Mangragora and tinyBuild have announced that electronics shop/repair sim ReStory will launch in early August. ReStory puts you in the role of running your own electronics repair shop in Y2K-era Japan, where you’ll fix pieces of millennial tech, including cell phones, video game consoles (some Atari systems), handhelds, digital pets, home appliances, music players, cameras, and more.…
Chinese indie studio Jotoyo may have already unveiled early alpha footage (which has become a viral hit), but today it officially announced the life-sim RPG Monster Fantasy. The game combines gameplay from titles like Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter, creating cohesive single and multiplayer experiences. It blends freeform, moment-to-moment combat…
Created by two former Sims developers, Petunia’s Purgatory is a cozy horror…
This year’s Women-Led Games is hosted by Briana White (Final Fantasy VII…
Toodee and Topdee (it’s a weird name but I kind of like it) combines 2D platformer and top-down puzzler into one unique game. In fact, the game started with the idea to merge those two different genres as a game jam prototype. They got great feedback, and Toodee and Topdee…
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Goodbye World is a game about two friends trying to create the world’s most successful indie game. Players experience their highs and lows through the complexities of development. It’s like the infamous Game Dev Story but with more of an actual story, ironically. Up until now, Goodbye World has only…
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I do feel for indie developers that take a crack at the horror genre. I know that they’re typically passionate fans of the genre, that they go into projects with the best of intentions, and they’ve got plenty of peers that have done amazing work within horror. Many of the…
Read MoreWhat’s the result of combining cryptids, retro graphics, and pulp fiction? Why, Mothmen 1966 of course! It is the first title in what is already being called the Pixel Pulp series, by LCB Game Studio. I feel a bit bad for those I’m close with, as I’ve been rambling about…
Read MoreI have a preferred list of supernatural entities: ghosts, cryptids, aliens. Sometimes they get mashed together, as it happens with the Mothman; he is thought to be an alien creatures who either warns of or creates catastrophic events. Developer LCB Game Studio and publisher Chorus Worldwide have announced Mothmen 1966,…
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