The Great Indie Game Flood of 2024 continues
Plus, the magic of PICO-8
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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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Bonus links:
Four-hour Star Wars hotel documentary? We are so back.
Say hello to Mario Builder 64
The best movie ever (for 20 minutes)
Indie Game: The Movie is only 12 years old, but it feels like a relic
Inside the world of farming simulator e-sports
Everyone’s sharing indies, so I’ll go ahead and mention Selaco. It’s not out yet but its demo and promotional materials are very promising. Its pitch is that it’s a AAA shooter made in GZDoom, which gives it a very unique look and feel. It has strong Half-Life and F.E.A.R. vibes.
Also, given that Chris’s absence was not explained, I’m going to assume that he had just gotten his audio equipment fixed up and was about to record but then accidentally spilled another glass of water on it all.
Hi besties! You were talking this past week about learning through video games. I’m a middle school teacher who is attempting to do this now! A few years back, I presented at a teacher conference about the benefits of using “Comercial-off-the-shelf” games in education. I’ve used games such as Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed’s discovery tours to teach ancient Egypt and Greece, A Story About My Uncle to teach literary topics such as setting, storytelling, and writing dialogue, and I’ve made a few RPGs on RPG Maker to gamify various content areas. Next year, I’m teaching eighth graders physics and avionics using Microsoft Flight Simulator and am toying with how I can fit in Kerbal Space Program as well.
Do you all have any games you think might make for an engaging educational experience?