Let’s talk Independent games by Aaron Thorne. Explore the releases, follow the work in progress and see how each game takes shape.
Explore the games
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Gravity never takes a break. Rescue lost terraformers across 51 missions in five worlds. Coming to Mac, iPhone and iPad.
01 / THE GAMES
Arcade roots. New adventures.
A collection of worlds made to get lost in.
01↗Low-altitude Manta combat across enemy dreadnoughts. Destroy the defences, survive the fighters and earn your landing.
02↗One-button platforming through Owl Academy, with illustrated Dexter sprites and a living forest title screen in the Swift development version.
03↗Pilot your ship through asteroids and UFOs in an arcade survival shooter. Keep moving, find a gap and chase your next high score.
04↗Grow sweets through four sizes, trigger chain reactions and clear the board. A puzzle game about making one pop lead to the next.
05↗Gravity never takes a break. Rescue lost terraformers across 51 missions in five worlds. Coming to Mac, iPhone and iPad.
06↗A strategic twist on Snake: collect dischargers, leave deflectors and keep a planetary power network alive across Normal, Zen and Nasty modes.
07↗A work-in-progress remake of Rainbow Arts’ rolling maze game, with the first three levels implemented for Windows and Mac.
08↗Draw falling shapes on the colour grid, build a multiplier and unleash power-ups. Triss is out now for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
02 / GAME DEVELOPMENT
Jeff Minter and Ivan “Giles” Zorzin have given me years of fun with their games. When I saw that all nine of their Minotaur Project games were running on Windows…
Read the story : Bringing Llamasoft’s Minotaur Project back to Apple devices
Par times, ghost ships, save and resume, and mirrored New Game+ give the rescue routes more replay value. The latest missions still need hands-on testing.
Read the story : Gravitus: finding your route, and a reason to return
The illustrated owl and menu panels share one living forest. Dexter’s new sprites and smoother idle animations keep the original movement and collision data.
Read the story : Dexter gets new sprites and a tidier title screen03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PIXELS
I’m Aaron Thorne, the developer behind Concept Alpha. This is the home of my independent game projects, inspired by the classics I enjoy and built in my own time. My app development work has a separate home at QueDex.
From the development desk ↗