Indie Dev Moment: Eegra Shindig Ends, No One Got Laid, Awesome Games Got Made

John Constantine — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Way back in April of aught-eight, our favorite internet savages at Eegra got it in their heads to host an indie games competition. Known worldwide as the First Annual Game Makin’ Shindig, they called for strapping minds to create games based around the central theme of “colour” (the u comes from some kind of Australian brain disease I’m not familiar with.) Now, as July comes to a close, the Shindig has come to a close and, while no one involved apparently got laid, nine games have been created, all of them damn interesting. The top prize winners ColourWise, Colourblind (tied for third), the Eegra-ly titled Spectrum Spelunker: Shoot Blocks to Win the Game, Also Jump and Run: Starring Hue, and top-dog Go Beryllium are all deserving champions, excellent games made even more excellent by their abundant freeness.

Second Place: Spectrum Spelunker

First Place: Go Beryllium

Make sure to check out the runners-up, particularly Space Safari and Tinte if for no other reason than they look awesome.

61 Frames Per Second salutes our brethren across the Pacific for promoting independent games creation.

Sidenote: The Ten Orangest Game Characters of All Time, eh? We know when we’re being laughed at!

Sidenote Two: The only runners-up I actually played were Space Safari and Tinte. Mostly because they looked awesome.

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Indie Dev Moment: Eegra Shindig Ends, No One Got Laid, Awesome Games Got Made