Author: Josh Bycer

Owner of Game Wisdom with more than a decade of experience writing and talking about game design and the industry. I'm also the author of the "Game Design Deep Dive" series and "20 Essential Games to Study"

Indie Inquries Store Page Review

This is a store page review for the indie game Andy Blast vs. the Forces of Evil (45 minutes), if you would like me to review your page for a future episode, please reach out.

(Editor’s note: this is a review of a Steam store page, to help developers to construct better customer-facing material. It is not a review of the game itself.)

Indie Showcase for 11/6/2024

The weekly indie showcases highlight the indie games we play on the channel, all games shown are press keys submissions. Please reach out if you would like me to cover your game.

Two Amazing Action Games to Play

My latest double review is up for today with Phantom Abyss and Go Mecha Ball, two great action-filled games. Both played with press keys.

The Plucky Squire Review

My video review for today is on the Plucky Squire — a beautiful action-adventure game for anyone looking for a light read.

Two Modern Retro Games That Rock

This is a double review of Iron Meat and Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists both played with press keys.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Iron Meat
2:54 Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists

UFO 50 Showcase

For this supersized indie showcase, I took a look at all 50 games from UFO 50.

Editor’s note: This was filed last month, but I didn’t notice it! Please enjoy, presuming you haven’t heard too much UFO 50 yet.

Indie Showcase For 10/16/24

The weekly indie game showcases highlight the games we cover here on the channel. All games shown are either press keys or demo suggestions.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Steamworld Build
3:23 Gunhead
6:13 Step By Step
7:36 Limo’s Lair
9:25 Wizordum
11:03 Ratopia

Xanadu Next Video Review

My latest game review is for Xanadu Next, a bit of an old school ARPG that was solid throughout.

Indie Showcase for 9/17/2024

The weekly indie showcases look at a variety of indie games that were submitted and I’m always looking for more games to check out.

00:00 Intro
00:15 Power of Ten
2:04 Welcome to Empyreum
3:28 Alien Slayers
4:44 Rainworld/Rainworld Downpour DLC
6:50 We are the Caretakers
9:08 Mahokenshi

Two Indie Adventure Games Worth Your Time

This is a double review of Underground Blossom and the Many Pieces of Mr. Coo, Blossom was played with a retail key, Mr.Coo was played with a press key.

0:00 Intro
00:15 Underground Blossom
2:12 The Many Pieces of Mr.Coo