What do Braid developer Jonathan Blow, a former NASA Engineer, and a veteran Bioware developer all have in common? All three were in town this week showing off awesome indie games for Indie Press Day . We had 11 of these developers come in to the IGN office and explain what it is that makes their game rad. Check out the demos below!

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Throw Trucks With Your Mind developer Lat Ware strapped an EEG reader to my brain and promised that my brain waves alone would let me toss trucks and other objects around a room. It's bananas.

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It's not often that a game manages to feel totally fresh and new, while remaining intuitive and easy to pick up. Mushroom 11 manages to perfectly achieve this balancing act. Jonathan Blow explained to IGN what makes this Indie Fund game so special.

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Cannon Brawl mashes together Worms-style artillery firing with strategy elements like territory control and resource management. The result is a fun, frantic and totally fresh-feeling action-strategy experience.

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When a family is on shaky ground, novelist father Dan Kaplan uproots everyone to a remote country home. Only problem? The home is (what else?) haunted. As the ghost, you get to help each member of the family in unique ways, instead of just terrorizing them. Whew!

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Another Indie Fund title, Jonathan Blow explained to us how to explore the atmospheric alien world of The Swapper using the game's unique player cloning system.Full Bore is a little bit like Super Metroid. Non-linear platforming. Environmental puzzles... that sort of thing. The twist? You play as Frederick, an... impoverished digging boar.Watch a live playtest, as Escape Goat 2 developer Ian Stocker sits us down with his puzzle-platformer sight-unseen and says "go."Episode 3 of Phoenix Online's point-and-click adventure series promises to be the most dramatic yet.Explore the inside of a comic book in the most unique way since Comix Zone. Draw the path your comic book character needs to follow to stay alive.Advance Wars fans, pay attention. Enhanced Wars is still very early on, but in its finished state the game could potentially scratch your PC turn-based strategy itch.Retrobooster is what video games would look like today if games like Lunar Lander had continued to dominate arcades and consoles for the past 30 years.Bunny Run is one part platformer, one part rhythm game. Jumping and ducking your way through each scrolling stage in time with the music is exactly what's needed to stay alive.

Justin is Editor of IGN Wireless. He has been reviewing mobile games since the dark days of Java flip phones. You can follow him on Twitter at @ErrorJustin and on IGN