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Cosmic Call is basically Nuclear Throne as a rogue-lite boomer shooter

By Liam Dawe, 4 Sep 2024

CosmicDev recently put up a demo for Cosmic Call, a very scribbly-styled retro boomer shooter that sees you fight through small arena levels as you keep powering up.

Open source evolution sim 'Thrive' adds sprinting, visual upgrades, more competitive AI

By Liam Dawe, 4 Sep 2024

I love watching Thrive continue to grow. A free and open source evolution sim where you start off life as a single microbe. The latest release version 0.7.0 is out now adding new gameplay features.

With over 900,000 players trying it during Early Access, Halls of Torment launches September 24

By Liam Dawe, 29 Aug 2024

Halls of Torment is basically Vampire Survivors styled like classic Diablo, it's bloody good and now it's just about ready to release.

Frontline Crisis is a tough but engaging mix of tower defense and top-down shooting with a big mech

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2024

Developer BCQT released Frontline Crisis earlier in August, and like a lot of smaller games it seems to have flown under the radar but if you love tower defense and top down shooting you need to play this.

Clearly inspired by Advance Wars the turn-based infantry battler 'Warside' gets a new trailer

By Liam Dawe, 28 Aug 2024

If you loved the classic Advance Wars and other more modern turn-based tactical battlers, you're probably going to love Warside.

D.O.T. Defence looks like a fun spin on the RTS genre

By Liam Dawe, 22 Aug 2024

D.O.T. Defence from Rattleaxe Games plans to launch in 2025 and looks like it will put a nice unique spin on RTS games, with matches you play in short bursts designed for single-player and local multiplayer.

Starground blends together factory building automation with dungeon crawling

By Liam Dawe, 20 Aug 2024

Build a factory, get it automated and go on an adventure? Sure why not! Starground will give you exactly that alone or with friends.

Get ready to collect some Rabbits in Usagi Shima: Bunny Island

By Liam Dawe, 19 Aug 2024

Usagi Shima: Bunny Island is a game I've been following for quite some time, as it looks adorable (and as a Rabbit owner I couldn't resist) and it finally has a Steam page.

Godot Engine 4.3 is out now with huge new features and a fancy release page

By Liam Dawe, 15 Aug 2024

Looks like the Godot team went all-out for the Godot Engine 4.3 release, bringing this royalty-free open source game engine into a bright future.

Avoid a giant creepy boat stalking you in your kayak in this retro-horror game

By Liam Dawe, 13 Aug 2024

For those readers who love the recent wave of retro-horror, Delta Kayak could be another good one to check out with a demo now live. Certainly wins points for some originality and total weirdness here.

Second Dinner (MARVEL SNAP) now investing in W4 Games for Godot Engine

By Liam Dawe, 7 Aug 2024

Clearly, Godot Engine is going places, with more and more games using this cross-platform free and open source game engine that doesn't require royalty payments and now they've pulled in Second Dinner who developed MARVEL SNAP.

Super cosy slice of life sim The Garden Path is out now

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jul 2024

The Garden Path from developer carrotcake is a slice-of-life sim about the joy of gardening, designed to be picked up and played in short and sweet bites. It's a real cosy gem you should take a look at.

Pixelorama, a powerful and accessible open-source pixel art tool v1.0 is out now

By Liam Dawe, 30 Jul 2024

I love good pixel art, and so it's nice to see more tools becoming available for game developers, especially when they're open source too. Pixelorama version 1.0 is out now after 5 years in development.

Dome Keeper - A Keeper's Duty is a big free upgrade out now

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jul 2024

While developer Bippinbits are working on their next game that has a title so long it's just hilarious (PVKK: Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant), they are still updating Dome Keeper with a big free update out now.

Check out the demo for ColdRidge a Wild West turn-based exploration game

By Liam Dawe, 24 Jul 2024

Made with Godot Engine, ColdRidge is a cowboy themed Wild West turn-based exploration game that looks really worth your time.

Try the demo for Pest Apocalypse a horde survival game where you deliver pizza in a van

By Liam Dawe, 16 Jul 2024

VANpire Survivors. I know, I already did that joke before, but it's a good one. Pest Apocalypse is an upcoming chaotic horde survival game where you drive a vehicle to deliver pizza for hungry survivors.

RPG Maker / Pixel Game Maker devs move to Godot for Action Game Maker

By Liam Dawe, 13 Jul 2024

Well this is certainly an interesting one. Gotcha Gotcha Games known for the RPG Maker series and Pixel Game Maker have announced Action Game Maker and it's being made with the open source Godot Engine.

The community won the battle, so PvP battler Fishards is now open source

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jul 2024

Back in June the developers of Fishards put out a bit of an ultimatum: fight them in-game and win to make the game open source, or they will nuke the game from orbit.

Endless launch Block Coding for Godot Engine, great for beginners

By Liam Dawe, 28 Jun 2024

Block Coding tools are pretty popular like Scratch, where you do visual scripting using blocks instead of typing out code and now Godot Engine has an impressive looking version of this with Block Coding from Endless.