when i was still in school i used to bring in games on a flashdrive to play in my computer class, and i liked to find really weird and cool freeware games to do this with, generally small ones that wouldn't take up all my flashdrive space. this lead to me having an affinity for freeware games, and im curious, what freeware games do you folks like?
i'll start with one of my favorites, Within A Deep Forest by Nifflas. Nifflas, or Niklas Nygren, is a dev that i really like, he's made a lot of pretty cool games, he's probably most well known for Uurnog Uurnlimited, Knytt Underground and NightSky these days, but back in the day he used to make a ton of freeware stuff. my personal favorite of his early work is Within A Deep Forest, it's a sort of metroidvania 2D platformer where you play as a bouncy ball. you can get different materials to swap between, which gives your ball unique properties and abilities, stuff like higher jumps or being able to pass through lasers. it's a really fun time, and has some excellent music. i played this a TON back in the day, especially in middle school, it's really great.
i'll start with one of my favorites, Within A Deep Forest by Nifflas. Nifflas, or Niklas Nygren, is a dev that i really like, he's made a lot of pretty cool games, he's probably most well known for Uurnog Uurnlimited, Knytt Underground and NightSky these days, but back in the day he used to make a ton of freeware stuff. my personal favorite of his early work is Within A Deep Forest, it's a sort of metroidvania 2D platformer where you play as a bouncy ball. you can get different materials to swap between, which gives your ball unique properties and abilities, stuff like higher jumps or being able to pass through lasers. it's a really fun time, and has some excellent music. i played this a TON back in the day, especially in middle school, it's really great.
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