Death of a Wish
Indie Hell Zone
by scitydreamer
3w ago
The dream world of Paradiso draws victims into its domain, where Marked children are attacked by nightmares – monstrous manifestations of their fears and traumas. A young person named Lucah had managed to overcome their problems and leave the dream, but others still wander Paradiso. Their former rival Christian takes the stage, believing that if he fights the religious Sanctum that underlines the living terrors of Paradiso, he can find the same peace of mind. And if not, well, at least he gets to kill his abusive priest father. Except he doesn’t. Father himself is murdered by follower Samael i ..read more
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Balatro
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by scitydreamer
1M ago
I had been looking forward to the grand opening of the casino, and at 7 AM, I almost immediately bought my way in. I played and played as much fucked up poker as I could, even only getting 5 hours of sleep. Then the next morning, I looked at my stats: I already spent 8 hours in it. This is the time sink in the casino known as Balatro. Balatro is a hot new game by LocalThunk, which is a poker game loaded with roguelike elements that I previously played from Steam Next Fest a few weeks ago. I normally don’t talk about things hot off the presses, let alone games that are already popular. But loo ..read more
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24 Killers
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by scitydreamer
2M ago
Love-de-Lic was a Japanese game company that, while small and niche, left behind a strong legacy. Their defining work was Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, a quirky subversive take on the RPG genre. Beyond former parts of the company splitting off to contribute to further works (with designer Yoshiro Kimura founding indie studio Onion Games), Moon was a big inspiration for Undertale, which in itself has inspired other works, undeniably one of the most defining works in the indie game space in itself. Maybe you played Moon when it was re-released, or the remake of Super Mario RPG, whose original itera ..read more
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Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
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by scitydreamer
3M ago
At the very start of 2023, I put out my thoughts on Fear & Hunger, which wound up being the most read thing in the year here. A large contributing reason to this is that popular YouTuber Super Eyepatch Wolf made a video on Fear & Hunger a few months after. Miro Haverinen’s 2018 game went from a niche title – even by RPG Maker standards – to a cult classic hit and a new face for RPG Maker overnight. So hey, remember folks: if you have a small game, you too can hope that a big Youtuber will notice you one day. But anyway, shortly after my original review, Haverinen DM’d me a code for the ..read more
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Love and Loss, Round and Round in the Cosmic Wheel
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by scitydreamer
3M ago
This was written by Fabby Bear Garza. Images used was also provided by her. Consider following up on her other work. I am putting the final touches on my ninth tarot card: a pair of potted plants framing an old gentleman as he sits on a pier over purple water, with a red sky behind him. Once completed, its name is shown to me. This is The Memory. I am told it represents mercy, wellness, authority, yearning, passion and temptation. It joins the rest of my cards in my own personal tarot deck. As much as I would want to spend all day tucked away in my basement/bedroom making tarot cards, I am nee ..read more
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Assorted Interested Things: 11/21/23
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by scitydreamer
4M ago
Been a while since I updated. Besides working on my own thing (which now has a Steam store page, shhh) and dealing with the holiday uptick in activity at my day job, my hands are getting fucked up again. I’ve been to the doctor and the most likely problem is high cholesterol, and the cold weather certainly isn’t helping the circulation problem. Even now, typing is a chore, but everything being a chore’s just part of life, isn’t it? Also, maybe I have depression or something, but I don’t know how to go about getting a formal diagnosis. Anyway, here’s some various interesting things. GameMaker P ..read more
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Rise of the Third Power
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by scitydreamer
5M ago
We’re having a normal one, aren’t we folks? It’s been a while, but I finished up Rise of the Third Power, which I checked out a bit ago. How do I feel about it? Uhhh, definitely better than Ara Fell, but I do have problems, and my problems are largely influenced by current events. I’ll talk about it in a bit. Playing Rise of the Third Power was still good. Still a pretty competent experience. Some of the boss battles, particularly toward the end, feel health spongey, but I have no complaints with the battle system itself. When no major story beats were up, I enjoyed playing through battles wh ..read more
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Across the Obelisk
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by scitydreamer
6M ago
Sometimes, you gotta take a break and play a video game with a loved one. Then sometimes, you gotta turn that good time into Content(TM) because the grind never stops. Across the Obelisk is a turn-based deckbuilder by Dreamsite Games and published by Paradox Interactive. Four assorted heroes travel across the land of Senenthia to look for a missing princess, who disappeared around a completely normal obelisk that happens to be corrupting the land. Or maybe they’ll already be in the void within the obelisk to fight guys. Anything goes, really. yeah i alternated taking steam deck screenshots and ..read more
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Assorted Interesting Things: 9/12/23
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by scitydreamer
7M ago
Been a while since I updated, so I really should. Truthfully, I did play something and thought about writing about it, but… it was perfectly average. Nothing good or unique enough worth positive words, but nothing bad enough for me to make cringe content. Uninteresting and thus unexciting to write about. But instead of being one of those nerds making videos like “oh, gaming today doesn’t bring me joy anymore,” I set out to look at a few things that interest me, no matter how small. Hymn to the Earless God Normally, I don’t write about Kickstarters. It’s worse than thinking of something to cov ..read more
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QUESTER
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by scitydreamer
7M ago
We’re back to talking indie RPGs, but we’re not following up on the one I talked about last time. Because I’m a fucked person, I’ve been playing another RPG, so let me share that one! Rise of the Third Power? Darkest Dungeon? Don’t worry about it. Today we’re looking at Quester, by Thousand Games. The world is post-apocalyptic, with a poisonous atmosphere and monsters roaming around. But despite it all, a group of randos come together to explore the wastes in this “dungeon exploration RPG specializing in hack-and-slash.” …I’m not sure what the promo means by hack-and-slash, but eh, let’s roll ..read more
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