For people who have been following global politics, one of the biggest news in recent months has been that Iran and western powers (US etc) have come to an accord about Iran’s nuclear power goals, and that in turn has meant that the west has started to ease sanctions on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Siralim is my kind of retro-themed nostalgic rush. Where others get stuck right in to all those pixel-heavy platformers that the indie space is so inundated by, I’d rather kick back and rip through something just like this. Back when I was a kid, there was…
Read MoreI really have no words with which to describe Hieroglyphika. That’s the joke, since aside from the title you won’t be finding a single written word in this game. Everything is represented using pictographs, which makes localisation a cinch for Chinese one-man developer M. Hanka. Hieroglyphika is a roguelike in…
Read MoreDogchild tells the story of a boy named Tarpak and his canine companion, Tarao. When dogs start to go missing, Tarpak and Tarao set out to find what happened to them. The two soon find out that a company called Cornish Inc. may be the ones behind the disappearance of…
Read MoreThe Coma acts as a cautionary tale, albeit that of a farfetched one. Overworking school students will lead to a nightmarish hellscape where teachers attack students who fall behind. Yes, it’s a bit of a stretch, but underneath it all it speaks to the harsh conditions and pressures that Korean…
Read MoreIt isn’t often that I end up gifting five copies of a game to friends while I’m still knee deep into it myself. Such is the case with The Witness. I was blown away by Braid on Xbox 360 years ago, and have been on a media blackout in anticipation…
Read MoreWe have become immediate fans of Quantum Suicide after being made aware of it yesterday. It is in many ways a holy trinity for what we like to stand for at DDNet; it’s indie creativity at work, it’s a “Japanese game” and it’s developed by Aussies! As a visual novel…
Read MoreI’ll admit that I struggle to see the point of paying for a charades game to have sitting on your PlayStation 4 when you have everything you need for charades the moment you have a couple of people in a room together. Related reading: A similarly-themed party game, with a…
Read MoreDeveloped by Seaven Studio as part of the Ludum Dare gamejam festival, Inside My Radio is a rhythm platform starring anthropomorphic squares who must run, jump, dash and slam to the beat in order to complete a series of mostly linear levels. Its gameplay is reminiscent of other rhythm platformers…
Read MoreFrom a two-woman company on the Gold Coast of Australia comes Quantum Suicide, a Japanese-style visual novel. I am absolutely delighted to be able to share this news for three reasons: one, an all-female indie development company; two, the company is based in Australia; and three, the game looks really…
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