GOTY 2021: Game Jam Edition

GOTY 2021: Game Jam Edition
Since this blog’s launch, I have had the honor and privilege of presenting my forty favorite jam games of the year six times. This format was always two things at the same time for me: Firstly, I celebrated the …
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A Game By Its Cover 2021: Short Rest

Screenshot of "Short Rest"
“Short Rest” by SweetHeart Squad (Sean S. LeBlanc, Michael Hetman & Ian Martin). “A cute but deadly [deck-building] roguelike with unique spark. Carefully strategize as you make your way through the dragon’s dungeon, and save the village …
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Treasure Chest: May 2020

Treasure Chest: May 2020
In the twenty-seven smaller recommendations (two indie games and twenty-five jam submissions) we sent to you on our Twitter account in May 2020, you can find almost anything: Intergalactic “Pong” soccer tournaments, face factory as well as laola wave simulators,…
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Treasure Chest: December 2019

Treasure Chest: December 2019
With this edition of the “Treasure Chest” series we finally close the year 2019. From now on, all small recommendations that we have made in the aforementioned year on our Twitter account are also archived on the website. Enjoy these…
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Treasure Chest: November 2019

Treasure Chest: November 2019
In November 2019, we recommended a total of twenty-two more games (nine indie games as well as thirteen jam submissions) on our Twitter account in addition to our regular articles. So feel free to delight in high-spirited kittens, hard-working ghosts,…
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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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Bitsy Jam (Frog) – Part One

Bitsy Jam (Frog), Part One
What is Bitsy? Bitsy is, in the words of its creator Adam Le Doux, “a little editor for little games or worlds”. Bitsy limits its creations to rooms consisting of sixteen to sixteen tiles designed with a three …
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Treasure Chest: October 2019

Treasure Chest: October 2019
In October 2019, we were quite busy with writing articles about amazing submissions for the Ludum Dare 45 and many other games. Nonetheless, we wrote small recommendation tweets for 46 more games – 41 jam submissions and 5 indie games…
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