Pocket Oasis is a cute hand-painted game where you can take care of plants and decorate your own little world overlooking a quiet city.
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.
‘Screaming Loaf’ Shouts to Stop From Becoming a Sandwich
Screaming Loaf has you helping a bunch of bread stop food from turning it into a sandwich. By shouting really loud. Have you ever startled jam to death before?
‘Alghrab’ Earns Prophecies By Beating a Bird at a Card Game
Alghrab pits you against a mouthy crow at the bird’s own card game. Win and you get a prophecy. Lose, and it’ll relentlessly tease you.
‘SCHiM’ Hops From Shadow to Shadow to Find Your Way Home
SCHiM has you playing as a spirit that is looking to reattach to their proper object, but can only move in the shadows of others on the way there.
‘Time on Frog Island’ Helps Froggy Pals at Your Own Pace
Time on Frog Island sees you shipwrecked on a world full of frogs, many of whom need you and your little plant buddy to help them in some way.
‘Freshly Frosted’ Guides Donuts Down Puzzling Conveyor Belts
In Freshly Frosted, you get to control conveyor belts that then take the donuts on their journey to be frosted and packaged away.
‘Sopa’ Spends (Limited) Time Making Soup With Your Grandmother
Sopa brings you into a wacky and heartwarming world where you help your grandmother make a simple soup together.
‘A Guidebook of Babel’ Replays Puzzling Days Until You Get Them Right
A Guidebook of Babel asks you to work through silly, puzzling situations, but if you get them wrong, the day repeats to give you another chance to get things right.
‘The Tale of Bistun’ – An Action Game That Explores Persian Myth & Poetry
The Tale of Bistun is based on the 12th century poem “Khosrow and Shirin” with roots in Persian myths, which helps weave a compelling and captivating story.
‘Restless Soul’ Pets Ghost Dogs, Takes Selfies, Dodges (a lot of) Bullets
In Restless Soul, you play a ghost who has just died, but your afterlife takes place in funny, interesting, and wacky world that has you exploring, fighting, and more.
‘Birth’ Staves Off Loneliness by Building Friends from Organs & Bones
Ever feel a little bit lonely in a new city full of people who just don’t seem to be your friends yet? Birth has you dealing with that loneliness in a…morbid way.