🧠👽 Hyper Parasite | Review | PS4 | "Get Those Brains To Make Those Gains!" 🧠👽 @_Troglobytes_ #IndieGames #GameDev

In HyperParasite you are Invading a grime encrusted dystopia straight out the eighties, you're the monster the authorities warned about. 

Dragging your bloody tentacles on the greasy asphalt, you snatch body after body. 

You are the HyperParasite; an evil alien with a bone to pick with humanity…just because it’s fun.

🌊 In Other Waters | Review | Nintendo Switch | "Explore This Underwater Odyssey With Me" 🌊 @InOtherWaters #GameDev #IndieGames

When you think of “In Other Waters” on the Nintendo Switch you should imagine a text adventure-style video game overlayed with a simple but elegant UI that is steeped in atmospheric light puzzle-solving mechanics along with an intriguing storyline and an emerging control system.

🧙‍♀️🥔 Wunderling | Review | Nintendo Switch | *Wunderling ist Wunderbar!* 🧙‍♀️🥔 @retroidofficial #GameDev #IndieGames

Wunderling is a pixel-art puzzle platformer with a deviously casual approach and is well worth your time.

Set in a colourful, 16-bit world, Wunderling casts you as a potato-ish henchman of the land’s ‘evil’ witch, a broomstick-riding little tinker that spreads the gospel of her wickedness through the medium of an anthropomorphic cow with a TV camera strapped to its back, natch.

At the start of your quest – which will take you across many dozens of levels – you are stomped by the hero, Carrot Man, on his way to rescue Princess Pea (any similarities to existing video game characters are purely coincidental) and brought back to life by the witch and told to stop Carrot Man at all costs, thus your adventure begins.

🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️🕵️ Through The Darkest Of Times | Review | PC | "The Darkest Time In Human History" 🕵️‍♀️🕵️‍♂️🕵️ @TtDoTGame #GameDev #IndieGames

Through The Darkest Of times -  £13 on Steam 

"The Darkest Time In Human History”

Going into this game I didn’t truly know what to expect but what I experienced will stay with me forever.

You play the role of a resistance leader who is trying to organise the disruption of the Hitler regime in 1933 Berlin and beyond.

🏯🎎⚔️ Katana Zero | REVIEW | PC | "A Must Buy For Any Indie Gamer" 🏯🎎⚔️ #GameDev #IndieGames

Katana Zero is set around a Samurai Assassin type character who can shift through time to kill targets. It’s a 2D action platformer developed by Asjiisoft and published by Devolver Digital. It seems to take something from the Hotline Miami collection, not a lot, but I see some similarities in the game. The game is very fast-paced so be ready to play as a fast, time travelling Samurai with a complicated background. 

🔥 Dead Cells | BAD SEED DLC | Review | PC | "Flawless Absolutely Flawless" 🔥 @motiontwin #GameDev #IndieGames

Have you ever played a video game where you just can’t fathom out how a developer would be able to create such exquisite perfectness?

I’m here to tell you what you already know and that is that Dead Cells is the epitome of perfection.

This game is slicker than the Fonz and more addictive than a kilogram jar of Nutella.

🛸 🧠 It Came From Space and Ate Our Brains| Review | PS4 | "Britt & 'Co-Op Chris Tuck In" 🧠 🛸 #GameDev #IndieGames @trianglestudios

It Came From Space and Ate Our Brains is a stylised voxel-based shooter that was originally released on PC in 2015 and is reminiscent of titles such as the mighty dead Nation and has shades of Neon Chrome.

It Came From Space and Ate Our Brains is a super-smooth and addictive isometric game that revels in its local co-op, split-screen glory but whilst it’s a solid and fun title, its basic premise and singular focus may not be to everyone’s tastes.

📰🎥 Headliner: Novinews | Review | PS4 | "A Game That Deserves to Make Headlines" 📰🎥 @UnboundCreation #IndieGames #GameDev

As the titular Headliner, it’s your job to choose which articles make it into Novinews, the national newspaper of the fictional country ‘Novistan’.

Each choice you make will have an impact not just in the wider world but will also massively affect co-workers, family and friends but can also threaten your very existence.

Presented in a format that’s reminiscent of a very, very light visual novel (this is a good thing), Headliner: Novinews presents the world as a single street to act as a microcosm of what is happening in the further reaches of the world.

🎥🎙️📺 Not For Broadcast | Review | EARLY ACCESS | PC | "Don't Touch That Button!" 🎥🎙️📺 @notgamesuk @tinyBuild #GameDev #IndieGames

Not For Broadcast on the PC sees you thrown in at the deep end, you begin as a cleaner and end up as the producer for the nightly news in a dystopian 80’s timeline that sees Britain being run by a radical government that is looking to brainwash the nation with propaganda.

What the people of Britain see on their TV screens is now up to you...

🌕🏯 LUNA The Shadow Dust | Review | PC | "LUNA In The Sky With Diamonds" 🌕🏯 #GamDev #IndieGames @LanternStudio_

LUNA The Shadow Dust is a visually stunning point n click adventure that has its own style and tells a story through visuals rather than words.

Each part of the game is a puzzle room for you to solve in order to progress.

You’ll use classic point n click gameplay mechanics alongside puzzle-solving tactics to progress through this beautiful hand-drawn world

As you progress you will also need to use your companion’s skills as you befriend a dog who is eager to assist you in your puzzle-solving antics.

💾🖥️ Stories Untold | Review | Nintendo Switch | "Something Gripping & Unique On The Nintendo Switch" 💾🖥️ #GameDev #IndieGame @devolverdigital

Stories Untold mashes together a few different RPG sub-genres in order to create a compelling story and something gripping and unique on the Nintendo Switch.

🐼🐧 Planet Zoo | Arctic DLC | Review /Overview | "Polar Bears, Reindeer, Wolves and Cold Sheep" 🐼🐧

Frontier has released the first Paid DLC for Planet Zoo and it’s the Arctic Pack It’s available on Steam for £7.99 / $9.99 / €9.99 It features two new scenarios and hundreds of foliage and scenery items. The stars of the show as always are the wonderful selection of animals to care for and in this DLC pack there is the Arctic Wolf, Polar Bear, Reindeer and the Dall Sheep.

🐸🧙‍♂️ Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard "Pies & Party Hats!" 🧙‍♂️🐸 #GameDev #IndieGames

In Frog detective 2 you’re a Frog detective sent to nose around in the woods and attempt and solve a case involving an invisible wizard and welcome parade.

It’s an adventure mystery video game set in one location. You’ll use your magnifying glass and your notebook to solve the case and you’ll have heaps of fun doing it as the hilarious writing is the biggest draw in this game.

🌍☄️🚀 The Outer Worlds | Impressions & Improvements List | "Oh Outer Worlds How I Love Thee" 🌍☄️🚀 #TheOuterWorlds @OuterWorlds

The Outer Worlds is almost my perfect video game but with a few little tweaks here and there would become the ultimate video game for me. Come listen to me whisper sweet nothings into Parvati's ear whilst I tinker with the Unreliable.

🐷🎾 Pig Eat Ball | REVIEW | " A Hidden Piggy Tennis Gem!" 🐷🎾 #GameDev #IndieGames

When thinking of Pig Eat Ball imagine a game that puts you in control of a pig in disguise as she attempts to suck up tennis inside a clam in order to win pearls and open up more areas of the game map all accompanied by a thumping soundtrack and bat shit crazy psychedelic visuals with an overtone of Hotline Miami and Monty Python.

🚀🛰️ Everspace | REVIEW | PC | "Die To Win" 🚀🛰️ #GameDev #IndieGame

Everspace is a roguelike single-player game where you fly a spaceship and there is a story, told through flashbacks.

In Everspace, you have to die to succeed. Sounds weird but it’s true! When you die you can use your credits to buy upgrades and even new ships to go back and get farther than the last time.

🐷🎮 SuperEpic | REVIEW |"A raccoon, a llama and some pigs walk into the HQ of an entertainment conglomerate…" 🐷🎮 @NumskullDesigns #GameDev #IndieGames

A solid single-player, pixel-art Metroidvania, SuperEpic is an absolute joy for the vast majority of its running time but a lacklustre final sprint combined with a diabolical map system detracts from what could have been a truly memorable title.

🦇🦎 Laylee and the Impossible Lair | REVIEW | She Aint Heavy She's My Bat! 🦇🦎 #GameDev #IndieGames

Yooka and Laylee return for a platform hybrid adventure Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new platform adventure from some of the key creative talents behind 'Donkey Kong Country'.

🎶 AViCii INVECTOR | REVIEW | "A Tribute To A Music Legend" 🎶 #AviciiInvector

Avicii Invector is a rhythm action video game that sees you take control of a futuristic space fighter jet as you journey through Avicii’s entire back catalogue of amazing thumping tracks. You are tasked with undertaking complex manoeuvres and timing various button presses all in time with the glorious Avicii soundtrack.

🚪💥 Door Kickers: Action Squad | REVIEW | PS4 | "I Am The Kicker of a Thousand Doors" 🧨🚪 #GameDev #IndieGames

I’m a big fan of well-made games that have a tongue firmly in cheek whilst being backed up by fun gameplay. In this regard, Door Kickers: Action Squad delivers shovelfuls of gaming gold.

A slightly different type of game to what I was initially expecting and all the better for it.