One of the most influential indies of all time has been ported to the Wii – but should you pay for something you’ve been playing for free for six years? We’ve also got your picks for the one game you’d play for the rest of your lives, and Anthony gets a magical map from the tallest tree in the land!
This episode may or may not feature Ella Morton from Rocketboom, The World Record Show, and The Elegant Guide.
RADAR: Cave Story Review
Nicalis/Studio Pixel, Platformer, WiiWare, $12
Developed by just one person over the course of 5 years, the original Cave Story is an amazingly influential game in the indie scene. It didn’t just create a mob of fans, it inspired a lot of our favorite developers to start making games. Cave Story’s pretty responsible for the existence of this show. Now Nicalis has teamed up with with Pixel, the original developer, to bring an enhanced version to WiiWare. And while there’s no doubt we love Cave Story, is it worth paying $12 for a game you’ve had for free for the last six years?
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Free Indie Countdown
#3 – Fish Face – Windows, Arcade, Beau Blyth – LINK
#2 – Desktop Dungeons – Windows, Roguelike, QCF Design – LINK
#1 – Robot Wants Kitty – Flash, Platformer, Hamumu Software – LINK
Feedback: If you could only play one game for the rest of your life…
What would it be? You gave some some great answers. Answers that made us think that choosing “Superman 64″ was a mistake on our part.
Next week’s feedback question: what free indie game would you like to see get a Cave Story-style console release? Weigh in with a video or audio comment on www.Bytejacker.com, a video response on YouTube, or a message on our hotline: (530) 675-GAME
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Free Indie Rapid Fire
Specter Spelunker Shrinks - Browser (Unity), Platformer, Ken Grafals: LINK
Paws - Flash, Platformer, Spelgrim: LINK
5 Minute MMORPG - Flash, Arcade, A bunch of Norwegian dudes: LINK
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Zan-zan-zawa-veia, “Rose Wood,” from the album Fell Plot – http://www.iimusic.net/catalog/2009/11/zan-zan-zawa-veia-fell-plot
Lawrence Power, “The Villagers Say Thank You,” “In Doubt,” and “Make Your Way To The Top,” from the album Tropicalesque – http://www.ptesquad.com/more/pte008.html
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Thought I would beat Headponic this time, just to mix it up!
……………..Dammit.
No fair!! the show’s always released at ‘stupid o’clock’ in the morning UK time, there’s no way I could win this fun, yet immature and pointless. contest :( :p
I’d pick Glum Buster to be remade as a console game, probably for Wii or DS because of the controls. I’m sure any changes in the game would get a negative response from fans (of course this would happen with any game, though) but I don’t think this game got the attention it deserved. It was one of my favorite games of 2009, commercial or indie, and anything to get it to a wider audience would be awesome.
http://www.glumbuster.com/
I want to beat her too, second comment! Woooooo!!
Yeah, but the fact that both of you left text comments means both of you lose. Lose forever.
It doesn’t matter that Anthony didn’t specifically warn you during this episode. I KNOW BOTH OF YOU KNOW BETTER.
Oh… well.. ummm…
Ohh nooo, my little brother who I didn’t just make up took my computer and made a text comment.
Ohh I’ll get that little rascal.
If Anthony decides to add a thumbs up system to the site you’ll be the only one getting them. It was episode 79 when he said he wanted to do it, and it was for your comment too!
First (comment that actually has something to do with the episode)!
Red Key Card Girl Pwns Weird Sunbathing Neighbor. This is a fact.
i’m surprised for the feedback. And desktop dungeons was too hard so i kinda figured it would come in second.
By the way anthony, i know you have mentioned Zenonia for the Iphone a couple episodes back.
Fans of this game should take a look at Zenonia 2. Came out recent;y, 4.99.
Well played jon, well played.
Ella Morton! Aw, I love Ella. Funny thing is I’m not a huge fan of anything she does. Rocket boom is alright, but I only really watch it for the cast, including Ella. And Weird Al. Plus this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-40AqHX-ke0
You guys have been raising the bar every episode for the past 3 weeks now. Three weeks ago was the best bytejacker ever. Last week beat that one. This week blows them out of the water. Can’t wait for next week.
As for free indie this week, I don’t even need to record a video comment, because I already did last week.
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I think that’s the one. Hard to tell, I recorded 4 comments in a row, but I think that’s the one.
Yup, I got it. Excellent.
Hey, while the above comment is awaiting moderation is this comment invisible to everyone or is it just out of context and doesn’t make any sense?
Out of context, but in that “We get what your saying” kinda way.
Makes sense to all the cool kids.
Glad you guys are liking the new format, it’s a lot more like the stuff we used to do before we started Bytejacker and this way we get the best of both worlds.
Joe, for some reason the comment you put up is yours from last week. It’s probably viddler’s bad but try again if you please.
“As for free indie this week, I don’t even need to record a video comment, because I already did last week.“
Hey Joe, I’m stoked that you liked Specter Spelunker Shrinks so much. Means a lot coming from the man who brought ASCIIp0rtal into the world! Your video comment is awesome. I might have to call the full game “There Goes My Brain, Man”
Response to question of the week:
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Also, great funny episode guys! Slightly hoping for a regular episode where Anthony comments on our funny comments. Or, a funny story episode in which comments about our comments are woven in.
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Captain Forever is so amazing, it would be really great on the PSP or DS.
It would be super awesome…
:D It is awesome! Thanks for agreeing! :) Poo, I’m too late to do my free indy review. I played all the games. Amazing. My pick is Specter Spelunker Shrinks. Jon, if there is still time I’ll make a real quick vid.
Aaaaaaaand once again, none of the games ended up placing in the order I’d wanted them to go.
But yeah, I like the new storylines that go on during the episodes. They definitely add to the entertainment level.
I know the feeling. It’s also usually different than how the comments fall. Clearly there is some significant demographic shift between the people who comment and the people that don’t. This shift seems to affect how people vote.
I’m going to take a stab here and say the shift is, we’re awesome, thus we comment, and pick the better games.
Broken Japanese was terrible :) Free indie fire is a bit low end this time, but Paws looks fun, should try tonight.
Broken Japanese summarises much of my hate for the interwebs. “What u dont like anime u baka gajin!”
GAHH!!! Why must you destroy two languages at the same time! >_<
The episode was good though.
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hopefully, I can give the free indies a shot at my folk’s place, but I think I’m either going to be too busy or too preoccupied to really get much done.
Report from Anime Boston 2010!
I met Nobuo Uematsu!!! He signed my guitar and dropped a bomb about a sequel to Dissidia. (kinda)
He was a funny and really cheery man, and it was a honor to meet him.
Pics from the entire con are on my facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2063168&id=1238547448&ref=nf
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Answer to the feedback question. Would they actually do it with the nude female riding a horse? Only time can tell.
And joe, i have something i wanted to say prior to last weeks discussion.
Wow, Matt, I’m actually really honored and glad you’re trying something new. Now the hardest part is going to be to stick with it to the end.
I’m not surprised you find making a game hard. That’s because it is, I’m not going to lie to you. At least when you’re starting. But once you get it it’s very satisfying. Kinda like when you’re playing a blisteringly difficult game, when you do finally beat it that experience sticks with you.
Agreed! I’ve been studying C#, the only god damn language that “Make, Bulid, Play” Contest accepts.
Why did C need to make a java like language! And knowing an awesome language like Python, C# looks like a mess! Ugh, screw C#.
pygame is fun to learn to make games, still new though.
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Ok last video must of been modded because of my answer. So i came up with a better answer anyway.
oh there it is, weird, video comments were not visible for a moment there.
Ok my answer, final answer to the feedback question. Level Up. And then someone comes home and interrupts my video. Panic to turn it off, then ran over to my security system to turn the door chime off. The alarm is designed for that. Punch in the code, when a door opens the alarm sounds. So the garage door opened, My mother pulled in, i snap quickly, end the video, turn off the door chime option on the security system. Run upstairs and pretend that i am doing homework.
Works like a charm, hehe
ok, so didn’t get off at the start of the week. and I’m still out in the north sea working. however whirly-gig is (finally!) taking me back tomorrow . can’t wait to fully catch up on what you and everyone else here’s been up to :)
If i had to pick one free indie game to be ported to a console i would love to see knytt stories. for a small platformer it has so much potentail to be so much more with its metriod like atmosphere
NOOOOOOOOO, you stole mine! D: But I shall video comment it. C:<
ahahahahahaha, and i shall video comment laughing that he stole yours!
-evil grin-
Evil Matt Strikes again
Okay, dropping a text comment that’ll have to do for a couple of days because I’m nowhere near a webcam due to my own ineptitude. I’ll re-record these as video, but at the moment I gotta get them down or I’ll go nutz.
Despite my relation with Specter Spelunker I wanted to give the other games a fair shake.
5 Minute MMORPG was cool, it had a nice degree of subtlety to it and I liked that it’s a multi-player game that doesn’t require other players because I’ve never played against another human. But once it’s one trick has played it wasn’t able to upset Specter Spelunker Shrinks.
But Paws I thought had a fair shake at upsetting Specter. Games where you play a dog that humps your enemies to power up is a dramatically under represented genre. So I stuck with this game up until the first boss fight where I was grabbing kitties out of the air and using them to A “CHARGIN’ MAH LAZER! BWAAAAAA!” against a giant cat head. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Sounds like this game’s got it all. Well it does, including a broken slippery control scheme that makes getting anywhere in the game too frustrating to play very far. I really wanted to give this game a shot, but by the time I got to that cat fight I was really hoping the game was over because I just could not stand it any longer. It wasn’t. So here’s a game that I have to leave unfinished, and I hate to do that, but I just do not care any more. Paws. Looks good on paper, but in practice it just was not playable.
So Specter Spelunker Shrinks FTW.
What game would I like to get the sell-out treatment, I have 2 answers. The first is the answer that if no one else says I will feel ashamed for not having said, and the other is the answer that will boost both my indie and old school cred.
The first is Iji. It just needs to be done. I don’t even particularly like the game, it’s a bit hard for me, but it deserves to make it’s creator a lot of money.
The second is a game is an old DOS game written before there was even an “indie scene”, but it was freeware and made by one guy named Mark Currie. The game was called Chopper Commando and it was AWESOME. So deep, there were tons of missions. Perma death, if your pilot didn’t make it you had to start over, and your pilot died a lot. But oh, it was fun and deep.
There’s a place that emulates it online, but it’s broken. Don’t do it. Go get dropbox, download it, and love it. There are videos online and you can find out more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_Commando
I promise I’ll video comment these this weekend.
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Videoized my comment above… kinda. I can never stick to a script.
Your comments are fuckin hilarious. xDDD I see Paws in a completely new light now.
And I actually just played Iji properly this past weekend. I also couldn’t really get into it though. The storyline was interesting, but the main character was way too much of a crying dipshit. But the game was still fun and everything. Not much replay value for me, though.
Icky slightly fuzzy quality and annoying squeak in this video joe. Maybe you should check the camera? Awesome video nonetheless. Sad to hear about Paws control schemes though.
@sean: Have you ever checked out Sairia before?
http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Saira
Try the demo first. Mebe I’ll make a vid comment later.
Yeah, sorry about that. Gonna call technical difficulties forcing me to use a different camera and microphone. And by “technical difficulties” I mean “I left my laptop’s webcam at work accidentally.”
But, man, that turned out awful didn’t it?
Question of the Week:
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Flashcat! Whats cuter?
I am back from playing Paws and it did not deliver at all. very sad, other two are just not my type at all so you can keep voting turned off for this week :)
Oh yeas the question of the week, Cave Story style is not exactly the type of the release I would prefer to see, but to see an indie free title to be longer, better, uncut and more exiting for some $$$ I would love Lovecraft Game by cactus to be the one. There is, a think, a very big difference between game worlds where things are happening as in a game world, and those games where things are just happening, to make it a bit easier to understand I mean some games communicate a story but keep coming back to their complex of being a game while some games manage to escape it and provide a window to another reality if you wish. Lovecraft is one that kind, actually many of Cactus titles are.
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Paws: When will furries learn that not everyone likes like to have sex with animals? Thought it was awful, yiffing rocks wasn’t the worst part. The drunk camera is what really put me off, that and the terrible framerate. I’m not sure if flash is the best thing to use if you’re going to make something that has many textures and instances. It looks like they spent a fair amount of time on it though, so that’s nice.
5 minute mmo: Heres an idea, lets take THE MOST INFURIATING PART OF MMO’S and make an entire game out of it. As a joke it’s pretty good, but as a game it’s pure shit.
Specter Spelunker Shrinks: Not bad at all, some people have said the collision detection is a bit off, but I think it’s actually pretty damn good considering what’s going on here.
So yes, SSS wins FIRF for me.
Iji might be nice on a console, but Daniel Remar is never going to do it because he has a real job now, and shadow complex already exists. Some idiot should port “don’t shit your pants” to XBLIG, it would be a best seller.
After hitting Daniel Remar’s page I take back my answer. “Can’t do it, won’t do it, don’t wanna do it, stop talking to me about it.” Fine, no console Iji. Didn’t realize the guys such a jerk about it. Like I said, I’m not a fan, it just seemed like the one that would be good for it. Excuse me for thinking he wanted his hobby to make him obscene piles of money.
Nice! Great episode!
Eh?
You know I noticed a little while back that Jons information was auto-filled into my browser. It was on a computer that I’ve never signed into bytejacker with. Did something like this happen this time? Is this actually Anthony?
Veddy nice!
My comment will be in tomorrow!
Reason why it inst in sooner has no correlation with the fact I recently picked Chrono Cross to finally beat it.
Or did I mean complete correlation…
I finally have a website to put in that website thingy though!
Good for you Cameron, I’m glad to see you’re pursuing 3D. My fiance is a 3D artist, she works here in NYC with Maya. There’s lot’s of commercial stuff up here and not as much feature film stuff as I’m sure is out there in Cali. Good luck, nice little site. I like the work you’ve done so far.
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Thanks alot john! Yeah, 3d modeling is alot of fun, though it was only till recently that I found out that to get into modeling and rigging more, have to learn things like MEL for Maya, or Python. Programing is fun…also doesn’t help that when your raised with 3D studio max, Maya and Alias Studio seem like some sorta alien program. But yeah, Cali has alot of film and FX companies, I’m interning at this place called Rainfall Films. (Though i haven’t gone in much…).
AND I’M STOKED YOU LIKED MY WORK! Hah I have to post a few more renders, but the last two, Lab and Diner, were the only ones that really took work…
Awesome awesome episodes by the way, this skit stuff is amazing.
Wow, amazing games. I’m def going to weigh in on this action for free indy picks.
My choice for a console release of an indie game would have to be KNYTT. I love the exploration and ambiant music. It’s graphics are beautiful and each part of the world has a different feel. When I first got to the grave yard I was actually thinking “Man!! I’m a little scared…I don’t want to be here!” just like in real life…I’m terrified of graveyards. And the Knytt Stories where anyone can create a level then submit it to the website is brilliant! Fuck Little Big World! Just kidding…I like that game too. Everyone should experience this fun little game.
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I like how Jon had my face paused at the end of the scene where he tells Anthony it was the end of the day.
Jon you like me too much lol.
somehow nobody’s mentioned that
THEY CHANGED BALROG’S HUZZAH TO OH YEAH.
LIKE THE KOOLAID MAN.
WHAT THE HELL.
I kinda LOL’ed at that, honestly. Sorry, purists.
……My previous comments disappeared into thin air. I’m not sure waht happened, but none of my text comments have been showing up. :P Well anyways, I’ll give it another go.
3. Paws <—-Hated the jumping & thought the attacking could've been better. Really annoying.
2. 5 Min MMORPG <—-I unexpectedly PWNED everyone and their moms.
1. Specter Spelunker Shrinks <—-Really interesting. I'd buy it if it was turned into a game.
Feedback: Knytt Stories
I'll do a video comment tomorrow or later or whenever.
Feedback:
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Hope It’s not too late. It’s still Sunday over here on the east coast!
Yes, I agree.
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Heh, I’ve seen face tracking like that before. You’d be the first if you decided to do a whole video comment that way.
Lolz. That’s great! Hahaha
Print plastic red, green and blue bytejacker branded key cards and I’d pay as much as $20 for the set.
No comment this week, Late work + Holiday = See you next week.
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Dave, why the hate? Sure paws has lousy reviews and all. But I don’t think that other part of your comment was the mission of their game. If they wanted it to be, they could’ve made a game around it.
Boy do I look bad. No secondary lighting either.
And if anyone really liked Knytt, (i think it’s pronounced like your knitting something), you should check out the demo of Nifflas’s other game, called Saira. Even though it’s commercial, there is a nice demo available. I’m glad I’m not the only one suggesting it. :) Check the other Knytt’s out as well. I especially recommend “Within A Deep Forest”.
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A sad sad sad aftermath of my easter.
-Warning- There is crying in this video. -Warning-
I hear ya about the dog man. My best friends dog died recently. Man, that really tore him up.
Viddler down for everybody else? I haven’t got a video to play yet today.
First ever Forbidden Text Comment to say: I flipped out a little at the Alex Kidd in Miracle World segment, thanks for those smiles yo.
I’ve got to ask. Headphonic, how did you do that?
Magic. Nah, it’s just this thing that comes with the webcam installed in my laptop.
5 minute MMORPG is not made by a bunch of Norwegians but by Copenhagen Game Collective
http://www.copenhagengamecollective.org/
Did they remake Alex Kidd