Dungeon Deck – Delving Through Cards
Coan
A solo dev deckbuilder with some interesting mechanics to the weapon types and monsters.
roguelike
Dimensionals – A Delicious Deckbuilder
A bright and beautiful team-based deckbuilder meant to evoke Saturday morning cartoon vibes and manages to succeed.
Pip My Dice – I Yahtzee What They Did There
Pip My Dice is a Yahtzee roguelike inspired by Balatro, just to get the comparison out of the way. You’re building a “deck” of dice to roll, modifying them by…
Gung Beetle – It’s the Shit.
A twin-stick shooter with some bullet hell aspects featuring a...dung beetle and gun crafting.
The Survivorlikes
I talk about a bunch of games that feel like vampire survivors for Next Fest October 2024.
Ballionaire – Pachinko, Balatro Style
A wild ride of setting up triggers in your pachinko machine to score big. A colorful and explosive game that's a blast to play.
Dungeon Clawer – This Shouldn’t Work!
A roguelike deckbuilder centered around pulling each turn from a claw machine. A mechanic that should not work as well it does and is a blast to play.
Game Devs of Color Expo
An article covering a few games currently featured in Steams Game Devs of Color Expo event, with reviews of games/demos I've played in it.
Megaloot
Making inventory management fun, Megaloot makes for a great roguelike dungeon crawler.
Breachway – Roguelike Deckbuilder…IN SPACE!
Breachway is a deckbuilder leaning heavily into managing your ships systems which allows for some satisfying plays with how it shakes up some of the genres norms.