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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 18h

Windswept by @weatherfell.bsky.social, a 2D platformer, is out today! [PC, Switch PS, XB]

Marbles the duck and Checkers the turtle were caught up in a storm and flung far from home. Conquer over 40 stages with a variety of techniques and make your way back.

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Marbles in the lead jumping on the backs of flying stingrays towards a platform

Marbles and Checkers ride a dolphin a a sunken, haunted train with a bunch of ghosts wearing skulls and a pufferfish

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 1d

Tavern Keeper by @greenheartgames.bsky.social, a tavern management sim, is out now in early access! [PC]

Build the taverns of your dreams across a vibrant fantasy world. Orcs, halflings, and skeletons are only a few of the strange customers to expect.

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Setting up a table with two chairs in a new, small tavern. An orc pours beers while a few humans wait in line

A bustling, huge tavern with an orc chef, a bard on a stage, a backroom filled with barrels of beer, and a bunch of customers around tables

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 2d

Goblin Buster by Natrix, an incremental tower defense [PC]

Enemy forces are coming! Build towers to protect your land through waves of goblins and harvest their supplies, build your city to improve defenses, and survive as long as possible!

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A wave of various types of goblins a giants approaches the city on wave 9/9. Enemies left: 27. The city has taken considerable damage. Green, red, and blue roofed towers, some with purple flames above them, defend

Inside the city, building it up. There are seven places for buildings. Currently available for upgrade: Mage Academy (Level 1, Mana per minute: 0. Peasants can study in the Mage Academy and produce Mana. Each level of the Academy increases Mana production by 10 per peasant per minute. Production continues as long as the game is running. No peasants are present.) - Runeforge (Level: 5, Raw runs per minute: 0. Runes: Strength, Fire, Frost, Nature, Arcane, Shadow. Peasants can work in the Runeforge to produce raw runes. Each level of the Runeforge increases raw rune production by 1 per peasant per minute. Production continues as long as the game is running. 0 peasants) - Cathedral (Level 1. Blessing power: 0%. Peasants can pray in the Cathedral to enable one of three permanent blessing buffs for your towers. Each peasant ads 1% blessing power per Cathedral level. 0 peasants)

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 3d

Pyrotoad by @rikoclon.bsky.social and Jonny Manjiro, a precision platformer, is out now! [PC]

Pyrotoad's sunglasses have been stolen! Eat fireflies and breathe fire as you hop through 35 stages to reclaim them.

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Pyrotoad returns to green after breathing a fireball at a vine in a cave level

Pyrotoad hops over a rift while approaching a key in a temple ruin

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 4d

The Bench by Voxel Studios, a pigeon-filled puzzle game [PC]

You were not meant for a retirement home. Settle down on a variety of benches with your pigeon friends and solve puzzles by throwing them where you need them to go.

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Sitting on a park bench, you hold a pigeon gently around its neck. A group of pots take up the next bench. Pigeon: A simple soldier capable of stealing items and moving heavy objects in a flock! Note: You can move heavy objects if you throw multiple pigeons.

Using a line of pigeons being electrocuted to move towards a power source in a sewer

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 5d

Strange Seed by Chronicle Games Ltd, a creature creator, is out now! [PC]

One day, a blob discovered that by eating other creatures, it could take on elements of them. Mold yourself into millions of combos to explore, fight, and survive.

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Building a mushroom creature with purple mushroom arms and a red spotted mushroom head. Looking at Crab Arms from the menu (Attack Claws: 12)

A creature with a pig head, human body and legs, and vine arms runs from a fire-breathing dragon in a volcano

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 6d

Super Fantasy Kingdom by Super Fantasy Games, a roguelite city builder [PC EA]

By day, rebuilt your ruined city. By night, defend it from hordes of enemies seeking to destroy everything you've built. Failure leads to stronger futures.

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 7d

The Good Old Days by ヨコゴシステムズ, a metroidvania [PC, Switch]

In 19XX, Sean's expected to his father's debt, and his friends are in danger. Explore the underground, save your friends, and repay an impossible debt.

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Sean runs through the underground towards a key. He is alone.

Sean fishes in an underground lake, with a fisherman behind him and his three friends behind them. Fished up a Crumpled Lottery Ticket!

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 8d

Undusted: Letters from the Past by 5minlab Corp, a cleaning puzzle game [PC, Switch]

Adora's home after her mother's death. It's hard looking through all the artifacts of her life, but they're filled with stories & in desperate need of cleaning.

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Adora and the teacup, uncleaned. Adora: Her face was so pale and stern...

Adora scrubs at a cat figurine with a strange cleaning tool

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 9d

ILA: A Frosty Glide by Magic Rain Studio, a 3D platformer [PC, Switch, PS, XB]

Ila's kitty Coco has disappeared! Use you magic skatebroom to explore a snowy landscape in search of your cat.

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Ila uses her broom to wall jump and collect gold coins

Ila soars above the trees as the sun sets

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 10d

Rana Card by VisionRana, a roguelike deckbuilder [PC]

TimeTech Corp wants you to hit your KPI with your farm. Draw as many cards as you dare, but beware of time explosions. They could be your doom...or your blessing, if you play your cards right.

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A + shaped flower patch with one flower in the middle. Cards: Micro Insurance (Prediction: If your next draw triggers a Time Explosion, boost the growth-), Dewdrop (Increases the growth of a random plant by 1), Dewdrop, Balanced Growth (Gain 1 Gold. Increases the growth of a random plant by 1.), Balanced Growth. Dangerous cards: 1.

Health is Wealth event with a trainer figure with a nested heart for a head. Lately, you haven't been feeling your best. After some thought, you decide to: [Get a gym membership] - Spend 100 Gold (debt allowed) and receive a [Barbell]. [Keep working] - Earn 50 Gold but gain the [Poor Health] status. [Balance life] - You slow down and rest. Nothing happens.

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 11d

Fifo's Night by Lightbox Academy, a 3D puzzle platformer [PC]

Something's going on in Candywood Mansion. The three Magical Candies that keep order among the supernatural have been stolen! Only ghostly Fifo can find and restore them.

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A first person view of a swamp filled with red and yellow candies while a full moon rises

Fifo the ghost floats along the top of bookshelves in a library, collecting yellow candy corn. An alchemical contraption glows in the distance

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 12d

Stray Children by @oniongames.bsky.social, an action RPG, is out now! [PC, Switch]

The adults have become monsters, starving for something the children don't know. Fight them, or use words as weapons and possibly save them as well as the kids.

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Fighting a Crazy Oink, a giant pig head in a jaunty hat with wide eyes and messy teeth. Crazy Oink lets out a gleeful screech "Oink Oink Oink!"

In a snow-filled jail, standing beside a well and a wooden pit. A boy in black and white striped clothes stands on the other side of the well, while a larger man in the same waits on a railed cart. Someone built a few snowmen

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 13d

CRUEL by James Dornan, a run & gun horror shooter [PC]

You're trapped in a bizarre hotel where escape seems impossible. Everything wants you dead, even the building itself. Your only allies are speed and your weapon.

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A butcher with a chainsaw runs at you in a grungy hallway while a hooded executioner approaches from the stairs

You shoot a man armed with an ax, while a black and white ghost approaches and a cultist shoots from the back

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 14d

The Seance of Blake Manor (@blakemanorgame.bsky.social) by @spookydoorway.bsky.social, a supernatural detective mystery, is out now! [PC]

Late 1800s, Ireland. A guest has gone missing from Blake Manor, and a seance is planned for All Hallow's Eve. Is one of the mystics a murderer?

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A comic-book style series of events on the left: a gray-haired maid dropping a tray of plates, a man and woman at a table turning to look at her on the stairs, and a key with the number 13 on the tag . Dialogue on the right: Missus Darcy: Aaah! Missus Joyce: Excuse me, excuse me. Don't fret, nothing's broken. Mister Deupre: Do you need a hand Missus Joyce? Missus Joyce: Oh no, Sir, thank you, but I managed to drop it, I can manage to pick it back up, I'm sure.
Options: 1. [Take key]. 2. [Leave key]

Investigating a man in a fancy suit with sunken cheeks and glasses. Unhappy expression: He looks profoundly displeased. Is it with me, or something else? Crack in glasses: They must be difficult to see through... The damage must be recent, or surely he'd have had them fixed. Hand on pocket watch: He keeps checking his pocket watch. He's either pressed for time, ruled by routine, or both. All Clues Discovered.

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 15d

Forgive Me Father 2 by @bytebarrel.bsky.social, a Lovecraftian boomer shooter [PC]

The madness is your best friend and your worst enemy. Embrace it and teach the mindbreaking horrors to be afraid of you.

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Wielding a zombie hand against a group of zombies in a courtyard

Taking a mutated axe to a humanoid tentacled monster in a fancy mansion

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 16d

It Has My Face (@ithasmyface.bsky.social) by @nightbytegames.com, a horror roguelike [PC EA]

Some THING is out there, wearing skin that looks like you and waiting to kill you when you're not looking. Find it and kill it first.

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First person view in front of a crowd of people in a warehouse. You look in a mirror to see yourself. There is no clone in sight.

An upgrade screen with 12 icons in 4x3. Knife is selected. Knife: Increase stab distance by 15%. Knife +2 Do not slow down while knife is drawn. Cost 500. Upgrade (You have 250 and cannot afford it)

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 17d

Banebush by Hinterland Mood, a horror visual novel [PC]

Alexey is on the run, but not even fleeing can help him escape his past and the nightmarish fairy tales of his childhood. Something lurks in the forest.

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A man in a hoodie with a bag slung over his shoulder stands on a road beside a cottage. The scene is all red. Options: Look Around (on road) / Enter (on house)

A wreath floats in a river. Stepan Wolfovich: - It was believed that the betrothed would come from the direction in which the wreath drifted.

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 18d

The Lonesome Guild by Tiny Bull Studios, an action RPG, is out now! [PC, PS, XB]

Ghost has no memories and a mist of loneliness is enveloping the world. Assemble a ragtag crew and grow your friendships to save the world.

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Fighting a giant armored enemy that's raising a mace to slam it into the ground. The rabbit is in close while the fox is at the edge of the attack radius. Davinci (the rabbit) Ghost, let's team up!

Ghost, Davinci, and a green goat person stand on a wooden bridge over a river with a huge waterfall behind them

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 19d

Spooky Express by @draknek.bsky.social, a puzzle strategy game, is out now! [PC]

Build the best railways in Trainsylvania! Pick up vampires, and zombies as passengers and build railways that take them to their coffins and graves, but maybe not their next snack.

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A group of zombies and vampires stand just a few squares away from their coffins and graves. The train is not currently picking any of them up.

The train drives by a human with a zombie in the back, scaring the human. A vampire waits for pickup. Two coffins and a grave wait to be filled.

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 20d

Isopod: A Webbed Spin-Off by @sbug.games, a 3D platformer, is out now! [PC]

Become a tiny pillbug in a big world! The Fire Ant Conglomerate is causing problems, and only you can roll up, unite the other bugs, and take them on.

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The pillbug uses a magnet tapes to its back to swing from a metal pipe in a canyon

Talking to a ladybug. Theo the Ladybug: THEY'RE ADVERTISING!!

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 21d

Fear the Spotlight by @cozygamepals.bsky.social, a horror adventure [PC, Switch, PS, XB]

Sneaking into school for a seance was supposed to be some silly fun. Now Vivian is trapped in a nightmare version of school alone in an ode to retro horror games and films.

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Vivian hides behind a pillar from a monster with a spotlight for a head

Vivian looks at a mannequin (or is it?) at the end of a long, dark room filled with chairs with only a flashlight illuminating it

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 22d

Lumo 2 by Triple Eh? Ltd, a puzzle platformer, is out now! [PC, Switch, PS, XB]

Take on over 100 rooms that will challenge your reflexes, observation, and puzzle-solving skills in a world filled with secrets and love letters to classic gaming.

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The wizard runs under a hole in an upper level where magical pickups wait to be collected

The wizard jumps on precariously balanced boxes over a bottomless pit in a haunted attic

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 23d

GONE Fishing by GONE Studios, a co-op fishing survival horror [PC EA]

The lake monster hungers. Offer it your catches during the day, but if it isn't enough, then not even your cabin will protect you at night.

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A man holds a Great White Shark as a catch

A humanoid shark creature looms outside the cabin window

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IndieGameADay @indiegameaday.bsky.social · 24d

Zort by Londer Software, a horror action game [PC EA]

Join your friends on a quest for survival. Beware deadly creatures, traps, and your own sanity as you make a run for the exit.

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A player in a blue bodysuit with a matching blue mask with an elongated trumpet mouth runs through a doorway with a flashlight, the player right behind them

The fox-like demon has pinned one of the players (all in matching suits) to the ground

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