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Discussion Inside the House of Indies: Holiday Day (Dec 19- 23). Basically 5 days of mini Indie Directs

holy cow that new Arbitrary Metric game……I guess it’s a new version of a half-finished humble monthly game they did a few years ago but I’d never heard of it—looks sick

some details in this twitter thread:
 
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Really cool idea! I do like it when we get surprises from their usual marketing cycles like this.

Floppy Knights looks fun, I might check it out.
 
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Oh, wow, that's an unexpected and pleasant surprise.

Sports Story has got to be in there somewhere, which means it will be my Christmas game.
 
mazi said:
nice! this is great, maybe the 5th day can end with you know what shadow dropping...
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Right. It's Silksong time baby.

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mazi said:
nice! this is great, maybe the 5th day can end with you know what shadow dropping...
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Agreed, except I don't think it would be a shadowdrop cause no devs wanna work over the holidays.

Still, I'd love to get that sweet, sweet release date.
 
My brain just made me remember that Outer Wilds could be in here as well. I know it's a small probability, but now I can't shake the hype. Damn it!

mazi said:
would be great to get an update on this

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This and Loco Motive are two indie games nearly nobody talks about but that I am dying to hear from again. Oh, add Oxenfree 2 to that list.
 
I've been waiting for Floppy Knights and Pupperazzi to come to Switch the moment they were revealed and shadowdrop for Floppy Knight out of nowhere is a really nice surprise! From the same artist who did Dicey Dungeons (Disney/CN hire this person pls). So bought.
Christo750 said:
Was Mortal Shell any good?
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Played on Game Pass a little and yeah, it's a legitimate Souls clone. A little bit too similar but that's not a bad thing. Downloading the Switch version right now to see how it runs.
 
Earthbounder said:
This and Loco Motive are two indie games nearly nobody talks about but that I am dying to hear from again. Oh, add Oxenfree 2 to that list.
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which is surprising considering how loved sayonara wild hearts was when it came out. it was on so many end of the year lists. i think most people don't know it's from the same dev.
 
9-Volt said:
Played on Game Pass a little and yeah, it's a legitimate Souls clone. A little bit too similar but that's not a bad thing. Downloading the Switch version right now to see how it runs.
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Please post your impressions! I may bite if it runs well.
 
mazi said:
i think most people don't know it's from the same dev.
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I didn’t know and I loved Year Walk and Device No. 6.

Christo750 said:
Was Mortal Shell any good?
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ACG has a great review of it on Youtube. Basically gets the Souls combat right and has its own neat gimmicks, but the scope is smaller (understandably) and the map design is not nearly as tight

kimbo99 said:
On the 5th day of Christmas, Nintendo gave to me:
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The release date for Sports Story!
 
I'm so late to this D:

This has gotta end with a Sports Story shadowdrop. If not, then that's fine too.
 
I'm interested in Floppy Knights, but I've seen some very mixed reviews. Does anybody know if 2.0 is a major improvement?
 
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meatbag said:
ACG has a great review of it on Youtube. Basically gets the Souls combat right and has its own neat gimmicks, but the scope is smaller (understandably) and the map design is not nearly as tight
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I remember the game being advertised as light version of Dark Souls. I think the devs deliberately wanted to make a condensed version of Dark Souls that be beaten in a relatively short amount of time.
 
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Christo750 said:
Please post your impressions! I may bite if it runs well.
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Half an hour in, it actually does run quite well. Only 1-2 chugs I've noticed but overall locked 30fps with dynamic resolution (I think). Don't know if the game has busier levels later on.
Mandos said:
If this is the kickoff, curious to see what else is in store
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All four announcements for the first day were quite big, all deserve a opener/closer reveal for a Indie World, especially Roman Sands.

Can't wait to see tomorrows announcements and I'm getting my wallet ready for more shadow drops. Fingers crossed for The Pathless and/or Trek to Yomi.
 
9-Volt said:
I've been waiting for Floppy Knights and Pupperazzi to come to Switch the moment they were revealed and shadowdrop for Floppy Knight out of nowhere is a really nice surprise! From the same artist who did Dicey Dungeons (Disney/CN hire this person pls). So bought.

Played on Game Pass a little and yeah, it's a legitimate Souls clone. A little bit too similar but that's not a bad thing. Downloading the Switch version right now to see how it runs.
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Wait, are we getting a Pupperazi port?!
 
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Day 2



The Gecko Gods
The Captain - Out Now
Risk of Rain Returns
The Punchuin - Out Now
 
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the gecko gods is something I've been seeing on twitter, and still looks great

the captain looks ace and a shadow drop it seems
 
The Captain has a positive rating on steam and the premise is interesting. I'll need to see more though so hopefully there will be more impressions
 
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Love this format, but wonder why Nintendo is going through what would, essentially, be a whole Indie world in the middle of December? Maybe because so many of these are stocking stuffer games, things you can spend your gift card on, or impulse buy.

But it's also the first time I've seen a Nintendo presentation with a typo.

"For more informtation..."
 
oldpuck said:
But it's also the first time I've seen a Nintendo presentation with a typo.

"For more informtation..."
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ah ha! there's out clue! nintendo is in a panic if they are making mistakes like this. but are they panicking for? we must get to the bottom of this

 
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oldpuck said:
wonder why Nintendo is going through what would, essentially, be a whole Indie world in the middle of December
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I like to think they’re just trying to shake things up and see if this kind of “Direct” works out.

Punchuin came out of nowhere! Already looking like a silly interesting mashup of gameplay mechanics, which is totally up my alley.
 
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