Chronoblast is a remarkably fast-paced SHMUP released on XBLIG this week. This interview features the new development team's massively impressive first project, what inspired the game, and they talk about just how hard it is to beat Chronoblast.
What the hell is the point of an arcade experience if you can’t continue?
An Indie game on the 360?? Where are the comments and or support for the indies which is so important to N4G all of a sudden?
Indie games that were worth playing, did extremely well on 360. Some indies think MS did not give their games enough exposure. But if the games were rated well by the community, they would have had enough exposure.
Having said that, we will have to wait and see the result of self publishing. See if that exposes hidden talents that were blocked out before, hidden trash that were blocked out before or some combinations of those.
Like I've said previous you're ridiculously trying to imply that PC and Sony gamers haven't been supporting indie games for years.
It's important for indie games to be as large a focus as AAA developments, so that the consoles yield more creativity and so we get more and more and more of it rather than publishers thinking throwing AAA budgets at stale ideas will make them more interesting or original. That influence is needed.
@ Bigpappy
Like I've said there's shovelware on all platforms and for all game types, and there has been for years. Look on PC - there is a huge variety of great to mediocre to outright bad, but the choice is there. I'd rather take the rough with the smooth than see an outcome like i mentioned to XboxFun above.
I'm implying that the focus on this site has never been on Indie games or indie development until recently and to further some people's massive console war agenda.
Yes they have. We've been on about games like Flower since 2009. Before the PS4 was even announced and their indie focus was defined for next gen, people on here have shown excitement games like The Unfinished Swan, Journey, PixelJunk, Guacamelee, Papo & Yo, Closure, DYAD, Machinarium, and more.
There's a big focus on it now because it's a new talking point of a new console, and it's something positive, unless you're an Xbox fanboy of course.
