Lots of unique looking 2D games these days..

Thanks to the so-called Indie Revolution and crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo (and Steam Greenlight), we seem to be in the midst of a new Golden Age of 2D and/or retro games. Here's a list of some of the more interesting looking titles I've come across:

01. Hyper Light Drifter - made with Gamemaker: Studio
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1661802484/hyper-light-drifter

02. Radio the Universe
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1548272412/radio-the-universe-0

03. Havoc Your Way: The Chaos Years - this has a nice Maniac Mansion and Day of the Tentacle vibe to it
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/option4studios/havoc-your-way-the-chaos-years

04. Kentucky Route Zero - this has been around a while. Chapter 3 of 5 just got released.

05. Last Life
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1717469366/last-life

06. The Last Door - low res horror adventure. Less is more literally.

07. The Breakout
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2084621640/the-breakout

08. Inspire Me
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blyts/inspire-me

09. Gods Will Be Watching
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gods-will-be-watching
Crowdfunding Postmortem: http://www.deconstructeam.com/en/postmortem-del-crowdfunding-de-gods-will-be-watching/

10. Heart Forth, Alicia - mixes 2D sidescrolling and live action. Beautiful stuff.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alonsomartin/heart-forth-alicia

11. Pixel Noir
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/397981048/pixel-noir-pc-mac-ios-android-ps4-vita

12. The Other Brothers
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-other-brothers
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theotherbrothers/the-other-brothers

13. Spine - 2D skeletal animation for games
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/esotericsoftware/spine

14. You Are Not The Hero - made with RPG Maker Ace VX
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/812850535/you-are-not-the-hero

15. Sprite Lamp - dynamic lighting for 2D sprites
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/finnmorgan/sprite-lamp-dynamic-lighting-for-2d-art

16. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Check out that trailer. Beautiful visuals.

17. Broken Age - the one that started it all.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/double-fine-adventure

18. Luftrausers - dogfighting greatness

19. Bravery Default - JRPG on the 3DS

20. Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fictiorama/dead-synchronicity-tct-a-dark-point-and-click-adve

21. The Way - for fans of Another World and Flashback

22. Paradise Lost: First Contact
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1183462809/paradise-lost-first-contact

23. Ghost Song: A Journey of Hope
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192311215/ghost-song-a-journey-of-hope

24. Night in the Woods
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1307515311/night-in-the-woods?ref=card

25. Witchmarsh - co-op platform RPG set in 1920s Massachusetts
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1027299776/witchmarsh

24. Night in the Woods
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1307515311/night-in-the-woods?ref=card

All the good stuff in one place: http://gamesquares.tumblr.com/

Night in the Woods looks great, and thanks for that other link. It should come in handy. I already discovered a game called Witchmarsh from there. It's a nice looking 2D RPG set in the 1920s that appears right up my alley:

25. Witchmarsh
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1027299776/witchmarsh

This doesn't technically qualify as a 2D game (2.5D and I guess 3D now), but this news from E3 makes me think of classic, 2D adventures from the 90s. It also makes me believe that miracles may exist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG2wFVfi5Rw

https://twitter.com/TimOfLegend/status/476179637987315714

First Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father and now this (on top of all the other remakes, new installments, and new IP that has been coming out of the woodwork since Kickstarter allowed the Old Masters and indies to go around the publishers and bigger studios.

Lastly, here's a retrospective about Grim Fandango for those who never played it or don't even know what it is:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/06/10/a-closer-look-at-grim-fandangos-surprise-revival/