Two of these in one week? Sure, why not. I thought these would be impossible to do while doing school but it turns out playing and writing about indie games is actually a nice break from work and school and a reminder that I need to post on here more. I’m currently playing through Old Skies and having a very nice time with that.
Gone Fission (Itch.io) is a PICO-8 competitive puzzle game where you setup chain reactions to take over a board. It’s an homage to Chain Reaction on the Atari ST, which I’ve never played before, but I had a blast lot of fun playing this one and the state of the board changing so much that I wasn’t able to tell if I was going to win or not.
Here, have a Twine version of Little Red Riding Hood (Itch.io) that combines a lot of public domain versions into one IF game.
Neon Hearts City (Steam/Itch.io) is the newest adventure game from Cosmic Void. It is truly a wonderful time to be a fan of point-and-click adventures (see: previous Indie Game Roundups). I’m a fan of Cosmic Void’s previous games and I’m looking forward to digging into this one too.
The End of Gameplay (Steam) is a new anthology by droqen. Don’t know what it is but it’s probably interesting. The Steam reviews can give a better insight into what it is.
34th Birthday (Itch.io) is a new browser shmup by Sylvie. Happy birthday Sylvie!
Zexion (Steam) came out a few months ago but it’s new to me and looks like a really nice Metroid-like. Almost like if we got a Metroid sequel towards the end of the NES’ life.
PUNKCAKE Délicieux makes good stuff and this is their next monthly game. If Letters Had Pants (Itch.io) is a roguelite word game.
MIRO (Steam) looks a lot like if No Man’s Sky was a much more chill game focused entirely on exploration. And no space travel. So not really that much like No Man’s Sky. Look, you explore procedurally generated planets. Maybe not quite as chill as Proteus since there’s still shooting, but the art reminds me quite a bit of that too. It’s got a demo.
Internet Roadtrip is a browser game where you and everyone else playing votes on what path Google Streetview should take and you can vote on changing the radio station too.
Formless Star (Itch.io) is a Pay-What-You-Want game where you travel to the Formless Star and gather data on the creatures that live there.
That’s it for this week. As usual, I appreciate hearing about recently released games and what you’re playing in the comments.
Ha, thank you so much for the shoutout on the previous indie game roundup!
I’ve been also playing Miro because it reminded me of Proteus. I did a very short interview with Ed Key back in the day, right around the “discourse” of “are walking sims really a game” (miserable time).
He was such a cool person to talk to. Back then he talked about the idea of a new game in which the world doesnt care about you or doesn’t bend to your rules. But that was 12 years ago and nothing materialized.
I am glad that these kind of game evolved and found its own audience. I always saw it as an extent of adventure games in a very “minimalistic” way.
I’ve been pretty blessed to talk to some cool indie devs, I also did an article on Eidolon and a short interview with Badru. If you followed the whole BDS boycott, they removed Tenderfoot Tactics from the Xbox Store. I did some beta testing during the final stages of development and it was a joy to see the game coming together.
As for what I am playing right now, I’m mainly focused on some upcoming indie stuff like 9 Kings. But also i’ve been meaning to check “Into the Restless Ruins” and the new update for “Utopia Must Fall”.
I do have Zexion on my list as well, but barely played more than 30 minutes. I love the animations though!
Have a great weekend!
ahhhh do you have links to these interviews? I would love to read any/all of them