• 0:00 Intro (Steam)
• 00:19 Empires Shall Fall (Steam)
• 2:15 Iron Marines Invasion (Steam)
• 4:18 Gaiatrek (Steam)
• 6:34 Acolyte of the Altar (Steam)
• 8:40 Distant Bloom (Steam)

Editor’s Note: Our presentation of Josh Bycer’s NextFest finds continues. Tomorrow will be the last in this sequence, I think.

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”

game-wisdom.com/

More games from Next fest 2023 worth checking out.

• 0:00 Intro
• 00:20 Phoenix Springs (Steam)
• 2:24 Axon TD: Uprising (Steam)
• 5:14 Froggy’s Battle (Steam)
• 6:24 Spellrain (Steam)
• 7:57 Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles (Steam)
• 10:20 Lapsus (Steam)
• 11:25 Lords of Exile (Steam)

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”

game-wisdom.com/

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

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”

game-wisdom.com/

This is another showcase from Nextfest 2022 of the demos I played on stream.

• 00:30 Potionomics 
• 3:07 Clash: Artifacts of Chaos
• 4:56 Pile Up!
• 6:39 Chess Survivors 
• 8:06 Cassette Beasts 
• 10:44 Superfuse 

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”

game-wisdom.com/

With Steam Next Fest 2022 going on, I’m dedicating the indie showcases each day to cover my favorite demos of the night prior, let me know what you think about this in the comments below.

• 0:00 Gedda Cake
• 2:53 Slayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengence of the Slayer
• 4:27 The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo
• 6:50 Psilosybil
• 8:42 Anglerfish 
• 10:26 24 Killers 

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”

game-wisdom.com/

With Steam Next Fest 2022 going on, I’m dedicating the indie showcases each day to cover my favorite demos of the night prior, let me know what you think about this in the comments below.

• 0:00 Dome Keeper
• 1:43 Thunder Ray
• 2:38 Cult of the Lamb
• 4:30 Signalis 
• 6:15 Eyes in the Dark
• 8:13 Mcpixel 3

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”

game-wisdom.com/