Best Quick Laptop Games

[sfericz]

I'm soon to be getting a new job, that will require my absents from my desktop for long periods of time. I also won't have time to sit and play a good 2 hour game a day. So what I'm asking you all here, is which are the best small games that I can play comfortably on my laptop? (Preferably Indie)

Here is the list I have now to take with me.

A New Zero
Aquaria
Dyson
Echoes
Flatspace 2
fl0w
Geometry Wars (Retro Evolved)
Mexican Motor Mafia
Osmos
Samorost2
Ticker Tycoon
Wall Street Raider
World of Goo
Sid Meier's Pirates
911 First Responders
Hacker Evolution Untold
The Political Machine 2008

Some Sim games (Sim City, Sim Tower, SimFarm, etc..)

(And of course all of IV's games.)

Sorry if the Links are annoying, or spam. If NeoThermic doesn't like it, I will remove them.

[Feud]

Galactic Civilizations 2

http://www.galciv2.com/

It has two expansion packs, which I highly recommend getting. Each has won their fair share of awards, should run great on any somewhat currant laptop, and I would classify it as an indie game (though very well funded).

[vanarbulax]

Spelunky: good, usually quick fun. Randomly generated so it doesn't get old, very hard so there's always a challenge, just good to play over and over in quick burst.
Cavestory: probably heard of it already but a great game which you can also play in short or long bursts.
Dwarf fortress: might of heard of this as well. Throughly addicting, insanely complex, impossible interface but never as expected or the same time. Definitely not for everyone since there's less a learning curve than a learning mountain (I only managed to get through with the dwarfortresswiki open at all times).
Everyday shooter (pay): an arena shooter which has entirely different graphics and mechanics in each level, pretty hard (I still haven't got to the last stage) and it also creates music generated on what you hit. Think the reverse of audiosurf, (guess I could add that to the list) it's music made from a game instead of a game made from music.
The Nifflas' games: All very charming (though withing a deep forest is also frustratingly hard) and easy to pick up and play. Kyntt is defiantly my favorite, very atmospheric and focussed on exploration for the sake of discovery. Kyntt Stories is really just a good platform for other custom level, which there have been many lists of great user-made levels to play (Don't Eat The Mushroom!).
N: A great platformer with a lot of levels and difficulty to keep you playing for a long time. Bare basics and incredibly addictive.
Cortex Command: Not really a complete game but fun to mess around with. Lots of nice explody things and many fun accidents. Runs very slowly on my computer though.
Iji I kind of have mixed feelings about this game, very ambitious and lots of choices on how to play but the actual controls and combat can get a bit annoying. A fairly large game which should keep you entertained if you enjoy how it plays.

Most of these have a lot fo replay value and you may have heard/dislike them already. I also have a few SHUMPS in "vanarbulax's Peliminary Compendium of Indie Freeware Awesomeness" but they don't have the replay value/length of the games above.

Oh and Flywrench if pure, frustrating, gaming pain is your thing.

[sfericz]

Very nice, I will be getting Flywrench, Everyday Shooter and Galactic Civilizations 2.

Thanks guys, keep them coming!

[KingAl]

currant laptop

Interesting concept...

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space (commercial), a cool, ultra-quick arcadey take on the space exploration genre.

Mr. Robot (commercial) is an isometric puzzler with RPG combat elements, and is great fun. It's got a checkpoint save system which probably isn't ideal for quick bursts of playing, but it'll run on a craptop.

[tllotpfkamvpe]

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[NeatNit]

Cavestory: probably heard of it already but a great game which you can also play in short or long bursts.

<3
Also, there's a shorter address to get to that site: www.cavestory.org

[vanarbulax]

Cavestory: probably heard of it already but a great game which you can also play in short or long bursts.

<3
Also, there's a shorter address to get to that site: www.cavestory.org

Now I get where "Neatpick" came from.

[MrBunsy]

OpenTTD!. If you like that sort of game and are good with the trackpad, that is.

[MarvintheParanoidAndroid]

OpenTTD!. If you like that sort of game and are good with the trackpad, that is.

Oh, hell yes.

Random indie games that I've picked up on Steam:

Audiosurf: I see vanarbulax mentioned it briefly, definitely good for a quick burst. I guess it's a puzzle game really, generating puzzles from your own music (so you can play something nice and slow and easy, or give it a ridiculously fast song if you want a challenge). The leaderboard system is excellent for persuading you to fire it up again and try to reclaim the top score on a song.
Braid: Awesome.
Gish: Physics-based platformer where you play as a blob of tar, changing your properties to get through the levels (stick to things/reduce friction/turn solid, and interact with objects in the level etc).
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble: Worth it just for the reactions you'll get from people asking what the hell you are playing. Also a good game!

[NeatNit]

Are you sure Gish won't lag a little on a laptop?


I like Gish, it has very good physics, great lighting (I wouldn't call it dynamic lighting, but it's great. Or was it really dynamic? I forget ), fun gameplay, and just enough story to not make it completely useless.




Also, Aquaria is... Well, I don't know how well it would run, but it's pretty fun... Which reminds me, I gotta finish it some day :|

[sfericz]

Also, Aquaria is... Well, I don't know how well it would run, but it's pretty fun... Which reminds me, I gotta finish it some day :|

It is quite fun, I didn't think it would be but I got into it. (I also need to finish it sometime )

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Braid: Awesome.

I've got to say, that Braid Trailer was one of the best I've ever seen. I must get this one!

Thanks guys for the lists, there are some great ones in there.

[ynbniar]

Mr. Robot (commercial) is an isometric puzzler with RPG combat elements, and is great fun. It's got a checkpoint save system which probably isn't ideal for quick bursts of playing, but it'll run on a craptop.

Excellent...just GBP5.99 on Steam

[Phelanpt]

A New Zero
Dyson
Osmos
Samorost2
World of Goo

I haven't played A New Zero online yet, but it's fun.
The others are great, World of Goo is awesome.

Cavestory: probably heard of it already but a great game which you can also play in short or long bursts.
The Nifflas' games: All very charming (though withing a deep forest is also frustratingly hard) and easy to pick up and play. Kyntt is defiantly my favorite, very atmospheric and focussed on exploration for the sake of discovery. Kyntt Stories is really just a good platform for other custom level, which there have been many lists of great user-made levels to play (Don't Eat The Mushroom!).

Cave story and the nifflas games are awesome too.

Mr. Robot (commercial) is an isometric puzzler with RPG combat elements, and is great fun. It's got a checkpoint save system which probably isn't ideal for quick bursts of playing, but it'll run on a craptop.

I loved the demo, but the checkpoint system is a bit frustrating. I think it's kind of based on Head over Heels, which is also a good isometric platformer.

Braid: Awesome.
Gish: Physics-based platformer where you play as a blob of tar, changing your properties to get through the levels (stick to things/reduce friction/turn solid, and interact with objects in the level etc).

I tried the braid demo and it seemed very interesting and mind bending. Gish is awesome. I think there's already a version for mobile phones out.

Android Assault is hard to describe. You control a robot and go about destroying other robots. You can also take over other robots, and keep an army going on.

If you have a network connection, Altitude is a lot of fun: A 2D airplane dogfighting game. Several airplanes with different playstyles, and two game modes (when I played it last).

Temporal is a platform puzzle game with a interesting story and time-travel mechanics. Really fun and addictive.

[MikeTheWookiee]

Just echoing how awesome Braid is. It's pretty level-based too so you won't have to worry about save points or anything. More mentally taxing than skill-based (in the main) too.

Also you could try N, especially as it's free. I do warn you though, this is hard, and requires lots of skill. The rush when you finally complete a room is marvellous though.