Relicta is a stunning first-person physics-based puzzle game that sees you stranded on an island with a bunch of odd devices and some anti-gravity gloves.
Author: Jupiter Hadley
Jupiter is a prolific indie game journalist, writing for Metro UK, Big Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and many more, all with a focus on smaller indie gems. She covers thousands of game jams and indie games on her YouTube channel, letting every game have a moment in the spotlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all of the game jams going on in the world, judges many jams and events.
‘Unmemory’ Use Phones to Make You Feel Like Part of a Mystery Novel
Unmemory is a unique game that sits at a cross section of narrative adventure and puzzle game, showcasing a very realistic world with lots of puzzles for you to find and discover.
‘Magical Prisma’ Pits Players Against Each Other in Matching Showdowns
Mixing the matching genre with a sort of Tetris-inspired gameplay, Magical Prisma is a really fun and engaging game with some very simple rules.
‘The Season of the Warlock’ Tells Two Stories of Humorous Dark Magics
In The Season of the Warlock, you just want some recognition for your work in studying the dark arts. So, you move to an old manor that used to belong to a…
‘I catch you’ Chases Smells to Solve Heinous Crimes
I catch you allows you to play a detective cat in a world full of dogs who want to take your job, but few of them have your (literal) nose for crime-solving.
‘Collage’ Makes Delightful Work of Repairing Items
In Collage, you find yourself tasked with fixing broke items even though it’s not actually what you’re supposed to be doing for a living.
‘Trying to Fly’ Captures the Frustrations & Unfairness of Travel Visa Rejections
After developers Bisma Zia and Anam Sajid each won different IGDA scholarships to travel to GDC 2020, they had their travel visas rejected. This inspired a Global Game Jam game about the…
‘Boop’ Helps a Sphere Spread Destruction in a World of Cubes
Boop starts off as a pretty simple game, but as the timer ticks down, things grow more and more intense as dangerous boxes get in your way.
‘Sproot’ Digs Deep to Help Plants Jump
Sproot is an adorable platformer (made for the Bored Pixels Jam 7) that offers an interesting, challenging jumping mechanic that’s perfectly suited for plant heroes.
‘Heartreasure’ Hides Wondrous Things in Charming Black & White Places
Often, you just need something sweet and simple to keep your mind active while unwinding from a long day. Cute hidden object game Heartreasure is the perfect thing for that.
‘Super Ness’ Uses Monstrous Powers to Help Sailors
Super Ness is an adorable little game where you play as the loch ness monster, just trying to help boats that are heading straight towards various problems in the ocean!