Gecko Gods is a 2D adventure platformer created by Louis Waloschek and published by Super Rare Games. It’s a cozy game where you play as a tiny blue gecko who skitters across islands, climbs walls and ceilings and eats bugs.  He also smashes clay pots and sails a boat. Solves…

I don’t play a lot of deck-building strategy games. I usually find them too complicated; I can never seem to get a grasp of the gameplay, and they make me feel dumb. Now, over the last year, I’ve really tried to step outside my comfort bubble. I’ve played horror games,…

One of my favourite things recently has been spreading my love for indies on social media and interacting with the passionate devs about their games. It’s nice when I have a dev send me a message asking me to take a look at their demo/game, and my rule has always…

Who says I got no rhythm? Well, likely a lot of people, but that won’t keep me from dancing just about anywhere. My love of music is what really captured me when I received a wonderful message from the developer of Tied to the Beat, Javier Lianes Garcia. Right off…

Snacktorio is a level-based cooking automation game from TNgineers where you build and scale food production lines to feed beasts threatening to consume your world. I loved APICO, a beekeeping sim game from them, so I was really excited to check this out. There is a demo available that allows…

While gamers are always looking for the ‘next big thing,’ the next new IP, the next and the newest… There is always something about a great classic idea that can be tweaked and feel fresh. Sometimes you don’t need to reinvent the wheel; you can just give a nod to…

I recently had the opportunity to play an early proof-of-concept demo of Hawthorn. This game has intrigued me since I first saw it announced and not just because of its adorable anthropomorphic animals and fairy creatures, but also because its developers, NEARStudios, is made up of former developers from Bethesda,…