With the Steam sale running, this seems like a good time to try this thread again. We don’t often use the downvote button much in Lemmy, but the idea is this: Do your best to present game suggestions that no one has heard of before. If, in reading other people’s suggestions, you spot one that you’re familiar with, then put a downvote on it. Ideally, if the game is past a year old, it may have a discounted price during the Steam sale, and others will be able to check it out.
I’ve made this thread once before and it generated some good suggestions, but the rate of indie publishing on Steam has only accelerated with time, so it seems to be worth trying again.
Solo dev game, yeah. Also his debut game! Wild. They actually revised the plan. It was supposed to enter Early Access in May, and then have NG+ added later on. Instead they pushed it to September but supposedly feature complete. We’ll see if it’s a wise choice - September is a rough month to compete in.
But yeah, absolutely agreed on how good the game is. Good balance, nice build variety, the systems all work so well, the NG+ implementation is super cool and the game just has so many little surprises to throw at you. And it’s much bigger than you might think at first.
I still think Titanium Court edges it for me in terms of my number one favourite game I’ve played this year, but those are the top two for sure. And they’re both solo dev games! Madness.
Oh, Titanium Court looks a little familiar; may have heard about it when it first came out. I’ll have to check it out then!
It had a big buzz around it during the next fest this spring and also some around when it launched. It’s not going to be for everyone, but you’ll probably know if you vibe with it within the Steam refund window. It’s one of the hardest games to describe I’ve ever played, especially since you really want to play it completely blind. It’s a little like if David Foster Wallace made a modern interpretation of A Midsummer Nights Dream as a pseudo match-3 game? It’s a little like Undertale but for adults?
I don’t know, I recommend just giving it a shot.
Haha that’s a wild description. I recently told a friend who doesn’t play games that some of the best stories being told in media are happening in video games (and you also have a lot of B-level TV quality). I’ll go with your suggestion and just dive into it - I like Match-3 games, so worst case scenario I just enjoy that.
Please let me know what you think when you’ve finished it! I haven’t really been able to discuss it with a lot of people despite trying to push it onto as many others as I can hah.