The Alters, PS5 Review
The Alters is another example of a smaller studio showing these big developers how its done!
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Dredge Mobile
Indie darling Dredge, a fishing game with Lovecraftian horror elements from Christchurch, New Zealand studio Black Salt Games, has made the expected move from PC to mobile – and it’s a mighty good time.
Two years on from the original game’s launch, it’s now available on iOS, MacOS and Android and developer Black Salt says the mobile version includes all the downloadable content that appeared on PC and console versions, such as The Pale Reach and The Iron Rig which will be available as in-app purchases.
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Eternal Strands, Review
The last 10 years has generally seen a predictable or very “safe” approach to game design by the big studios. Ubisoft and EA are the prime examples of the “safe” design philosophy. Essentially just spitting out the same game in a new wrapper every year.
Eternal Strands is challenging that norm.
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Exo One, Byte Size Review, PS5
I have been playing video games for a heap of years now…(I’m getting so old). I can honestly say the most important change I have seen to this hobby I love, is the arrival of legit, top tier Indie Developers. They are brave, ingenious, and creative. They tread where big developers are too scared too, and offer such a massive array of experiences.
Exo One is the perfect example of this. Unique, beautiful, fun, and relaxing.
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Blockbuster Inc
Blockbuster Inc brings the lights, cameras and action of Hollywood to the PC in a game that takes a lot of its inspiration from the management sims that have come before it: The Movies, The Sims, the Tycoon series and the Two Point series.
In Super Sly Fox’s debut game, you’re a budding movie mogul, starting your journey in the the movie-making world.
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Cozy Caravan (played on PC)
I was pleasantly surprised with Cozy Caravan and I’m hoping it gets the support so the developers can turn it into the game they want.
I mean, seriously, how can you not smile at a game that has a small frog that sounds exactly like Crazy Frog and the caravan you ride in is pulled by a huge bumble bee???
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Trinity Fusion, Review
(Guest writer, Nina, returns to give a quick Byte Sized take on Indie game, Trinity Fusion.)
Trinity Fusion is a roguevania platformer and the latest release from indie devs Angry Mob Games. It is quite unlike anything the studio has put out before- up until now, Angry Mob’s MO has been mobile games and the odd Predator tie-in.
But you wouldn’t guess that when playing Trinity Fusion. In fact, you’d probably think these guys were veterans of the metroidvania genre.
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Pepper Grinder (PC demo)
While I’m spending most of my game time lately mucking around on my Valve Steam Deck (I’m contemplating a write-up for this esteemed site).
I’m finding I’m spending more time playing quirky, indie titles from indie publisher darling Devolver Digital.
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Stasis Bone Totem (reviewed on PC)
A sequel to 2015 game Stasis, which I never played.
Stasis Bone Totem sees husband and wife oceanic salvagers Mac and Charlie O’Bannon (and robotic bear Moses) stumble across a derelict oil rig run by the Cayne Corporation.
What follows is a Lovecraftian tale that takes the main characters all the way down to an undersea complex and melds themes of an ancient alien civilisation, unnatural human experimentation and Gieger-esque visuals.
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Dredge review: Fishing the deep, dark depths
I usually find that when I think about a game at lot when I’m not playing it.
Trying to find solutions to mysteries, mulling over exactly what did that cryptic conversation with a character mean, then I’m usually smitten with that game.
For me at the moment, that game is Dredge, a “fishing” game from a game development studio in my home town in New Zealand, that has buried itself into my mind and I can’t stop thinking about it, I can’t stop playing it.
I’m smitten with this indie gem.
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Dredge developer interview: A fishing RPG with a sinister undercurrent
Gerard Campbell caught up with the team behind Black Salt Games.
A young development studio based in Christchurch, New Zealand, making waves with its debut game, Dredge.
Two years in the making, and coming from fledgling game development studio Black Salt Games, comprising the talents of Joel, Nadia, Mikey and Alex.
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