{"id":82756,"date":"2015-10-25T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=82756"},"modified":"2015-10-28T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T08:55:44","slug":"best-south-african-indie-games-as-good-as-any-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/82756-best-south-african-indie-games-as-good-as-any-other","title":{"rendered":"Best South African indie games: as good as any other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African indie gaming scene is on the rise with some truly brilliant games both in development and out in the market. One SA indie dev is even working <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/81025-sa-developer-working-on-indie-project-ant-simulator.html\" target=\"_blank\">on an Ant Simulator game<\/a>, if you didn&#8217;t know already.<\/p>\n<p>The SA indie scene is growing from strength to strength, and we&#8217;ve gotten to a point where locally released titles are as good as anywhere else&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0we thought it would be cool\u00a0to take a look at some of these standout South African games.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Broforce<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gp5Yj_-nm6g\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/274190\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Broforce<\/em><\/a> is a side-scrolling co-op shoot-em-up platformer game developed by Cape Town-based dev studio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freelives.net\/broforce-game\" target=\"_blank\">Free Lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The game is homage to 80s American culture, <em>Contra<\/em>, <em>Metal Slug<\/em> and 80s action movies too. It&#8217;s also got a particularly rocking soundtrack to boot.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Broforce<\/em>, you play as bros who are inspired by\u00a0action movie heroes. You fight\u00a0terrorists and rescues other\u00a0bros as well as prisoners from captivity.<\/p>\n<p>With a good number of available bros and Michael Bay-style explosions, <em>Broforce<\/em> is an awesome, explosive and really quite comical experience. Even blowing yourself up is a bag of laughs.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Cadence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7-EBbw33dt4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another awesome South African-made game that is currently in development is <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madewithmonsterlove.com\/portfolio\/cadence-synesthesis\/\">Cadence<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>which is being developed by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.madewithmonsterlove.com\/\">Made With Monster Love<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Cadence<\/i> is an open-ended puzzle game that asks players to make their own unique orchestral experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the game and its many puzzles, you make connections between nodes that create loops of music. The puzzles can be quite challenging but the result are memorable melodies and real-time synthesizers create an amazing musical experience.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, you can even compose a rich tapestry of music. <em>Cadence<\/em> is surprisingly addictive, intelligently packaged and offered us one of the most enjoyable experiences we&#8217;ve had with a game in a while.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Pixel Boy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RD3i-LMQKso\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/263080\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pixel Boy<\/a><\/em> is action-enriched shoot-em-up rogue-lite game made by <a href=\"http:\/\/pixelboygame.com\/tag\/giant-box-games\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giant Box Games<\/a>, a three member team consisting of one South African. Whilst technically not wholly South African, Dominic Obojkovits, the programmer, was one of the main forces behind the game.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the team includes\u00a0David Nickerson and Adam Nickerson, both of whom are Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>The game consists of dynamically generated stages with epic boss battles, where you can\u00a0craft custom armour and combine power ups into over 6000 weapons in a dungeon with a ton of action around every corner.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Toxic Bunny HD<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Wi9biVGRRg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The orginal <em>Toxic Bunny<\/em>\u00a0was\u00a0a side-scrolling platforming DOS game\u00a0released in 1996 by South African studio\u00a0<a title=\"Celestial Games\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celestial-games.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celestial Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Celestial Games re-opened in 2010 and released a full HD remake of the game called <i>Toxic Bunny HD<\/i> which was met with rave reviews.<\/p>\n<p>In the game, you play as the titular bunny named Toxic, who has had a bad day when his coffee break is interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the game, Toxic hunts down the person or animal responsible for ruining his coffee break, brainwashing his friends, and covering everything with goo<\/p>\n<p>You enact your revenge\u00a0by using a number of different weapons and making your way\u00a0through some strange levels with even weirder enemies.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Desktop Dungeons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/acPl4bsW_70\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desktopdungeons.net\/test\/\" target=\"_blank\">Desktop Dungeons<\/a>, <\/em>developed by South African indie development studio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qcfdesign.com\/\">QCF Design<\/a>, is a rogue-lite (or roguelike-like) puzzle\u00a0dungeon crawler game that offers quick gameplay suited to very short gaming sessions.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of this game is that you can play it during a coffee-break and that even casual players can enjoy the game. And as you might expect every play-through is different thanks to procedurally generated dungeons.<\/p>\n<p>This means there are a near infinite possibilities with which to engage. If you want, you\u00a0can play the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desktopdungeons.net\/media\/\" target=\"_blank\">alpha version of the game for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Stasis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_0Bex90OgkQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/stasisgame.com\/web\/page.php?p=about\" target=\"_blank\">Stasis<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is a point-and-click 2D sci-fi horror game developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrotherhoodgames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">THE BROTHERHOOD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The game uses a unique isometric perspective\u00a0mixing a blood curdling\u00a0story\u00a0with retro-styled adventure gameplay elements.<\/p>\n<p>In the game, you play as\u00a0John Maracheck awaking\u00a0from stasis aboard an abandoned spacecraft, where he must try to unravel the mystery around him.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of the\u00a0<em>Aliens\u00a0<\/em>movies and the\u00a0<em>Deadspace\u00a0<\/em>games,\u00a0<em>Stasis\u00a0<\/em>will be right up your alley.<\/p>\n<p>These are just some of the amazing games coming out of South Africa. If you would like to find out more about what&#8217;s happening in the South African indie scene take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/makegamessa.com\/\">Make Games SA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other indie news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to SA developer working on indie project, Ant Simulator\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/81025-sa-developer-working-on-indie-project-ant-simulator.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">SA developer working on indie project, Ant Simulator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to Indie games we just cannot wait to play\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/80739-indie-games-we-just-cannot-wait-to-play.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Indie games we just cannot wait to play<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to E3 boasts great indie, small studio, and alternative games\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/65819-e3-boasts-great-indie-small-studio-and-alternative-games.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">E3 boasts great indie, small studio, and alternative games<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of these need no introduction, and you&#8217;ll thank us for introducing you to those that do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":82764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[10804,13319,2600,3180,10523,553,391,16184,11656,6590],"class_list":["post-82756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-broforce","tag-cadence","tag-desktop-dungeons","tag-feature","tag-features-2","tag-indie","tag-indie-games","tag-south-african-indie-games","tag-stasis","tag-toxic-bunny-hd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82881,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82756\/revisions\/82881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}