About XboxIndies.com
XboxIndies.com is a portal to the world of Xbox Live Indie Games (XBLIG) on the
internet. We collect the latest in news and reviews from sites that cover XBLIG.
XboxIndies.com is not affiliated with Microsoft in any way; this
is a fan and community run site.
Xbox LIVE Indie Games (aka XBLIG)
Xbox LIVE Indie Games is a distribution channel on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace where
independent and hobby game developers can sell their games to Xbox LIVE users. It
sits as a sibling to Xbox LIVE Arcade on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
This video shows off a few of the many awesome games on the service:
Site History
The original XboxIndies.com website was created by then XNA MVP
Nick Gravelyn. In late 2009 Nick was called to the mother ship and
now works at Microsoft on the XNA team. As part of the change, Nick had to
step away from running XboxIndies.com. The site was dormant until in early
2011 the crew at FuncWorks, who are XNA developers themselves and run GameMarx.com,
had a new idea for a XBLIG portal site that would be resource on all thing Xbox
Indie. Nick was kind to let us use his former site as our new home!
XNA
XNA (or more properly XNA Game Studio) is the technology used by developers to produce
the games on Xbox LIVE Indie Games. If you are a developer, head over to the
App Hub to find links to the tools, samples, and the developer forums.
Site Data
All of the data on the site can be accessed via RSS or XML/CSV and may be used freely
on other sites or in applications. An example is the
XBLIG Companion app for Windows Phone, iOS, and Android by
Eleventy-Aught Twelve Studios. Look for the orange RSS icon or XML/CSV
links on game pages to get started.
