Valley of the Sun? More like Valley of the Fun, right?
The Smithsonian’sArt of Video Gamesexhibit enjoyed its last day at thePhoenix Art Museumyesterday. It will move on to theEverson Museum of Artin Syracuse, New York late next month. As a send off for the exhibit, the Arizona independent game developer collaborativeGame CoLabput together the Arizona Indie Game Showcase, featuring more than twenty games in various stages of progress by local developers.
Perhaps the most impressive piece of information is that there is a relatively prolific indie scene in the Phoenix area. Though the development community in Phoenix is nowhere near that of San Francisco or Austin, the showing was larger than I had expected, and included some highly anticipated titles likeSteve Swink’sSCALEandErin Robinson’sGravity Ghost.
Other notable titles that were on display at the showcase include Team Colorblind’sAztez, AbstrAKT Games’Protein Pirates, The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild’sThe Bridge, and Team Grave’sGrave.
[Gallery courtesy of community photographerChad Valente]
