2009 Free Indie of the Year Awards!

The votes have been counted, the judges have been bribed, the host is coked up. It's time to honor the best free, independently-developed games of the last year!

Free Indie of the Year Awards: Honorable Mentions

We studied televised Video Game awards shows, and we think weve got the formula down.

Free Indie of the Year Awards: The Top 3!

#3 Runman: Race Around the World, Tom Sennett/Matt Thorson
Originally aired: http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/05
Download it: http://www.whatareyouwait.info

#2 Closure, Tyler Glaiel/Jon Schubbe
Originally aired: http://www.bytejacker.com/02022009
Play it: http://www.closuregame.com

#1 Spelunky!, Derek Yu
Originally aired: http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/01052009
Download it: http://www.spelunkyworld.com

Free Indie Rapid Fire

Blasting Agent Flash, Platformer, TileIsle http://www.kongregate.com/games/SeiferTim/blasting-agent
Suggested by Khorzon

Tetraform Flash, Arcade, Tyler Glaiel/Greg Wohlwend http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/521353

Every day the same dream Flash, Puzzle, Molleindustria http://www.molleindustria.org/everydaythesamedream/everydaythesamedream.html
Suggested by Marcus

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Category:

• Gaming
• Science & Tech

Tags:

• runman
• independent games
• best indie games of 2009
• video game reviews
• spelunky
• yt:quality=high

[ZeroWithEverything]

Clearly the wrong guy for the job. He insults the genre and is a complete tool.

[bytejacker]

@ZeroWithEverything Hahaha! This episode was a joke - the picks were chosen by the viewers, but we aired the same week as the SpikeTV video game awards and wanted to make fun of it. Definitely check out some of our other episodes.

[djfantom1]

mp3 of the ending music please

[bytejacker]

Do a YouTube search for:

Rescue the Beagles: The Bytejacker: The Song

[robdun]

FREE RAPID INDIE FIRE!

[boonie1994]

is that guy paid to be a self righteous dick??

[CrazyCheeseMagee]

Glad a Molleindiustria game got some recognition by Bytejacker.

All I have to say is,

GAMERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!

[Loganiz1337]

minecraft cracked rules

[RiftManual]

pretty good job there.. thank you!

[Davasaurous]

@ZeroWithEverything

Looks like you're the complete tool now- sorry bro.

[bytejacker]

@FighterO21 Hey, guys? This episode was a joke - you know that, right? We came out at the same as the Spike TV VGA's, which are pretty much exactly like this. Definitely check out some of our other videos to see more of what the show is really about.

[FighterO21]

@boonie1994

Probably, i would love to get paid for being self righteous.