Made by devs Davey Wreden and William Pugh, Stanley Parable is a comedic satirical first person game centered around the idea of a narrative enforced game. Originally existing as a mod for Half Life 2, Stanley Parable has since become its own standalone walking simulator with lots of replayability. The story is simple, you play … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: The Stanley Parable
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Indie Spotlight: Ori and the Blind Forest
Back in 2015, Moon Studios released its first official game as an indie team called Ori and the Blind Forest. After just 7 days, the game had already sold well enough to recoup production costs making the game an incredible commercial success especially given that it was made by a team with no prior history … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: Ori and the Blind Forest
Indie Spotlight: A Hat in Time
Released back in 2017, A Hat in Time by Gears for Breakfast made a huge hit on Kickstarter as a return to the old days of 3D platformers. In fact, it was such a big hit, that it reached its fundraising goal in merely two days. So it's no surprise that when the full game … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: A Hat in Time
Indie Spotlight: Binding of Isaac
Happy New Years everyone! This article has been a long time coming as the indie devs Edmund MicMillen and Florian Himsl created one of the biggest hits in indie gaming back in 2011. For those that don't know, Binding of Isaac is a twinstick shooter roguelite adventure game heavily inspired by the classic Zelda games. … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: Binding of Isaac
Indie Spotlight: Jotun
There's a history of success in games that use mythology as a narrative point. Most often this comes in the form of Greek mythology, yet there are a few that delve into the world of Norse mythology. Jotun is a game by Will Dubé that follows the afterlife of a Viking woman named Thora who … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: Jotun
Indie Spotlight: Hand of Fate 2
Hand of Fate by Defiant Development is a series that started back in 2015 that put a brand new spin on the choose-your-own adventure genre. The game used a mixture of card drawing, random encounters, dice rolling, and periodically puts you into a third-person brawler whenever a combat encounter occurs. Hand of Fate 2 improves … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: Hand of Fate 2
Indie Spotlight: The Talos Principle & The Turing Test
This time around we'll be covering two indies at once. The Talos Principle by Croteam, and The Turing Test by Bulkhead Interactive and produced by Square Enix. Both of these games share many similarities in that they are first-puzzle games (with an option for 3rd person for The Talos Principle) with a suspicious voice guiding … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: The Talos Principle & The Turing Test
Indie Spotlight: Outer Wilds
Not to be confused with Obsidian Games' "The Outer Worlds," Outer Wilds by Mobius Digital is a space exploration game with a simplistic style that gives players exactly what they want in an exploration game without trying to add too many elements into it. Also you can cook marshmallows. Best game ever. Unfortunately this article … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: Outer Wilds
Indie Spotlight: The Kerbal Space Program
Today we'll be talking about something a bit different in gaming; dev team Squad's Kerbal Space Program. Now simulator games may seem very niche, but in this case we're talking a space simulation game supported by both NASA and the European Space Agency in which you launch missions to send goofy little people called Kerbals … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: The Kerbal Space Program
Indie Spotlight: Lenna’s Inception
If you're a fan of top-down Zelda games, Lenna's Inception by Bytten Studios is a game worth checking out! Not only does it pay homage to The Legend of Zelda, but it includes a few twists such as a randomly generated world and randomly generated dungeons. The story of Lenna's Inception starts with you playing … Continue reading Indie Spotlight: Lenna’s Inception