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Technotopia — Six Months On
The previously linear levels seem to have a little more scale now. Before it would pretty much be a case of move in a straight line and avoid the cameras, whilst now there are various side paths you need to take to unlock routes or…
Dreamscaper lets you fight your nightmares
Dreamscaper tells the story of Cassidy, a girl whose dreams and nightmares come to life in a vivid, alternative reality every time that her head hits the pillow.
A Monster’s Expedition sees you descovering humanity
A Monster’s Expedition is a very cute puzzle game where you play as a monster, slowly discovering the human world through small exhibitions left around from a museum. You see, monsters want to learn a bunch of information about humans for…
Those Who Remain is a truly spine-chilling experience
Indie Studio Camel 101 walks you down a dark road of atmospheric horror with Those Who Remain, a first-person psychological exploration bound to give you the heebie-jeebies. Those Who Remain entirely focuses on the first-person perspective…
The 10 best games to foster team spirit when working remotely
Looking for more ways to bond while your whole team’s working remotely? We’ve put together a few suggestions.
Is Imperator: Rome fixed by its 1.4 Archimedes update?
Imperator: Rome's 1.4 Archimedes update is out now, as well as the Magna Graecia content pack. With it comes a bunch of fixes, tweaks and improvements to the core game. Let's have a little dive into them. The 1.4 Archimedes update, was…
To Spare a Rabbit is about rekindling your relationship with an estranged sibling
One day John Vanderhoef is going to quit making games and move into writing scripts for movie shorts which walk the line of moody and reflective, regardless of their setting. Over the last while I've stumbled across most of his online…
Audysseys — Prescription for Sleep: Shovel Knight
Prescription for Sleep: Shovel Knight takes the iconic soundtrack from the most successful action platformer in the last decade and gives it a jazzy makeover, transforming it into a great album to fall asleep or chill out to.
Save the Perfect Princess in Tower Princess
There are many different variations on the classic dungeon crawler goal of saving the princess. What makes Tower Princess different is the fact that at the end of the rescue mission, you’ll bank yourself a date with the prince or princess…
Redlander is a post-apocalyptic prologue to a grand adventure
A track-wheeled vehicle, The Redlander, trundles across the wastes, its only crew an anxious gremlin and the machine's AI, CORE. So many Bitsy games go down the route of interactive poetry or trying to capture a moment in time, or memory,…
Hive time — getting beezy
Busy bees be building, but beloved bee boss be breezing by botanical branches, breaking beetles blockade. - By B3
Audysseys — Parallelus (Chrono Cross Tribute Album)
Parallelus offers a new rendition of one of the most eclectic video game albums ever created — Yasunori Mitsuda’s soundtrack for Chrono Cross.
Fork Knights has you playing as fencing foods!
Fencing food is the name of the game when it comes to the wittily named Fork Knights. I'm not going to lie, when I went over and played Fork Knights when I spotted it at PAX AUS simply because of the pun name. I wasn't expecting to find a…
Be Dog Do Borks is a quick woof in the park
The simple, happy life of a fluffy dog is a cathartic concept for a lot of people and for good reason — and I think many of us would quite like to be one of those fluffy idiots rather than have to deal with life's daily worries. Good news…
Pengu is a relaxing, fishing adventure about a lonely penguin
Spend some time on a lonely island which has more to it than it might seem in Swednder's Pengu. We have a list here which, if you've been reading B3 for a while you'll have definitely seen in the sidebar. It's our list of "22 awesome…
Pokémon Sword & Shield Allows You A Glimpse of Galar
Pokemon has always been my greatest love. What followed from my first game was me playing at least one game per generation, resulting in me playing: Red, Emerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Moon, Ultra Moon, and finally Sword — the latest…
Extra Ordinary — a horror-comedy, now with its own little game
Extra Ordinary adapts a horror film into a minigame selection. We have been playing it.
Art and Soul — Trüberbrook
Trüberbrook is a gorgeous game about things not always being what they seem.
Young Souls is a beat-em-up about twins with ‘tudes
Young Souls mixes punk and medieval to create a fresh, fun beat-em-up with RPG elements.
Jam Favorites: Bitsy Jam: Rat
There are a ton of game jams happening online at any point during the year. Many of these jams follow a theme and a timeframe, giving developers the challenge of creating a game within a specific jam’s restrictions. I am able to record…