Pixel Prospector / Indev

The Way Back

PixelProspector — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:08:39 +0000

The Way Back is a nice looking exploration platformer inspired by Cave Story where you control a bunny.

From the Homepage:
-Charming Characters
-14 Intense Bosses
-Large Atmospheric Environments
-3 Difficulty Settings
-Intriguing Storyline
-Over 20 Musical Tracks
-Detailed Pixel Art

Words from the developer MeadowHare:
“It will be done fairly soon, though, as There are only 2 bosses left to be programed, and most areas in the game are complete.
The total number of bosses is about 14, and the total playtime looks like it will be around 4 to 5 hours for the first playthrough.”

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Link to Trailer (by Developer)

Super Funk 1000

PixelProspector — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:03:55 +0000

Super Funk 1000 is nice little arena shooter with colorful graphics and effects. Currently the game is playable until Wave 8…then stuff gets a bit too extreme. Turn the mousewheel to increase the power of your weapons. Promising.

From the Homepage:
Super Funk 1000 is a ’small’ project i started working on around the 10th of March and i thought i’d post it here to get more feedback.
The name is derived from the colourful aspect of the game since only a few things in the game have a standard predefined colour, for example; The background smoothly fades into new colours and every enemy has a random colour.
The idea for the game completely came out of the blue and i’ve been expanding on it since that day.

Super Funk is an Arcade Shooter locked into a rectangular arena where you control a bright white shape and fight off enemies.
The game works in waves, so you fight a wave of enemies, get a bit of breather time and continue on to the next.
Every X (10 – 15?) waves there will be a boss fight wich will be an unique enemy that only appears on that particular wave.

If you find bugs, glitches or anything else that is broken in the game please leave a post with it. No “This game sucks” without stating why you think it sucks.
Also, if you have any ideas you might like to see in the game go ahead and post them.

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Link to Gameplay Video (Pixel Prospector)

Dooder

PixelProspector — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:57:31 +0000

Dooder is an action platformer with an unique graphical style where you can acquire 4 different abbilities.
Interesting concept!

Link to Trailer Video (by Matthew Seely)

Frogatto – Full Version released (Update #2)

PixelProspector — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:09:11 +0000

Finally the full version for Frogatto is available. A really charming platformer! (Windows, Mac and Linux)

For more info and comments please visit the
Frogatto Development Page on Pixel Prospector

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Link to Gameplay Video (by idealsoft2008)

Link to Gameplay Video (by igronomicon)

Modern Warfare 2D – New Version and Trailer (Update #1)

PixelProspector — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:58:36 +0000

Call of Duty 6 (2D Remake) was renamed into Modern Warfare 2D… and with the name change there is also a new version available for this entertaining platform shooter!
(New levels, effects and improved controls…)
Nice!

For more info and comments please visit the
Modern Warfare 2D Development Page on Pixel Prospector

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Link to Trailer (Developer)

Link to Gameplay Video (Old Version) (Pixel Prospector)

Jables Adventure – New Trailer (Update #1)

PixelProspector — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:37:11 +0000

A new gameplay video for the promising and charming exploration platform shooter Jables Adventure was just released recently.

For more info and commenst just visit the
Jables Adventure Development Page on Pixel Prospector

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Link to Gameplay Video (by JaJitsu)

The Big List Of Indie Game Sites (Updated)

PixelProspector — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:50:11 +0000

Updated the Big List and added a bunch of new sites…
also restructured the whole thing for more user friendliness.
Enjoy!

Visit the new page here:
The Big List Of Indie Game Sites

Sand Castle – Prelude

PixelProspector — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:32:13 +0000

Sand Castle – Prelude is an interesting physics based puzzle game where you use the power of sand to unlock doors. In order to do that each level offers you some different tools… mostly scales but also gravity fields and other things. An overall nice and relaxing game with fine acoustic music.

Info:
The developers are currently working on a sequel which will be commercial.

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Link to Trailer (by Developer)

Link to Gameplay Video [Walkthrough Level 1-8 // Part 1 of 2] (Pixel Prospector)

Link to Gameplay Video [Walkthrough Level 9-15 // Part 2 of 2] (Pixel Prospector)

Magnakaron

PixelProspector — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:01:25 +0000

Magnakaron is a horizontal shooter where you control a guy with a jetpack and swirl around in space to shoot stuff. You can also throw bombs and use your sword for close combat situations.

From the Homepage:
Magnakaron is a slightly non-traditional shoot’em up. One might draw a comparison to Section-Z for the NES or similar titles for the fact that the character’s facing direction is controllable.

The player controls the titular mech in side-scrolling stages. There are several weapons to equip that will have to be bought. The damage system is different from normal shmups in that there are hit points. In addition, the player will take a certain amount of damage on a rechargeable guage before actually losing a hit point. The default hit point max is 2. The player won’t take damage from touching enemies as is the norm, but damage is taken from explosions; even from the player’s weapons.

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Link to Gampelay Video (Pixel Prospector)

Link to 30 sec Gameplay Video 1 (Developer)

Link to 30 sec Gameplay Video 2 (Developer)

Rainbow Man

PixelProspector — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:02:18 +0000

Rainbow Man is a simple platformer with an interesting graphical style where you colorize the world. Coloring stuff gives you energy which allows you the usage of powerful boosts, lasers and shields. The game needs some balancing but no worries the developer is working on it… anyways the concept is pretty good so far!

From the Homepage:
This is the demo for a new game I am making. It is a platformer inspired by Meatboy, N, IWBTG and games like that. The controls are explained in-game. The demo explores a few of the ideas that the mechanics allow. Parts are focused on precise jumps while others are more thinking. Hopefully you can give me feedback on what works or doesn’t. There are a few glitches such as getting stuck on corners and the laser collisions being strange.

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Link to Gameplay Video (Pixel Prospector)