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ALL Xbox Live Indie Games titles have been delisted

This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Jun 20, 2017 at 5:26 pm, and last updated on 7/27/2022.

Hello.

Xbox Live Indie Games have gone away.

Unfortunately, just like all 3,000+ other Xbox Live Indie Games titles, this means that Snake360, Snake360 Lite, CardArcade, Falling, Sharpshooter, Bungee Ferret Tossing, Multitasking, and Snake Party are no longer available for purchase. It was a good run!

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How to play Cooking Fever "correctly"

This is unrelated to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Other Gaming Discussion" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Aug 05, 2016 at 1:12 pm.

(Last updated 9/5/2018. I haven't played this game in a while, but have updated a few things and added a few notes. The information contained here is all still correct and relevant.)

As with most gamers, I've been playing some games on my phone. Actually, I mostly only play two, and I've been playing them for quite some time.

King of Thieves is my favorite. I love it so much that I play three different accounts. Or was it four...?

The last 11 Xbox Live Indie Games

This is only loosely related to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Other Gaming Discussion" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Sep 24, 2017 at 5:14 pm.

After submitting this story to several Web sites with no success, I've decided to just post it here. Virtually no one will ever see it, but at least my work won't go to waste!

10 things about developing for Xbox LIVE Indie Games

This is only loosely related to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Other Gaming Discussion" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Aug 18, 2009 at 12:25 am.

Here are 10 pieces of advice I'd give to anyone considering developing independently for Xbox LIVE Indie Games (although a lot of these apply to iPhone, or other development platforms as well). These assume that you're going to be doing it by yourself, or in a very small team, in your spare time.

1. Be prepared to sink a lot of time into this. Like, a lot.

Find Mii 1 with under 30 heroes

This is unrelated to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Off-Topic" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Nov 30, 2013 at 4:04 am.

This was posted on GameFAQs, but since GameFAQs topics automatically delete themselves after a while and I may want this in the future, I'm pasting it here.

Originally from a Japanese wiki, translated by AdamantBMage, cleanup by silktail.

1st RED lv.7:
Room 01: Ghost - kill with red magic
Room 02: Ghost x2 - kill with red magic
Room 03: Blue Ghost - attack with red magic

2nd RED lv.7:
Room 03: Blue Ghost - kill with red magic
Room 04: Ghost (yellow shield) & Blue Ghost - attack with red magic (kills Ghost)

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