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Competition is fierce for this year’s Asian Indie Prize
This is the second year for the Indie Prize, an award which rounds up and rewards the best work by indie studios worldwide. It’s a great way for developers to help get their work the attention they deserve, and also help gamers find some gems they may have missed. This year, the award ceremony for the best Asian games will take place at Casual Connect Asia in Singapore from May 20 to 22.
The Asian Indie Prize contestants are some of the best games that Asia has to offer, and this year’s selection contains some familiar names:
Dusty Revenge
Dusty Revenge is a side-scrolling, action-adventure platformer about a pissed-off bunny and his quest for revenge. It’s a gorgeous game with some awesome boss fights and top-notch action. And did I mention the the protagonist is a rabbit and he has a scythe? If a scythe-wielding bunny rabbit doesn’t do it for you, I don’t know what will.
Pretentious Game
Pretentious Game is a bittersweet romantic game about squares. You heard me: squares. You guide your little square around a simple platforming world, and solve basic puzzles to get closer to another square. Pretentious Game is pure indie art, with gameplay being used to tell a moving story about love and all the problems that go with it. It’s stark, simple and beautiful.
And two offerings from Appxplore.
Malaysian-based Appxplore has gained a reputation for making top-notch mobile games, and its two offerings for the Indie Prize are no exception. Firstly there’s Caveboy Escape, a charming little pathfinding game in which you must help Caveboy, escape. The gameplay is simple but addictive and the character is cute as hell.
The second game by Appxplore is Mobfish Hunter, a fish genocide simulator in which you must guide a grenade to the depths of the ocean without hitting any fish. When you get to the bottom, or hit a fish, the grenade becomes a torpedo, shooting back to the surface. Then you have to kill as many fish as possible.
Mobfish Hunter involves the massacre of thousands of fish with futuristic weaponry, which is even more fun than it sounds. The more fish you kill, the higher your score, and the more money you earn. You use your money to buy more fish killing equipment to continue the cycle of death.
Tiny Dice Dungeon
RPG spoof Tiny Dice Dungeon has also made an appearance. If you are a fan of dice games, roleplaying games, and capturing monsters, this might appeal to you. You take on the role of the obligatory big-sword-wielding adventurer on his quest to rid the world of pesky monsters—with dice. The inventive battle system is what makes Tiny Dice Dungeon stand out from the crowd; that, and its quirky sense of humor, is sure to impress.
And many, many more
You can find a full list of the games up for the prize here. In the meantime, we’ll be looking them up too. Meanwhile in a Parallel Universe, Dandelions, and The Last Tinker: City of Colors look interesting. I wonder who will win this year?
For budding developers, you still have a couple of days before applications close on April 18.
Games in Asia wishes all participants the best of luck!
Why not check out our reviews of some of the contestants?
Dusty Revenge: Co-op Edition Review: South East Asia’s badass bunny is back
Dusty Revenge made a stir in the Asian Indie scene back in 2013, but can this new edition improve on Dusty's signature gameplay?
Caveboy Escape review: charming, cute and time-devouring
Caveboy Escape, Malaysia-based Appxplore's newest puzzle game, is charmingly addictive.
Mobfish: Hunter: a great game with a fishy undercurrent
Mobfish: Hunter is one of the better mobile games I have played this year, but why are so many developers failing into the same trap?
Tiny Dice Dungeon review: dice, dice baby!
Tiny Dice Dungeon puts you in the shoes of a would-be hero as you venture into a pixelated world ravaged by angry mobs of monsters.
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