By now, you’ve probably already heard that I went to Global Game Jam 2012 to make a strange horror game. It so happens to be that the game was inspired by another free, indie hit, Yume Nikki. Be warned: this game is not for the weak-hearted. It is a terribly bizarre, alien, and grotesque game…

I’ll be participating in the Global Game Jam 2012 next weekend, so I’ll be late on my updates next time. Speaking of Global Game Jam, lets talk about one of the best games that came out in Global Game Jam 2011: 42. Yes, 42, the infamous joke from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’ll…

Every game has a prototype, a small model that demonstrates how the final product plays. Here’s the prototype to a PSP game Every Extend Extra: Every Extend. A game with hypnotic music and pop visuals. Fun at short bursts, Every Extend can be downloaded here. Every Extend plays like a randomly-generated top-down shooter. Unlike top-down…

While I usually focus on released and playable games here, I’d like to highlight this prototype with a lot of promise. Here’s Against the Wall, a first-person platforming-puzzle game about climbing a wall. It’s a surreal and acrophobic experience, strange, perilous, and inviting all the same. The alpha build for Against the Wall can be…

Away with the flash games, and back to awesome story-telling. Here’s a student project from RPI, Left Arrow Moves Left. It’s a simple platformer where nearly every element of the game are composed of words, including platforms and walls themselves. It’ll occasionally add new items, such as the teleporting bookmark that you can throw with…