The Flipside of Gaming
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.
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”
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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.
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 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
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 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
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 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.
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 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
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 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
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 sat down with Sinister Design’s Craig Stern to catch up about RPG design and his latest game Together in Battle. We talked about adding more relationship and character development to an SRPG without taking away the player’s control or tactics.
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”
