Empyreal NocturneWhen Vectors Dream | Submitted by the99th on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 19:40. |
Empyreal Nocture is a surrealistic blend of a 3D Gradius and Shadow Of The Collosus. It's the student project of just two guys, up in the IGF Student Showcase, and shows both considerably unique aesthetic as well as keen innovation. You control an arrow as it flies through the clouds, accompanied by a flock of little arrow, and stalk down huge hydras made of interconnected orbs.
Knytt is a small, freeware platformer created by Nicklas 'Nifflas' Nygren as a follow-up to his indie hit Within a Deep Forest. Players take control of a small creature that has been kidnapped from its home by an alien who promptly crashes his spaceship on another planet. In order to get back home players must explore the planet in order to find the scattered parts of the crashed ship. Nygren has said that he takes inspiration from the games of Fumito Ueda -- Ico and Shadow of the Colossus -- as well as fellow indie developer Clysm's Seiklus, and those influences are obvious. However, Nygren's game sets itself apart in its unique use of minimalism, which gives the game its distinct feeling. In short, Knytt is very likely one of the most balanced games to have been produced by the indie scene up to this point.
