The Flipside of Gaming
This is a review of Incision played with a press key provided by the publisher.
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”
This is a review of Zefyr: a Thief’s Melody, played with a press key provided by the developer.
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”
This is the conclusion of my chat with composer Mark Benis about composing music for games. We talked more about working with designers, and how designers can best utilize composers for their games.
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”
For this perceptive podcast, I (Josh Bycer) spoke with composer Mark Benis who has worked on a number of game soundtracks to discuss his role and what it’s like creating original scores for games and how indie devs can understand the job when thinking about getting music created for their titles. This is a two-parter as we spoke at length about composing music.
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”
The weekly indie game showcases highlight the many games we check out on the channel (Game Wisdom). Please reach out if you would like to submit a game for a future one. All games shown are either press keys, demos, or games from my own collection.
00:00 Intro
00:14 Death Tower
1:46 Up to Par
2:51 Ale Abbey
4:19 Tartaros
5:49 Awaken Astral Blade
7:19 Nightmare The Lunatic
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”
This is a review of Symphonia played with a games pass key.
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”
The weekly indie game showcases highlight the many games we check out on the channel. Please reach out if you would like to submit a game for a future one. All games shown are either press keys, demos, or games from my own collection.
00:00 Intro
00:14 What the Car
1:31 Mandragoria
3:23 Kelp Keeper
4:49 SomnaBuster
6:09 Mini Mini Golf Golf
7:30 Bloomtown
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”
This is video review of the game Öoo played with a press key.
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”
Wrapping up my (Josh Bycer’s) coverage of Debut Festival 2025 with more indie game demos.
00:00 Intro
00:24 Felbound
2:07 My Card is Better Than Your Card
4:23 Phase Zero
5:53 Beat, Heart, Beat
6:56 Automatic Kingdom
9:15 Legends of Castile
10:49 Kriophobia
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”
Part 2 of my (Josh Bycer’s) look at the demos from Debut Festival 2025.
00:00: Intro
00:18 Chip Rescuer of Kittens
1:12 Crack In the Dark
2:46 Mana Expel
4:53 Identifile
6:07 They Speak From the Abyss Zenith
8:02 Cult of Blood
9:44 Project Amica
11:15 Guaishou
12:24 Auridia
14:04 Hope: A Sky Full of Ghosts
15:12 Dead Station Files
16:49 Spooky Soviet Tales
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”
This is part 1 of my (Josh Bycer’s) look at the favorite demos from Debut Festival 2025.
00:00 Intro
00:22 House of Decay
1:59 Vampires Veil
3:22 Slumber Realm
5:46 Oolo
7:50 JumpMap
8:57 Fire Hero Pixel Rescue
10:19 Goblin Vyke
12:26 Cubetory
13:43 Buttonman
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”
This is a review of Chronicles of the Wolf played with a press key from the publisher.
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”
