Treasure Chest: April 2020

Treasure Chest: April 2020
With two indie games and twenty-six jam submissions as additional ‘in-between’ recommendations, April 2020 was a packed month on our Twitter account. But that is not really a surprise, because on the one hand the forty-sixth Ludum Dare and …
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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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PT++

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“PT++” by Will Blanton. “PT++ […] stands for Pregnancy Test ++[.] To my amazing wife Julie, our new home, our old pets, and our twin boys on the way. This is a tribute to our partnership!” To celebrate the …
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Ludum Dare 38: Treasure Chest #35

Treasure Chest #35
“Paisley Princess” by Will Blanton. A little roguelike role-playing game about a knight, who has to find the princess of the kingdom. While that may sound like traditional ‘damsel in distress’ trope, the ending will prove you wrong. …
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Ludum Dare 34: UPSQUID

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“UPSQUID” by Will Blanton & HYPYRYL. “Snack on little creatures! Snacks replenish energy! Thrusting depletes energy! Don’t run out of energy! Don’t fall behind or you’ll go back to sleep!” The beauty of “UPSQUID” lays inside its nearly meditative simplicity. …
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Ludum Dare 30: One Ship Two Ship Redshift Blueshift

Screenshot of "One Ship Two Ship Redshift Blueshift"
“One Ship Two Ship Redshift Blueshift” by Will Blanton. “[A] vicious hyper-violent tournament-style pong-like[.]” Woah. “One Ship Two Ship Redshift Blueshift” is an action-filled, fast-paced “Pong”-like fighting game between two spaceships with rockets. And if you want to, you …
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Ludum Dare 27: Planet Monster

Screenshot of "Planet Monster"
“Planet Monster” by Will Blanton. “[A] [t]ower [d]efense game where you make lots of money for some space corporation by harvesting gold[!]” “Planet Monster” is a very fast-paced tower defense game with some sweet aliens, cute looking turrets and …
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GBJAM 2: DhulFiqar

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“DhulFiqar” by Will Blanton. “DhulFiqqar” is pure, neat hack’n’slash fun in an excellent Game Boy retro look. It’s a simple maze where you can try to level up by fighting the respawning enemies. At the end there’s a surprise …
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Ludum Dare 32: BED✰HOGG

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“BED✰HOGG” by Will Blanton. Pillow fights are fun, but sometimes you do not want to destroy your own real pillows. Otherwise, what else would you lay your head on while sleeping? That is why you should better duel virtually …
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