Indie Gaming for PC : Top indie games

Whats an Indie game?
Indie stands for independent. The little guys, not under a big game house like EA or Activision. Usually a group of friends or sometimes a single person that slaves over something to produce what is known as the indie game.

Indie games are usually small. 100 MB max. How much can one man do?
but don't let this turn you off. Size doesnt matter. Gameplay is everything and thats why theyve gained iconic status.

Puzzle

Machinarium

Completely hand drawn and rendered. Charming visuals and interestingly enough not a word is spoken.Not Free lol

A picture is worth a thousand words in this charming point-and-click adventure.8/10 at Gamespot So you cant say it hasnt caught the big-players attention

The World of Goo


A physics based puzzle type.It's gained huge success worldwide.Use your brain.Got quite popular in my class as soon as people sat down to try it.

Innovative, addictive, and delightfully weird, World of Goo is a superb puzzle game.GameSpot 9/10

Action [pew pew boom pow bang!]

Doukutsu Monotogari AKA Cave Story :3

A game of iconic status, a One man show, 8 bit run-and-gun of epic proportions.If you put Metroid, Super Mario , The Legend of Zelda and a lot of bullets together you get Cave Story.
May look old school but it is not easy, and it is not short either OH AND ITS FREE [legally]



User score of 9.5/10 from 233 votes
Game site and Free Download

Spelunky

Spelunky

Weird name I know.You are a spelunker[cave explorer] and your heading off in search of gold, fame and adventure, armed with your whip you enter the cave Indiana Jones style except your not the star of the show and you can die AND YOU WILL DIE.All the levels are randomly generated.This another of those one man shows thats taken iconic status,Is now being refreshed for a port to XBLA

A 9/10 game.It will keep you occupied. My current stats are 500+ deaths Zero Wins but im still playing

Gamesite and Free Download

Shooters

[your little ship against thousands There can only be one.]

The Touhou Project - All 12 games

This is a old school shootmup except it falls in a special category known as bullet hell shmups. How can I say this...just look at the picture. You are that little red girl at the the bottom left.Dodge all the bullets coming at you, while shooting the boss.Yes there is a boss.Look closely lol


All free.All insanely hard, All fun
Game Site and Downloads Full Set (TPB)

Sub CategoryMusic [yes music]

Beat Hazard

Beat Hazard

This game takes YOUR music, analyses it and generates a level based off it. Heavy visuals.If you have epilepsy, I dont suggest you play this game.Seriously. Its pretty and fast paced and its interesting to see how your songs play out

Main Site

Geometry Wars Audiosurf

Have fun.Support the little guys.
Indie game-sites and Indie databases
http://www.destructoid.com/
http://db.tigsource.com/
http://www.tigsource.com/

Architecture Student Resources - Tips and Websites

architecture

The Cool Hunter
Architecture pictures

Archdaily
Architecture floor plans and sections everyday all year round

Plataforma Arquitectura
Arkinetia
Spanish architecture sites...Well theres always google translate.Or just look at the pretty pictures :P

Architonic
Everything architecture.Highly Recommended.

Daily Tonic

Archtizer

Furniture & Design

Furniture Store Blog

Design Spotter Good stuff

Kids modern Design

Photography

http://www.outdoor-photos.com/

Architecture Layouts

www.arquitectum.com - Look at the competition winners and learn.

Student Tips

• Find a senior student to be your mentor. Us old timers, have been around the block a time or two

• Get to know your School of Architecture and the people in it. You will be spending a lot of time here and you may just need someone's help one night when no one else is around.

• "Work smart, not hard."

• Work in studio (not at home): your classmates are great for advice, crits, inspiration, and supplies.

• Your best friends are those who can be brutally honest about your work.

• Take plenty of breaks; how much time can you lose in 15 minutes anyway?

• Remember, asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.

• Put your name on all your supplies--they tend to walk away.

• When it comes to technology (computers, printers, scanners), if it can go wrong it will, so expect the unexpected.

• Your assignment may seem irrelevant now, but stick with them because eventually you will realize that it is from these early projects that you learn the most.

What's DCH about?

The DCH Blog

Hey I said Dont Come Here! lol im just kidding.

Glad your here.

Whats this blog about? 
Well its an architecture blog but I write on a number of topics so it may veer off even into random.Not randomly useless but a jack of all trades kind of blog. However I especially like to get and share resources for architecture students and provide info for classmates.

Who are you?Im S. Alistair Blackwater  left :D Im an architecture student at the University of Technology, Jamaica .Im a eclectic jester - a strange but fairly accurate way to describe me.

Do you post your own work?

Well i dont plagiarize, I only post my own work after I can be sure no ones going to plagiarize me :P So expect a time delay after projects

DCHDigest - Holograms The Printer that prints sculptures, Holograms and more

DCHBlog - DCH Digest

Biofuel sweating organisms

Little bacteria that just sit on their solar lounge chairs and sweat out diesel.Awesome right?This isn't wholly new but is a major improvement over the old way of doing things where the poor bacteria had to be squashed to get out the precious fuel.Now we can skip all that.

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The Printer that prints sculptures.

What architecture students dream about.The D-Shape prototype printer.This printer could print your model in a considerably shorter time than you sit slaving over it with an X-acto knife.Super shortcut sadly is gonna  cost super cash >_&lt: It works by starting with a layer of sand after which the model is built up layer by layer.Technology :3    Full article



Reverse Graffiti?

Graffiti :3 This is graffiti that isn't illegal and actually is doing something good for the city.These guys walk around looking for grungy walls.Armed with soap and other dirt combatants they scrub off the grime to create murals at scales worthy of praise. Full article



Heavy Reading: The concrete Desk/Bookcase-in-1

I love bookcases, especially when they're full of books.Now why not have a cool table with just as amny books in it to go with it?
I really love this desk.It would be hell to move though :P Full Article


Reversed Volumes. Plates and Bowls

Ceramics cast out of fruits and vegetables.
I for one would NOT eat out of that. Period.
Worse when it gets dirty!...how in the world do you clean that?



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The microwave for Geeks
This sleek device scans the end of the fork with each of these Brainwave compatible meals and automatically adjusts the temperature.And when your done you can turn it upwards and use it as a notice board.I hope for further advances in this for semi-chefs like myself.Soon it will scan everything! like poptarts and Chef Boyardee


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