Monday nights, 6PM, at Awesome Inc., we meet up to expose ourselves to indie games. C’mon out and look at how small game designers are pushing the medium, or bring something we can play!
Tonight we played Beat Hazard and Typing of the Dead Overkill
Beat Hazard
Beat Hazard is a seizure inducing, arena twin-stick shooter with a lot of particle effects. The game relies on your own music (or alternatively internet radio) to create the beat for the very bright colorful effects that pop up.
Typing of the Dead Overkill
A successor to the Dreamcasts’ Typing of the Dead, which itself was a typing remake of House of the Dead, Typing of the Dead Overkill is a grindhouse inspired typing game where it’s kill or be killed, and it’s all up to you to murder the zombies.
The game has clear references to classic grind house cinema, through the characters, film grain and general mood. The game is saturated in tongue and cheek dialogue and many references to other cinema and games.
We also discussed the Lexitron and other Run Jump Dev upcoming events.