Arrog does exactly this, taking the concept idea of death and bringing it into a surreal world of storytelling and tradition.
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.
‘Forgotten Sea’ Unveils the Self Through Sailing Peaceful Waters
You wake up on a striking beach with no memory and only mysterious messages floating around telling you about a traveler.
‘Squishy Sports’ Brings Ridiculous Character to Competitive Shapes
Squishy Sports is currently the best multiplayer sports game I have ever played, and I don’t really like sports games. Their characters bring so much personality to the simplistic rounds of various…
Airship Combat Requires Juggling Complex Tasks in ‘SkyWolf’
Flying through the sky on your own skyboat, Larsen Wolf is just looking to defend the town from the large amount of flying creatures that seem to be invading it.
‘The Longest Road on Earth’ Finds Compelling Stories in Ordinary Existence
The Longest Road on Earth takes the normal, everyday life of someone in a very small town in the middle of nowhere and turns it into a game where you follow a…
IGP’s Indie Stars of 2019 – ‘Potion Punch 2’ & ‘Sneaky Sasquatch’
This year has been a pretty long year for myself. After looking back, I found myself selecting the games from last year, as these two years seem to have blended themselves into…
‘Get Closer’ Cheers Up a Lonely Frog Through Conversation
A frog waits in the foliage, looking for someone to talk too. Get Closer is a narrative experience dealing with depression where you have a conversation with this sad frog.
’30Birds’ Solves Puzzles Through Observing a Surreal Cube World
30Birds seamlessly mixes Asian fairy tales with humor, poems and modern twists, all within a rotating cube land.
‘Apartment: A Separated Place’ Deals With a Breakup’s Aftermath
Breakups are a very difficult time in anyone’s life, especially when you have been in a serious long term relationship that’s now been ended by the other person.
‘A Juggler’s Tale’ Follows a Puppet’s Journey to Freedom
A Juggler’s Tale is a unique 3D game where you play a puppet girl attached to various strings that often hold her back.
‘Ladderhead’ Seeks Truth by Repeatedly Living Through the Same Day
Ladderhead has you dying over and over just to move forward within the game, living through the same day multiple times as you seek a lost love.