Sometimes, I’d rather play with a toy than a game. Digital toys and games are quite similar, but Gacha, a game made for Ludum Dare 44, falls more into the toy category…
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.
‘NEScape!’ Brings Escape Room Puzzles to the NES
Inspired by actual escape rooms, NEScape! has everything you’d have within a physical escape room – a timer, some random items in the room, and interesting puzzles to challenge you.
‘Seize The Clay’ Lets You Shape Beautiful Pots
In Seize The Clay, you are looking to support yourself through making and selling beautiful bits of pottery. These various vases, pots, and bowls all must be made out of clay, painted,…
‘Dead Static Drive’ Takes Players on a Horrifying Road Trip
A bleak world, seemingly empty after the apocalypse, but you’ve survived this far. In Dead Static Drive, you’re looking to survive a bit longer and take a road trip through a dying…
‘Moncage’ Has You Rotating a Cube to Connect Worlds
A camera: something that represents the ability to freeze a moment in time and capture it for the future. Inside this cube sits a camera, but soon the cube reveals more than…
Multiplayer Game ‘Simple Sandwich’ Jumps on Ingredients for Great Eats
Sometimes, making a sandwich can be a super messy task. In Simple Sandwich, it seems like making sandwiches is the most chaotic event that could ever happen.
Make Life-Changing Decisions as You Walk Through ‘This is your life now’
Some decisions really change your life, causing you to gain something or lose something. Still, you have to move on no matter what you decided.
‘Hostile User Interface’ Looks to Trick the Player with Hotkey Cruelty
Some games want to mess with the player, tricking them into doing things they didn’t think they were doing. In Hostile User Interface, this is something you should expect, especially with that…
‘Precipice’ Plays Atomic Chicken Over the Fate of Countries
The world is slightly unstable, with you taking control of the United States or the Soviet Union and trying to keep diplomacy between your allies lest you tempt nuclear apocalypse.
Shmup ‘The Highscore’ Challenges Skilled Space Pilots For Big Points
The Highscore sees you attempting to last as long as possible while fighting bosses and waves of enemies, shooting strange aliens throughout space, non-stop, in hopes of scoring big (and surviving).
‘IO Interloper’ Has You Hacking & Spying to Reveal Secret Info
Through technology, we have a window into everyone’s lives. Their personal information on their phones, computers, and on cameras within the area. Quickly, you find just how invasive all of that can…