8-Bit Adventures 2 captures the charming elements of old RPGs and turn-based combat but without the long slogs. I have spent many years on older RPGs, but coming back to some of…
Author: Joel Couture
‘Beyond Shadowgate’ Revels in Creative, Lethal Consequences
Beyond Shadowgate is an adventure game where dying is more fun than succeeding, as it is filled with a wild array of entertaining deaths. I am definitely guilty of brute forcing puzzles…
‘Decline’s Drops’ Delivers Aerial Beatings Over Trashed Gardens
Decline’s Drops shows us that you should never, ever mess with a puppet’s beloved garden unless you want to receive an incredible stomping. Globule is a cute puppet in a sun dress…
‘The Crimson Diamond’ Interview – Better Connection Through Text
We sat down with The Crimson Diamond‘s creator, Julia Minamata, to talk about how its text parser system helps to connect players to the game. The Crimson Diamond tasks players with solving…
‘Grunn’ Tends Gardens in an Uncertain, Slippery Reality
Sometimes Grunn has you cutting hedges and grass with shears. Sometimes it has you finding unsettling things better left unseen. You’ve been hired to tend the gardens around a nice house. You’re…
‘Judero’ Interview – Mixing Kirby’s Adventure and Scottish Folklore
Judero‘s developer spoke with Indie Games Plus about Scottish folklore, Kirby inspirations, and the challenge of storing stop-motion figures. Judero explores the folklore of the Scottish Borders as a Celt that’s attuned…
Trailer Tuesday – The Paper Rats Showdown
Trailer Tuesday explores the office politics of rats, travels the stars in an spacefaring monastery, and scraps with nasty plants this week. Shogun Showdown “Turn-based combat where every action counts. Carefully position…
‘Iron Meat’ is Full of Creatively Gruesome Things to Shoot
Iron Meat doesn’t waste much time before you find yourself shooting horrifically mutated people, sickening mouths, and living barrels. Some sort of sinister, fleshy power has broken into our world and is…
‘Starstruck: Hands of Time’ – Music & Destruction in Stunning Lands
Starstruck: Hands of Time fights battles by playing guitar and overcomes obstacles by making giant hands flatten towns. An unpleasant fate is heading towards Dawn and Edwin’s town. Bad things tend to…
‘Keylocker’ Uses Rhythm & Timing to Battle an Anti-Music Regime
Keylocker needs you to play with rhythm and music to protect yourself and slam your enemies in its turn-based combat. In this cyberpunk future, music is illegal (hence why the game can…
