Indie Developers Top 5 for 2013

We've recently asked some friendly indie game developers what five games they where anticipating  most in 2013. Over the course of the coming week we will publish one developers response each day.
Some of their choices may surprise you, others are more predictable - but one thing's for sure, they all have a healthy love of playing games.

Day 3

Noble Kale @DarkestKale NobleKale.com

An Australian indie game developer based in Melbourne, currently working on the 90's inspired fantasy adventure game Arnthak

What is Arnthak ?
In Arnthak the player will take control of Arnthak's Archmage, acquire wealth, rebuild his tower, explore the floating world of Arnthak and destroy his rival's influence.
Arnthak draws influence from a wide range of platform games (mostly from the 90's), and aims to add depth to this style through the use of a massive, single world (rather than isolated levels). Additionally, the player will be able to manipulate items and purchase upgrades to his/her own Tower as the game progresses.
Arnthak has been created in a style similar to classic 90's PC platformers, with strong influence from the games Below the Root, Captain Comic 2 & the Commander Keen series.

Noble's Picks

 "I'm currently really looking forward to the following (though, to behonest I'm not entirely sure these are coming next year):

Steam Marines @worthlessbums
Steam Marines has just been this game full of potential since I first saw it on the SSaturday posts over at r/gamedev, and it's always looked cool.

Super Tower Rush @MissScripter
Super Tower Rush is something that I've tried, and I really sense that there's going to be a great game since the core of it is fun already.

 Dungeon Dashers @JigxorAndy
 Dungeon Dashers is just so damn good on the look/feel, and running through it quickly a while back showed a good amount of polish even though it wasn't finished.

Mr. Fiskers @fexlabs
As for Mr Fiskers, I got to try that on a #FeedbackFriday (from memory), and I found it to be awesome fun. I really like the core mechanics there, and the art is fantastic.

Path to the Sky @dekdev
 Path to the Sky just makes me jealous on a few levels,which is always a great thing.


In all honesty though, these are the first five that came to mind, since it's pretty hard to choose these days."



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