Finwick is an absolute lovely crafted, triple-A flashgame. In this platformer you guide Finwick and his girlfriend Pentella through different levels, in order to deliver a mail to an ecologist. It is not so much about the story, but especially gameplay, graphics and soundeffects are totally unique. Blissful game experience granted. The only word of critic has to be made about the ingame-dialogues. They are also crafted very well, but somehow the number and frequency of the speech-bubbles not really fit the rhythm of the game and they are a little bit annoying. But this is not really a fault.

The first 25 levels are available free. To unlock the whole game you will spend 5,99 dollar. The game is played in the browser and it is almost a duty to check out the demo! This platform-game was made by Small Green Hill and definitely plays in the same league like Samorost or Machinarium by Amanita Design.

I just stumbled across ASCII pOrtal. An “Portal”-inspired ASCII game, but I bet, that Portal inspired ASCII-game would fit much, much more. The 2D-game is a puzzle game, that is available for download on the CymonsGames-site. Via Superlevel I also detected an interview with the creator. Check it out here.

Development-speed of the indie-world as a whole is always impressing. Only some months ago, people where like “hey, having more art-games, that would be cool”. And now look at this trailer here. Deep stuff, for sure…

It’s a trailer of “Hazard: The Journey of Life“, a mod made in Unreal Tournament 3. It about life, it’s about choices. I haven’t installed it, more about the inside of this package at Indiegames.

Time Fcuk was released. And it is abolutely brilliant. Great storytelling. Lovely gameplay. And full of details. A must see!

You can also read a little more about the background of Time Fcuk.

Time to give a bit of worship to a absolutely well made free indie-game. Beacon (.zip) is a wonderful little platformer with the most remarkable feature, that is plays in the dark. Your guide your guy through this dark world and have to follow a “beacon”, a light, that shows you the way.

Beacon combines wonderful storytelling with engaging gameplay. It maybe is a total esoteric story, about light, darkness and death. Until you see the end (no I won’t tell you, go and have a play yourself).

From the beginning of the game you feel a strong desire to reach the end of this dark world. Some moments are a little frustrating, i.e. like playing the same scene over and over again, falling into darkness, not know where to jump off right. I also didn’t liked the uncertainty, how many levels there are still to solve (like is it a mini game? A small or a large one?). A mini-map, that gives an overview about the game progress in general, would be a nice thing to have, giving more confidence to the player, enlarging the gaming fun. I also also want to doubt the replay value of Beacon. Maybe some small tricks would make this game interetings, to “play” it into more than only “one” direction?

Anyway, a great game, that should be checked out! Let’s do not forget, that it was basically made for the Ludumdare 48-hours contest.

Screenshot from Canabalt

Adam Atomic and Danny B teamed up again and created a very unique gaming experience. Canabalt is a one-button-game. You play a guy, he has to run for his life. While the scrolling is getting faster and faster, you have to push the button, in order to get the guy jump of at the right moments and at the right heights. Like the previous games Fathom and Gravity Hook, this game features only some minutes of core gameplay. But the look, the feel, the music, the soundeffects and the overall quality is definitely worth a try!

Yay, this looks candy! Trailer from the upcoming Playmobile World MMO. This online-world from the traditional German toy-manufacturer Playmobil is primarily suited for kids older than eight.