Indie Game Joe

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I’m Joe, a former painter & decorator turned award-winning video game marketing consultant. Love sharing indie games! Discord: https://t.co/SlcRjcxzlT

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This indie dev is making a game where you can literally play as Ancient Egyptian wall art. - Switch between a 3D archaeologist and living 2D art - Survive puzzles that fight back - Progress by mastering both worlds It’s called Fresco. This mechanic is genius.

The animation studio behind Gorillaz videos and the Hades II trailer is making their first ever game - A platformer where the only way to win is to die - You're a goblin cursed with immortality - Race up a tower to save friends It's called Deaths Of Peck. Would you play this?

This indie dev is building a game around megalophobia - the fear of massive objects. - Players feel powerless - Designed to make you feel tiny - Giant limbs moving across landscapes Looks interesting! Would you play this?

This indie team is making a Ratatouille-inspired platformer where you play as a fragile porcelain salt shaker guided by your grandmother's spirit - One wrong jump and you shatter - Climb giant shelves - Cook her recipe one last time It's called Salt &amp; Soul. Would you play this?

This solo indie dev is making a game where you clean old video game cartridges. - Every cartridge is procedurally dirty - Peel tape, remove stickers, clean grime - No timer and no fail state It's called Cozy Game Restoration. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making what might be the closest thing to a Mirror's Edge successor we'll ever get - Run parkour deliveries across an open city - No map, just landmarks, memory and a compass - Fall and you lose everything you carry It's called PANLINE. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a third-person parkour runner game. If we can’t have Mirror’s Edge 2, then indies will. - Play as Kaia - Use parkour abilities to traverse the world - Move in any way you see fit It's called Tachyon Flow. Would you play this?

This developer is building a game where you're a plastic army guy on 5 acres of backyard. - 3rd-person shooter - Land, air, and sea combat - Environmental destruction - Multiplayer Huge Sarge's Heroes and Small Soldiers vibes!

A new indie game has been announced where you play as a superhero climbing the hero rankings - Fly across the city stopping crimes - Accidentally launch criminals through windows - Every mistake affects your Hero Rating It's called Project Super. Very early development!

This indie dev is making a cozy game where you play as an incredibly cute Spider. - Build custom webs to navigate the world - Full fur simulation - Realistic 8-legged climbing on walls and ceilings It's called Weave &amp; Wander. Would you play this?

This indie developer is making a 90s-style arcade racer with NO drifting or open exploration. - Racing is based on pure grip and control - No complicated car customization - Splitscreen support It's called Nitrania. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a parkour-stealth game inspired by Hitman and Mirror’s Edge… but you are a dog - Play as a very good boy - Sniff for clues or hidden paths - Bark at villains to distract or alert It's called Barkour. Would you play this?

This indie dev has spent over one year learning Godot to make an old-school trading card RPG. - Hunt or buy over 200 unique cards - Build your deck to defeat rivals and bosses - No AI Art, NFTs or Microtransactions Would you play this? It's called Cardaire: Eternal Aces.

This indie dev is building a skateboard game where you literally control the board with your fingers. - Looks insanely tactile - Flick-based trick inputs - Super nostalgic The game is called Handplant.

This game dev is making a game where you fly through a semi-open world as a paper plane. Wow! - Transform between a plane, ball, or boat in real-time - Realistic physics - Unlockable upgrades The game is called Paper Sky. Release date TBA.

This indie dev is making a hack-and-slash game that’s 100% mouse-controlled. - Built entirely around mouse input - Skill comes down to movement and awareness - Brutal, fast, arcade-style combat with no checkpoints It's called DAWN ONE. Would you play this?

This indie dev is building a game about a penguin climbing a mountain - Already looks stunning - Being built in Unity - Very cute waddle animations No name yet, but would you play something like this?

This solo indie dev is making a photorealistic bodycam FPS game set in Hong Kong. - Every level is a raid - Tight, linear levels - Inspired by classic Hong Kong action films from the ’80s &amp; ’90s It's called Better Than Dead. This looks insane!

RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike is currently the #6 Global Top Seller on Steam. Players are obsessed with pushing coins!

Two indie devs have spent 3 years making a cozy Ancient Egyptian-inspired farming life simulator. - Dig canals, shape the land, &amp; expand what you can grow - Fishing, farming &amp; gathering - Set in a mystical afterlife It's called Fields of Aaru.

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A new game has been announced where you and your friends crew the world's worst airline - Pilot the plane or work inside the cabin - Physics-based co-op - Dynamic weather and turbulence - Passengers expect food and drinks It's called Dear Passengers. Would you play this?

A new game has been announced where you and your friends play as the world's worst renovation crew - Drag furniture and water down paint - Take beer breaks when the work slows down - Physics-based chaos It's called Call It a Day. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a relaxing game about sorting thousands of bricks - Rip matching bricks from the Pile with a magnet glove - Fling bricks over your shoulder into bins - Watch models build themselves brick by brick It's called Never Sort By Color. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a racing game where you draw a track and race it instantly - Draw any shape, it builds a real 3D circuit - Adjust length, width and elevation first - Nothing is scripted, real crashes and overtakes It's called Backseat Champions. Would you play this?

A new co-op game is in development where the mafia hires you and your friends to carry a body up a skyscraper and bury it in concrete. - Build your way up - The body isn't dead - 4 player co-op It's called Shady job. Co-op games are the future!

Two indie devs are making a co-op survival game where you build your train piece by piece - Recreate biomes on your train - Manage its power systems - Direct resource flow, and distribute water It's called Railborn. Would you play this?

This indie studio is making the world's first ballet-inspired hack-and-slash, built on a real ballerina's moves - Turn every battle into a deadly dance - Fight through a dark Slavic fairy tale - A sharp-tongued cat fights at your side It's called TSAREVNA. Would you play this?

The indie studio behind Cloudpunk is making a life sim in a cyberpunk city - Manage restaurants, ramen bars, nightclubs - Buy or grow your own ingredients - Explore the city with your own boat and go fishing It's called Nivalis Nights. Would you play this?

Two indie devs made a game where you run your own video store in the early 90s. It’s currently the #5 top-selling game on Steam. - Rent out VHS tapes &amp; manage customers - Charge Late &amp; Broken Fees - Upgrade &amp; customise your store It’s called Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator

These indie devs made a library simulator where you must return all 3,072 books to their rightful places. It's currently a top-seller on Steam. - Sort books by cover &amp; title - Run a magical arcane library - Very satisfying It's called Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

This indie team is making a game where you must escape a prison with only a spoon. - Inspired by classic cartoons - Every inch you dig brings you closer to freedom - Your only tool is a spoon It's called Escape By Spoon.

This indie team is making a detective sim where you're judge, jury and executioner - Investigate cases and gather evidence - Interrogate suspects and witnesses - Every defendant and witness requires a different approach It's called Guilty or Not. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a Beyblade-inspired roguelite where you build &amp; battle spinning tops across a vibrant Y2K city - Collect 60+ parts &amp; find insane combos - Bet your lunch money on your blade - Save the city from a rich loser It's called Slayblade. Would you play this?

This Chinese indie team is making an FPS that feels like the original Call of Duty - Play as 7 characters, each with their own story - Every mission has unique terrain and atmosphere - Weapons and vehicles recreated 1:1 It's called Fourteen Years of Flames. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a game where all you do is skip rope… with one button. - Time your jumps perfectly - Roguelike upgrades every run - Try to survive as long as possible It’s called Scarlet Skips. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a co-op game where you play night shift doctors and handle bizarre patients - Send them to the right treatment zones - 10 mistakes &amp; the whole team gets fired - No two shifts are ever the same It's called Night Shift Hospital. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a co-op horror FPS set in the Antarctic - Survive extreme conditions - Gather evidence - Prepare a nuclear strike - Extract before impact It's called UNFROST. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a co-op fishing game where you can fish with an assault rifle and dynamite - You crashed your boat drunk &amp; must fish your way home - Sell your catch, earn money, buy better fishing gear - Defeat boss fish to unlock new islands It's called How to Fish.

These former Ubisoft and Rockstar developers are making a post-apocalyptic tank game - Scavenge &amp; dismantle, what you take becomes what you are - Defeat swarms of corrupted mech-monsters - Survive the wasteland and make it to Highpoint It's called TankRat. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making an Antarctic action horror FPS inspired by Half-Life, F.E.A.R. and The Thing - Explore a vast underground complex - Solve puzzles, search for supplies - Fight hostile creatures as systems fail around you It's called Invariant. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a Ratatouille-inspired platformer where you play as a fragile porcelain salt shaker guided by your grandmother's spirit - One wrong jump and you shatter - Climb giant shelves - Cook her recipe one last time It's called Salt & Soul. Would you play this?

This indie dev is making a cozy game where you play as an incredibly cute Spider. - Build custom webs to navigate the world - Full fur simulation - Realistic 8-legged climbing on walls and ceilings It's called Weave & Wander. Would you play this?

This solo indie dev is making a photorealistic bodycam FPS game set in Hong Kong. - Every level is a raid - Tight, linear levels - Inspired by classic Hong Kong action films from the ’80s & ’90s It's called Better Than Dead. This looks insane!

Two indie devs have spent 3 years making a cozy Ancient Egyptian-inspired farming life simulator. - Dig canals, shape the land, & expand what you can grow - Fishing, farming & gathering - Set in a mystical afterlife It's called Fields of Aaru.

Two indie devs made a game where you run your own video store in the early 90s. It’s currently the #5 top-selling game on Steam. - Rent out VHS tapes & manage customers - Charge Late & Broken Fees - Upgrade & customise your store It’s called Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator

These indie devs made a library simulator where you must return all 3,072 books to their rightful places. It's currently a top-seller on Steam. - Sort books by cover & title - Run a magical arcane library - Very satisfying It's called Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!

This indie dev is making a Beyblade-inspired roguelite where you build & battle spinning tops across a vibrant Y2K city - Collect 60+ parts & find insane combos - Bet your lunch money on your blade - Save the city from a rich loser It's called Slayblade. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a co-op game where you play night shift doctors and handle bizarre patients - Send them to the right treatment zones - 10 mistakes & the whole team gets fired - No two shifts are ever the same It's called Night Shift Hospital. Would you play this?

This indie team is making a co-op fishing game where you can fish with an assault rifle and dynamite - You crashed your boat drunk & must fish your way home - Sell your catch, earn money, buy better fishing gear - Defeat boss fish to unlock new islands It's called How to Fish.

These former Ubisoft and Rockstar developers are making a post-apocalyptic tank game - Scavenge & dismantle, what you take becomes what you are - Defeat swarms of corrupted mech-monsters - Survive the wasteland and make it to Highpoint It's called TankRat. Would you play this?