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What a Time to Be a Fan of Adventure Games

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If you’ve been following my indie game roundups, you’ll know that I’ve been in shock at how many adventure games have been coming out lately. I’ve never been an “adventure games are dead person” but even as someone that’s a bit touchy about that subject, I feel more comfortable lately saying it’s a great time to be a fan of the genre. If you like this post, both Adventure Game Hotspot and Adventure Gamers do a much better job of covering new adventure games than I do and you should add them to your RSS feed reader. You can even check out the calendar on Adventure Game Hotspot for more games released this year. You may also like ChoiceBeat for Interactive Fiction and Visual Novel coverage.

I also think Fireflower Games deserves a shoutout. If you’re looking for DRM-free adventure games, consider picking up a game from their store. Itch.io doesn’t get every indie game and this site has done a pretty good job building up a catalog of games from various adventure game folks. Plus a chunk of their proceeds gets donated to environmental groups (see their FAQ).

Anyway, here have been some of the ones I’ve come across this year. Some of the descriptions will be recycled from previous roundups (reusable content baby!) just because this list is massive and is already taking a long time. It’s also not even counting all the great interactive fiction games. Please leave comments with other games that you’re excited about because there’s definitely a lot I’ve left out. I was going to also include upcoming adventure games and others that have entered Early Access, but this post is already too big so I’m splitting that into a separate post along with one featuring adventure games I’ve enjoyed in the past few years before 2025.

Amerzone (Steam) got a remake and it looks great. I was a fan of the original and from looking at the Steam review, it looks like the remake does the game justice.

a shot of two astronauts and one is thinking "That's it, but the signals are still indecipherable."

Asterism (Steam) is an interactive concept album by Claire Morwood, filled with lovely music, but the highlight for me is this stop-motion art. Everyone probably knows by now that if a game has stop-motion art I’m required to put it in here. Look at it! Incredible. It also has a demo.

first person view of a decrepit building inside at night

After being in development for over a decade, horror point-and-click adventure ASYLUM (Steam) is now available. I’m a fan of the developer’s previous game Scratches, which is no longer on Steam due to a fallout with the co-designer, although they have said it’s fine if people find that game….online. They also have a free adventure game they released 10 years ago called Serena.

Au Revoir (Steam) is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure described by the HauntedPS1 curator page as “Blade Runner Point and Click with a Haunted PS1 coat of paint. The puzzles ask you to really pay attention to the environment around you, but luckily that environment is a treat to take in.”

Do I even need to post about Blue Prince? I think everyone knows about it at this point. I’m not sure if a roguelike adventure game is for me personally but it sounds great and even the developers of Myst are very into it, so consider checking it out. It’s fun seeing a roguelike adventure game being such a massive hit vtoo.

Brassheart (Steam/GOG) is a 2D point-and-click adventure in a Steampunk setting. Adventure Game Hotspot and Adventure Gamers both liked it.

I fully support people making adventure games with big heads like in the original Maniac Mansion, so THE BRiLLiANT COUP (Steam) is a game that got my attention.

My understanding of the new Carmen Sandiego (Steam) is that it actually does a pretty good job maintaining the spirit of the original games even with it having 3D platforming elements.

isometric view of a space station

Citizen Sleeper 2 (Steam) is maybe I weird one to include here because some people think of it as a rpg, but it’s Interactive Fiction enough for me to include. Absolutely loved the original and just haven’t gotten around to this one yet. I will someday, hopefully soon, and I’m sure I’ll love it.

first person view of someone kicking a soccer ball into cones

despelote (Steam) is a game that I’ve heard a ton of praise for in the lead up to its release. I think it looks fantastic.

Discolored 2 (Steam) is a first-person puzzle adventure game inspired by the Myst series, with a focus on puzzles based around color. I was a fan of the first game and this looks like it builds on that to create a bigger game with characters you interact with.

Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping looks like a really cute detective game and the Steam page says it’s only 2-3 hours, which sounds great to me. I guess it’s a standalone sequel to a game that came out last year.

a guy with red hair and a lab coat standing on the roof of a buildilng with a small rocket and telescope

Elroy and the Aliens (Steam) is a new point-and-click adventure where you play as Elroy and Peggie in the search of a long-lost father in an alternate version of the 90s. It looks like a very charming adventure game and there’s even a demo if you want to give it a try. I’m not too familiar with the team other than it has Robert Megone working on it, who has also worked on games like Return to Monkey Island and Thimbleweed Park. A recent video from the Space Quest Historian even has him saying it’s one of the best adventure games he’s played recently.

hard to describe but it's a first person view of a conversation with a house and it is giving a thumbs up and saying "they can't kidnap our free will to go to the bathroom"

ENA: Dream BBQ (Steam) is a free first-person adventure game where you explore surreal environments.

a woman saying to a crying girl "Verity Amersham, as of this moment...you are expelled!"

Expelled! (Steam/Switch/iOS) is the newest game by interactive fiction developers Inkle. You are a student at a school that has been framed for attempted murder and must prove your innocence or find someone to take the fall in a limited period of time. It follows a similar framework as one of Inkle’s previous games, Overboard, which I was a massive fan of. Hooray for interactive fiction.

Frog Bard (Steam/Itch.io) is a short, poetic experience about finding inspiration in the world around you.

I don’t really know what Ginger (Steam) is but I keep seeing people recommend it and saying how weird it is, so I guess take a look if you like weird adventure games?

pixel art of a man and a woman standing outside of a closed pawn shop at night

Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer is one that I think a lot of adventure game fans were excited. I was a fan of the first game and the studio’s other adventure, Whispers of a Machine.

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Steam) is the newest game by DON’T NOD, creators of the Life is Strange series. I haven’t played it yet but I imagine if you like those games, you’ll also like this. It’s set in the 90s in northern Michigan so it feels targeted directly at me.

a person shooting some kind of flaming ball towards a giant stone cup in the water

I don’t know a whole lot about Many Nights a Whisper (Steam) but it looks like a beautiful adventure game (or at least adjacent to the genre), has quite a few positive reviews, and it’s described as “A short interactive essay on dreams, pressure, and expectations. Take part in an ancient ritual where one shot determines the fate of a generation.” and that sounds interesting to me.

Metamorph (Steam) is a horror adventure game described by the HauntedPS1 curator as “Fantastic short Kafka inspired game with HPS1 vibes. Discover the ordeal of being known and, if you’re lucky, the rewards of being loved.” Does that make it a Bad Mojo-like?

Near-Mage (Steam) is the newest game by Stuck in Attic, developers of Gibbous. You discover you are a witch and attend the Transylvanian Institute for Magick.

person sitting on a rooftop in a city at night

Neon Hearts City (Steam/Itch.io) is the newest adventure game from Cosmic Void. I’m a fan of Cosmic Void’s previous games and I’m looking forward to digging into this one too. I just don’t know how they manage to put out so many solid adventure games so quickly. I know there’s folks helping like Stephen Don (check out his games too) but man, that’s still a lot of games.

a woman sitting in a futuristic bar with a man and a hologram for a bartender and saying "It always depends"

Old Skies (Steam) is the newest game by Wadjet Eye Games. I’m so happy this is out. I got to play a beta and think it’s one of their best, if not best, point-and-click adventures, and replaying the game right now confirms that. It’s a time travel story featuring incredible art by Ben Chandler and great voice acting by a lot of the folks that have acted in previous Wadjet Eye Games adventures.

text saying "You are inside the cave. You hear the sounds of small animals scurrying away. You look for a place to dig. You dig and find some gold coins!"

People are still making games for the Commodore 64. Pirates of the Black Seas (Itch.io) is a new text adventure available for Pay-What-You-Want created with the classic IF writing software Quest Writer by Loadstar.

a tiny clown in tall grass with a home made out of household garbage

Poco (Steam) is “a 2D/3D hybrid point-and-click adventure game where you play as Poco, a two-inch tall clown who is banished from a giant walking circus, and left to fend for themselves in the undergrowth of the Below World.” The art in this looks fantastic, it has hundreds of positive reviews, and it’s free!

a giant finger riding in the back of a truck
Promise Mascot Agency

Promise Mascot Agency (dev site) is the newest game by the developers of Paradise Killer. It’s an open-world adventure game/mascot management sim and has been a total delight to play. The soundtrack by Ryo Koike and Alpha Chrome Yayo has been a highlight for me. This one was a little bit of a stretch but if Adventure Game Hotspot says it counts then that’s good enough for me.

image of a cork board and there being a to-do list to help the player complete the family tree of the roottree sisters

The Roottrees are Dead (Steam) is an expanded version of the original hit game created for Global Game Jam 2023.

people fighting in a saloon

One of the biggest releases for me this year is the point-and-click adventure Rosewater (Steam), a western adventure by the creator of Lamplight City, and set in that universe but you do not need to play that first (but you should also play that). It’s a fantastic game and man, look at all those rotoscoped animations!

Slender Threads (Steam) is a paranormal point-and-click adventure that I’ve seen get a lot of praise by folks in the adventure game community.

first person view of someone using an old computer
Spider Land

Spider Land (Steam/Itch.io) is a short interactive fiction about a doomsday prepper and is available for free/pay-what-you-want.

Spring Thing is a yearly IF competition that’s always worth a look.

Stellar Mess: Operation Kush (Steam/Itch.io) is the second part in the Stellar Mess series. As an enjoyer of the era of Lucasarts adventure games where the art was in EGA and people had big heads, I think it deserves a shoutout.

deep sea divers under water and a man saying "terrible, about that creature. Still, you can't be caught out with those diverse. Just pick someone who's strongheaded enough to make a move"

Sub-Verge is a game where you control a group of deep-sea divers and looks incredibly stressful, haha. I think it looks really good though.

The Talos Principle: Reawakened (Steam) is a remake of the first game and adds the DLC and some new stuff with some snazzy new graphics. I’ve been a long time Croteam fan so it’s interesting to me darn it.

person wearing a gas mask saying "may I incline my heart to speak with you, Penry?"

the Devil rais’d the storm (Itch.io) is a visual novel/adventure game about locating a radar signal deep in the canyons near your remote outpost. Available for just $2.

Type Help (Itch.io) is a brilliant Obra-Dinn/Roottrees are Missing-like that is free and playable in the browser. Don’t really want to give too much away but it’s very impressive that this was all done in Twine and critically acclaimed interactive fiction author Andrew Plotkin has also discussed why it’s brilliant on his blog.

Blog Roundup (26-5-2025)

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A few days ago I mentioned I was going to sleep in a zoo and folks? I have slept in a zoo. Not very well of course, one does not simply snooze for 8 hours straight in a random zoo building when they are a light sleeper, but technically I have slept in the same building as pied tamarins thanks to my daughter’s Girl Scouts troop.

So anyway, here’s some blog posts I’ve enjoyed lately.

First of all, consider supporting Michael Coorlim and getting lots of cool games and writing! They’ve worked on some very cool stuff like the recently released Kathy Rain 2.

I like seeing what games other people are excited about and Aura has a nice one featuring stuff I mostly haven’t heard of before, which is always great.

Nicole Express breaks down the hardware for the arcade game Kiki KaiKai, which is more famous for Natsume taking the concept and making Pocky & Rocky. I really liked Pocky & Rocky as a child and never knew that it had something before it.

Nathalie talks about a ton of experimental games on Not Quite A Game (Games that go beyond the need to be understood)

Atari Archives goes into the history of BASIC Programming being brought to the Atari.

Point-and-click adventure Technobabylon has turned 10. Good lord. If you haven’t played it yet, I highly recommend it. If you have played it, go check out this interview with the designer about the game’s queer themes and sequel plans. Great stuff! If this wasn’t a personal blog named after a moose I would love to interview game devs. If you’re ok with being interviewed on a blog that has nothing to do with moose, let me know. If you think this blog should talk more about moose, let me know.

Speaking of personal blogs, sometimes they’re fun because 90% of the time they’re focused on one thing like tabletop rpgs, and those posts are good, but then you come across what it’s like to work in a library.

If I see a post about the Amiga, I have to post it. That’s the rule. This time it’s a post that asks What is an Amiga?

Florence Smith Nicholls talks about what games get covered in academia. The article goes into wanting to cover Wurm Online and the importance of talking about MMOs that aren’t dead, but aren’t exactly thriving either and have low player counts, so they just kinda don’t get discussed. Since I am a massive fan of the NOT DEAD mmo Myst Online, which you can still play today for free and is still getting new content, this resonates strongly with me.

Speaking of MMOs, KRITIQAL has an excellent article about Ragnarok Online Indonesia and how it is still alive today through a fan server.

Read Only Memo has an interview with the modder who has brought the X-Box 360 game Chromehounds back online.

No Escape writes about Final Fantasy and those Pixel Remaster versions, and just about Final Fantasy remakes in general. I don’t really follow the series so I liked learning about the weirdness of these and what’s even going on in that series.

I’ve linked to this adventure game blog before but there’s some interesting computer history at Michigan State and Troy at the beginning of this article. The rest of it about the game The Final Countdown is very good too.

And finally, it’s not a blog post but Microsoft confirm they’ve supplied AI tech to the Israeli military for use in Gaza so if you aren’t already, try not to give Microsoft money to the best of your ability.

Various Retro Gaming Bits

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I don’t really know where to categorize all of these things but feel like they should be shared, so here’s kind of a link dump of retro gaming stuff I’ve come across in the last month that I think is neat.

a laptop showing the text adventure game amnesia but with a lot of UI elements added

The 1986 adventure game Amnesia has a very nice restoration where you can play the game as it was originally released on the C64, Apple IIe, and PC, but it also has a contemporary web mode with tons of quality of life features added.

A new ZX Spectrum fan zine launched about a month ago and it’s available for free on Itch.

man in a film studio asking another man in a hole "what are you doing in there?"

denzquix has done a lot of great translations of adventure games and the latest is for Bi-Fi: Action in Hollywood, a promotional point-and-click adventure game from 1994 for Bi-Fi Rolls, a salami-based snack originating in Germany and sold across Europe. You can read more about it here on BlueSky.

two Japanese men talking to each other

The cd-rom TRIPITAKA 玄奘三蔵求法の旅, the sequel to the legendary Cosmology of Kyoto has finally been saved and put on the Internet Archive! It’s incredible that this has been preserved and you can read more about it on BlueSky. If you’ve never played Cosmology of Kyoto, it’s currently abandonware but you can treat yourself to this nice repackaging of it.

This looks like a nice update of the classic DOS game Abuse.

top down view of a robot dog flying through space

Rex and the Galactic Plague just looks like a fun teaser for an Amiga game and the dog reminds me of K9 from Doctor Who. Sometimes I just get excited about people still making Amiga games and this one is on Itch.

Project Magma is a restoration of the game Myth that’s new to me and maybe it’s new to you as well. If you’ve never played Myth before, it’s great!

Idk, that’s all. This isn’t a recurring bit on this blog. I just wanted to share all these things because I think they’re cool.

Indie Game Roundup (May 23, 2025)

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I realize I say it just about every week but hoo boy, what a week, and this time I mean it. Doing this post on time for once because tomorrow I’m going to a sleepover at a zoo and I will not give additional context to that. Anyway, instead of streaming Zork from some Microsoft cloud service that doesn’t even work, here are some indie games you can play instead. Or just download some free text adventures from IFDB.

Video Games

guy jumping while another guy is attempting to cast a spell at him

The biggest one for me this week is Virtue’s Heaven (Steam/Itch.io). I’ve been waiting a few years for it so I’m happy to see this come out. It’s one of those Metroid-like games but with a very nice Game Boy aesthetic and it’s felt great to play so far. I’ve been really enjoying the combat system and while I hate the term “Juice” to describe parts of games, sigh, it’s got good “juice.” It’s got a demo if you want to give it a try.

Six One Indie did a big showcase yesterday. Maybe you’ll discover a lot of cool, upcoming games through it?

Can a game about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles be considered indie? I don’t fucking know, I’m just some person with a blog named after a moose. But I like Strange Scaffold a lot so their newest game on Steam looks fun.

pixel art of a man and a woman standing outside of a closed pawn shop at night

It’s been a ridiculous time for point-and-click adventures. I keep saying it every week but it’s because there’s been so many coming out. Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer is yet another one from a studio I like.

TweetTweetJam is a jam on Itch.io where people make a game in 500 characters or less. This is their 10th one and it’s always fun to see what clever stuff folks are making with such a small constraint.

Decker is a really neat tool for making Hypercard-looking applications, and now there’s a pink template.

I haven’t played the demo for Broken Relic yet but it looks like a very nice upcoming point-and-click adventure game.

s*ssy caption aesthetic II is an interactive collage….essay…zine? by bagenzo about a variety of personal topics. It’s brilliant, go check it out in the browser.

top down view of a blue guy hitting monsters with a sword

Blungo’s Dungeon Luncheon is a pay-what-you-want dungeon crawler strongly influenced by the NES, not just how it looks, but also the audio and how it controls. The language in it may be a turn off to something but I think it’s a neat little game. Plus I like saying Blungo.

first person view of a boat floating down a marsh at night

I haven’t played it yet but Overlook Trail looks like a very pretty exploration game and it even has a demo.

Tabletop Games

Treat yourself to a tabletop game about kale

Sandy Pug Games is the best and it’s always a treat to see them release a new game. Hellpiercers is described as “a tabletop tactics RPG about post-mythic warfare, mechs powered by ritual and divinity, and the struggle for total, unconditional liberation.” Sometimes people balk at $30 for a PDF but I don’t know, it’s a fucking ton of art in there and tabletop rpgs are games designed to keep a group of 3-6 people entertained for many hours. So $30 for all of that sounds like a great deal to me.

I’ve always wanted to learn how to play Mahjong so maybe this zine will help me out.

Crowdfunding

I’m so excited that the Kickstarter for the documentary about Jeff Minter, Heart of Neon, has already hit its goal. There has never been a better time to be a Llamasoft fan between stuff like this and recent releases like I, Robot.

Crescent County is a single player, open-world, broom riding game that looks pretty nice. I’m happy to see that it hit its goal so quickly.

Possible Worlds Games is one of my favorite ttrpg publishers and they’re so close to hitting funding for their newest set of games, J. Walton’s surreal fishing RPG Tacklebox & Tyler Crumrine’s people-watching RPG Better Strangers.

Not brand new but it’s new to me

Dispatches from VR (Itch.io) is a zine about the author’s experiences with VR as a disabled person. It’s pay-what-you-want and you can also check it out in the browser.

Say No! More thoughts

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Developer: Studio Fizbin
Publisher: Thunderful Publishing
Year: 2021
Genre: Arcade

Say No! More is an arcade game where you are a new intern at a company where everyone says “yes” and must use your ability to say “no!” to change the world. I just played through this one with my oldest and had a good time. It’s a pretty straightforward game. You walk on a linear path, push a button to say “no!” whenever someone interrupts your path to ask you to do a mundane task, and continue moving. Sometimes you must charge your “no!” to clear your path but that’s mostly it in terms of “gameplay.” But I think where the game really shines is everything outside of that. The game features a gorgeous aesthetic influenced by PS1 graphics. I’m also always happy to see anti-capitalist and pro-union messages in games.

a woman outside saying NO and it pushing a man into the air

I’m also kinda doing the game a disservice by saying “you just push no and then keep walking.” In a very reductive way that’s true, but there’s so many custom options, including what language you say no in. It’s also just a lot of fun to watch the lengthy cutscenes as well. The game only took me about 100 minutes to play through but I think it would be exhausting if it was longer than that. I had a good time with it and it’s fun finding weird, short stuff like this in my backlog that I can play with my daughter

Say No! More is available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, and iOS.

Blog Roundup (2025-5-18)

an image that says Yaffle Fest 2025 and has some pink circles?
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Feeling a little under the weather so this may be a weird post. Anyway, here’s some blogs. Don’t have your own? Consider starting one. Maybe on Bear Blog? Don’t go to Substack

Did you know John Darnielle from The Mountain Goats has one? Well, now you do.

Now you can play an unreleased N64 game, Dinosaur Planet, at 4K on your pc. That’s pretty neat.

Lists of freeware game recommendations are always nice to see and I think this one by Startmenu is a good one. It lists some interactive fiction games too.

Renga In Blue continues to play all the adventure games and do nice posts on them. This one summarizes everything that’s been played so far. Maybe you’ll discover some old adventure games that you’ve never heard of before?

Depending on when you read this, it may be too late, but Yaffle organizes a film festival in the KRITICAL discord and I think it’s worth a look. At the very least you can read the list of films and check them out on your own.

I love hearing about local music radio stations and now I have a new one to listen to, WDCB 90.9 FM – ‘Chicago’s Home For Jazz’

These aren’t blog posts, but I liked these articles on how video game sex scenes are made and four great Palestinian olive oils

Doctor Who is so Good

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just watched the latest episode and man, this season has been so good. Probably the best the show has been in a long time and I wish it kicked off with this quality level last year, even if I liked that season too. I won’t spoil anything but the latest episode was just such a nice surprise for fans of the old series and I’m looking forward to what happens next. Just so much I would never expect to see and last week’s episode was even better in terms of the writing level. Good stuff!

Indie Game Roundup (May 16, 2025)

view of a planets surface with dinosaurs walking around and a planet with rings in the sky
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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.

person sitting on a rooftop in a city at night

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.

view of a planet's surface at sunset with it looking very pink, purple, and blue

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.

first person view of google street view in Maine with a chat log on the right

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.

top down view of someone on an alien planet next to their ship

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.

Indie Game Roundup (May 12, 2025)

photo of a game playing on a philips cd-i
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Hey it’s another one of these things! It’s probably shorter than these usually are since I haven’t really been too aware of what’s going on other than looking at blogs, Discord, and what folks are up to on Itch. It’s still more than enough to keep me busy but I’d love to hear about what you’re excited about lately in the comments. Self-promo is more than welcome!

We’ve got a new Indiepocalypse! This one looks to have quite a few interactive fiction-related games too, which is always a treat for me.

Matt Stark has made a lot of really nice building toys and islandoodle 2 is another relaxing one. This one has you building castles on islands.

image of a game running on tv next to a philips cd-i
Image taken from the Itch page comments of the game running on a cd-i

Haven’t you always wanted to play a port of the DOS classic SkyRoads on the Philips CD-i? Yes, of course you have and now there is one in development.

The tabletop rpg Monster Truckers is now seeking crowdfunding. It’s described as “an easy to learn and low prep tabletop role playing game featuring semi truck driving monsters in a post-apocalyptic world.”

top down view of a bunny in a maze of dust

Dust Bunny is a cute puzzle game playable in the browser and made in PICO-8 about clearing all the dust in various screens.

a teen girl saying to a boy in a kitchen "Why aren't you in bed?"

It feels like we’re being spoiled with all the point-and-click adventures that have been coming out lately. Midnight Special is a new horror game that has just entered Early Access with a presentation that reminds me of the first Clock Tower game.

deep sea divers under water and a man saying "terrible, about that creature. Still, you can't be caught out with those diverse. Just pick someone who's strongheaded enough to make a move"

Speaking of adventure games, thank you Lucas Moura for telling me about Sub-Verge. It’s a game where you control a group of deep-sea divers and looks incredibly stressful, haha. I think it looks really good though.

Blog Roundup (2025-5-10)

text saying Mac Themes Garden but it looks like it's on a 90s macintosh
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Man, we didn’t even get Pope Pizzaballa after everything?

Last time I lamented that Giant Bomb looked like it was going to do. I’m happy to say I was wrong! Anyway, here’s some things I’ve been reading lately.

Video Games

Atari Archive covers the classic Adventure

Scanline Artifacts covers the very good C64 Dreams collection from the abandonware site Zomb’s Lair.

shledorn talks about video game fansites

Robert Yang adapts his GDC talk Teaching and Rethinking Level Design to a blog post.

Renga in Blue has posted a series of articles where they play through the classic text adventure The Hobbit.

Tabletop RPGs

There have been a lot of posts on religion in ttrpgs from various designers like at Mindstorm, Prismatic Wasteland, and Binary Star Games.

Someone has been recording audio versions of blog posts from other ttrpg blogs at Blogs on Tape.

Dev Logs

Virtue’s Heaven is nearing release and I’m very happy to hear that.

Lunar talks about making little games.

Writing

Thanks to the Lunar Flaneur I have read and enjoyed The Sun by Frans Masereel from 1919.

Swanchime has writing advice for people participating in a Decker jam.

Tech

Damien has introduced the Mac Themes Garden! I’ll have to add that little button link to my site too.

Not a Blog Post But

I thought it was interesting to hear about some musicians pulling away from streaming.

That’s it for now. It’s been a little quieter here than I was hoping since I’ve been busy with school, but I think that will calm down after a few more weeks. I’ve been focused more on getting ahead of schoolwork so I can relax a bit more later.