The Game Critique

Indie Game Spotlight – Today I Die

Over at the CreativeFluff design blog I spotlighted Today I Die, an indie game that came out around April of this year from designer/developer Daniel Benmergui. Go play it before reading anything below. It’s a short game and worth it.Today I Die is a game that firmly wears the arty badge and wears it proudly.  It’s a [...]

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Indie Game Spotlight – Small Worlds

The game was made for Casual Gameplay’s design contest #6 with the parameters to incorporate the this content’s theme: Explore. Were I judge in the contest I would look to how well it incorporated the theme, as a critic I am looking at what that means within the game. I recommend playing it here before [...]

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Indie Game Spotlight – Norwegian Wood

Over at the Creative Fluff design blog I've started a new, hopefully weekly feature called, in case you couldn't guess, is Indie Game Spotlight. I've decided to highlight a different indie game each week. These games don't have the huge marketing push of the AAA titles so they can use any and all attention they can get. These aren't reviews or critiques, just bringing attention to a title I think deserves some attention.

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