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GOTY 2020: Game Jam Edition

By Sebastian Standke
On Jan 9, 2021

GOTY 2020: Game Jam Edition

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Let us cut to the chase. No slightly ironic introduction this time. We just want to say one thing: Thank you. 2020 was a dumpster fire of a year, we all know that. But still, so many of you continued…

Disc Room Game Jam: Pigments

By Sebastian Standke
On Dec 27, 2020

Screenshot of "Pigments"

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“Pigments” by Benjamin Soulé. “Paint [all] tiles before getting sliced[.]” To say that “Pigments” is only a demake of the original “Disc Room” made in PICO-8 would not do any justice to the little original twists that its developer …

ScoreSpace x Alakajam!: bondstones !

By Sebastian Standke
On Jul 11, 2020

Screenshot of "bondstones !"

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“bondstones !” by Benjamin Soulé. “Connect stones with the same shape or color. [Chains made from more than twelve] stones will [explode,] increasing score and experience[.] […] Each time you level up, a random malus is drawn [from] the …

Pentris

By Sebastian Standke
On Apr 10, 2020

Screenshot of "Pentris"

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“Pentris” by Léandre Proust, Clément Proust & Benjamin Soulé. “Each turn [you have to place] one of the two [pentominoes] assigned [and can turn them] clockwise. If you [cannot] place your [pentaminoes, you have to pass] your turn. If …

Treasure Chest: September 2019

By Sebastian Standke
On Feb 22, 2020

Treasure Chest: September 2019

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We are still working through our archivation backlog, so welcome to the September 2019 issue of our revived “Treasure Chest” format! In this article you can find short descriptions, GIFs, screenshots as well as download links of all the …

GOTY 2019: Game Jam Edition

By Sebastian Standke
On Jan 3, 2020

GOTY 2019: Game Jam Edition

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We know that you loved to dance in the moonlight as a detective on the edge in “Disco Elysium”. We know that you traveled to the “Outer Wilds” again and again and again. We know that you transformed into …

The Jam Report: May 2019

By Sebastian Standke
On Jun 1, 2019

The Jam Report: May 2019

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In May, we recommended forty-nine entries made for eleven different jams, so join us on a journey to bring your own art museums, pixelated bee hives, single rooms with unlimited content, mystical and beautiful places in the void, the bowling…

3rd Alakajam!: Treasure Chest #66

By Sebastian Standke
On Jul 7, 2018

Treasure Chest #66

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“Pandemia” by Benjamin Soulé. In this puzzle game, you play as a pathogen and have to find the optimal new host group turn for turn. For example, if you choose to infect all dogs, all dogs in your immediate …

1st Alakajam!: Chrysopoeia

By Sebastian Standke
On Oct 22, 2017

Screenshot of "Chrysopoeia"

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“Chrysopoeia” by Benjamin Soulé. “You have [twelve] days to create gold from what you can find in the woods[.] Each day you will be able to work in one place. You can leave it anytime to go to next …