Indy Mechanics Terrain 
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 29, 2024
The low-poly racing game, developed by Polish indie developer Pixel Perfect Dude , feels like a love letter to the PlayStation 1 era of rally games, where you could actually name the top drivers and the cars they drove. “Ah So, what sets our game apart is its blend of authentic ’90s rally racing experience with modern gaming mechanics.
Radiator Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
And yet it doesn't get more mechanically complicated. This isn't a STEM-y systems thing in the vein of Earth: A Primer because it's about embodying all the agency that rivers do NOT have -- they must follow the terrain, much like a player in a walking sim. Here the restraint of the walking sim format justifies the minimalism.
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Game Dev Unchained
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
But, beyond gameplay mechanics, Eco speaks to a much larger industry trend: the emergence of the metaverse. As we navigate this evolving terrain, perhaps the future of education is not about replacing traditional methods but integrating games as a complementary tool. While funding is one side of the coin, distribution is the other.
Radiator Blog
MAY 5, 2021
It's probably not worth the hassle for a solo indie. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Destroy the player's expectation that relationship mechanic = main cast member. Sit and listen. Expendable companions.
The Bottom Feeder
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Restrictive terrain. A thousand hours of looter shooter game can't rely on story, so the player must be made to feel good with the game mechanics. If you’d like to support us, consider wishlisting our upcoming indie role-playing epic, Geneforge 2 - Infestation. There are a MILLION ways to do this. Unexpected hordes.
Game Errors
APRIL 6, 2023
Putting Effort into Putting No Effort In At All Before tearing into this game for being one of the most low-effort games in the Far Cry era, one has to say that if this were a brand new game with a different title and from a different developer, you would praise its mechanics and some of its graphics and design.
Radiator Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Back in 2019 when I was making the original prototype, there were also two other gay cowboy things on my mind: Orville Peck's hit single "Dead of Night" and the gay indie romance film God's Own Country. When we idolize crisp clean superflat pixel art today, it's actually a new aesthetic invented by indie game devs from the late 2000s.
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