Robin Ward
@eviltrout.com
Check out “The Roottrees are Dead” on Steam. Now working on “The Incident at Galley House.” Previously: co-founder of Discourse
The game: https://roottrees.com
My blog: https://eviltrout.com
The game: https://roottrees.com
My blog: https://eviltrout.com
Happy Holidays from Evil Trout Inc! Here's a little Christmas Card we made to thank our fans for an amazing year and to tease our next game, The Incident at Galley House.
December 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Happy Holidays from Evil Trout Inc! Here's a little Christmas Card we made to thank our fans for an amazing year and to tease our next game, The Incident at Galley House.
This game is amazing
I spent too long not knowing there's a stealth crossword game
aftermath.site/stealth-crossword
aftermath.site/stealth-crossword
December 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This game is amazing
The Simplified Chinese localization of Roottrees was the most complicated one we did by far. Our translator 赤铜/Syakudo did an amazing job, including redoing all the graphic designs in images. And the response has been way better than we ever could have expected. Chinese players love Roottrees!
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Simplified Chinese localization of Roottrees was the most complicated one we did by far. Our translator 赤铜/Syakudo did an amazing job, including redoing all the graphic designs in images. And the response has been way better than we ever could have expected. Chinese players love Roottrees!
I think Chronoquartz deserves a lot more attention! Graphics-wise it seems to be mostly stuff from asset stores, but the puzzle design is really great. It’s a loop game but instead of time it’s based on screens traversed. Think of it as a 2D Outer Wilds meets Minit.
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think Chronoquartz deserves a lot more attention! Graphics-wise it seems to be mostly stuff from asset stores, but the puzzle design is really great. It’s a loop game but instead of time it’s based on screens traversed. Think of it as a 2D Outer Wilds meets Minit.
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I've been making top-ten GOTY lists every year for more than a decade, and this might have been the hardest ever to narrow down. What a year for video games!
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Best Video Games of 2025
Almost all of them are independently developed, which speaks to the state of the games industry
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I've been making top-ten GOTY lists every year for more than a decade, and this might have been the hardest ever to narrow down. What a year for video games!
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here are the 10 best games of 2025: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
My @blueprincegame.bsky.social merch came today and it’s really nice. @dogubomb.bsky.social and @iam8bit.com did an incredible job on this.
December 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My @blueprincegame.bsky.social merch came today and it’s really nice. @dogubomb.bsky.social and @iam8bit.com did an incredible job on this.
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The Roottrees are Dead made the Onion AV Club’s best games of 2025 list.
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
The A.V. Club's best games of 2025
Unsurprisingly, the best games of 2025 came from the fringes of the industry. Here's what The A.V. Club's games critics loved the most this year.
www.avclub.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Roottrees are Dead made the Onion AV Club’s best games of 2025 list.
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
Also, Type Help, the next game Evil Trout Inc. is working on, is on the list too!
www.avclub.com/best-games-2...
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We are nominated for a bunch of Thinky Awards!
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
The 3rd annual Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
We're celebrating the very best thinky games of 2025 in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We are nominated for a bunch of Thinky Awards!
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
- Game of the Year
- Most Innovative Game
- Best Expansion (Roottreemania)
Also, Type Help is nominated for "Best Free Game." We're remastering it as The Incident at Galley House, nominated for "Most Anticipated Game"!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
Had my weird little dog photographed like an 80s mall photo. ( Photographer www.m4llph0t0.com )
December 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Had my weird little dog photographed like an 80s mall photo. ( Photographer www.m4llph0t0.com )
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Game Informer’s Game of the Year awards, which include our Top 10 Games of 2025, are now live! Check out the best and brightest from a strong year of releases. #GOTY #GOTY2025 gameinformer.com/best-of-2025...
December 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Not surprised at my #1! I played Blue Prince like my life depended on it
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Not surprised at my #1! I played Blue Prince like my life depended on it
Is there a good password manager these days that isn't horrible for one reason or another? My subscription to 1Password is coming up and I wouldn't mind switching to something else.
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Is there a good password manager these days that isn't horrible for one reason or another? My subscription to 1Password is coming up and I wouldn't mind switching to something else.
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“with a compelling mystery to unravel, it'll dig into your brain just like falling down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.”
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
The Best PC Games Of 2025
More games than ever are being released on PC, but we've narrowed down that sizable number to the 10 best we played this year.
www.gamespot.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“with a compelling mystery to unravel, it'll dig into your brain just like falling down a Wikipedia rabbit hole.”
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
Thanks so much for including us on this list of awesome games! (Play them all)
www.gamespot.com/gallery/the-...
One game from my childhood that I keep coming back to is Jones in the Fast Lane. I often have thought of how I could make a modern game with a similar formula and never really came up with any viable ideas, but I just played Consume Me and it really nailed a similar vibe.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One game from my childhood that I keep coming back to is Jones in the Fast Lane. I often have thought of how I could make a modern game with a similar formula and never really came up with any viable ideas, but I just played Consume Me and it really nailed a similar vibe.
New fear unlocked: spiky bacteria cactus
December 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
New fear unlocked: spiky bacteria cactus
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So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
I don’t have a hot take about awards shows, but I do think 2025 was a crazy good year for games, and if you enjoy playing them you’re probably still working through your backlog. The amount of creativity in this industry is overwhelming
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I don’t have a hot take about awards shows, but I do think 2025 was a crazy good year for games, and if you enjoy playing them you’re probably still working through your backlog. The amount of creativity in this industry is overwhelming
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The Roottrees are Dead is on the New York Times top ten games of 2025! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a...
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Top 10 Video Games of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Roottrees are Dead is on the New York Times top ten games of 2025! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a...
😭😭😭
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Vicky and I's round-up of the narrative gaming expo AdventureX and some of its games is out on Adventure Game Hotspot!
adventuregamehotspot.com/preview/5653... @adventurex.bsky.social
adventuregamehotspot.com/preview/5653... @adventurex.bsky.social
AdventureX 2025 in words and pictures (Part 1) | Adventure Game Hotspot
AdventureX was back in London, packed with great new games and their developers showing them off. Here are just some of the ones that caught our eye.
adventuregamehotspot.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Vicky and I's round-up of the narrative gaming expo AdventureX and some of its games is out on Adventure Game Hotspot!
adventuregamehotspot.com/preview/5653... @adventurex.bsky.social
adventuregamehotspot.com/preview/5653... @adventurex.bsky.social
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The Roottrees are Dead made NPR's best games of 2025 list. We're still blown away at the reception our little game has had :) www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Roottrees are Dead made NPR's best games of 2025 list. We're still blown away at the reception our little game has had :) www.npr.org/2025/12/03/n...
Wow, Type Help is currently the third highest rated game of *all time* on the IFDB: ifdb.org/search?browse
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Wow, Type Help is currently the third highest rated game of *all time* on the IFDB: ifdb.org/search?browse
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
This is a great excuse to mention that The Incident at Galley House, our remaster of the game, is coming along great! Here's some new artwork we haven't shown yet.
If you liked The Roottrees are Dead or Type Help, I'd appreciate nominations. Also, I highly recommend Blue Prince, Öoo, Strange Jigsaws and The Seance of Blake Manor.
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
We're celebrating the very best thinky games of the past year in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you liked The Roottrees are Dead or Type Help, I'd appreciate nominations. Also, I highly recommend Blue Prince, Öoo, Strange Jigsaws and The Seance of Blake Manor.
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
thinkygames.com/events/awards/
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Nominations for the 3rd annual Thinky Awards are now open (for just one week)!
Thinky Awards · Thinky Games
We're celebrating the very best thinky games of the past year in the latest Thinky Awards.
thinkygames.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nominations for the 3rd annual Thinky Awards are now open (for just one week)!
I wish I had the musical vocabulary to describe why I like this new Rosalía album so much. It's so good!
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I wish I had the musical vocabulary to describe why I like this new Rosalía album so much. It's so good!
We had Canadian Thanksgiving last month, but all these posts about it in America are making me crave a huge turkey dinner
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We had Canadian Thanksgiving last month, but all these posts about it in America are making me crave a huge turkey dinner