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For Your Consideration - The Commissioned Games of Indiepocalypse 2022

Andrew, Editor-in-Chief of the Indiepocalypse (the monthly indie game anthology, of course) here to remind that another year of Indiepocalypse means another year of commissioned games and another year of 12 Game of the Year candidates.

Issue 24

4th Time's The Charm (WIN) by Nessa Cannon

4th Time's The Charm is a short, branching IF horror game about moving (again). You seem to have a knack for moving into haunted houses and apartments - in fact, every place you've lived in the last year was haunted. You're hoping this new apartment will be different.

Issue 25

The Long Shift (Physical) by Caro Asercion

Mari's 26-Hour Cosmic: the last stop this side of the Caliper Belt. Everyone who passes through this diner brings a story along. THE LONG SHIFT is a tabletop storygame about this interstellar truck stop, the people who work there, the visitors who travel through, and the moments they share.

Issue 26

Manglepaw (WIN/MAC/Linux) by resnijars

1st person Point & Click Adventure. The renowned artist Manglepaw is struck with creative ennui and enters a strange train station in search of their muse. There's many strange rooms and creatures!

Issue 27

Catacomb Creeper: Re-Vined Edition (WIN) by Breogan Hackett

A seed falls through the cracks, into the catacombs below, with little water and less light, how will it ever grow? 

Play as a plant in Catacomb Creeper: Re-Vined Edition and grow your way out of the catacombs collecting water to let you grow ever further.

Issue 28

Graveyard Dude (NES) by Rani Baker

A spooky NES puzzle game, first NES release from ROM hacker/game developer Rani Baker/TimeKey Games.

Issue 29

Apocryphauna (WIN) by Valerie Dusk & Claire Mulkerin

Content Warnings: Transphobia, Homophobia, Religious school.

You think it's just a card game

The nuns think it's evil

The truth is beyond your wildest nightmare

Apocryphauna: a game by Valerie Dusk and Claire Mulkerin

What'll you discover when you gather 'em all?

Issue 30

Distant Memories (WIN) by Mer Grazzini

Each Autumn equinox people send their thoughts to the sky in bright round lanterns. You, as the Coping Dragon, can catch them and get an insight on thousands of small stories. Will you gather your sibilings and be ready to explore feelings, on this brand new Procedural-poem-catch ‘em up™?

Issue 31

Xxxatharxyx [It's Going To Be Alright] (WIN) by L.O.V.E. Games

Xxxatharxyx (sounds like "Catharsis") is an extremely queer top-down action-RPG. Rescue the demons and their power is yours, for a price: they will use your body to reproduce! NOT FOR KIDS

Issue 32

Spectography (WIN) by Robin

Send ghosts to the afterlife by taking pictures of them in time to a lovely waltz in this funny little rhythm game!

Issue 33

OLDHOME: Trip to Turtle City (Physical) by Takuma Okada

OLDHOME: Trip to Turtle City is a TTRPG about returning to the city you grew up in. You left a while ago, and so did your friends. But somehow, you're all here again. Together in this place that was once home.

Visit your favorite places in town. See what's changed, what's stayed the same. Remember. You and your friends have changed too, but what does that mean for your friendship?

Issue 34

Sylvie Lime (Physical) by Love ♥ Game (Sylvie & Aria)

💗 Sylvie Lime is an absurdist girls' love exploration platformer.

🥑 Turn into a lime and collect different items in a lovely open world.

🖥️ Meet various girls in the computer and try to help them.

Issue 35

The Tunnel (WIN/Linux/Browser) by Orbis Tertius Games

The State sent you to work on The Tunnel, but it's not what you expected. The Machine is not drilling. It's doing something else... something weird. And what do the people living there want with it?

"The Tunnel" is a top-down adventure game, rendered in 16-color pixel art.

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