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1 CommentTerry Cavanagh's new project is Halting Problem, a 'proper, meaty puzzle game'
By Jenna Pitcher on May 19, 2013 05.19.13
Super Hexagon and VVVVVV creator Terry Cavanagh's new project is a 'proper, meaty puzzle game' tentatively titled Halting Problem, according to an update on his website. "A proper, meaty puzzle game is something I've wanted to make for ages, and I'm having lots of fun just messing around with the mechanics for this one and seeing what I can make out of them," Cavanagh wrote. "It's inspired by DROD, but also things like Qrostar games, Zachtronic games, and my flatmate Increpare's games." Cavanagh wrote that he is "really excited" about Halting Problem and that he is going to make it "my main focus for a while." In April, Cavanagh posted a Vine clip showcasing several cancelled projects, including a first-person shooter and a dance-based role-playing game. Last year, Cavanagh's retro...
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8 CommentsNotch unveils free ceiling-inspired Unity game called Drop, playable now
By Jenna Pitcher on Apr 29, 2013 04.29.13
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson unveiled Drop, a free Unity game available to play now, the developer revealed on his Twitter account. According to Notch, the game was mainly inspired by a section of ceiling in his apartment, as well as Fez's ending and Super Hexagon. Gameplay consists of gamers typing in the corresponding blinking letters on the screen and pressing space or enter to advance. Bonus points are awarded if more than four letters are entered at a time. The game speeds up if the wrong letter is entered and it's game over if a letter leaves the screen. According to Notch's Twitter, he shared Drop's code with game developer Mike Bithell, the creator of Thomas Was Alone, who then built an Oculus Rift version of the game.
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4 CommentsCart Life wins big at the 15th annual Independent Games Festival Awards
By Jenna Pitcher on Mar 27, 2013 03.27.13
At tonight's 15th annual Independent Games Festival awards, held at the Game Developers Conference, Richard Hofmeier's Cart Life won three of its three category nominations, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, Excellence in Narrative and the Nuovo Award. FTL: Faster than Light won one of its two nominations, which was the Excellence in Design category. It also won the Audience Award. 140 beat out Hotline Miami for the Excellence in Audio award. Kentucky Route Zero and Little Inferno won Excellence in Visual Arts and Technical Excellence, respectively. Zineth won the Student Showcase category. Each full category is listed below. Seumas McNally Grand Prize Cart Life (winner) FTL: Faster than Light Hotline Miami Kentucky Route Zero Little Inferno Excellence in Visual Arts G...
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1 CommentSound Shapes, Super Hexagon and Dyad musicians to perform at Wild Rumpus and Venus Patrol party at GDC
By Tracey Lien on Mar 11, 2013 03.11.13
The Wild Rumpus and Venus Patrol party — an event held during the week of the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco — will feature performances by the musicians who worked on Sound Shapes, Super Hexagon, Dyad and Proteus. The party will host "video game fun times, indie games, DJs, drinking, etcetera" and will showcase indie games like Panoramical Soundself, Super Space, Samurai Gunn and a new game by Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi. The musicians behind some of last year's most critically-acclaimed indie games will also be performing at the party, including David Kanaga (Dyad and Proteus), Chipzel (Super Hexagon), I Am Robot And Proud (Sound Shapes) and Kozilek (Luftrausers, Gun Godz, Wasteland Kings). Information about the event's lineup can be viewed here. Tickets...
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0 CommentsRumpus Royale MMXIII brings 'indie game world championship' to GDC
By Dave Tach on Feb 21, 2013 02.21.13
Rumpus Royale MMXIII, Wild Rumpus' self-billed "indie game world championship," will be held March 25-29 during the Game Developer's Conference, according to the event's website. Featuring daily tournaments, a training arcade and indie games, Rumpus Royale will take place on the first floor of the west hall in San Francisco's Moscone Centre. The games will include contortionist running simulator QWOP, minimalist sports game Hokra as well as rotating puzzler Super Hexagon and bullet-limited local multiplayer game Samurai Gunn. The self-described "multiplayer indie game event organizing bunch of roughhousers" at Wild Rumpus are also hosting a Tumblr-sponsored event called "All other parties are still trite and dull" on March 27. It will also feature indie games, with the addition of...
Journey takes the lead in BAFTA nominations
By Emily Gera on Feb 12, 2013 02.12.13
The British Academy of Film, Television and Arts unveiled this years nominees for games in 2013, revealing thatgamecompany's meditative saga Journey has taken the lead with eight nominations. A total of 53 video games are up for awards across 17 categories this year. Trailing immediately behind Journey in greatest number of awards in Telltale Games' The Walking Dead with seven nominations, Far Cry 3 with six and indie darling Dear Esther with five nominations. The awards night will take place on March 5, as hosted once again by comedian Dara O'Briain. A live stream of the event will be made available by Twitch. The full list of nominees is as follows: Action: Borderlands 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Far Cry 3 Halo 4 Hitman: Absolution Mass Effect 3 Artistic Achievement: B...
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18 CommentsSuper Hexagon now available for Android, launched at 99 cents
By Michael McWhertor on Jan 18, 2013 01.18.13
Indie game developer Terry Cavanagh has released the Android port of Super Hexagon, his high-speed, polygon-navigating action game, through the Google Play store. Super Hexagon for Android is available at a launch sale price of $0.99. Cavanagh writes on the distractionware blog, "We've done lots and lots of testing and fixing to make this work well on as many Android devices as possible, but of course, on a wide a platform as Android, bugs are inevitable." The Android port of the title — first released as the Flash game Hexagon and later ported to iOS and PC as Super Hexagon — was previously held up by a bug related to Nexus 7 hardware. Super Hexagon was recently named as a finalist in the Independent Game Festival 2013 awards. The game is nominated for "Excellence in Design."
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10 CommentsIGF 2013 finalists announced, including FTL, Hotline Miami and Super Hexagon
By Dave Tach on Jan 07, 2013 01.07.13
The juries for the 15th annual Independent Games Festival have released a list of this year's finalists, which honors games like FTL: Faster Than Light, Hotline Miami and Super Hexagon. This year's finalists divide into seven categories that recognize achievements in art, audio, storytelling and more. The categories and nominees include: Seumas McNally Grand Prize Cart Life FTL: Faster than Light Hotline Miami Kentucky Route Zero Little Inferno Excellence in Visual Art Guacamelee Incredipede Kentucky Route Zero Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Year Walk Technical Excellence Intrusion 2 LiquidSketch Little Inferno Perspective StarForge Excellence in Design FTL: Faster than Light Samurai Gunn Starseed Pilgrim Super Hexagon Super Space ____ Excellence in Audio 1...
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4 CommentsSuper Hexagon developer cancels Nexus City and its spin-off to start with a clean slate
By Tracey Lien on Jan 04, 2013 01.04.13
Super Hexagon developer Terry Cavanagh has abandoned Nexus City, a role-playing game he was working on with writer Jonas Kyratzes, because "the momentum is long gone now" and he has decided to move onto other things. Posting to his personal blog, Cavanagh writes that Nexus City began as a very small game but grew out of control, weighing heavily on his mind. I've been thinking of Nexus City as "the thing I'm working on" since 2010. As a result, for a long time now, I've felt like I wasn't really in control of what I can work on. Promising games would come along, and I'd stop myself from getting too deep into them, because I had to finish Nexus City first. Everything became a big ordered list of what I could work on and when, how long I could spend on it. It's only when a project...
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2 CommentsSuper Hexagon launching on Steam next week
By Griffin McElroy on Nov 20, 2012 11.20.12
Super Hexagon, indie developer Terry Cavanagh's hardcore maze-navigating game, will make its way to Steam for PC and Mac on Nov. 27, Cavanagh revealed on his blog today. The game launched earlier this year on iOS devices for $2.99, which is the same price tag it will carry on Steam. Cavanagh explained that the delay between the game's smartphone and Steam versions is because he "wasn't happy with the performance of the flash version." As a result, Cavanagh rewrote the entire game in C++, allowing it to run in higher resolutions than its previous iterations. The Steam version brings with it the same social features of the iOS version — namely, leaderboards to showcase how long you've lasted across the game's six increasingly trying difficulty modes. Cavanagh hopes to launch the game...
