14 Sept 2020
📜 A Fold Apart | PS4 | Review | "An Emotionally Charged Origami Puzzle Platformer" 📜 @LRGthunder @AFoldApart #IndieGames #GameDev
A Fold Apart - £14.99 PS4 https://store.playstation.com
A Fold Apart is a puzzle game that explores the challenges of a long-distance relationship that takes place in a world of folding paper.
When career choices force them along separate paths, a Teacher and Architect attempt to make their long-distance relationship work at any cost.
In A Fold Apart you get to experience both sides of the story as the couple navigates the complexities of communication and the emotional ups and downs that the feeling of physical separation brings.
The key game mechanics see you flipping, folding, and unfolding the paper puzzles to attempt to help the couple overcome the emotional barriers of their relationship. It’s therefore up to you to try and ensure that love endures.
13 Sept 2020
⚔️🛡️ The Vale: Shadow of the Crown | PC | Ten Minute Taster | " A Game That Requires You To listen" ⚔️🛡️ @FallingSquirrel #IndieGames #GameDev
CLOSE YOUR EYES. BECOME A WARRIOR:
The Vale is a story-driven, action-adventure that utilizes the full potential of 3D audio and haptic controller feedback to deliver visceral gameplay that shatters the barrier between player and character.
As an audio-based game, The Vale sets out to breathe new life into medieval combat and provide a truly novel experience for visually impaired and sighted gamers alike.
The Vale is a story-driven, action-adventure that utilizes the full potential of 3D audio and haptic controller feedback to deliver visceral gameplay that shatters the barrier between player and character.
As an audio-based game, The Vale sets out to breathe new life into medieval combat and provide a truly novel experience for visually impaired and sighted gamers alike.
12 Sept 2020
🧃 Britt’s Brief Bulletin | Drink More Glurp / Haunted Halloween '86 🧃 #GameDev #IndieGames #Nindies
Drink More Glurp
Rating: MELTING
Billed as ‘a wacky physics, sports(ish), hot seat, party game set on a distant world where aliens have copied Earth's summer games and got everything slightly wrong.
Having binge-watched broadcasts of Earth TV the aliens are convinced that advertising is the most important part of any sporting event.’
Drink More Glurp uses purposefully loose controls –the flailing of limbs, mostly - to create humorous events in which you must either traverse the landscape, collect items or use one of the sponsored items (such as the brilliant turbo glove) to boost your way around ad complete the many events.
With its bubbly music and simple, colourful visual style (reminiscent of Pikuniku), Drink More Glurp excels more at its random thrashing when played with others.
The single-player experience does offer an online leader board and whilst it is surprisingly fun to see yourself inch your way (hopefully) closer to the top with each event, much like Heave-Ho, this really needs multiple players to get the most out of it.
The fact that it is so easy to pick up and play means that it’s open to gamers of all ages and is definitely worth a purchase if you like physics-based comedy multiplayer mayhem with some folks who drink liquids with a percentage marked on the bottle that they glug from.
Haunted: Halloween ‘86
Rating: MELTING
There are two types of modern retro-styled games. The first type - such as Crosscode – which utilises the base characteristics of the console it intends to evoke (in the case of Crosscode, the SNES) whilst clearly doing things far beyond the abilities of the system it apes.
The second example is HAUNTED: Halloween ’86 which is built within the limitations of the original console, in this case, the NES. Available to purchase as an actual NES cartridge, the musical and visual stylings of the game are ones that are very much from that era of 80’s gaming.
The 8-bit nostalgia evoked here is almost palpable and the dynamic of flicking between the male and female characters to extend your health bar is a nice touch that eases off on the difficulty naturally present in this type of 2D platformer from the era.
This is a smooth ride and, aside from the occasional difficulty spike and confusion in background/foreground during some platforming segments, HALLOWEEN ’86 plays very well, especially in portable mode.
You’ll be surprised how quickly you naturally move from the thumbsticks to D-pad when those rad bleeps start pumping out of your Switch and chunky pixels fill your vision.
Rating: MELTING
Billed as ‘a wacky physics, sports(ish), hot seat, party game set on a distant world where aliens have copied Earth's summer games and got everything slightly wrong.
Having binge-watched broadcasts of Earth TV the aliens are convinced that advertising is the most important part of any sporting event.’
Drink More Glurp uses purposefully loose controls –the flailing of limbs, mostly - to create humorous events in which you must either traverse the landscape, collect items or use one of the sponsored items (such as the brilliant turbo glove) to boost your way around ad complete the many events.
The single-player experience does offer an online leader board and whilst it is surprisingly fun to see yourself inch your way (hopefully) closer to the top with each event, much like Heave-Ho, this really needs multiple players to get the most out of it.
The fact that it is so easy to pick up and play means that it’s open to gamers of all ages and is definitely worth a purchase if you like physics-based comedy multiplayer mayhem with some folks who drink liquids with a percentage marked on the bottle that they glug from.
Haunted: Halloween ‘86
Rating: MELTING
There are two types of modern retro-styled games. The first type - such as Crosscode – which utilises the base characteristics of the console it intends to evoke (in the case of Crosscode, the SNES) whilst clearly doing things far beyond the abilities of the system it apes.
The second example is HAUNTED: Halloween ’86 which is built within the limitations of the original console, in this case, the NES. Available to purchase as an actual NES cartridge, the musical and visual stylings of the game are ones that are very much from that era of 80’s gaming.
The 8-bit nostalgia evoked here is almost palpable and the dynamic of flicking between the male and female characters to extend your health bar is a nice touch that eases off on the difficulty naturally present in this type of 2D platformer from the era.
This is a smooth ride and, aside from the occasional difficulty spike and confusion in background/foreground during some platforming segments, HALLOWEEN ’86 plays very well, especially in portable mode.
You’ll be surprised how quickly you naturally move from the thumbsticks to D-pad when those rad bleeps start pumping out of your Switch and chunky pixels fill your vision.
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11 Sept 2020
🏀 NBA2K21 | Review | PC | "Slam Dunk The Funk" 🏀 #NBA #NBAPlayoffs @NBA2K #NBA2K21 shooting #NBA2K21 vc #NBA2K21 build
NBA 2K21 is a basketball sim that was developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports.
It’s the 22nd instalment in the NBA 2K franchise and was released on September 4, 2020, for PC , Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, and will later be released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
It’s the 22nd instalment in the NBA 2K franchise and was released on September 4, 2020, for PC , Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, and will later be released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.
10 Sept 2020
🎮 Venom XBOX ELITE SERIES 2 Controller Customisation Kit 🎮 @VenomGamingUK #XBOXELITE
Venom Gaming has revealed its new collection of Xbox Elite Controller Series 2 customisation kits.
Available in two different colours – a snazzy gold and a lovely purple – the Customisation Kit for Xbox One Elite Series 2 Controllers will allow you to replace your controller’s removable parts with the same parts in different colours.
The Customisation Kit for Xbox Elite Series 2 Controllers will come with 13 “high-quality interchangeable pieces” that will include two D-pads, two sets of back paddles and three pairs of different thumbsticks. It’ll also come in a storage case to keep everything all nice and cosy.
Come join Rich as he unboxes this bag of tricks!
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9 Sept 2020
🐬 Beyond Blue | PS4 | Review | "A Blue Planet Inspired Video Game" 🐬 #IndieGames #GameDev
Beyond Blue - PS Store £15.99
Beyond Blue takes you into the near future, where you will explore the mysteries of the ocean through the eyes of Mirai, a deep-sea explorer and scientist.
Mirai is part of a newly-formed 3 person research team that uses new technologies to interact with the ocean and the myriad of creatures that inhabit this mysterious underwater world.
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8 Sept 2020
🧩 Eternal Hope | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "A Cool LIMBO Inspired PC Puzzle Platformer" 🧩 @DoublehitGames #GameDev #IndieGames
Eternal Hope, a puzzle platformer game that follows the story of Ti’bi – a boy who must embark on a journey of love and hope to find his beloved’s soul.
7 Sept 2020
4 Sept 2020
🌭 Teenage Blob | PC | Review | "If Sayonara Wild Hearts is The Popular Older Sister, Teenage Blob is Her Scrappy Little Brother" 🌭 @PixelHunted #IndieGames #GameDev
How do you get people to pay attention to music?
Everyone having access to the majority of all recorded music ever has turned it into background noise.
Before the internet you might have trawled record fairs for that one bootleg album of rare cuts, going home and listening intently to the jewel you’d finally unearthed.
Now? Everything is a few clicks away. All of which makes one relatively new trend in video games very welcome: the ‘interactive album’.
The most famous example is the amazing Sayonara Wild Hearts, in which you zip through a neon-drenched virtual world to Daniel Olsén and Jonathan Engkickass’ kickass synth-pop.
The act of playing means you don’t get distracted and the rhythm of the gameplay tangibly connects you to the music. And so to Team Lazerbeam’s Teenage Blob.
Everyone having access to the majority of all recorded music ever has turned it into background noise.
Before the internet you might have trawled record fairs for that one bootleg album of rare cuts, going home and listening intently to the jewel you’d finally unearthed.
Now? Everything is a few clicks away. All of which makes one relatively new trend in video games very welcome: the ‘interactive album’.
The most famous example is the amazing Sayonara Wild Hearts, in which you zip through a neon-drenched virtual world to Daniel Olsén and Jonathan Engkickass’ kickass synth-pop.
The act of playing means you don’t get distracted and the rhythm of the gameplay tangibly connects you to the music. And so to Team Lazerbeam’s Teenage Blob.
3 Sept 2020
🏰 Maid Of Sker | Review | “Calon Lan Has Never Been So Ominous” 🏰 @WalesInter #IndieGames #GameDev
Maid Of Sker is a first-person stealth-horror title set in the late 1800s featuring some of the best audio work I’ve come across in the genre, Maid of Sker is a solid and spooky title based on a folkloric, Welsh tale.
2 Sept 2020
🔎 Jenny LecLue Detectivu | Switch | Review | "A Delightful Murder Mystery!" 🕵️ @Mografi @JennyLeClue @Mografi_Joe
Jenny LeClue Detectivu - Switch - eShop £15
https://joe-russ-saiu.squarespace.com
Jenny LeClue Detectivu was successfully funded on Kickstarter in August 2015, with nearly 4000 backers the campaign raised over $105,000 and was initially released on PC.
You play as Jenny LeClue, an aspiring young detective and obsessive pursuer of the truth.
The story is told through the eyes of the writer of the Jenny LeClue books as he is tasked with spicing things up in his long-running and beloved series of books.
The problem is that nothing exciting ever happens in the world of Jenny LeClue and she longs (along with the readers) for a really exciting and juicy adventure to get their teeth into.
During the writing of this exciting 39th book, Jenny gets more than she bargains for when her mother is accused of murder!
https://joe-russ-saiu.squarespace.com
Jenny LeClue Detectivu was successfully funded on Kickstarter in August 2015, with nearly 4000 backers the campaign raised over $105,000 and was initially released on PC.
You play as Jenny LeClue, an aspiring young detective and obsessive pursuer of the truth.
The story is told through the eyes of the writer of the Jenny LeClue books as he is tasked with spicing things up in his long-running and beloved series of books.
The problem is that nothing exciting ever happens in the world of Jenny LeClue and she longs (along with the readers) for a really exciting and juicy adventure to get their teeth into.
1 Sept 2020
⚔️ Eastern Exorcist | PC | Gameplay | Ten Minute Taster | "A 2D Swordplay Master" | #EasternExorcist ⚔️ #GameDev #IndieGames
Eastern Exorcist is a stunning 2D side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy eastern world with the vicious spirits and monsters.
Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
GAME LINK:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120810/Eastern_Exorcist/
Play as a skilled exorcist against chaotic evil to fight your way through the brutal world, and experience different stories of joy and sorrow.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1120810/Eastern_Exorcist/
31 Aug 2020
⚔️ 🧙♂️ Wheel Of Fate | PC | Ten Minute Taster | " A Good Vibes Early Access RPG" ⚔️ 🧙♂️ #IndieGames #GameDev
Wheel Of Fate - Ten-Minute Taster
Fate changes everything.
Fate is the force keeping order in the universe. An Affliction is destroying order by severing Fate’s connection to reality.
As the Avatar of Fate, you are compelled to spin the Wheel of Fate to change the world.
You'll be battling through new paths opened with each spin, and discovering what Fate has in store for you.
How will you spin your destiny?
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Fate changes everything.
Fate is the force keeping order in the universe. An Affliction is destroying order by severing Fate’s connection to reality.
As the Avatar of Fate, you are compelled to spin the Wheel of Fate to change the world.
You'll be battling through new paths opened with each spin, and discovering what Fate has in store for you.
How will you spin your destiny?
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28 Aug 2020
⛳️🏌️ Game Title: PGA Tour 2K21 | Review | Xbox One | "The Best Golf Simulation That I’ve Ever Played" ⛳️🏌️ #PGATOUR2K21 @2K
I have played a LOT of golf games in my life.
From early loves such as PGA Tour Golf 2 on the Sega Mega Drive through to the arcade classic NEO Turfmasters and the myriad Tiger Woods-era EA titles, I’ve had some really good times with the genre (Not forgetting a gem that I discovered only a couple of years ago called Links 2004 on the Xbox, definitely one to try if you missed it, amazing arcade-style game. Also, Golf Story is a golden ray of light).
From early loves such as PGA Tour Golf 2 on the Sega Mega Drive through to the arcade classic NEO Turfmasters and the myriad Tiger Woods-era EA titles, I’ve had some really good times with the genre (Not forgetting a gem that I discovered only a couple of years ago called Links 2004 on the Xbox, definitely one to try if you missed it, amazing arcade-style game. Also, Golf Story is a golden ray of light).
27 Aug 2020
🚤 Kandagawa Jet Girls | Review | PS4 | “Jet Set Boobies” @marvelous_games 🚤 #IndieGames #GameDev
I’ve played and reviewed several games released by Marvelous Inc. over the years and I have to admit that they aren’t shy of variety in terms of gameplay...although I wish I could say the same about the characters.
26 Aug 2020
⚔️ Mortal Shell | PS4 | Review | "A Tough Shell To Crack" ⚔️ @MortalShellGame #GameDev #IndieGames
Mortal Shell came along for review at a very apt time. Only the weekend prior was I involved in a lengthy conversation about ‘Souls-Esque’ titles, where punishment and difficulty are built-in to the games themselves and pushed as a focal point.
Whilst I never clicked with the Dark Souls games, personally, my friend was telling me of a moment whereby, after two weeks of trying to defeat the final boss in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, he finally succeeded and, in his words, ‘fell to the floor on his back and clawed at the air with his limbs, whilst giggling...like a happy puppy’.
This level of dedication and perseverance isn’t really ingrained in me but I did appreciate and respect someone having that approach and ‘I can do this’ attitude to gaming.
Whilst I never clicked with the Dark Souls games, personally, my friend was telling me of a moment whereby, after two weeks of trying to defeat the final boss in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, he finally succeeded and, in his words, ‘fell to the floor on his back and clawed at the air with his limbs, whilst giggling...like a happy puppy’.
This level of dedication and perseverance isn’t really ingrained in me but I did appreciate and respect someone having that approach and ‘I can do this’ attitude to gaming.
25 Aug 2020
🛣️🚗 Road to Guangdong | PS4 | Review | “A Familial Chinese Tale” 🚗🛣️ @RoadToGuangdong #GameDev #IndieGames
A light visual novel, broken up by some item management and arcade driving sections, Road to Guangdong is a gentle jaunt through various types of gameplay that has some relaxing moments but does struggle to keep you interested up until the final moments.
24 Aug 2020
⚔️ Griefhelm | PC | Review By @PixelHunted "I shudder to think of the hundreds of millions of individual times I’ve whacked stuff with a sword in a video game" ⚔️ @griefhelm #GameDev #IndieGames
I shudder to think of the hundreds of millions of individual times I’ve whacked stuff with a sword in a video game. But despite it being one of the most common interactions only a few games go out of their way to get it right.
Efforts range from the balletic rhythmic parry-and-counter of Sekiro, the physical thrill of slicin’ up blocks in Beat Saber and the rock-paper-scissors fighting game stylings of For Honor.
Enter Griefhelm, the new title by solo developer Johnny Dale Lonack, a guy who has clearly done his homework on virtual swordplay.
Enter Griefhelm, the new title by solo developer Johnny Dale Lonack, a guy who has clearly done his homework on virtual swordplay.
16 Aug 2020
🏎️🚓 Tiny Racer | Review | Nintendo Switch | "Toy Racing At Its Worst?" 🏎️🚓 #IndieGames #GameDev
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Rating: Melted
The toy-racing genre is one that I am always drawn to.
From the early multiplayer days of Micro Machines and even Hi-Octane - an overlooked Amiga PD classic (for me, anyway) – to what is probably the last truly great example of the genre, Mashed on Xbox and PS2 (not forgetting its spiritual successor, Wrecked. Again, an overlooked and very fun title).
It is a genre that, when everything clicks, can result in dozens of hours of fun but when the elements don’t gel, as is, unfortunately, the case here, fundamental issues can bring the game to its knees and strip out any enjoyment from the racing.
From the early multiplayer days of Micro Machines and even Hi-Octane - an overlooked Amiga PD classic (for me, anyway) – to what is probably the last truly great example of the genre, Mashed on Xbox and PS2 (not forgetting its spiritual successor, Wrecked. Again, an overlooked and very fun title).
It is a genre that, when everything clicks, can result in dozens of hours of fun but when the elements don’t gel, as is, unfortunately, the case here, fundamental issues can bring the game to its knees and strip out any enjoyment from the racing.
13 Aug 2020
⚔️ Ancestors Legacy | PS4 | Review | "Total War + Company Of Heroes" ⚔️ @DestCreat_Team #GameDev #IndieGames
In Ancestors Legacy you will take command of your army as you storm through medieval Europe in a range of campaigns in this history-inspired real-time strategy game influenced by historical events of the Middle Ages.
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7 Aug 2020
⛳ GolfTopia | Review | PC | Early Access | "The Spiritual Successor To Sim Golf?" ⛳ #IndieGames #GameDev #GolfTopia
In Golftopia you are the General Manager of a randomly generated blank slate of a golf course and you’ll need to DESIGN, BUILD and MANAGE your own futuristic dream course from scratch.
All the while you’ll be required to keep 200 persistent visitors fed, hydrated, and happy by improving the course and providing for their needs.
You’ll also be tasked with defending your golfing utopia from the infestation of weeds with robotic worker drones and even defensive turrets!
Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144020/GolfTopia
Game Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1144020/GolfTopia
6 Aug 2020
😱 Carrion | Review | Nintendo Switch | "Carrion Screaming" 😱 @devolverdigital #IndieGames #GameDev
Carrion is a surprisingly addictive and satisfying ‘reverse-horror’ title that feels unique in its take on the genre.
Whilst there are games that cast you as an anti-hero or even full-blown villain, there aren’t many examples whereby you play an all-consuming, morphing beast that lurks in the shadows, a force of sheer terror.
Game Title: Carrion
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Rating: ICE COOL
Whilst there are games that cast you as an anti-hero or even full-blown villain, there aren’t many examples whereby you play an all-consuming, morphing beast that lurks in the shadows, a force of sheer terror.
Game Title: Carrion
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Rating: ICE COOL
5 Aug 2020
🎮 Crosscode | Review | PS4 | "I’m The Seven-Foot-Tall Mecha-Unicorn Called Funty Quank" 🎮 @ININ_Games #IndieGames #GameDev
Game Title: Crosscode
Platform Reviewed: PS4
Rating: Ice Cool
🎮 Venom Travel Kit | Review | A Cool Piece Of Kit For Use With XBOX ONE and XBOX ONE ELITE Controllers 🎮 @VenomGamingUK
Product link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Venom-Project-xCloud-Mobile-Gaming
Rating: ICE COOL
Available on Amazon and priced at £19.99, the Venom Travel Kit is a handy, robust and practical package designed with the upcoming Project XCloud in mind.
For me personally, however, it was surprisingly useful beyond this and actually opened a doorway into a different realm of gaming.
Rating: ICE COOL
Available on Amazon and priced at £19.99, the Venom Travel Kit is a handy, robust and practical package designed with the upcoming Project XCloud in mind.
For me personally, however, it was surprisingly useful beyond this and actually opened a doorway into a different realm of gaming.
30 Jul 2020
👹 Roki | PC | Review | "A Grimm Fairytale" 👹 @UtdLabelGames #GameDev #IndieGames
Polygon Treehouse brings us Roki which is an adventure game inspired by Scandinavian folklore and as such it feels like you’re living out a Grimm Fairytale interspersed with point n click style puzzles.
28 Jul 2020
🕹️👾 Britt's AntStream Arcade Adventure 🕹️👾 @AntstreamArcade #Arcade
Antstream arcade has been around for almost a year now and it was something I was keen to get involved with.
For those who aren’t aware of the service, it’s a subscription-based site that allows you to stream games ranging from the 8-bit home micro-computers of the 80’s such as Amstrad, Spectrum and Commodore 64 through a selection of 16-bit titles from systems such as the Amiga and Mega Drive up to an impressive amount of arcade ports that span decades.
For those who aren’t aware of the service, it’s a subscription-based site that allows you to stream games ranging from the 8-bit home micro-computers of the 80’s such as Amstrad, Spectrum and Commodore 64 through a selection of 16-bit titles from systems such as the Amiga and Mega Drive up to an impressive amount of arcade ports that span decades.
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27 Jul 2020
💥 UltraCore | Review | PS4 | Switch | "Run & Gun Retro Fun!" 💥 @RealStrictlyLTD #IndieGames #GameDev #RetroGames
Ultracore (originally known as Hardcore) presents a really interesting piece of arcade a run and gun game history.
Developed by Digital Illusions it was Originally due to be released for Amiga, Sega Genesis, and Sega CD platforms but the game was cancelled by its publisher, Psygnosis, in 1994 after development had been pretty much completed.
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24 Jul 2020
🔫 Outbuddies DX | Review | Nintendo Switch | "A Hefty Metroidvania With Retro-Styled Visuals" 🔫 @HeadupGames @IndieJGames #GameDev #IndieGames
Outbuddies DX is a hefty Metroidvania with retro-styled visuals, Outbuddies DX has some neat twists on the formula and some sterling audio-work but a clunky control scheme and an unwieldy map-system are detrimental to the flow of the game.
Game Title: Outbuddies DX
Developer: Julian Laufer
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Rating: Melting
Game Title: Outbuddies DX
Developer: Julian Laufer
Platform Reviewed: Nintendo Switch
Rating: Melting
23 Jul 2020
🕹️🎮 Britt's Personal Top 20 Video Games 🕹️🎮 @BrittRecluseuk #RetroGaming #IndieGames
Introduction
I find any list of this type to be very fluid, listing the top twenty games of all time objectively would be impossible.
What I’ve done here is to list the games that had the biggest impact on me across a broad spectrum of genres as possible and always come to mind during these types of conversations.
I actually wrote out this list a couple of weeks ago and then returned to it later to see if it still felt ‘right’ and it did, so I stuck with it.
Next month, who knows? It could be a different story.
I find any list of this type to be very fluid, listing the top twenty games of all time objectively would be impossible.
What I’ve done here is to list the games that had the biggest impact on me across a broad spectrum of genres as possible and always come to mind during these types of conversations.
I actually wrote out this list a couple of weeks ago and then returned to it later to see if it still felt ‘right’ and it did, so I stuck with it.
Next month, who knows? It could be a different story.
20 Jul 2020
🎰🎲 How The Rise Of The Internet Affected Gambling 🎰🎲
It’s hard to find an industry that hasn’t been affected by the development of technology, especially the internet. As we spend more time in the online world, more experiences are making a home there. This is the case for gambling. While casinos and betting shops still exist, there is a whole new world of gambling online. Transformations have been made in how we gamble, what games we play and the whole betting culture. This can be seen in many different aspects of the game.
17 Jul 2020
🧟♂️🧟🧟♀️ DAYMARE: 1998 | Review | PS4 | Silent Hill + Resident Evil = DAYMARE? 🧟♂️🧟🧟♀️ @InvaderDevs #IndieGames #GameDev
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person Resident Evil 2 inspired survival horror with survival mechanics and hard to kill bullet sponge enemies from Invader Studios.
Invader Studios is a studio originally set up by Resi fans with the intent of producing an unofficial remake of RE2
16 Jul 2020
🕹️ Vigolix RetroPie Arcade Cabinet | DIY Build | Half Size / Kids Cabinet | My First Attempt 🕹️ #Arcade #RetroGames #RetroGaming
I decided it was about time I had a go at building my own arcade cabinet so at the start of lockdown armed with one sheet of wood and a Jigsaw I had a go. This is the result and while there's room for improvement I'm also happy with the outcome plus I enjoyed every moment of planning it and making it. Here's a link to the Instructables guide and the best video I found to help: Instructables Link: https://www.instructables.com/id/A-Super-Easy-Arcade-Machine-from-1-Sheet-of-Plywoo/ YouTube Video Link: https://youtu.be/tXZQoQT0CDU
15 Jul 2020
🏎️💨 TrackMania | PC | Review | "Tracks For Maniacs" 🏎️💨 #TrackMania
Ubisoft Nadeo Delivers Gravity-Defying Racing in Their Remake of 2006’s Trackmania Nations.
This is a remake of the Trackmania® Nations, combining easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay with a fresh look.
Players can compete against themselves and others through solo or multiplayer on regularly updated tracks.
Additionally, with revamped track blocks and editors, players have the freedom to create their own tracks and take advantage of the new map testing servers to share their custom tracks for the community to test and rate.
14 Jul 2020
🎮😡🗯️ A Lifetime of Rage That Turns Blood to Steam and Controllers to Dust 🎮😡🗯️
We’ve all been there, missing that pixel-perfect leap, taking a fatal hit just as we were about to nail the boss, the timer running out as the chequered flag approached, watching the ball fall betwixt the flippers as you were about to crack your high score or an unfair sniper shot from a thousand years away. Every gamer has had their moments of a geyser of fiercely boiling rage causing blackouts or their clothes to burst into flames.
Well, nothing quite like that, obviously, but you get the gist.
Well, nothing quite like that, obviously, but you get the gist.
13 Jul 2020
🤝 How To Make Friends Safely On Roblox 🤝
Online games can be wonderful social facilitators. If you’ve ever played World of Warcraft or even a competitive game like Apex Legends and found a group of people with whom you share a true kinship, then you’ll know exactly how good that can feel.
Of course, different kinds of games can enable different connections. In League of Legends, for example, you might make friends to help you climb through the unforgiving ranked ladder, while in World of Warcraft you may form an unbreakable bond with guildmates with whom you’ve raided on a regular basis.
⚔️💣🗡️ Knight Squad | Switch | Review | "Knights Of Bomberman" ⚔️💣🗡️ #GameDev #IndieGames #Nindies
Knight Squad is an 8 players top-down Bomberman meets Gauntlet video game.
You’ll take on opposing knights in top-down arenas and engage them in sword fights while also picking up laser guns, miniguns and all sorts of other cool weapons.
You’ll also get the opportunity to use collectable power-ups to run faster to shield up or even to unleash a kamikaze power up to blow up your opponents!
10 Jul 2020
🛠️⚒️ Satisfactory | Review | PC | "No Mans Sky Meets Factorio" 🛠️⚒️ @Coffee_Stain #IndieGames #GameDev
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a nice bit of exploration, combat and discovery thrown in for good measure.
9 Jul 2020
📸 Umurangi Generation: Point and Shoot DEMO | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "Take Aim and Photograph" 📸 @UmurangiGame #IndieGames #IndieGame
"Umurangi Generation is a first-person photography game in the shitty future.
Set in Tauranga Aotearoa off the back of an impending crisis you are a courier for the Tauranga Express.
Throughout the game, you will unlock a variety of lenses and equipment."
8 Jul 2020
💣💥🗡️ Pathway | Review | PC | "Indy Crossed With Choose Your Own Adventure!" 💣💥🗡️ @robotality #IndieGames #GameDev
Published by Chucklefish and developed by Robotality, who brought us a sci-fi turn-based strategy RPG called Halfway back in 2014.
Robatality’s new game, Pathway is a strategy adventure game set in the 1930s and leans heavily on influences from Indiana Jones and XCOM style turn-based battles.
7 Jul 2020
⚔️ Ys: Memories of Celceta | Review | PS4 | "Adol, for god’s sake, get a Dictaphone" ⚔️
A PS4 port of a 2012 PS Vita game, if you are familiar with the Ys series, you are in safe, if familiar hands. If, however, the Ys games are something you have never played before, this acts as a great starting point.
6 Jul 2020
3 Jul 2020
🚀🛰️🛸 Shipbreaker | How To Pay Off $1 Billion Of Debt! | PC | Early Access | Ten Minute Taster 🚀🛰️🛸 @ShipbreakerGame #IndieGames #GameDev
Hardspace Shipbreaker is my new obsession! Embark on a journey to pay back the 1 Billion debt that you owe LYNX Corp and cut up a load of space ships in the process. You are basically a one-man scrap metal merchant and I love this game!
2 Jul 2020
🚀 Rigid Force Redux | Switch | Review | "Can i Get A Redux?!! HELL YEAH!" 🚀 #IndieGames #GameDev @com8com1
I first reviewed the original version of this game when it was released on PC in 2018 as Rigid Force Alpha.
Below I have combined that review with updated thoughts on the Redux versions released on consoles.
Below I have combined that review with updated thoughts on the Redux versions released on consoles.
1 Jul 2020
🛢️🗼⛽️ Turmoil | Review | Switch | "Dig For Oil My Friends!" 🛢️🗼⛽️ #Turmoil #IndieGames #GameDev @Gamious
Turmoil is developed by the Dutch gaming Company Gamious who are based in Haarlem and have been making games since 2011.
Another notable game by them is i0 an abstract platformer where you grow bigger or smaller in order to solve puzzles.
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