Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We at Joystiq believe no one deserves to starve, and many indie developers are entitled to a fridge full of tasty, fulfilling media coverage, right here. This week, Kyle Moseley unleashes a deadly computer virus on Joystiq — er, not an actual virus. His game, Plague, is a computer virus. Wait, no! It’s not a virus! Just… just read Kyle’s interview; he explains everything.

What’s your game called and what’s it about?

Our game is called Plague. It is about a devastating computer virus that takes over the world and you play as a personified, bottom-of-the-barrel, anti-virus program and have to save the world. It plays like a side-scrolling shooter where the enemies are computer viruses.

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