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"

Top Games of Gamescom 2022 Demo Spotlight

From Gamescom 2022, here are my favorite demos I had a chance to play and for the full plays of each, I have my stream recordings going up.

Indie Inquiries: Transcendence Store Page Review

For each episode of indie inquiries, we review steam store pages and provide advice for indie developers on how to best market their game. If you would like to submit a game for us to review, please reach out.

Indie Stream Archive 8/29/22

Games shown include:

  • 0:00:00 Hex of the Lich
  • 11:20 So to Speak
  • 24:26 It’s a Wrap
  • 48:34 We Took That Trip
  • 1:01:20 Eternal Remnant The First Chapter
  • 1:28:05 The Mortuary Assistant

Indie Game Showcase 8/27/22

The indie showcases are all about the developer submitted games and demos we play from indie devs. If you would like to submit a game for a future piece, please get in touch.

Indie Stream Showcase 8/24/22

Another week means even more indie games to showcase from my weekly streams.

Games featured:

  • 0:00 Affogato
  • 47:12 Rogue Genesia
  • 1:23:34 City Limits
  • 1:28:00 The God Unit
  • 1:49:13 Redshot
  • 2:20:32 Combo Card Clashers

Indie Game Showcase 8/22/2022

The weekly indie game showcase highlights the many developer-submitted games and demos we play here. If you would like to submit a game for a future piece, please reach out.

0:00 Trinity Archetype

2:13 Green With Energy

4:19 Super Grave Snatchers

6:37 The Lightbringer

9:13 Happenlance

10:28 Timemelters

World Turtles Developer Interview

An interview with Gideon Griebenow who is the designer of the game World Turtles. We spoke about working on his first major game and the lessons he’s learned.

Indie Dev Stream Archive

And for more indie game coverage, here is the archive of my stream last week showcasing a variety of indie games.

  • 0:00 Spellbook Demonslayers
  • 25:43 Mech Shuffle
  • 45:24 Endling Extinction is Forever
  • 1:20:57 Ginger the Toothfairy
  • 1:28:51 Lightsmith
  • 1:43:13 Myth of Mirka
  • 1:48:50 Supernova Tactics
  • 2:00:55 Fabled Lands
  • 2:16:01 Kokoro Clover Season 1

Indie Dev Showcase 8/12/22

The showcase videos highlight the developer-submitted games and demos we play each week. If you would like to submit a game for a future piece, please reach out.

Brian Cronin Developer Interview

For this perceptive podcast, I spoke with Brian Cronin to catch up and talk about his next project: Business Challenges at the End of the World and using an AI to generate the art for the game.

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Indie Game Showcase 8/6/2022

Each weekly indie dev showcase highlights the many games we play here on the channel. All games shown were either key submissions for demos covered. Please reach out if you would like me to cover your game in a future piece.

Dave Gilbert Interview

For this cast, I sat down with returning guest and owner of Wadjet Eye Games Dave Gilbert for a chat about the adventure genre, his next project Old Skies, and discussing the adventure market today. We had a small issue where the stream wasn’t live at the start, but we started talking anyway.