The Flipside of Gaming
This is a review of Repose 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 Reignbreaker played with a retail 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”
Each indie showcase highlights the many indie games we play on the channel (Game Wisdom), all games shown are either demos, press keys or from my (Josh Bycer’s) collection.
00:00 Intro
00:14: Silence of the Siren
01:25 Dr. Robotnik’s Ring Racers
2:46 Darwake: Awakening From the Nightmare
3:59 Surmount
5:26 Tiny Rogues
7:38 Dread Delusion
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 double review of Spilled! and Pilo and the Holobook both played with press keys.
00:00 Intro
00:13 Spilled!
2:27 Pilo and the Holobook
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 indie showcases highlight the many indie games we play on the channel (Game Wisdom) and feature a mix of demos, games bought, and press key submissions.
0:00 Intro
00:14 Crown of Pain
2:46 Sulfur
6:01 Our Adventurer Guild
7:45 Alien Boom Boom
8:46 Galaia
10:13 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
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 showcases show off the many games we check out on the channel and I’m (Josh Bycer) always looking for submitted games to try.
00:00 Intro
00:14 Sentry
2:33 The Last Humblebee
3:57 Vellum
6:39 Ufouria The Saga 2
8:50 Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
10:34 Lakeside
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 final, and bonus episode, of my (Josh Bycer) favorite demos from Steam Next Fest February 2025 edition.
00:00 Intro
00:26 Cantaloupe Chronicle
01:54 Kaya’s Prophecy
4:25 Opus Cortex
5:28 Touhou: the Unreachable Oneiroborder
6:50 Blasted Dice
8:45 Katanaut
10:44 Artis Impact
11:52 Fumehead
14:21 Starless Abyss
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”
We’re just one more part left for my (Josh Bycer‘s) best of Steam Next Fest February 2025 showcase.
00:00 Intro
00:22 As We Descend
3:28 Olaf the Boozer
4:52 Zombieville USA 3D
6:00 Which Way Up: Galaxy Games
7:00 Seekers of Eclipse
8:50 Wanderstop
10:59 Inkborn
12:16 Muffles’ Life Sentence
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 latest part of my (Josh Bycer’s) coverage of Next Fest 2025 February edition. (Editor’s note: I’ve been working through a backlog of these review posts; this one was made three months ago!)
00:00 Intro
00:15 Vilde
1:08 Mountain Boy
1:55 Grand Shooter
3:14 Ghost Hand
4:18 Mecha Knights Legends
5:35 Kejora
7:03 Tilemancer Dungeon
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 7 of my (Josh Bycer‘s) look at Steam Next Fest February 2025 edition.
00:00 Intro
00:18 Leftovers KO
1:28 Once Upon a Puppet
3:19 Demon Dust
5:02 Nice Day for Fishing
6:23 Skin Deep
7:54 Electro Bop Boxing League
9:30 Is this Seat Taken?
10:50 Water Maid
12:03 Upstream
13:16 The Alpinist
14:51 Spellbrew Express
16:10 Red Rocket Defencism
17:15 Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3
18:48 Hypogea
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 6 of my (Josh Bycer‘s) favorite demos from Steam Next Fest February 2025.
00:00 Intro
00:13 Liliac 0
01:07 Aethermancer
3:02 Doloc Town
4:35 Dungeon Warfare 3
5:47 Knightica
7:13 Star Fire
8:41 The Electrifying Incident
10:08 Faun Town
12:17 Tower Wizard
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 5 of my (Josh Bycer’s) indie showcase of the best Next Fest demos from February 2025.
00:00 Intro
00:16 DeadWire
2:00 Gnomes
3:33 Nitro Gen Omega
4:57 Beyond the Ice Palace 2
6:35 Blightstone
8:02 Geargrit
9:50 Scarlet: City of Devils
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”
