Excuse me, it’s the middle of WHAT month?!?!

After building up and switching over to a new machine as well as changing ISPs, my demo streams as of late have been an absolute nightmare. Non-stop issues with messed-up recordings and even worse live video encoding really got me down on the whole thing. Not to mention how busy life has gotten out of nowhere!

BUT WE’RE FINALLY BACK! After some heavy troubleshooting and tons of tests, it’s time to make up for the past three months of half-assery in time for the end of the year.

So here’s what I did manage to get done during the months – enjoy!

Oh! And it’s been a whole year since I posted about finding and rescuing little baby Vincent; how the time flies…

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Stand-Out Demos

(in recording order)

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Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers – Demo on Steam

This_hole_was_made_for_me.jpg. What a beautiful blend of simple iconic blackjack, the contemporary rise of the deck-builder, TCG shenanigans, and Monthy Python-esque humour. There’s no part of this I didn’t absolutely love: it’s fast to jump in to, learn, and play; there’s a world of decisions and depth to the gameplay; and boy does it ping that part of the monkey brain that wants to risk it all on just one more hit. I mean, it’s definitely the most complete card game ever made because I’ve never seen a blackjack deck contain a PS1 memory card, a birthday card, or a credit card before! Super excited to see where this goes and can we just say, what a brilliantly perfect name.

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Previews

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Pool Cleaning Simulator – Demo on Steam

Check out the Preview here!

“easy it is to be sucked into spending your precious gaming time mindlessly spraying dirt off of different environments and vehicles when you could be doing literally anything else. It’s an addiction.”

“Pool Cleaning Simulator clearly aims to replicate that”

“I’d hope that some time in Early Access might allow this one to stand on the shoulders of its giant inspiration”

Passing By – A Tailwind Journey – Demo on Steam

Check out the Preview here!

“exploring mysterious floating islands downwind on a skyship without the ability to return really sounds quite enchanting”

“the demo for Passing By simply doesn’t do its concept justice”

Born of Bread – Demo on Steam

Check out the Preview here!

“unique character abilities and equipment can completely change the flow of a fight, requiring smart planning and efficient strategising”

“colourful and joyously cartoony world bounces with personality”

“light hearted fun for fun’s sake”

Naheulbeuk’s Dungeon Master – No demo available on Steam

Check out the Preview here!

” a genre all about creativity and planning”

“Here we have the worst type of offender. A quick chop of just the beginning of the tutorial“

“voice acting is great and the quirky characters are fun to watch interact with one another”

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Demos

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Balatro – Demo on Steam

Legends of Mythology– Demo on Steam

Another Crab’s Treasure – Demo on Steam

Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients – Demo on Steam

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Dem-OH! Dashes

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NOTE: Ratings are basically representative of how much I enjoyed the demo and the likelihood that I’ll come back to the title in the future (or even would liked to have continued playing it right then), with regards to gameplay, quality, and (of course) personal preference to genre, etc. A zero represents that the game is too non-functional to really get a feel for it. It is essentially a non-rating.

No. 1

1. Choo Choo Survivor (1)
2. Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine (2)
3. Let’s bounce! Popsicle boy! (2)
4. Lords of Exile (4)
5. Case 03: True Cannibal Boy (1)
6. The Event (3)
7. Red Line (2)
8. Into Samomor (3)

No. 2

1. Wizard Heist (1)
2. Super BAWK BAWK Chicken (1)
3. Pegdrop Hearts (1)
4. INTERNULL (2)
5. Lonely Path (3)
6. Holstin (3)
7. Horror Stories: Harvest Hunt – Terror in the Fields (2)
8. The HOSTEL: Night terrors (2)
9. Fear Underground (2)
10. Limerick: Cadence Mansion (2)

No. 3

1. Angelstruck (2)
2. Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers (5)
3. Boyscout – Patrick’s Town (1)
4. Martin (2)
5. Lueur and the Dim Settlers (3)
6. Bad Boro (2)

No. 4

1. Logic Escape (2)
2. Ritual (3)
3. Sliding Rails (1)
4. 甜蜜狂潮Honey Fury (2)
5. Ghostrunner 2 (4)

No. 5

1. Crop Rotation (3)
2. Tents and Trees (3)
3. Warbits+ (3)
4. Sushi For Robots (4)
5. Arcane Depths (2)
6. Card Age (1)