Indie games are vast, varied and very 80s in this Megabooth trailer

There is no single definition of an "indie" video game. "Indie" doesn't mean free, cheap, mobile, 8-bit, 3D, platformer, shooter or any other thing. Thanks to the recent, rapid evolution of game-making technologies, more people than ever are able to craft and sell their own video games with help from friends and without involving a large publisher. That's what "indie" means -- independent, but not alone.

The development community has plenty of avenues for people to gather and support one another, and one of the largest such organizations is the Indie Megabooth. Every year since 2012, the Megabooth has set up stalls at PAX East and PAX Prime showing off a selection of stellar independent games. It started with 16 games in 2012, took a trip around the globe in 2014, and will now boast a lineup of more than 70 games at this year's PAX Prime from August 28th to 31st. The list includes beautiful digital board game Armello, intense Xbox One game Below, gorgeous space shooter Galak-Z, poetic point-and-click That Dragon, Cancer, wacky competitive game Gang Beasts (shown above), and tons more.

• Armello – League of Geeks

• Awesomenauts – Ronimo Games

• Barkley 2 – Tales of Game's

• BELOW – Capybara Games

• Butt Sniffin Pugs – SpaceBeagles

• Captain Forever Remix – Pixelsaurus Games & Future Crayon

• Chasm – Discord Games, Inc.

• D4 – PLAYISM

• Darknet – E McNeill

• Death Road to Canada – Rocketcat LLC

• Distance – Refract

• Due Process – Giant Enemy Crab

• Eco – Strange Loop Games Inc

• Galak-Z – 17-BIT

• Gang Beasts – Boneloaf

• Hyper Light Drifter – Heart Machine

• Infinifactory – Zachtronics

• Kathy Rain – Clifftop Games

• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes – Steel Crate Games, Inc.

• La-Mulana 2 – PLAYISM

• Ladykiller in a Bind – Love Conquers All Games

• Mini Metro – Dinosaur Polo Club

• Moon Hunters – Kitfox Games

• Mushroom 11 – Untame

• Nova Blitz – Dragon Foundry

• playsets. – the playsets team, llc

• Rising Thunder – Radiant Entertainment

• Shoot Shoot Mega Pack – Jon Remedios

• Sometimes Always Monsters – Vagabond Dog

• Stonehearth – Radiant Entertainment

• That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games

• The Magic Circle – Question LLC

• The Westport Independent – Double Zero One Zero

• Through the Woods – Antagonist

• To Leave – Freaky Creations

• Tumblestone – The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild

• Ultimate Chicken Horse – Clever Endeavour Games

• Universe Sandbox ² – Giant Army

• Viking Squad – Slick Entertainment Inc

• Wattam – Funomena

• XING: The Land Beyond – White Lotus Interactive

• YIIK: A Postmodern RPG – Ackk Studios

Plus, check out the accompanying Minibooth and the rest of Indie Megabooth's plans for PAX East right here.