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"

Next Fest Showcase 11/24/23

The Next Fest games keep on coming.

The games covered:

  • 00:18 El Paso Elsewhere
  • 2:09 Kingdoms Eighties
  • 3:34 Punch Club 2
  • 4:57 Defender’s Quest 2
  • 8:02 Rise of the Triad Ludicrous Edition
  • 9:48 Toxic Crusaders
  • 11:48 Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
  • 13:29 Tales & Tactics
  • 15:28 Crux
  • 17:08 Death Must Die
  • 18:57 Station to Station

Next Fest Indie Showcase 11/20/23

I tend to play a lot of games from each next fest, and there are going to be a lot of indie games to look at.

Next Fest Indie Showcase 11/12/23

More of my favorites from the first Nextfest of 2023.

Here are the contents, each section is about two minutes in length:

Dice Folk – No Creeps Were Harmed TD – Devil’s Dive – Boomerang Jack – Dystobel – Ugly – Cosmic: A Journey Among Shadows – Lil’ Guardsman – The Master’s Pupil – Ratopia – Rad Survivor – Cardbob

Indie Game Showcase For 11/2/23

Each showcase highlights the many indie games we play on the stream here, if you would like to submit a game for a future video and stream please reach out. All games shown are either press key submissions or demos.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Patch Quest
2:10 Apico
4:35 Voodoo Detective
6:28 Opatra
7:55 Ex Zodiac
9:23 Forza Polpo

Double Reviews of Decarnation and Nocturnal

This is a double indie game review of Decarnation and Nocturnal, both played with press keys provided by the developer.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Decarnation
4:05 Nocturnal

A Double Review of Dungeon Munchies and Angel’s Gear

This is a double indie game review of the game’s Dungeon Munchies and Angel’s Gear both played with press keys provided by the developer.

0:00 Intro
00:21 Dungeon Munchies
4:51 Angel’s Gear

Kasey Ozymy and The Pulsating RPG Design

For this Perceptive Podcast, I sat down with RPG designer Kasey Ozymy to talk about working in RPG Maker and designing Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass. We discuss RPG design and making something that stands out from the rest of the pack. For the final part of our talk, we focused on the Kickstarter for his next game: Hymn to the Earless God and what makes that one different.

A Double Indie Review of Batboy and Strayed Lights

This is a double indie game review of Batboy and Strayed Lights done with press keys provided by the developers. If you would like me to look at your game for a future review, please reach out.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Batboy
5:18 Strayed Lights

Indie Game Showcase For 11/15

The weekly indie showcases highlight all the game we play here submitted by developers or indie game demos. If you would like to submit a game for a future stream/video, please reach out.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Super Ember Kaboom
1:55 Kombinera
3:36 Mago
5:34 Blacken Slash
7:01 Tokoyo: The Tower of Perpetuity
10:20 The Dark Heart of Balor

The Design of Horace Interview

For this perceptive podcast I spoke with the designer of Horace: Paul Helman. We talked about how the development of the game went and the challenges of fine-tuning the various elements of it.

The Forest Cathedral and 24 Killers Review

This is a double review of The Forest Catherdral and 24 Killers both played with press keys provided by the developers.

0:00 Intro
00:16 The Forest Cathedral
4:13 24 Killers

Indie Game Showcase For 8/23

The weekly indie showcases highlight the games we check out for each Wednesday night stream. All games played were either press keys or demo submissions. If you would like to submit a game for a future showcase, please reach out.

0:00 Intro
00:14 Mango Mischief
1:20 20 Minutes Til Dawn
4:26 Blade Brigade
7:25 Draft of Darkness
10:16 Video Game Fables
12:30 Kokoro Ultimate