoystiqDigiPen students launch multiplayer crossover bumper brawl, Ball-Stars originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>barrys-magical-escapedeityDigiPendigipen-ball-starsnarbacular-dropnitronic-rushpcWed, 24 Apr 2013 19:15:00 EST<![CDATA['The Free Bundle' collects free indies Nitronic Rush, Abobo's Big Adventure and more]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/11/the-free-bundle-collects-free-indies-nitronic-rush-abobos-bi/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/11/the-free-bundle-collects-free-indies-nitronic-rush-abobos-bi/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/11/the-free-bundle-collects-free-indies-nitronic-rush-abobos-bi/#comments The Free Bundle is a collection of five gratis games headlined by Nitronic Rush, the "survival driving" game from Team Nitronic, a group of DigiPen Institute of Technology students.

It also includes Flash game Abobo's Big Adventure, which sees the iconic Double Dragon foe tracking down his lost son, Aboboy. Meanwhile, Ascension is a side-scrolling horror game about a groundskeeper looking for his lost daughter on the day of a terrible incident.

Celestial Mechanica is a retro-looking puzzle-platformer, with animations done by Super Crate Box's Paul Veer. The fifth game is ImScared, a self-professed "MineCraft meets Slender" game where players navigate the spooky and seemingly abandoned halls of a massive house.

So there you go: five well-done, free games that you haven't downloaded yet because you are still reading this.

Joystiq'The Free Bundle' collects free indies Nitronic Rush, Abobo's Big Adventure and more originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>abobos-big-adventureascensioncelestial-mechanicaimscaredmacnitronic-rushpcthe-free-bundleFri, 11 Jan 2013 22:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Arcade survival racer Distance closing in on Kickstarter finish line]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/11/arcade-survival-racer-distance-closing-in-on-kickstarter-finish/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/11/arcade-survival-racer-distance-closing-in-on-kickstarter-finish/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/11/arcade-survival-racer-distance-closing-in-on-kickstarter-finish/#comments
Seattle-based Refract Studios updated the Kickstarter page with new gameplay footage for its racing game project Distance, a spiritual successor to the team's student project while attending DigiPen, Nitronic Rush. With DigiPen owning the rights to Nitronic Rush, Refract Studios (a fraction of the Nitronic Rush team) took to Kickstarter to fund its ambitions with a similar "survival racing" game in Distance.

According to the project's description, "You control a unique car that allows you to boost, jump, rotate, and even fly through a chaotic and twisted city." The game's world is said to have a "mysterious history," placing a heavy focus on exploration in the city's bizarre environment in addition to its level editor and multiplayer modes.

Distance is in development for PC, Mac and Linux, with the only videos available labeled as pre-alpha footage. The Kickstarter project is currently sitting at almost $85,000 in funding with five days left before the team hopes to reach its $125,000 goal.

JoystiqArcade survival racer Distance closing in on Kickstarter finish line originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>DigiPendistancekickstarterLinuxmacnitronic-rushpcRacingrefract-studiossurvival-racingSun, 11 Nov 2012 22:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Nitronic Rush: a 'survival driving' game by DigiPen students]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/06/nitronic-rush-a-survival-driving-game-by-digipen-students/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/06/nitronic-rush-a-survival-driving-game-by-digipen-students/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/06/nitronic-rush-a-survival-driving-game-by-digipen-students/#comments
Skyrim? Pssh, forget that noise, November 11 is all about Nitronic Rush now. A "survival driving" game for the PC, Nitronic Rush has been developed by the aptly named Team Nitronic, a group of students at the DigiPen Institute of Technology, the same school responsible for Narbacular Drop. As you can tell from the release trailer above, the game looks flippin' gorgeous (see what we did there?), and we can't wait to see if the gameplay ends up being just as stellar.

Dragons are so old hat, you guys; glowing mystical daredevil highways are the new hotness.

JoystiqNitronic Rush: a 'survival driving' game by DigiPen students originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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