A simple concept for a mobile game (but with lovely visuals and relaxing audio), Around Mars sees you attempting to get moons within the atmosphere around the planet Mars.
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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.
‘Plantgotchi’ Takes Care of Cute Leafy Pets
Taking care of really chamring pixelated pets will always be something I enjoy. Plantgotchi is an adorable, Twine-best pet game where you’ll end up with one of 12 plant pals.
‘Ring of Pain’ Brings Danger & Aid Through Devilish Card Choices
Presented with two cards, you must make choices to move further into the dungeon – taking on monsters, creatures and hopefully finding helpful objects.
‘Squirrel & Bear: Europe’ Teaches Kids About Different Cultures
Some games do more than just take you to a fantasy world. In fact, Squirrel & Bear: Europe has the goal of teaching children about different cultures and languages in the real…
Help an AI Pretend to Be Human in ‘Speaking Simulator’
In Speaking Simulator, you are an AI who is trying to blend in with the humans and have normal, functioning conversations with them.
Best-in-Show at Develop: Brighton: ‘Touch Type Tale’
Real time strategy is not often paired up with the typing genre, but what Touch Type Tale has done in combining the two is simply amazing.
‘Cadence’ Creates Music Through its Pulsing Puzzles
If you love music and you love games, why not combine the both of them? In Cadence, you can play puzzle levels, make music loops, or create your own puzzles that play…
‘Strange Planet’ Charms With its Wordless Story of Alien Crash-Landings
Strange Planet provides a very charming little exploration puzzle game where you need to help your friends out to explore further into an alien planet.
Twin-Stick Shooter ‘Smith and Winston’ Embraces Destructive Tendencies
Explore a voxel alien planet, looking to find your way to a portal while destroying the world around you. Smith and Winston is a stunning mixture of exploration and action game where…
#SuperWarehouse Indie Gaming Party Best of Show: ‘Wreckout’
Playing as a car racing around a small arena, you must pick up the ball and ping it back against your opponent’s goal, which is filled with breakable blocks within it.
Play a Flailing Fish in ‘Corporate Salmon’
Corporate Salmon is a fun game to play once you get used to controlling a wriggling fish trying to move their way up an escalator.