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hotcyder @hotcyder.bsky.social · 1d

New video! I analysed a decade of The Game Awards to uncover the surprising trends behind what games win, and answer if there's a TGA equivelent to "Oscar Bait".

📼 youtu.be/APgWxCdGI5A

I Graphed 10 Years of Video Game History

YouTube video by hotcyder

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 1d

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Onion Games @oniongames.bsky.social · 2d

Outside these walls, the Children say, the grown-ups are monsters, and nowhere is safe.

Our bittersweet fairy tale RPG #StrayChildren is now available worldwide!

Buy it now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3649490/...

Buy it now on Nintendo Switch: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 1d

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare (GBC)

This is a product of spectacular ambition and spectacle, and that has to be enough to carry you through this game. I’m amazed that the devs attempted to bring TNN to GBC, and that it looks familiar if you squint, even though it does make big sacrifices

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 2d

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Jason Dyer @jdyer.bsky.social · 3d

1982 was very early for Japanese adventure games, with only a small number of releases. Takara Building Adventure thus is one of the earliest adventure games in Japanese, but it was not generally available...

...until today.

Includes some unexpected history!

bluerenga.blog/2025/10/29/t...

Takara Building Adventure Part 1 (1982)

The last time I wrote about a Japanese game was with The Palms, where I mentioned skipping over two games from 1982 because there were no copies available. This was one of them. Brief history recap…

bluerenga.blog

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 3d

Metal Garden

The architecture absolutely steals the show. The game's single level designer was able to impart such a sense of scale, not just through the art direction, but also in the ways that the side paths just kept branching beyond all expectations. A masterwork in level design

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 4d

this is all in flux, but i thought i'd do a design thread on interesting ideas for some scrying / information skills!

in general, information based magic + skills have a lot of potential in 2d games, and are often underutilized. i'm experimenting with this a lot in [the coiled sun].

here is ECHO.

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 5d

Silent Hill

Overall, Silent Hill was a great time. There are some things that I wish the game conveyed better that caused me to waste a lot of time (I missed the rifle, I was stuck on the school for 3 hours because the piano wouldn’t open), but it’s best moments are quite tense

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Vinícius Medeiros @vinimedeiros.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a fix compilation for another Lithtech game, Monolith's "Shogo: Mobile Armor Division", their FPS with mechas inspired by Japanese animes. All compatibility fixes tested and working out-of-the-box:

www.moddb.com/games/shogo-...

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SPOOKY Mistress Usili (Sage) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 16d

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 9d

One of the best rpgs I've played this year is Betrayal at Club Low. Each of your stats are represented by a dice, and instead of flatly leveling up a stat, you instead upgrade individual faces on your stat dice. With Cosmo D's visual flair, this game's great

store.steampowered.com/app/1885750/...

Betrayal At Club Low on Steam

Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find...

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 9d

Not to promote my own stuff, but I have been doing a lot of game dev this year. I've been putting out more games on my itch page, but one of the best I have released this year is Waterflow, a Doom poetry map about the limitations of language. I'm very proud of this

chariot-rider.itch.io/waterflow

Waterflow by Chariot Rider

Doom poetry on the limitations of language

chariot-rider.itch.io

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 9d

Technically this next game is only a demo, but act 1 of NARRENSCHIFF was spectacular and it's one of my most anticipated games. It's a queer psychological horror game about confronting the injustices done to your mother, and it has some wild narrative sequences.

edgar-0119.itch.io/narrenschiff

NARRENSCHIFF (第二章更新) by edgar-0119

Available for Windows

edgar-0119.itch.io

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 9d

Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity is a psychedelic combination of Monkey Ball and an immersive sim. You explore evolution points to change into forms like cars, a squad of 9 balls, a giant eye, and more. You solve problems in open ended, creative ways

store.steampowered.com/app/2111360/...

Save 35% on Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity on Steam

Evolution concludes in this expressive platformer. Movement is your power, transformation is your gift. Discover sites and evolve as you explore an organic underworld open-world, Earth looming in the ...

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 9d

Kaizen: A Factory Story is also incredible. It's from the old Zachtronics team at a new studio, and it's another polished take on automation and manufacturing. This sort of open ended puzzle game is my favorite, and this team makes them extremely well

store.steampowered.com/app/2275490/...

Kaizen: A Factory Story on Steam

Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcord...

store.steampowered.com

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 9d

s.p.l.i.t is in the running for my game of the year. It's a short narrative, but incredibly potent. I was overcome with a sense of dread for my entire playthrough, and that feeling persists on replays. It's exceptional

store.steampowered.com/app/3684610/...

s.p.l.i.t on Steam

A short psychological horror game, where you attempt to gain root access into an unethical superstructure.

store.steampowered.com

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 10d

The really cool thing about s k u l l is that it is only playable during October. It's like a little spooky apparition that floats in for this time of year and then floats away for 11 more months

Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 10d

s k u l l

A really cute little game about exploring a level to find gems. Fighting enemies is simple, perhaps a little too simple, but if you completely master it you will never die. I died a lot, usually because I forgot what key moved me in what direction on the isometric keyboard

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 10d

s k u l l

A really cute little game about exploring a level to find gems. Fighting enemies is simple, perhaps a little too simple, but if you completely master it you will never die. I died a lot, usually because I forgot what key moved me in what direction on the isometric keyboard

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 10d

I'm quite a big rpg maker fan actually!

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Alice Bottino @bottino.games · 10d

HYPERBEAT is OUT NOW!

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 10d

New game release

Before you, green steps rise from the salty waves. It is the Temple of Copper, the place rumored to provide oneness with the universe. At last, you have arrived…

chariot-rider.itch.io/temple-of-co...

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 11d

New Game

Checkmate is a visual novel about war and connection

chariot-rider.itch.io/checkmate

Checkmate by Chariot Rider

Available for Windows, macOS

chariot-rider.itch.io

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 13d

NEW EXPERIMENTAL CHARIOT RIDER GAME

PARTY PEOPLE

A GAME ABOUT TRYING TO LEAVE A PARTY BY MAKING SMALL TALK

INSPIRED BY THE YUME NIKKI STABBING ROOM

PLAY IT NOW

ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO PLAY

chariot-rider.itch.io/party-people

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Chariot Rider @chariotrider.bsky.social · 12d

Perfect Blue

I found the core of this movie to be intensely relatable. The ways in which we change as we move through life can be haunting, and I can relate to the protagonist's angst about their own image and how it's perceived as it changes. We must be allowed to change, and thus, to live

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