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« on: May 11, 2025 @560.97 »

I am fuckin pumped about indie games, i LOVE EM! yknow what i love even more?!?! WEIRD indie games!!!! Its my favorite artsy subgenre of multimedia, any time a game does something completely off the tread path, I love to see it, even if the experience of playing the game isnt good!

Post your favorite weird indie games below! What counts as a weird indie game can vary from person to person, but my definition basically conforms to what i like to see in a video game. this includes

Novel artistic designs such as Pizza Tower
Novel mechanics like Cruelty Squad's reload system
And the dev team being small or solo, obvs

Weird indie games can vary in:

-Popularity
-Playstyle (Obscure games are encouraged but if you wanna gush about ENA: Dream BBQ or something, don't let me stop you!)
-difficulty
-enjoyability
-the things that comprise them
-depth/length
-price
-and other things i didnt think about adding to this list!

You can also post multiple if you want! Go crazy!

I hope to see some eye-catching, mind-smashing stuff from you guys!!!
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« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2025 @569.55 »

Oh boy subscribing to this topic right now  :4u: because if there's one thing I love is WEIRD

I think Hylics is a must in a topic like this. I've never seen anything done the way Mason Lindroth makes his art projects, and Hylics is the only game where I can say I don't get 90% of what's happening on the screen is supposed to be yet I love it.



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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2025 @708.07 »

Oh boy, I get to talk about my favorite obscure indie game, terrorbane :D

In essence, its one of those meta games where the narrator talks over everything, this time in a generic fantasy rpg, but the dev is so bad at coding they accidentily made the npcs sentient? also theres (intentional) bugs everywhere, and the meta objective of the game is to catalouge every single one in there. the way its split up is also somewhat interesting, theres 3 acts kinda with each having 3 areas, but theres multiple ways to pass an act without visiting one of the areas, and sometimes you can only go to one of the other two in a playthrough. for instance, in the first act you can either end up completing the "proper" storyline (skipping the other two areas completely), end up in a glitched "ghost" version of the starting town and have to go through a maze section, or crash the game completely and end up in a text adventure. (technically the last act has two areas, but those two are different enough gameplay wise i think its fine)
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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2025 @924.10 »

I love rather absurd indie games outside the commercial scope. I call them "underground games", and I've a blog dedicated to reviewing them.

I've posted here about a few of them. My favorite ones are Agentia, a game were you write a poem by exploring your world. Its great.

Another long time favorite of mine is HyperRogue. It emulates a strange, vivid world through that you might roam. I don't know any video game more fantastic.

There are some titles I didn't review there, because they are a bit to "big" for my usual scope, but that I love - and that might fit here. The first one is Judero. It is a action-adventure with great writing, a smashing soundtrack, and very elaborate handmade elaborations - set in a bizarre, celtic-inspired world.

The other one is The Sea will claim Everything. Whimsical graphic style, good OST, touching story, and a great sense for detail - every mushroom, every book has a unique and sometimes very elaborate description. Its great!
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