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Here’s a short list of indie games released in May: Crow Country, Animal Well, Arctic Eggs, 1000xResist, Skald, Hades 2, Indika, and the list goes on. We’ve already discussed some of those games. We'll discuss more in the future. Today, the game we’ve fished from the Great Indie Game Flood of 2024 is Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the latest puzzling adventure from Simogo. Bring your notepad! It’s time to crack the case!
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This week on The Besties Bonus Patreon: This Tuesday, The Resties dive into Hellblade 2 and bring along a smorgasbord of other Plante-coded indies. Ready to hear about Arctic Eggs? And 1000xResist? The time approaches!
Games discussed:
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Hades 2, Crow Country, Minishoot Adventures
Hardware discussed:
PICO 8 on the Miyoo Mini Plus (and the top 200 PICO-8 games)
Plus: Chris Plante’s 2013 feature on the creator of PICO-8
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One of y'all should peep Dread Delusion. It's an excellent indie "Bethesda-like" with fantastic writing that heavily emphasizes exploration in it's unique world. Also the art is insane looking so that probably means Plante loves it already
I know you have no shortage of indie games to try, but I have to shout this one out. Path of Achra is a classic roguelike that distills the power fantasy and skill/equipment synergies of an ARPG into a 45 minute run. The core gameplay is quite simple, but the fun comes in figuring out how to become incredibly overpowered. Made by a solo dev, it just hit 1.0 in early May.