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Embr — The Uber of firefighting
Developer Muse Games have a habit of creating rather enjoyable gaming experiences and with their latest title, Embr, this hasn’t changed. Pitched as a tongue-in-cheek firefighting video game, players become an “Embr Respondr” and must take…
9 Indie Games in development that you should keep your eye on
Some days, I want to see more indie games that are being developed. Even as somebody who actively seeks out games everyday, there are still so many more games being created that just fly slightly under my radar, buried with the other games…
Voidrun — Bomb’s Away!
Voidrun is an action-filled arcade tribute to the nail-bitingly difficult arcade shooters of the eighties. Trading bullets for bombs, you navigate your ship through enemy-filled terrain, blasting holes through the ground and sending baddies…
Audysseys — The World is Square
The World is Square is a jazz/rock tribute to some of the best RPG music ever released from classic Squaresoft titles.
Shifting counters in the Radio Commander demo
Radio Commander offers you nothing but a radio and a map. We have been playing its Kickstarter demo.
Tied Escape: The Curse of Cortez should be an escape room
Tied Escape: The Curse of Cortez starts with you and a friend each tied to chairs and to each other. You need to work together to hit the correct buttons to escape… err.. well, get the fastest time. While at GDC, I spent some time playing…
Plünge is clogged with plumbing-themed mini-games
Sometimes, fast paced mini-games need a theme to string them together. In Plünge, that theme is plumbing. Playing head to head against another player in order to make a plummer fall in-love with you, Plünge was designed to be played using…
How my dad feels about Official Mortal Kombat Klassic merchandise
If you’re following my Twitter, you’ll know that I am in America for a bit, hanging out with my dad. My dad doesn’t really understand the internet, doesn’t know much about what I do, and lives in a very small town — he doesn’t have a…
Art and Soul — Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles is an important example of leaning on your art design. The vibrant open fantasy world in Yonder dabbles in magic here and there, but most of the magic is found through discovery and exploration.
Wooden Nickel sees you living through newspapers in the wild west
Wooden Nickel, by the developers of Burly Men at Sea, takes you into a simplistic looking wild west, where you can explore loads of strange adventures. This narrative adventure puts you in the shoes of a traveller, looking to explore the…