Indie Gaming

It's a demo but I really enjoyed playing this. The comparison to Balatro and its popularity has to be made, if only to make it easier to explain the game: it's blackjack instead of poker, and there's a lot of weird cards and funny references.

Some example are a 13 of spades, pi (3.14) of hearts, a PS1 memory card that allows you to copy another card, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokémon and other trading card cameo appearances, credit cards, business cards, and so on.

The progression is like a classic roguelike deck builder: you move across floors, defeat enemies, make choices between other events like upgrades, healing and adding new cards, defeat a boss and go to the next floor.

I honestly expect this game to get quite popular when / if it releases on Steam. It's already quite polished, has a cool vibe and while blackjack has simple rules, this game adds so many modifiers that it keeps being interesting.

Edit: I'm blind, it released on Steam 3 months ago! Still a great demo haha, ima go and buy this game now

Steam Next Fest has come and gone. I played around 40 demos this time, and I found 9 promising ones you should check out! Ranging from soulslikes, detective games, old Xbox 360 games, detective games, weird comedy games, and detective games, there is a ton of variety here! Okay, maybe there a lot of detective games...

Otherskin is a third-person shooter that plays like your favorite, obscure, janky action adventure game from the PS3 era. It has a lot going on, with unique powers you absorb from defeated enemies, an array of weapons and power-ups, and a story that feels a lot like Returnal.

Skateboard tricks but with cars! A colleague of mine has been working on this game for a while, streaming his progress on Twitch. No firm release date but it can be wishlisted on Steam though.

Become a master of physics by launching your car into the air, performing kickflips, and grinding rails. Complete missions to unlock levels and cosmetics, practice tricks until perfection, or just goof around with friends.

Fruitbus is a comedy adventure game about driving a food truck around a small island and fulfilling orders. But it's so much more than that, with a fully open world to explore, ingredients to forage, upgrades to make to your truck, and hilarious NPCs to meet with their own side quests and stories.

ON YOUR TAIL IS A TRICKY GAME to judge, based on its demo. It feels like two separate games barely related, with one half a joy to play. The other half, well...

The Switch is known for having a ton of great indie games, and a ton of great retro games. It stands to reason that it also has a lot of fantastic retro-inspired indie games. Too many, even. Today's video is all about showcasing the ten best retro indie hidden gems on the Nintendo Switch!

I saw this game already years ago and was interrested. Seems they finally got near to release.

A while ago I made this game and got a lot of feedback that it was hard to figure out how to play and what to do. So last few weeks I tried to incorporate this feedback by streamlining the UI, adding more explanations in game, and making a how-to video.

I am very curious if this has improved the player experience, so all feedback welcome :).

How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PWwyw5dyR4

Where to play: https://broeikas.itch.io/gondoran-rising

Thx in advance for checking it out.

Z is for Zombies alpha

I've just started Return to the Obra Dinn, so far really liking the art style and the main game mechanics. I'm interested to see how the story unfolds as it seems to be taking a "memento" style reverse chronological approach to telling it.

Also still playing Halls of Torment as ever since Vampire Survivors, one of these top down roguelite shoot-em-up games has been in my rotation.

Oh and I nearly forgot, also started pizza tower, but only dipped my toe into that one so far. Really enjoy the art and platforming mechanics so far.

I'm tired of hearing about popular games. Are there any games you played and were surprised by how little attention it got? A game you really enjoyed, but was only reviewed by five people?

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