It has taken some years but – finally – the Buzz is Back. So take a deep breath and prepare to get those finger cramps all over again. More importantly, it inspired a generation of wannabe developers – establishing the belief that in the big bucks world of modern gaming there was definitely still room for “the little guy”.Īnd now, over a decade later, Team Meat (now sans Ed McMillen) has returned with long-awaited sequel Super Meat Boy Forever. Super Meat Boy launched to much-deserved success, shifting over a million copies in its first two years of release. But perhaps no one title is more closely associated with the modern-day indie game boom than Team Meat’s tough-as-nails platformer, Super Meat Boy.Īs chronicled in 2012 documentary Indie Game: The Movie, Super Meat Boy was a labor of love for two friends – Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes – who worked tirelessly to create a twitchy, complex, and wryly comic adventure, embracing the skill-based gameplay and relentless difficulty of games’ past. The decade began with the arrival of legendary titles such as PlayDead’s Limbo, Terry Cavanagh’s VVVVVV, Rodain Joubert’s Desktop Dungeons, oh, and a little block-building jaunt by the name of Minecraft… what happened to this latter release we’ll never know.
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In forgotten scenes reminiscent of the “bedroom programming” days of the late-’80s/early-’90s, talented coders from around the world bombarded PC and console stores with a slew of excellent, home-grown video games, reigniting a fire in the indie development scene that burns brightly to this day. It was a year that saw the gaming market explode with a bevy of independently produced titles.
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