The indie Manifesto

So i wrote this "Do's and Don'ts Manifesto" for Gamasutra that went live today. It basically sums up my personal direction as an artist, and touches on things ive learned from over the past 10 years. The list might not apply to everyone, but i do believe a lot of the points can also be applied to many/all artistic fields and for me its something i try to stick to as much as i can when i work.

Either way, its my little new years gift you all of you creative folk. I get asked for advise a lot by people starting out and usually have nothing to say, other then to be honest. Being honest is not only vital but the core of everything when it comes to creativity, honesty is what creates heart, substance and the "Je ne sais qua" feel that turns a good art into great art.

So honesty is number 1, there are 23 others, check out the full list below and tell me what you think.

http://www.indiegames.com/blog/2009/12/opinion_indie_game_design_dos.html

-Edmund

(oh, special thanks to Anna for editing this list)

Free Meat Boy Comics!

The week im giving away 5 comics (with bonus xmas prizes) to 5 lucky peopel who sent me images of themselves with something meat or meat boy related.

The contest is simple, send us an image of yourself with something meat related, i'll use Mikes pic one more time as the perfect example.


The top 5 pics submitted by xmas win free comics (and a bonus xmas surprise!)

You can submit a link to us via twitter (http://twitter.com/SuperMeatBoy), or comment a link to your pic on this post.

Good luck!

-Edmund

Top 10 Flash games of 2009 (NOMINATE THEM)

This years flash gaming summit nominations are up.
http://www.flashgamingsummit.com/awards.html
They seem to have setup a system that lets you only nominate one game, so i was only able to submit one.

I highly recommend you fill this list with flash games that are good, here's a list of my favorite flash games of 2009. this list is in no particular order.

1. Star Guard: http://vacuumflowers.com/star_guard/star_guard.html

2. Today I Die:
http://www.ludomancy.com/games/today.php?lang=en

3. Closure:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/480006

4. When Pigs Fly:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/505307

5.MoneySieze:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/YMM315/moneyseize

6.Dont Look Back:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/486660

7.Dont Shit your Pants:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Rete/dont-shit-your-pants

8.When the Bomb Goes off:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/492575

9. Small Worlds:
http://jayisgames.com/cgdc6/

10. Canabalt :
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/510303

I Didn't nominate my own games, though i think they are still quite awesome and also recommend you nominate them as well, please?

1. Time Fcuk:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/511754

2. Spewer:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/494129

3.Avgm:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/481434

Ill see you in hell
-Edmund

Time Fcuk Wins!

So i woke up today to find a link to this sitting in my inbox.

Time Fcuk wins IGN's freeware game of the year!


Now of course im very very happy about this, but dont in anyway think that i believe Time Fcuk is better then Spelunky. Spelunky is one of the best indie games of all time let alone of this year.

But i will take the win over Scary Girl... no prob.
good times!

Play Time Fcuk.

-Edmund

HANDS ON MY MEAT!

Area5.tv goes hands on with Super Meat Boy on Pc, new footage is shown and the impressions the beta of the game are made. here is a link to the video (Spoiler.... Meat Boy dies)
http://revision3.com/coop/santacruzin#seek=1492

I cant seem to find a way to imbed it, so you will just have to click that and then click play.. its only one more click... COME ON!

go watch it.

-Edmund

IGN goes hands on with Meat Boy!

BAM! ok now back to work....
-Edmund