indie games – Page 2 – Frederick Maheux

Indie Games Reviews 25 – 09/17/2022

Anodyne 2: Return To Dust by Analgesic Production – https://store.steampowered.com/app/877810/Anodyne_2_Return_to_Dust/ This is pure synthesized joy, but the troubling, bittersweet joy of impending formless chaos, of saying yes to life in all its beauty and horror. The two brilliant minds of Analgesis Production offer a unique experience where cuteness and abstract weirdness merge in a game full […]

Indie Games Reviews 24—08/12/2022

Seek Satan by Magpuppy – https://magpuppy.itch.io/seek-satan Everything synthesized in the last sentence of the description: “ᴛʜɪs ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴏᴛ-ɪʀᴏɴʏ, ᴘᴏsᴛ-ɪʀᴏɴʏ, sɪɴᴄᴇʀɪᴛʏ, ᴏʀ ᴀ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ ɪʀᴏɴʏ; ɪᴛ’s ᴀ ғʀᴇɴᴢʏ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ, ɴᴏ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ғᴏʀ sᴇʟғ-ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇɴᴇss.” Discomfort and perceptual jamming in a game that seems more real than what our senses currently provide. […]

Indie Games Reviews 22 – 06/09/2022

Time Is Solid Here by AlgebraFalcon—https://algebrafalcon.itch.io/time-is-solid-here A very interesting top-down 2D horror/puzzle experience reminding me of Flesh, Blood & Concrete. This game really distinguishes itself with a superb soundtrack, extremely well-written dialogues and a visual style mixing retro and Francis Baconesque melting fleshy masses. The trials and tribulations of this amateur psychopomp are worth exploring. […]

Indie Games Reviews 21 – 05/12/2022

Press W To Move Forward by Nil Knight—https://nil-knight.itch.io/press-w-to-move-forward Game mechanics in perfect cohesion with a rhetoric of technocapitalist alienation and constant estrangement from immediate reality. Also an amazing aesthetic feat with mindbending visual and soundscape. They Speak From the Abyss Teaser Demo by Nikki Kalpa—https://thefifthkalpa.itch.io/they-speak-from-the-abyss-teaser-demo Look forward for the release of this title and offer […]

Indie Games Reviews 20 – 04/14/2022

Growing My Grandpa by Yames — https://www.patreon.com/user?u=7156682 Public release tomorrow (04/15/22) – Do not skip this! The one and only Yames does it again with an unique brand of body horror creeping out of the liminal intersection of gnostic paranoia and biological insanity. Brilliant ambient soundtrack and a visual aesthetic not unlike deSpiria monstrosities. Strongly […]