What makes itch.io a little difficult at times is finding things that are interesting to play. Discovery is a real issue when great ideas are buried among high school projects and nasty little efforts to scam a quick buck from players. With that in mind, I thought what might be helpful to readers would be if I did a brief write-up of interesting games that I’ve come across on itch.io each week. In many cases these games will be unfinished or “in development,” but I’m highlighting them because they promise something special and are well worth keeping on the radar.
Note: I also haven’t played these games. I highlight them as interesting based on the itch.io description and concept. Where I find the time to do actual reviews or other coverage, I will compose separate articles on the game in question. These aren’t so much an endorsement (or piece of criticism) as they are a head’s up.
Naturally, if you want to pick up a couple of the Dee Dee visual novels while you’re there on itch.io to support our work here, I would be eternally grateful… we just released a demo for the next VN, too! Totally free!
We are living in difficult times, with social, economic, environmental and cultural change going on that is upheaving the norms and challenging the very fabric of our communities. It’s important that video games explore these topics to try and make some kind of sense from them, and that’s what The Change Architect seeks to do. It’s a short, to-the-point “protest simulator”, where you need to co-ordinate the safety and effectiveness of your demonstration in the face of (potentially) police brutality and other hostile forces.
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– Matt S.
Editor-in-Chief
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