Lonely love

If your still not convinced of the brilliance of Lone Survivor, Chris Waldron at Nightmare Mode definitely has a thing or two to say about this game's brilliance.

Lone Survivor has arrived

Lone Survivor released this week. And, it took me this many years to connect the dots to the NES Silent Hill demake Soundless Mountain II. Same guy, Jasper Byrne.

While Capcom talks of the demise of survival horror, the indie scene keeps bringing it. With people like Jim Sterling of Destructoid, Terry Cavanaugh of VVVVVV, and Adam Smith of Rock Paper Shotgun saying great things about Lone Survivor, I think you owe it to yourself to check it out.

A free in browser demo is available on Kongregate, so you can try before you buy, but at $10 this game is a bargain, and it's available for both Windows and Mac.

Lone Survivor

Wow. Just wow. Jasper Byrne loves Silent Hill and it shows. Game Set Watch remind us of his passion by bringing us new details on his upcoming game Lone Survivor. Jasper is working hard to finish this game as his entry for the 14th annual Independent Games Festival in March 2012. Both the game and the festival deserve your attention.

First the game. Lone Survivor is a retro inspired Survival Horror game set in a devastated near future after civilization has collapsed. As the protagonist, you will need to survive encounters with monsters, rotting food, other humans, and drugs of various kinds. It looks all kinds of incredible.

Now, lets talk about the Independent Games Festival. If you don't pay attention to the IGF, you should. Past winners include Minecraft, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Limbo, Machinarium, World of Goo, Braid, Alien Hominid, the list goes on (and it will melt you brain with its pixelated goodness). Pay attention to the IGF every March. Its where the future comes from.