Blink Works created this profile of Alec Holowka & Infinite Ammo as a promotion for the Winnipeg New Media community. It captures a lot of what I think everyone loves about the indie game scene: art, collaboration, rags to riches* success…
I also appreciate the teaser look at Das Cube. Is this coming out soon? It's been in development for ages in “iphone years”.
Via TIGsource
* Heh.
Adam
December 06, 2009
Alec Holowka / indie games / Heroes + Villains / Marian / Paper Moon / Infinite Ammo
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My favorite new indie game studio, Infinite Ammo, just redesigned their website. So after you are done reading this post go check it out!
Infinite Ammo is a small, independent game studio situated in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. You might recognize their lead designer, Alec Holowka, as being part of the two–man team that created Aquaria.
Even though they were just formed last year, Infinite Ammo has already released one game and has teasers up for two more. Their first project, Paper Moon, is a side–scrolling platformer that utilizes 3D effects through the use of stereoscopic (red and blue) glasses. It was created as part of Kokoromi's GAMMA 3D event, and is available as a free download for PC and Mac.
Their second game, Heroes and Villains, is being developed for the iPhone. It looks like a strategy game that has the player controlling people with super powers to protect/destroy a city. On their website, Alec described it as, “…Lemmings meets the Lost Vikings meets Awesome.” Fun!
Outside of some concept art and music, Infinite Ammo hasn't said much about their third title, Marian. We do know that it is their largest project and the main reason that they formed a studio together. I would explain it, but there is no way I could do justice to the inspiring description Infinte Ammo wrote themselves:
Marian is a beautifully carved marionette who rips her strings from the grasp of ‘The Narrator’ and becomes her own master. Caught in the dream world between life and death, she uses her own puppet handle as a weapon and replaces her limbs with a variety of tools in her quest to discover her true identity — and maybe even true love.
Seeing the quality of Paper Moon and the screenshots of their upcoming games, it's obvious that the Infinite Ammo team has a promising future ahead of them. Everyone is saying that now is the time to go independent, but when it comes time to pay the bills it's not always that easy for everyone. Groups like Infinite Ammo give me hope that not only it is possible to survive as an independent, but also to thrive by producing a stream of content that is more creative and authentic than what the big boys have to offer.
Adam
January 18, 2009
Alec Holowka / Canada / indie games / Heroes + Villains / Marian / Paper Moon / Infinite Ammo / Katie De Sousa
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