The Flipside of Gaming
This is the first part of our mega showcase from Next Fest October 2024 edition.
0:00 Intro
00:28 Mohrta
2:51 Aokaki
4:31 Second Essence
6:28 Tearscape
8:20 Cyclopean
9:29 Splintered
11:43 Kilaflow
13:47 Tenebris Somnia
15:54 The Book of Buja
17:07 Widget Inc
18:42 Journey to Incrementalia
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 on stream, please reach out if you would like me (Josh Bycer) to cover your game. All games shown are press key submissions.
0:00 Intro
00:14 Moons of Ardan
2:26 The Great Below
4:04 Stuffed
5:46 Striving For Light: Survival
7:24 Loot River
9:10 Card Detective
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 indie games we play on the channel, all games shown are press keys submissions. Please reach out if you would like me to cover your game.
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 supersized indie showcase, I took a look at all 50 games from UFO 50.
Editor’s note: This was filed last month, but I didn’t notice it! Please enjoy, presuming you haven’t heard too much UFO 50 yet.
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 games we cover here on the channel. All games shown are either press keys or demo suggestions.
0:00 Intro
00:14 Steamworld Build
3:23 Gunhead
6:13 Step By Step
7:36 Limo’s Lair
9:25 Wizordum
11:03 Ratopia
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 look at a variety of indie games that were submitted and I’m always looking for more games to check out.
00:00 Intro
00:15 Power of Ten
2:04 Welcome to Empyreum
3:28 Alien Slayers
4:44 Rainworld/Rainworld Downpour DLC
6:50 We are the Caretakers
9:08 Mahokenshi
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”
A double review of Cocoon and Worldless. Cocoon was played with a retail key and Worldless with a press key.
0:00 Intro
00:17 Cocoon
3:55 Worldless
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 part of my favorite next fest demos from June 2024. All games shown are demos played from the event.
0:00 Intro
00:25 Kemono Heroes
2:07 OverRider
3:59 Sealed Bite Extended
5:52 Vampire Therapist
7:39 Selfloss
9:13 Grapple Dog: Cosmic Canines
10:45 Before I Go
12:32 Cat Quest 3
14:09 Sworn
15:47 Red Entropy
17:14 Abya: Paintball
19:21 The Rise
20:38 Monowave
22:16 Rubato
23:59 What the Car
25:40 Feed the Deep
27:29 Witchroid Vania
29:04 Scarmonde
31:02 The Alters
33:22 NeonGarten
35:17 Freeride
36:54 Creatures of Ava
39:11 Legends of Astravia
40:49 Ark of Charon
43:32 Republic of Pirates
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 3 of my favorite demos of upcoming games from Steam Next Fest June 2024 edition, all games shown are demos played from the event.
0:00 Intro
00:25 Node Farmer
2:59 Stardust Demon
4:51 Faye Falling
6:40 Patti Hattu: Cosmic Revolt
8:03 Guncho
10:00 TDS – Tower Defense Strategy
11:34 Chimera Custom XG
13:01 Tormenture
15:24 Green Again
18:35 Forgotlings
20:24 Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
21:55 Rune Coliseum
24:12 Slash Quest
25:53 Seafrog
28:04 Time Circuit
29:44 Lost Castle 2
31:33 Lethal Honor: Order of the Apocalypse
32:56 Iron Diamond
34:37 Soul Drifter
36:40 Exographer
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”
Here’s the first part of my coverage of Steam Next Fest June 2024 looking at upcoming and updated demos of 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”
The weekly indie game showcases highlight the many games we play on the channel, if you would like me to cover your game please reach out. All games shown are either demos or press key submissions.
0:00 Intro
00:14 Sunshine Manor
2:02 Spirited Thief
3:40 MF-01 Aerostrike
5:44 Swordship
7:50 Josh Journey Darkness Totems
9:49 Whisker Squadron Survivors
11:46 Saga of the Moon Priestess
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 games we play here on stream, and if you would like to submit a game for a future one please reach out.
0:00 Intro
00:14 Curse of Eternity
01:35 WizardChess
3:43 Ardenfall
5:11 Sippin Hot Blickety Block…
6:34 Crafty Survivors
8:27 Bad Writer
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”
