It's likely if you've played games from multiple generations of video game console that you've noticed consoles used to have specific aesthetics to them. Typically each console had unique color, resolution, processing, and audio capabilities that made it fairly easy to tell what game a console is for. NES games look like NES games, PlayStation games look like PlayStation games, and Atari games loo... » Continue Reading
I'm sure you've played a couple obscure games. However, much less common in my experience are obscure indie game consoles , and I rarely if ever see them talked about. I thought I'd mention some that are currently on the market and rank them based on how cute and unique they are. Also, currently the only one of these we own is the Arduboy, so take these ratings with a large pinch of salt. And yes,... » Continue Reading
Hi! I made a little game with the intention to embed it into our page to give you a fun little way to get to know each of us Colors in the Palette system, but I forgot to pay attention to what can and can't be embedded, so... I'm putting the link here instead! I might find a way to embed it yet, but for now, it's here, haha. Meet the Palette system! /*import fonts*/ @import url('http » Continue Reading
Hey, we've been pretty silent on here for a while, sorry about that. We've been struggling, but also channeling the little energy we have into some projects. I finally got the PlayDate (a cute little console that I talked about in my blog post about indie consoles ), and almost immediately started working on a rhythm game for it. I call it Orbeats, and it's coming along really well actually! Here ... » Continue Reading
Our list of indie game recommendations! These range in popularity from very obscure to cult hit. We're trying to limit ourselves here to games we don't hear a ton of talk about. If you end up trying any of these or want details about any of them, leave a comment or message us! We'd love to talk about them! (sequels are separated by a slash) Visual Novels: » Continue Reading
plum: I feel like no matter what I do, I'm always just... Not good enough at it. I'm not good at playing piano, or writing for piano, or playing ukulele, or writing poetry, or drawing, or even solving rubiks cubes... Sure, I can kind of do them, but... I'm just not good enough at anything to ever be worth anyone's time it feels like... » Continue Reading
turquoise: So I on a whim have been trying out a bunch of games recently, some I've played before and some I haven't, and one of them is Pokémon Y. Watching the little animation of catching a Pokémon reminds me of how Pokéballs have strangely worked very differently throughout the various mediums the Pokémon franchise inhabits; the comics, the show, the games, even the card game, (almost) all sho... » Continue Reading
plum: I have a pretty large plushie collection; probably close to 50 plushies in various places around our room! Some of them are getting older though, and one of those is my Blahaj , Marooha ! She was startin » Continue Reading