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IGF winner Hofmeier pays it forward for Porpentine's Howling Dogs

GamaSutra - Richard Hofmeier's Cart Life earned multiple awards at this year's Independent Games Festival, including the grand prize. But at Cart Life's booth on the IGF pavilion today, the game on show was Porpentine's Howling Dogs -- Cart Life's own marquee had been spraypainted over, and attendees who came to the booth looking for the game saw Porpentine's haunting interactive fiction instead.

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Cart Life - Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2023

Cart Life was a critically acclaimed indie game which was released in 2010, but was then pulled in 2014 by its developer Richard Hofmeier.

The retail simulator won three awards at the Independent Games Festival, and was heralded by some publications as one of the best indie games ever.

Now the game is being re-released by AdHoc Studio, allowing those who missed out the first time around to finally buy it.

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The Also-Ran Games of 2013

The good and great games of 2013 that won't make the top 10 lists.

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From the mundane to the ridiculous: 12 unusual simulation games

Ever wanted to be a surgeon, street sweeper or robot vacuum cleaner? CVG takes a look at 12 of the most unusual pastimes and activities to be turned into simulation games.

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