DIYGamer: As far as sales pitches go, T-17 Tanky walks a fine, charming line between brutal honesty and comedy. The trailer bills it as a ‘High fidelity made up tank simulation! Ballistics! Locational damage! Melons! My first game! Immersive universe for up to 1 players! Everything looks like a polygon! Airplanes? Game of a year!’. And all that is completely true. And that’s exactly why you should be paying attention right now.
DIYGamer: 2011 was an amazing year for indie games. Huge releases seemingly every week, discounts all over the place, bundles, addons, expansions and general greatness upon greatness. However, gears were set in motion in the final months of last year ensuring that the first few months of this one might well bring us some of the best games of 2012. Here’s a few personal picks to keep an eye on in 2012, many of them available as public alpha builds at the moment.