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April 30, 2026

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Australian visual novel Ashes launches in Early Access next week

Plot Twist, a Melbourne-based games studio, has announced that the visual novel Ashes will launch in Early Access this May, with a full launch planned for December. This period of time will be used to finish the story, refine the existing minigames/add new ones, and provide new narrative content. The game blends graphic novel panels with interactive puzzles.…

Indie/PC/PC Review/Reviews

Review: Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth Review (PC)

Tove Jansson’s Moomin characters long ago stepped outside the pure world of just their books; even when Jansson was alive she was experimenting with different forms such as comic strips and limited merchandise. That has extended into video games in the past with very mixed results, though I did rather…

Review: Minos (PC)

Did you know that, while mazes are designed to confuse and confound…

The key art for STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age.

Dark fantasy visual novel STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age announced for PC

Not A Cat Studios has announced STARCULT. Night: Twisted Age. The dark…

Review: LOUD (Nintendo Switch)

July 19, 2022

Indie/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

We rarely see indie developers tackle the rhythm genre, and for understandable reasons. It’s not a genre with mass market appeal, but it’s also one filled with established franchises backed by more budget and polish than an indie studio could muster. And with simple mechanics that aren’t easily innovated upon,…

Review: Stray (Sony PlayStation 5)

July 19, 2022

Annapurna Interactive/Indie/Reviews/Sony PlayStation 5

For the entire prelaunch hype cycle behing Stray, if you mentioned “the cat game”, people knew exactly what game you were talking about. It seemed like the perfect mix of cute & cuddly, since it was about a furrball, and a contrasting cyberpunk dystopian aesthetic, complete with funky (and also…

Interesting games on Itch.io: July 18

July 18, 2022

Art Game/Indie/itch.io

I’m a big fan of itch.io for the freedom and open platform that it allows for developers to be creative, experimental, and directly canvas the audience for feedback for games that are not yet ready for primetime on Steam and its ilk. In addition, itch.io allows you to be transgressive,…

X PLUS Games’ Bat Boy launches Kickstarter campaign for a slice of retro side-scrolling action platformers

July 14, 2022

kickstarter/News/trailer/Trailers

Hailing from Osaka, Japan, X PLUS, the indie devs of Smelter, a similar game that has also been inspired by the pixelated era of retro platformer gaming, has announced an update in the development process for Bat Boy, which is expected to release at around the January 2023 mark. The…

Review: Mothmen 1966 (Nintendo Switch)

July 14, 2022

Chorus/Nintendo Switch/Reviews

What’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…

Review: Long Live The Queen (Nintendo Switch)

July 13, 2022

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/simulation

Take Game Of Thrones. Take Princess Maker. Mash them together (after taking the sex out of both), turn the result into a spreadsheet simulation, and you’ve got Long Live The Queen. This ultra indie game is not without its delights and offers players a decent challenge on their way to…

On the collision of the futuristic and the medieval: Fabular Q & A

July 12, 2022

Indie/Interview/Interviews

It’s not a combination that you would necessarily expect to see, but once you see it in action, it all makes sense. It’s eclectic, but very creative. Fabular: Once Upon A Spacetime combines science fiction spacecraft and battles… with the medieval in terms of the weapons you’re using. It’s the…

Interesting games on Itch.io: July 11

July 11, 2022

Indie/itch.io

Review: Corpse Factory (Nintendo Switch)

July 6, 2022

Nintendo Switch/Reviews/visual novel

Australians should make more visual novels. I don’t just say that because I make them and need to kick myself into actually finalising my latest one (it’s getting there, day by day!). It’s just that whenever an Australian produces a VN, it’s typically gold. Max’s Big Bust is a hilarious…

Itch.io’s newest indie bundle is doing a good thing to support abortion rights

July 5, 2022

Bundle/Indie/itch.io/News

Right now on itch.io you can pick up almost 800 items for as little as $10, and your money will be going to a very good cause indeed. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, an event running its rounds across the U.S.…

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