GOTY 2020: Game Jam Edition

GOTY 2020: Game Jam Edition
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…
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Adventure Jam 2020: Signal

Screenshot of "Signal"
“Signal” by Oddly Shaped Pixels (Renaud Despinois), Sarah Beaulieu, Ivy Dupler & Ben Britton. “An isolated scientific outpost, a team gone missing, a race against the clock to save the sole survivor…” The plot of the …
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Treasure Chest: September 2019

Treasure Chest: September 2019
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 …
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Ludum Dare 42: Tiny Kingdom Builder

Screenshot of "Tiny Kingdom Builder"
“Tiny Kingdom Builder” by Oddly Shaped Pixels (Renaud Despinois). “[A] small [puzzle- and scoring-based] game. It mixes mechanics from the boardgame [“Kingdomino”, “Tetris”] and [“Puyo Puyo”]! […] The objective is to try to make the bigger kingdoms in …
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GOTY 2017: Game Jam Edition

GOTY 2017: Game Jam Edition
For most online magazines, “Super Mario Odyssey”, “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” and “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” are the Games Of The Year 2017. While these titles surely are great games in their own way, we asked us …
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Adventure Jam 2017: Treasure Chest #36

Treasure Chest #36
“A Friendly Venture” by clman94, Catherine Guevara & WarlordofWaffles. It begins with a dark prologue and your character can be found alone in the darkness – but when they go through a sparkling entrance, they will be suddenly visiting the…
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Resist Jam: (Un)Marked

Screenshot of "(Un)Marked"
“(Un)Marked” by Oddly Shaped Pixels (Renaud Despinois) & Le Gone. “[A] game […] about conflict, racism, violence with mechanics mixing [artificial intelligence], agency and emergent behaviours.” First of all, I am stunned by all the content inside of …
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GOTY 2016: Game Jam Edition

GOTY 2016: Game Jam Edition
2016 was a stunning year for the game jam culture: Over 7.000 Ludum Dare entries were created overall, hundreds of smaller and bigger other jams were running, we could ramble on and on. To celebrate this wonderful gaming scene, we…
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