♠️🛩️ Red Wings: Aces of the Sky | Nintendo Switch | Review |"Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for breakfast... and more gaming" ♠️🛩️ @RedWingsTheGame #GameDev #IndieGames

Since the days of the Amiga, I’ve always enjoyed flight simulators with a more casual bent and the bi/triplanes of the first World War have always held a simple majesty. 

When I think of them, I’m reminded of titles such as Red Baron, Blue Max and of course public domain classic Biplanes (BIP). 

The more technical simulators with their keyboard overlays, glacial frame-rates and baffling multiple camera views never appealed to me, my trousers remained firmly buckled in their presence.

🌊🐙 Aqua Lungers | Nintendo Switch | Review | "Harpoon Your Mates, Steal Sunken Treasure, Fight Giant Octopussy" 🐙🌊 #Nindies #IndieGames #GameDev

Aqua Lungers - Switch - £12.99 eShop

Aqua Lungers at its heart is a frantic fun multiplayer game that is well made and knows exactly how to get players shouting at each other in the same room as each other as you steal treasure from a giant octopus and literally stab your fellow players in the back!

🔥⚔️ Burning Knight | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "He's On Fiiire!" 🔥⚔️ #GameDev #IndieGames

Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! 

The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!

The development started in March 2018. 

Egor Dorichev was developing the game in Java, but soon the team ran into a bunch of issues with Java, and the game was ported to C# in March 2019. 

The final release occurred on June 5th, 2020.

🚀👾 TWO New Darius Collections Are Coming! 16th June 2020 PS4/Switch (Console & Arcade Collection) 🚀👾 #Darius #RetroGaming

The Legendary Darius series pioneered horizontal Shoot 'Em Up Games and was developed by the TAITO Corporation.

The first Darius game was a hit when it was released in 1986 with its dedicated dual-display cabinet, imaginative enemy designs and revolutionary sound design.

The first Darius is set in a futuristic 2D world, where the player pilots a Silver Hawk craft alone, or with a second player, and shoots their way through enemy hordes, navigating tricky terrain and battling giant robotic sea creatures. 

🌳⚔️ Arboria | PC | Review | "If you Go Down To The Woods Today..." 🌳⚔️ #GameDev #IndieGames

In Arboria you begin your journey in this dark fantasy rogue-lite as an ancient forest-dwelling troll-like warrior You will descend into the ever-changing forest and uncover the mysteries of your tribe. You get to use a variety of Symbiotic Weapons to fight enemies and you will get the chance to mutate to become even stronger on each run.

👨‍⚖️ FEMIDA | Review | PC | "The Gavel Will Fall On Bad Translations" 👨‍⚖️ #GameDev #IndieGames

Femida - £6.99 - Steam

In Femida you Play the role of Judge Demian Mardoch and investigate the disappearance of your father during the Last Revolution. 

It’s set in the dystopian State with an overarching storyline that is initially intriguing to dig into.

🐙Dread Nautical | Review | PS4 | "if one of Rob Brydon’s cushy cruises turned bad" 🐙🚢 @ZenIndies #GameDev #IndieGames

Ever wondered what would happen if one of Rob Brydon’s cushy cruises turned bad?

Or if Jane McDonald hadn’t forged a daytime presenting career, but instead had to fight off hordes of bizarre beasties?

Of course, you have. Anyone who’s been on an ocean liner fears the day it’ll be overrun by marauding monsters with a taste for blood and a penchant for attacking people with suspect accents (more on that later).

🚐🌉 Poly Bridge 2 | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "Strut Your stuff" 🚐🌉 @drycactusgames #IndieGames #GameDev

Poly Bridge 2 The acclaimed bridge-building simulator is back and better than ever!

New levels, new mechanics, a custom physics engine, workshop campaigns, and much more! Rediscover your engineering creativity with even more hours of puzzling fun!

🏔️🚗 Hill Climbing Mania | Nintendo Switch | Review | *A mountain I couldn’t bring myself to climb* 🏔️🚗 #IndieGames #GameDev

A mobile port to the Switch, Hill Climbing Mania makes no bones about its similarities to Fingersoft’s 2012 title, Hill Climb Racing.

Whilst this is a ‘snack’ genre that I have had a lot of fun with on mobile platforms, InLogic’s title has too many issues for it to be a recommended purchase.

💎 Clockwork Aquario - A Lost Arcade Gem From 1992 Unearthed! 💎 #Arcade #RetroGaming

Here's some exciting news about a video game that nearly never came to light and as a bonus, it's from the talented people at Westone that made the Wonder Boy series!

Strictly Limited Games and ININ Games announced today that Clockwork Aquario will be released in 2020 - after being lost for 27 years!

💥 Fury Unleashed | Review | PC | "Comics Guns N Tons Of Fun!" 💥 @AwesomeGamesStd #GameDev #IndieGames

Fury Unleashed - PC - Steam £17.99

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Fury Unleashed is a combo-driven run n gun rogue-lite action-platformer and feels like its the love child between Metal Slug and Dead Cells whilst also looking at Broforce with longing looks.

In Fury Unleashed it’s all about achieving combo kills as each kill increases your combo and by hitting certain combo numbers and your damage resistance and healing powers kick in! 

Fury Unleashed oozes good looks and has a comic book vibe that hits the mark in every department as you play each panel of your comic book screen by screen.

⛳️🏌️‍♂️ What The Golf? | Review | Nintendo Switch | "The TRUE Zany Golf" ⛳️🏌️‍♂️ #WhatTheGolf @tribandtweets #IndieGames #GameDev

As a fan of both golf and video games, any time the two collide, I fly into action on a pedal-powered whirligig that uses crossed 9-irons as rotors whilst screaming my battle cry of ‘Tommy Armour III’. I also have a penchant for Warioware-Esque mini-games and so What the Golf? appears to be genetically designed for my gaming palette. Good.

⚾️🥎 Pong Quest | Review | PC | "The Best Version Of Pong You Will Ever Play!" ⚾️🥎 #PONGQuest @ChequeredInk #IndieGames #GameDev

"PONG Quest™ bills itself as a new take on Pong as you take control of a brave young paddle and attempt to traverse treacherous randomly generated dungeons in a PONG®-themed dungeon-crawling RPG."

GAME LINK:

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/pong-quest-pc/?tap_a=50262-8d2b33&tap_s=646600-ff0c41

🕹️ The Top 10 Best Selling Arcade Games Of The 1980s 🕹️ #Retrogaming #Arcade #Retrogames

Here's a Top 10 Of The Best Selling Arcade Games Of The 1980s

Can you guess who comes steaming in at Number 1?

🧩🕰️ Tick Tock: A Tale For Two | Nintendo Switch / iOS | Review | "A Puzzle Game For Two" 🕰️🧩 @OtherTales #GameDev #IndieGames

A puzzle game that requires two players, Tick Tock: A Tale for Two is a pleasant distraction for a couple of hours and a very neat idea that is worth a gander for the puzzle-lovers out there, especially during these locked-down times.

🤖 Volcanoids | Early Access Preview | PC | "Volcanoes & Robots" 🌋 @volcanoids #GameDev #IndieGames

Volcanoids - On Steam £15

Volcanoids is a first-person, base building survival game set in the steampunk era.

You’ll get to Explore a volcanic island, operating giant drills and enduring eruptions triggered by mechanical beings while you try and unravel the mystery of what is causing the volcanic eruptions.

https://www.volcanoids.com/

🚛🚚 Convoy | Review | "If George Miller and John Carpenter Met up in the 80’s and Decided to Make a Game" 🚛🚚 @convoy_games #IndieGames #GameDev

If George Miller and John Carpenter met up in the 80’s and decided to make a game, Convoy would be the result!

🧙‍♂️🐸 ⚔️ Operencia Stolen Sun | Review | PS4 | "Dungeon Crawling & Frog Man Bashing!" 🧙‍♂️🐸 ⚔️ @zen_studios #IndieGames #GameDev

Operencia The Stolen Sun almost completely nails the sweet spot between an old school dungeon crawler and an up to date RPG and I think I like it a lot!

🕰️ Mad Experiments: Escape Room | Preview PC | "shaping up to be a great example of the genre" 🕰️ @clemgamedev #GameDev #IndieGames

I’m a big fan of physical Escape Rooms and it seems to be a good fit to the gaming medium, what with it effectively being a series of puzzles.

PlayTogether Studios have seized upon this idea and brought it to life with the resulting game being impressive, challenging and fun.

⚔️♟️ Wartile | Review | PS4 | "Like Sun Tzu, The Art of War is in My Blood" ♟️⚔️ #GameDev #IndieGames

I was really excited about Wartile. I am a huge fan of strategy games like XCOM, Age of Empires, 8-Bit Armies etc. and have been since the 90s (playing Command & Conquer Red Alert over LAN was an experience).

🦜🐦🦉 Fledgling Heroes | Review | Nintendo Switch | "It's Time To Tap & Flap" 🦜🐦🦉 @FledglingHeroes #GameDev #IndieGames #Nindies

Fledgling Heroes is giving me the Flappy Bird vibes but with more feathers and finesse. It has a lovely looking hand-drawn style of graphics and an ultra-tight control system that is easy to learn and hard to master. This is one slick fun video game.

The game does feel very much like a mobile game that has been brought to the switch but that’s no bad thing as the game feels right at home on the Nintendo Switch and gives you a nice zen experience while you flap through this relatively short but fun side-scrolling flapper.

💥🤛 John Wick HEX | PS4 | Ten Minute Taster | SNEAK SHOOT KILL REPEAT 💥🤛 #JohnWick #IndieGames #GameDev

John Wick Hex is an action strategy video game based on the John Wick franchise.

The PlayStation 4 port of the game released on May 5, 2020.

The game was developed by British studio Bithell Games and is distributed by Good Shepherd Entertainment.

AND NOW I'VE GOT MY HANDS ON IT!

🕹️ I Played That At My Mate's House 🕹️ #Retrogaming #C64 #Commodore64

When I chart back my journey through video games over the years and I think back to my childhood years of playing video games a pivotal moment in video games always took place at a mates house. 

From my first moments of seeing a Spectrum to the point where I realised I needed a PC these moments were all borne from a visit to a friend’s house who had the latest console or the coolest game of the time.

So let’s get into my own personal time machine and head on back to those key moments from when I was growing up and discovering video games for the first time.

🏴‍☠️🦜Nelly Cootalot Spoonbeaks Ahoy! | Review | PC | "Avast Ye Widebeard!" 🏴‍☠️🦜 @MisterABK #IndieGames #GameDev

Nelly Cootalot Spoonbeaks Ahoy is a quintessentially charming British pirate point n click video game that has stacks of humour and is played at a relaxing pace which is perfect for people who love to play old school point n click inventory based video games. 

💻🖥️💾🖱️ Paper Craft Computers and Super Mario Bros Demakes From @rockasoo 💻🖥️💾🖱️ #PaperCraft #RetroGaming

Construct the retro computer or console from your childhood or build an entire retro computer museum at home with these FREE papercraft models, free to download and share.
Print, Cut, Score, Fold and Glue.

🏔️🚛 SnowRunner | Review | PS4 | "Let's Rescue Some Folks On A Mountain Pass!" 🏔️🚛 @PlaySnowRunner #IndieGames #GameDev

Whilst a very niche gaming market, SnowRunner is the follow up to Mudrunner and is a surprisingly in-depth and rewarding experience that comes across as a game with the utmost respect for the challenging industry that it portrays.

Definitely not a game everyone will click with but will resonate with those that do.

⬛️ ⬛️ Crew 167: The Grand Block Odyssey | Review | PC | "Block Kicking Fun!" ⬛️ ⬛️ @oddbreezeGames #GameDev #IndieGame

In Crew 167: The Grand Block Odyssey you play as a character called Crew 167 who finds himself alone on a spaceship hurtling towards a destination called Hope 9. 

The game plays on the fact that Crew 167 is Isolated and his mind begins to create hallucinations to keep him entertained on this lonely journey.

The cinematic cut scenes attempt to dive into the mind of the character as he tries to make sense of the world around him and the gameplay centres on block-pushing puzzles of old.

🖥️👩‍🔬 The Advantages of a PPI Calculator in Console Gaming 🖥️👩‍🔬

The Advantages of a PPI calculator in console gaming

Some modern-day consoles give you a top cut gaming experience in terms of resolution and view. A lot depends on the screen size you are using. In other words, to get the best quality view, you should be aware of the correct PPI value. It defines the number of pixels recommended per inch for the screen. To get accurate measures, you obviously cannot take a measuring tape, count each inch and inject the values in the formula. A good PPI calculator accurately determines the value of pixel per inch in a hassle-free and accurate manner.  

⛺️ Hidden Through Time | Review | PS4 | "Peek Into A Cave Man's Tent" ⛺️ #GameDev #IndieGames

Hidden Through Time is a puzzle game in the vein of the Where’s Wally books with objects scattered through levels based on the history of the world. You’ll have to use cryptic hints to discover every secret as you attempt to explore the colourful hand-drawn levels in close detail. The object of the levels is to Find enough objects to advance to the next stage and make your way through all four ages of the world.

⚔️👑 ⏪ Farabel | Review | Nintendo Switch | "Get Some Of That Sweet Sweet Queen Healing!" ⚔️👑 ⏪ @FrogamesFarabel #GameDev #IndieGames

I've been playing Farabel on my Switch Lite* recently and I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised by this Turn-Based Strategy game from Frogames.

Farabel is a turn-based strategy game whereby you start at the end of the story and as you progress through the story mode you level down instead of up.

At your disposal, you have various units that you able to command to beat the enemy to a pulp. As the king, you command these units and also have the power to utilise a limited ability of time rewind within battle which can really even up the odds within the battle for you when used right.

🧭🗡️ Vigor | Review | XBOX | "An Online Shooter With A Difference" 🧭🗡️ @vigorthegame @bohemiainteract #GameDev #IndieGames

A mash-up of genres that kept me completely hooked for the first few hours, Vigor is a free-to-play title that stands out from the crowd but eventually devolves into standard fayre.

Set in a post-apocalyptic Norway, Vigor casts you as a lone survivor desperately trying to make a living in a series of encounters, empty except for the other players who want their bullets to connect with your head at startling speeds.

🤜💥🤛 Streets Of Rage 4 | PS4 | Review | "So, Lizardcube…Landstalker next?" 🤜💥🤛 @lizardcube #SOR4 #IndieGames #GameDev

Sega’s iconic brawler series Streets Of Rage, which has been dormant for over a quarter of a century has finally hit the digital shelves and everything you’ve read is true, this is one of, if not THE best example of this much-loved genre.

🔦👻 Don’t Die, Minerva! | Preview | XBOX | "A Ton Of Saucy Loot!" 🔦👻 #GameDev #IndieGames

I’ve played a lot of early access games in my time at Games Freezer and I’m used to seeing games that are yet to be fleshed out, heck even ones that are more skeletal than anything!

When I installed Don’t Die, Minerva! I was surprised by how robust it felt and quickly found myself getting stuck into the gameplay.

💥 What Is Quake Champions, And Why Should You Check It Out? 💥

Way back in the mists of 1996, legendary first-person shooter developer id Software released Quake. The development process for this shooter was fascinating, and the game still enjoys a large audience today thanks to its fast-paced action and retro aesthetic.

Of course, the single-player campaign is excellent, full of smart level design choices and well-crafted monster encounters, but that’s not where people’s hearts are.

Quake’s massively influential multiplayer arena mode still draws players on a regular basis because it offers a pure shooter experience many modern games can’t match.

🦀 Deadliest Catch The Game | PC | Review | "Time To Catch Crabs!" 🦀 #IndieGames #GameDev #DeadliestCatch

Based on the TV show of the same name Deadliest catch sees you enter the dangerous world of king crab fishing in the deadly Bering Sea!

You will take command of your own fishing vessel, use realistic equipment, combat hazardous Alaskan waters and become the world's best crab catcher!

🔴😈 WarriOrb | Review | PC | "Keep Rolling Rolling Rolling!" 🔴😈 @NotYetDevs #GameDev #IndieGames

In WarriOrb you play as a mighty demon trapped in a ball for a  body. 

You’ll now be tasked with trying to free yourself from this orb-like existence by passing many trials that are set before you.

Your platforming skills will be tested to the limit in this fun indie platformer from Not Yet Devs

🏚️🏡🏠 Change: A Homeless Survival Experience | Review | PC | "Take Each Night As It Comes" 🏠🏡🏚️ #GameDev #IndieGames @DelveInteractiv

CHANGE is an emotional homeless survival experience set in a randomly generated city with rogue-like elements.

Explore, survive, earn perks, find items and kindness to develop your character and escape to a new life.

🌞🕶️ The Touryst | Nintendo Switch | Review | "The Perfect Time For A Virtual Sunny Holiday" 🌞🕶️ @ShinenGames #GameDev #IndieGames

I’ve had my eye on The Touryst since last year when my friend (and State of Play co-conspirator) Rupert suggested it as he had enjoyed playing it so much.

A few weeks later and I was watching a Digital Foundry episode on the game – naturally focussing on the more technical aspects – and I was completely sold. 

Last week, I didn’t just play the game. I inhaled it.

🦉 Animal 🦒 Crossing New Horizons: A Family In Lockdown On A Tropical Island 🏝️ #AnimalCrossing #ACNH

Animal Crossing New Horizons was released on the 20th March 2020 and swooped onto the Nintendo Switch just as the COVID 19 pandemic was really taking hold of the world.

The world needed a comfort food game and Nintendo delivered.

🏚️🧔🏚️ Change : A Homeless Survival Experience | Review | PC | "Down But Not Quite Out!" 🏚️🧔🏚️ #IndieGames #GameDev

CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience is an emotional homeless survival experience set in a randomly generated city with rogue-like elements.

Explore, survive, earn perks, find items and kindness to develop your character and escape to a new life.

🤠🔥 Boot Hill Bounties | Review | Nintendo Switch | "A Retro-Styled Western That’s Chock Full o’Beans" 🤠🔥 @ExpGamerStudios #GameDev #IndieGames

Presented in a visual and gameplay style most reminiscent of cult SNES classic Earthbound, Boot Hill Bounties is a game that sucked me in far deeper than I would have expected and I loved every moment of it.

🧛‍♂️ Vampire The Masquerade: Coteries of New York | Switch | Review | "Fangs For The Memories" 🧛‍♂️ #GameDev #IndieGames

An interactive visual novel set in White Wolf Publishing’s ‘World of Darkness’ made most familiar to gamers by Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, a cult title released back in 2004 by Troika Games, Vampire the Masquerade: Coteries of New York (VTM:COTN) is a visual novel with light adventure elements in the form of choices that the player can make.

Whilst this means the game is quite casual in nature, the brevity of the writing and length of the game (3 hours or so) means that it feels accessible and doesn’t get too bogged down in dense text.

On the other hand, those who are used to such heavy-duty visual novels may feel short-changed here. 

🔥 🧙‍♂️ Alwa's Awakening | Ten Minute Taster | PS4 | "Beware The Fireball" 🔥 🧙‍♂️ @EldenPixels #GameDev #IndieGames

In Alwa's Awakening, YOU will use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. 

Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

🏫🎒 Dead or School | PS4 | REVIEW | "Dead or…workingfromhomeduetothecoronavirus" 🏫🎒 #GameDev #IndieGames

A highly enjoyable, over the top Metroidvania with a heavy focus on action and loot. Whilst Dead or School is affected by some technical issues, the fact that this was made by a three-man development team and is so fun and addictive to play is definitely cause for celebration.

🔦 👻 Those Who Remain | PC | PREVIEW | "Stay In The Light!" 🔦 👻 #GameDev #IndieGames

Those Who Remain is an up-close, psychological horror, set in the sleepy town of Dormont.

Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night.

🎮 Why I Love The PlayStation 2... 🎮 #Playstation2

Imagine there was a video game console that sold 157 million units...

Well actually there is a console that sold over 157 million units and its name is the Playstation 2.

🧠👽 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.

👿 🔥 Devil's Hunt | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "It's Devil's Night 👿 🔥 #IndieGames #GameDev

The war between Demons and Angels takes you to hell and back in Devil’s Hunt.

Play as Desmond in this third-person action-adventure game, as he discovers his demonic powers with the fate of the world hanging in the balance of the greatest conflict known to humankind.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/887720/Devils_Hunt

🌊 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.

🦖🦕 Gearstorm | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "Dinosaur Running At It's Finest" 🦖🦕 #GameDev #IndieGames

In Gearstorm you are an elite Exomarine dropped on an alien planet.

Don't just survive – make war! Build or dig a base, mine for resources, team up with other Exomarines, make AI clones to work for you, and use advanced military weapons and vehicles to dominate other players, hostile species, and other inhabitants or just run away from dinosaurs just like I did!