Build-up to Christmas with a Sonic the Hedgehog Figurine Builder calendars | "Figurines are for life not just for Christmas!" @NumskullDesigns

Well, this looks awesome!

Those cheeky monkeys at NumSkull have released a Sonic The Hedgehog countdown calendar where you get to build the blue maestro piece by piece over the course of the Christmas Countdown!

💰 Top 4 Popular Online Casino Games in the World 💰

Modern technologies have given a hint to the growing popularity of the online casino sphere. The iGaming field is at the peak of vogue right now. It is possible because of the availability of mobile casinos, virtual reality and other interesting technologies that are used. We decided to discover what are the most popular iGaming game globally. For this purpose, we kept an eye out for different casino sites and made the conclusion that it is impossible to find out only one game. If you open the section of the most popular games you will see four games there. They are full of bright emotions and fun. Read our review and select something suitable for you.

🐑 Cult Of The Lamb Ten Minute Taster PC Gameplay 🐑 @cultofthelamb #IndieGames #GameDev

In Cult Of The Lamb you can start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venture out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

🧛 Vampire Survivors Adds 20 new ‘spells’ and a nifty Steam Deck feature... ♰ @poncle_vampire #IndieGames #GameDev

Creeping ever closer to v1.0 like a true creature of the night, Vampire Survivors has released patch 0.10.109

This update added a host of new cheat codes spells that can be used to unlock Arcanas (see below for the full list and a new trick to unlocking the secret menu), as well as an on-screen keyboard option in the Secrets menu so Steam Deck and Gamepad users can type them out.

🧦 Arcade Paradise PC Ten Minute Taster Gameplay "A Chewing Gum Hunters Dream!" 🧦 @nosebleedgames @KingWashArcade @WiredP #IndieGames #GameDev

🕹️👖🩲🩳🧦 Arcade Paradise PC Review 9.5/10 "The LaundCade Is Now OPEN!" 🕹️👖🩲🩳🧦 @WiredP @Withnailmarwood @nosebleedgames #IndieGames #GameDev

As soon as I was crawling around on a Laundrette floor searching for chewing gum and plastic bottles I knew Arcade Paradise had me by the trousers and it was wrenching them off me.

Arcade Paradise follows the story of a son who is given the opportunity to make something of himself by his dad by taking over the family laundrette business.

Every day you will drag your arse into the laundrette on the bus and then the day job will begin. You’ll be presented with the benign tasks of running a laundrette such as unblocking the toilet, emptying the cash hoppers, taking the rubbish out and filling the safe with last night's takings. 

Once you’re done with that you’ll have to get as many washes on the go as you can and then be ready to pop those washes in the dryer as soon as the wash cycle ends. Once dried you’ll need to get those clothes back into the collection area for your customers to collect.

Spinning all these plates will ensure that your laundrette business keeps the money rolling in.

🐢⚔️ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge XBOX Review 9/10 "It’s More Than Worth… 'Shelling Out' For!" 🐢⚔️ @PixelHunted @Dotemu #IndieGames #GameDev

Shameless nostalgia tweaking usually doesn’t do much for me. It’s self-indulgent, a crutch for lazy writing, and once the initial thrill of “ooh, I recognize that” is out of the way things rapidly get boring.

But Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge was a laser-guided missile of early 90s bliss aimed right at my heart, and I was powerless to resist.

🎧EPOS GTW 270 Hybrid Closed Acoustic Wireless Earbuds with Dongle 🎧 @eposaudiogaming

‘Leave the world behind with no compromise audio delivered by GTW 270 Hybrid wireless earbuds.

Its unique shape ensures a secure and comfortable fit for hours of high-end audio playback.

As an EPOS Hybrid product, the GTW 270 Hybrid delivers multiple connection options; Bluetooth® or aptX™ Low Latency connection with the USB-C dongle.

Escape to new worlds while on the go.’

🥋🥷 SIFU PS5 Review 9/10 "On paper Sifu is simple." 🥋🥷 @SifuGame @sloclap #IndieGames #GameDev

On paper Sifu is simple. It's a third person brawler that has you fight your way through five levels, kill five bosses and avenge your slain family. 

🧟‍♀️ REDO! XBOX Review 5/10 "You are scratching a living as the last surviving human..." 🧟‍♀️ @REDO_99 #IndieGames #GameDev

REDO! is a 2D Metroidvania set in a dystopic future where you are scratching a living as the last surviving human.

That is until you receive a message from a mysterious person who wants to meet, kicking off your adventure.

🚘🧳🧸 Car Boot Carnage Ten Minute Taster PC Gameplay 🚘🧳🧸 @JCT600

 

CAR BOOT CARNAGE has all the browser game pleasure of packing for your holidays without actually going away!

https://carbootcarnage.com/

🩸📸 MADiSON PS5 Review 6.5/10 “Many Scares To Be Had, But Far Too Formulaic” 🩸📸 @transvaalgf @MADiSON_Game #IndieGames #GameDev

MadiSon is a first-person psychological horror game, in which you play as Luca, who wakes up to find his hands covered in blood, and his father screaming at him through a door, questioning how he could ‘do this to the people he loved.

It’s a very exciting and tense opening!

You manage to escape the room and now explore your grandparent’s home, where you learn its dark secrets and understand how Luca has come to be in this position.

🥷 Shadow Gangs Dreamcast Review 8/10 "More Ninja Action Than You Can Shake a Katana At!" 🥷 @ShadowGangs @WaveGameStudios #IndieGames #GameDev

The next step on WAVE Game Studios’ quest for Dreamcast world domination, Shadow Gangs is a 2D platformer (mostly) that takes a lot of inspiration from the arcade classic Shinobi, in terms of visuals and gameplay.

You are Master Dan, a ninja master who sets out to take down a ninja army and rescue his family in a plot that’s so ninja-centric that it feels like it was written by Godfrey Ho. Good. 

👿🥧 Hell Pie Xbox Series X Review 7.5/10 "A wonderfully ghastly concoction straight from Satan’s kitchen" 👿🥧 @SluggerflyDev #GameDev #IndieGames

Warning lights flash in my mind whenever games go for humour - as so often cheap gags and lazy writing are brought to the fore at the cost of gameplay, or perhaps the humour doesn’t connect with you personally.

So every attempt at it elicits a sigh. However, the trailer for Hell Pie showed what seemed to the naked eye to be a surprisingly polished 3D platformer. Having fancied this genre for a while - the last I played was the sublime A Hat in Time - I thought I’d give Hell Pie a goosey, and by Jove, it was a wise move.

🧛 Vampire Survivors PC Gameplay 🧛@poncle_games #IndieGames #GameDev

Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you.

🕷️⚔️ Baldur's Gate : Dark Alliance 2 Nintendo Switch Ten Minute Taster Gameplay ⚔️🕷️

An unspeakable evil has returned to the legendary city of Baldur's Gate. A call for adventurers echoes through the embattled land. Cunning warriors and bold magic users are desperately needed to reclaim Baldur's Gate from dark sorcery that threatens all in its path.

🕺 Human Fall Flat Ten Minute Taster PC Gameplay "I Fall FLAT!" 🕺 @curvegames #IndieGames #GameDev

Human: Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. 

Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

💙 Safe In Our World #SafeMentaliTEE "The Greatest Moments of Our Retrogaming Journey" 💙 @SquaredSeven @SafeInOurWorld

Where It All Began

It was about 10 years ago when I first had the thought.

I was bored with the daily grind of my life and how I was spending my free time. I was in a rut and I knew I wanted to do something to get out of that rut. It was time to do something for myself to enrich my life and feed the inner creativity that had been buried deep inside me.

The problem was that I didn't have a clue where to start or what to do.

🎮 Gamedec Nintendo Switch Review 7.5/10 "A Combat-Free Cyberpunk Tale" 🎮 @GamedecTheGame @AnsharStudios #GameDev #IndieGames

I’ve been following the development of Gamedec for a couple of years, playing the PC preview back in 2020 really gave me a taste for the thought of a choice-rich RPG that was bereft of any combat in the core gameplay.

I think at the time, I’d covered a handful of games with clunky combat and the thought of an RPG fully focussed on the dialogue / investigative side of things seemed a very cool way to go.

🐲⚔️ Souldiers Nintendo Switch Review 7/10 "A Lot of Dungeon for Your Dollar" 🐲⚔️ @souldiersgame @plugindigital #IndieGames #GameDev

I’m not a completist. I’m not all about getting 100% on games. I didn’t even think about trying to hunt down all TWO HUNDRED pigeons hidden across the vast map of GTA4, for example, just for the sake of a fleeting smirk of satisfaction and a digital plaque on my avatar’s wall.