Our modern world is constantly driven by innovation and invention, and it’s exciting to see that such a practice isn’t just restricted to industry research. Here are three indie titles that feature new control methods for play, as proof that creativity is still alive and kicking in this overly-saturated world of games.

The game’s title, Money Tree, is quite literal.  I remember game shows I watched as a kid where contestants would have money raining over them, and they were promised whatever amount they could grab before the notes hit the floor. I would mock their silly money-grabbing antics openly in front of the TV set, but secretly, [...]

We know Twilight Games for their lovely titles like Aargon Deluxe, Space Taxi 2 and Jump Jump Jelly Reactor. The studio began in Montreal, Canada back in 1999. Today, the comapany is truly international, with its members working and collaborating from different countries through the Internet. Yet, despite all those developments, it still retains its [...]

Innovation is hard to come by, especially in the casual games industry where the same old game idea can sell more than a creative one. So when Punch Entertainment’s EGO came along, and we heard it won the Most Innovative Game award at this year’s Independent Games Festival (IGF) Mobile, we wanted to see what [...]

Some casual games really reward a full play-through, and Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, really has a lot to offer. Gripping story? Check. Addictive gameplay? Yup. Deep RPG (role-playing game) elements? Lots of them! Quality sound and graphics? That too.
Infinite Interactive found a winning balance between simple core gameplay and deep long-term gameplay elements, when it [...]

Sometimes it takes an original game concept to put the bounce back into our step. In the case of Obulis, it’s simply the idea of cutting a few ropes and watching colored balls fall, bounce and roll through increasingly complicated levels. IonFX has had plenty of experience in making these cunning physics-based puzzles, since there [...]

The music of games is a delicate matter, and it takes special talent to compose for each and every game. Walz Music, the award-winning team behind the soundtracks of Aveyond, Aveyond 2 and now Yummy Drink Factory, shares a few secrets of game music design with us.

Developers, Publishers, and Portals

10tons Entertainment
2D Boy
300ad.com
3inabed.com
5th Cell
Abduction Studios
Absolutist
Addicting Games
Addictive 247 Games
Adept Studios
Aisle 5 Games
Alawar Games
Alby Media
Alessi Games
Aliasworlds Entertainment
Alive Games
Alpha 72 Games
Always Neat
Amaranth Games
Anarchy Entertainment
Anawiki
AncientSoft
Andromedus Software
Another Day
AOL Games
AppAbove
Apus Software
Arcade Lab
Arcade Town
Armor Games
Article 19 Group
Astatix
Artogon Games
Aterdux Entertainment
Audio Surf
Awem Studio
Awesome Mega Mighty Games
BadBumble
Bee Games
Beep Industries
Ben Olding Games
Big Blue Bubble Inc.
Big Fish Games
Big Fizz
Big Toe
Blackburst Media
Blackjack Studios
Blazewave
Blippy Games
Blitwise Productions
Blue [...]

Let’s face it, I’m a big fan of the Build-a-lot series – two award winning casual games that allowed the player to construct an entire neighborhood, earn lots of cash from selling real estate, and admire his or her own handiwork from a birds’ eye view at the end of it all. The feeling of [...]

Farming Frenzy is a real piece of work with plenty of real solid click-management and arcade elements. It’s the sort of game that makes you rethink a genre believed to have no more new room for re-creation.