A few weeks ago I posted my favorite games of 2023! I mentioned a bit about helping out with the IGF (Independent Games Festival) - the longest-running independently-judged games awards in the world! A few of my games (Anodyne, All Our Asias and Anodyne 2) have picked up nominations over the years, but I’ve never tried being a judge for it. I’ve always been a little curious about how exactly things go on behind the scenes, but I also wanted to see if being a vocal participant in the judging could help sway the outcome of the awards - especially in a world where most game awards have literally the most boring and expected results and feel like victory laps for games that are already selling millions.
These all look super cool! On the note of twin-stick games controlling unique characters, the two examples that come to mind are The Adventures of Cookies and Cream and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. All that said, I agree that there's a lot of potential to be explored, and Nidus is certainly doing something different from either of those two games.
These all look super cool! On the note of twin-stick games controlling unique characters, the two examples that come to mind are The Adventures of Cookies and Cream and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. All that said, I agree that there's a lot of potential to be explored, and Nidus is certainly doing something different from either of those two games.