Following the exciting announcement that BBC Worldwide will be sponsoring The Wild Rumpus, 99 Coins invited IndieCade Festival Director Sam Roberts and Wild Rumpus co-founder Marie Foulston into the studio to talk about their live indie gaming events.
Guests: Marie Foulston - Co-Founder of The Wild Rumpus - Sam Roberts - Festival Director, IndieCade -
99 Coins Team: Ben Milsom – Host - Max Engel – Host - Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor -
The Independent Games Festival, which takes place at the same time as GDC in March, has just announced its finalists.
This year a huge amount of talent from the British Isles has made the list of fantastic, quirky and pioneering games, and we thought we would list them all in one place.
The below links will take you through to each game’s IGF entrant page, where you’ll find short descriptions and videos. Excellence In Visual Art Lume – State of Play Games Wonderputt – Damp Gnat
With just a few days left in the year 99 Coins are joined by Honeyslug’s Ricky Haggett and indie developer Peter Silk to discuss their favourite indie titles of 2011.
You can find links to all the games discussed in this episode below. Check them out yourselves and let us know what you think on Twitter or at 99coins@bbc.com 99 Coins Team: Ben Milsom – Host - @benmilsom Max Engel – Host - @8bitkid Mark Shaw – Producer/Editor - @marky
Guests: Ricky Haggett - Honeyslug & @KommanderKlobb Peter Silk - Surprised Man & @surplusgamer
Games and Links (alphabetical order):
Atom Zombie Smasher
Desktop Dungeons
Flotilla
Forever Drive
Frozen Synapse
Hokra
Jetpack Joyride
Johann Sebastian Joust
Mage Gauntlet
Minecraft
Mos Speedrun
Pole Riders
Proteus
SpaceChem
SpellTower
Stealth B******
Swords and Sworcery EP
The Dream Machine
The Wager
Tri Tri Triobelisk
Where is My Heart?
The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of the BBC. This podcast is made by BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm. BBC Worldwide profits help to fund new BBC Programmes.
The first #indieVisibility Awards took place on Saturday 10th December in a busy pub in London. Indie developers from across the UK gathered to celebrate a year of successes, with just a little hint of British sarcasm.
We interviewed as many of the winners as we could, and asked them about their games and their awards (the prestigious golden teabag!). You can learn more about the winners and the games at the links provided below.
Have you got a game recommendation, comments or questions? Get in touch with us on Twitter at@99Coinsor email at99Coins@BBC.com.
For the second 99 Coins we’ve been on the road at MineCon, the Minecraft convention in Vegas. Catch up with the creators of Retro City Rampage, Octodad and Frozen Synapse who discuss their own games, the benefits of an active, supporting community and why Minecraft marks an important milestone for indies everywhere.
Have you got a game recommendation, comments or questions? Get in touch with us on Twitter at @99Coins or email at 99Coins@BBC.com. Guests:
Brian Provinciano –Founder of Vblank Entertainment - @BriProv
Philip Tibitoski – Programmer & Community Manager - Young Horses Inc - @ptibz
Patrick Owens – Owner of Super Earth Server - Vetyver
Paul Taylor – Joint Managing Director, Mode 7 Games - @mode7games
This podcast is made by BBC Worldwide. BBC Worldwide is a commercial company that is owned by the BBC. The profits BBC Worldwide make go back to BBC programme-makers to help fund great new BBC programmes.
MINECON 2011
A little video of Notch officially launching Minecraft.
MineCon has been a wonderful celebration of the game and a great opportunity to meet and interview a range of indie developers and community leaders.
Keep an eye out for some of the interviews and more MineCon musings in episode 2 of 99 Coins - out before the end of the month.
For the first ever episode of 99 Coins we are joined by Honeyslug’s Ricky Haggett and Size Five Games’ Dan Marshall to discuss what we mean by indie games, why we’re so excited about them and why you should be too.
We also cover phsyics-based classic Armadillo Run and plenty of GameCity antics including Phil Fish’s Fez-womb and a run down on two non-video-videogames - Johann Sebastian Joust and Cat On Yer Head!
Have you got a game recommendation, comments of questions? Then get in touch with us on Twitter at @99Coins or email at 99Coins@BBC.com.
