ris ▁Ste ele ▁of ▁Fun ▁Inf used ▁Games ▁coordin ated ▁the ▁second ▁Ind ie ▁Games ▁U pr ising . ▁The ▁Ind ie ▁Games ▁Summer ▁U pr ising ▁opened ▁up ▁game ▁subm issions ▁to ▁the ▁public , ▁and ▁were ▁then ▁narrow ed ▁down ▁through ▁r ounds ▁of ▁voting . ▁The ▁Summer ▁U pr ising ▁launched ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁and ▁released ▁one ▁title ▁daily ▁from ▁Monday ▁through ▁Friday . ▁While ▁developers ▁reported ▁a ▁varying ▁range ▁of ▁sales , ▁C ute ▁Things ▁D ying ▁Vi ol ently ▁sold ▁over ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ▁in ▁its ▁first ▁month ▁of ▁release . ▁ ▁Ind ie ▁Games ▁U pr ising ▁III ▁The ▁Ind ie ▁Games ▁U pr ising ▁III , ▁scheduled ▁to ▁start ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁was ▁cur ated ▁by ▁developer ▁Michael ▁H icks ▁and ▁Summer ▁U pr ising ▁coordin ator ▁Dave ▁Vo yles . ▁H icks ▁expressed ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁another ▁promotion ▁after ▁he ▁noticed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁" ex c iting " ▁games ▁would ▁be ▁released ▁around ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁as ▁his ▁own ▁title ▁Sent ent ia . ▁ ▁Notable ▁games ▁include ▁Gate ways ▁by ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Sh ug gy , ▁and ▁q r th - ph yl ▁from ▁herm it g ames , ▁developer ▁of ▁the ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁Le ave ▁Home . ▁ ▁Ind ie ▁Games ▁U pr ising ▁T ribute ▁La unch ed ▁on ▁September ▁