What’s going on with The Shindig? Lots! The comp has been running for a little over a fortnight now, and – thanks to neato people like Justin at Joystiq and Tim at IndieGames – has already attracted a considerable amount of enthusiasm and talent. Of course, it would have attracted even more enthusiasm and talent if certain people had mentioned it in on their popular indie game blogs, but whatever. The point is that The Shindig is going well and I have some art and screenshots to prove it.   

BEHOLD:

This is the title screen from All Puce, by Hideous. Wikipedia says puce is “a colour that is defined as ranging from reddish-brown to purplish-brown, with the latter being the more widely-accepted definition found in reputable sources.”

“In the Dilbert comic strip, the boss' favourite colour is puce, but he doesn't know that because he is mistakenly thinking of a primary colour, as he doesn't know what puce is.” Thanks, Wikipedia!

This is a screenshot from ColourWise – a colour-mixing puzzle game that (among other things) includes a “story mode full of sassy jokes” and an “austere yet friendly” level editor. It is by bicilotti and friends.  

Here we have a title screen mock-up from farmergnome’s entry, Friends Forever. From what I can gather, Friends Forever is about a crazy person named Leroy whose imaginary friends are helping him escape from a mental hospital. Sounds fun! Here’s a screenshot:

Looks kind of like Grim Fandango, don’t you think?

This is the title screen from Tinte, by Malwyn. I have no idea what it’s about, but the screenshots are adorable.

See?

Anyway, that concludes this instalment of The Shindigger’s Digest. Hopefully I’ll have another one for you in about a fortnight. In the meantime, I have the flu and can’t be arsed to think of a pithy way to conclude this update. I’m going to bed.