Early Alpha of TigBox, the Indie Games Distribution Software, Released

Today The Independant Gaming Source released an early build of their indie games distribution software, called TigBox.

According to a post on TIGS, TigBox is an application  similar to something like Steam, which will allow users to download and manage any indie game from a database of over 500 games.

TigBox has two tabs: My Games, and Get Games. In the Get Games tab you can search for indie games according to rating, genre, and so on, download them, and then play them through the My Games tab.

TigBox already includes some of my favourite indie games, such as Knytt Stories, Within a Deep Forest, and N, which has since gone mainstream with the the release of N+ on Nintendo DS.

The version of TibBox that has been released is a very early proof of concept though, so it lacks quite a few features. For example, it doesn’t actually work yet, which is an improtant feature for most programs.

But for fans of indie games the release of TigBox 0.01 alpha comes as very good news; it’s always hard to find good, new indie games, due to their lack of advertising and inherently low-profile nature. Once TigBox gets into full-fledged development it’s going to become much easier to find great indie titles, giving indie gaming fans more of what they want and indie developers greater exposure for their sometimes under-appreciated work.

So if you’re fan of indie games, keep your eye on TigBox! If you want to download the early alpha version and test it out, click here.