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Best Of Indie Games: Get Wired Up The Alley

[Every week, IndieGames.com: The Weblog editor Tim W. will be summing up some of the top free-to-download and commercial indie games from the last seven days, as well as any notable features on his sister 'state of indie' weblog.]

This week on 'Best Of Indie Games', we take a look at some of the top titles released earlier this week - a lo-fi mutant take on Tetris, something kickflippin' neat from bi-annual game competition Ludum Dare, a WarioWare-style Japanese freeware game, and an innovative browser MMORPG.

Game Pick: 'Tiny Hawk' (pekuja, freeware)
"This miniaturized, hilariously named skating game was one of the highlights from the recent Ludum Dare competition, where all participants engage in a friendly coding challenge with the objective of developing a game in under forty-eight hours. Also, food."

Game Pick: Stormbaancoureur (nop, freeware)
"A rather fun physics-based game which involves driving your vehicle past a number of obstacles. A free roam area and tutorial is included."

Game Pick: 'Made in Wired' (Junpei Isshiki, freeware)
"Made in Wired is basically the result of mashing basic shmup conventions with WarioWare-style gameplay, in which players are allowed only a few seconds to react and complete the random objective given at the start each stage. A simple concept, but surprisingly fun and comes with a decent selection of music as well."

Game Pick: 'Alleytris' (Joseph Larson, freeware)
"Coming in at less than 100 KB in size, the strategies you've been using in Tetris for over a decade aren't applicable in this version - as the well has been reduced to only four squares in width."

Game Pick: 'After Doomsday' (Kenshiro and Tectec, browser)
"Created by a team of two developers using only PHP and MySQL, After Doomsday is a new browser-based RPG set in the distant future with an emphasis on PvP encounters. Like Kingdom of Loathing, Twilight Heroes and Urban Dead, the game costs nothing to play but members who donate will receive special bonuses reserved only for the privileged few."

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