JT Hussey

Indie games have a special place in JT's heart. Writing about indie games gives him an opportunity to unpack and examine the genuine care individuals and small groups pour into their projects. Whether its Lucas Pope turning passport verification into a fun gameplay mechanic in Papers Please, Omocat spending over 8 years hand-drawing the entirety of Omori, or Toby Fox designing the absolutely banger soundtrack of Undertale, the palpable care put into these games is worth the writing about.

Pay to Win: Spirittea’s Promotional Controversy

Following the release of Spirittea, the Stardew Valley meets Spirited Away management sim, a publisher’s comments have attracted controversy after criticizing the game’s lack of YouTube coverage after refusing to pay promoters and influencers. Despite its modest success in achieving 1 million sales within its first week, No More Robots publisher Mike Rose’s Twitter tweet

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Gaming Charities Announce Stronger Together in Games Campaign

For struggling studios and game devs needing financial support, six organizations have banded together to raise money for industry specialists affected by 2023’s catastrophic year for indie studios and developers. Between studios like Team 17 and Mediatonic, the developers of Dredge and Fall Guys respectively, this year has seen many game dev layoffs and studios

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Cult of the Lamb Announces Massive Sins of the Flesh Free Update

Cult of the Lamb Fans can await their Cult’s return with the Sins of the Flesh free update coming early next year. For those that haven’t gotten their hands on the infamous cutesy dark Roguelike, Cult of the Lamb is a mix of managing a burgeoning cult of cutesy woodland creatures while going on ever-elaborate

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GameMaker Engine Made Free For Non-Commercial Use Following Unity Fiasco

Following Unity’s pricing fee disaster, indie game developers can enjoy using the GameMaker Engine for free, so long as they don’t charge users for their games. For those unaware of the pricing issue, the game engine Unity, responsible for titles like Hollow Knight and Subnautica, released a new runtime fee that made developers pay each

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Core Keeper Announces Full Release and Console Ports for Summer 2024

After years of early access, Core Keeper is finally getting its 1.0 release and a port to Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Switch next summer. For players unfamiliar with the indie gem, Nintendo Life notes, Core Keeper is a 2D top-down survival crafter set in a sprawling underground cavern full of strange creatures, massive biomes, and

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