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Player character mows the lawn behind colorful flower characters
Design
'We write good stuff in the pub:' the comedy first approach to Thank Goodness You're Here'We write good stuff in the pub:' the comedy first approach to Thank Goodness You're Here
byJoel Couture
Mar 28, 2025
7 Min Read
Kicking the ball far in despelote
Design
Exploring Quito, Ecuador (and soccer fever) in despeloteExploring Quito, Ecuador (and soccer fever) in despelote
byJoel Couture
Mar 24, 2025
7 Min Read

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The main character ponders food on the table
Design
The bleak humor and desperate power of Consume Me
The bleak humor and desperate power of Consume Me
Mar 20, 2025
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11 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A screen from the game combining Super Mario 64 and Spyro, colorful characters on bright green fields
Design
Pondering the depths and delights of 'plunderludics' in tapecaria
Pondering the depths and delights of 'plunderludics' in tapecaria
Mar 18, 2025
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14 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A colorful 2D shooter screen
Design
Inside UFO 50's incredible 8-bit journey
Inside UFO 50's incredible 8-bit journey
Mar 14, 2025
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7 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A character in a fiery, surreal room
Design
Inside Indika's powerful, bleak exploration of religion
Inside Indika's powerful, bleak exploration of religion
Mar 13, 2025
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6 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A dark graveyard setting with 8 bit characters
Design
Encouraging player creativity in Caves of Qud
Encouraging player creativity in Caves of Qud
Mar 13, 2025
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9 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A funky green plant character
Design
Making a life in the funky, plant-filled world of Starship Home
Making a life in the funky, plant-filled world of Starship Home
Mar 11, 2025
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9 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Funky, twisting level geometry on a reddish background
Design
The surprising origens and alien inspirations of Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity
The surprising origens and alien inspirations of Extreme Evolution: Drive to Divinity
Mar 10, 2025
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8 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Key art from Ginger, featuring the plant on a stylized background
Design
Exploring an unknown language in Ginger
Exploring an unknown language in Ginger
Mar 6, 2025
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6 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A giant smiley emoji peeks out behind early 90s style polygonal bricks
Design
How individualism in the dead internet age challenges technocapitalism and 'the things we lost along the way.'
How individualism in the dead internet age challenges technocapitalism and 'the things we lost along the way.'
Mar 6, 2025
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10 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
In Machine Yearning, players create and memorize a language from 'nonsense'
In Machine Yearning, players create and memorize a language from 'nonsense'
Oct 17, 2024
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14 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Starstruck: Hands of Time is a rhythm game that lets you use your old guitar peripherals
Starstruck: Hands of Time is a rhythm game that lets you use your old guitar peripherals
Oct 3, 2024
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8 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Inside the cute and creepy world of Penko Park
Inside the cute and creepy world of Penko Park
Sep 18, 2024
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6 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Alekon lets players make the picture perfect photo album
Alekon lets players make the picture perfect photo album
Sep 16, 2024
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9 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
The Operator is a crime solving game delivered entirely with UI
The Operator is a crime solving game delivered entirely with UI
Sep 10, 2024
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8 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
How the team behind Reus 2 nurtured a studio and IP back to life
How the team behind Reus 2 nurtured a studio and IP back to life
Jul 30, 2024
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7 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Making the Bloodborne kart racer come to life with Nightmare Kart
Making the Bloodborne kart racer come to life with Nightmare Kart
Jul 19, 2024
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7 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
SKALD: Against the Black Priory is an old school CRPG with modern sensibilities
SKALD: Against the Black Priory is an old school CRPG with modern sensibilities
Jul 11, 2024
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12 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Facing off at the clown convention in Part of You
Facing off at the clown convention in Part of You
Jun 13, 2024
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7 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Exploring ancient Mexica culture through cooking in Cacao Cafe
Exploring ancient Mexica culture through cooking in Cacao Cafe
Jun 7, 2024
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14 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Good Pizza, Great Pizza would not exist if not for Costco
Good Pizza, Great Pizza would not exist if not for Costco
Jun 5, 2024
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8 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Why Arctic Eggs are a dish best served cold
Why Arctic Eggs are a dish best served cold
Jun 3, 2024
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13 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Frog characters among a friendly landscape
Design
Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge hopes to inspire a love for the wetlands
Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge hopes to inspire a love for the wetlands
May 21, 2024
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8 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Sharing laughs and swapping save files in Athenian Rhapsody
Sharing laughs and swapping save files in Athenian Rhapsody
May 14, 2024
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13 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Peering into the demonic dual visual styles of Sorry We're Closed
Peering into the demonic dual visual styles of Sorry We're Closed
May 2, 2024
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11 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Design
Making the berry sweet return to Celeste on its sixth anniversary
Making the berry sweet return to Celeste on its sixth anniversary
Apr 25, 2024
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4 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A complex array of red platforming segments is playing on a screen amongst some foliage. A bird sits on the screen
Design
Creating a prequel story to a historical figure's works in The Forest Cathedral
Creating a prequel story to a historical figure's works in The Forest Cathedral
Mar 25, 2024
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13 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Several ingredients on a table while a pot boils
Design
How Venba uses food to explore connections and disconnections with culture for immigrants
How Venba uses food to explore connections and disconnections with culture for immigrants
Mar 22, 2024
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6 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A pair of fingers and long arms stretch across the screen to tap a button. Different people stand at the end of a depiction of a heartbeat
Design
Using medical stories and heart conditions to create musical challenges in Rhythm Doctor
Using medical stories and heart conditions to create musical challenges in Rhythm Doctor
Mar 22, 2024
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17 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A small creature stands near a glowing orb, a tentacled alien being reaching out from the wall to grasp at the orb
Design
The challenges of laying worlds upon worlds in puzzle game COCOON
The challenges of laying worlds upon worlds in puzzle game COCOON
Mar 22, 2024
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14 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
Meat being run through a grinder pours onto a plate.
Design
Tying music and food aesthetics together for an 'oddly satisfying' experience with Nour: Play With Your Food
Tying music and food aesthetics together for an 'oddly satisfying' experience with Nour: Play With Your Food
Mar 21, 2024
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9 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A young girl glides over the water using a small parachute made of leaves
Design
How Tchia captures the feeling and myths of New Caledonia with its environment and play
How Tchia captures the feeling and myths of New Caledonia with its environment and play
Mar 21, 2024
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7 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A clutch of buildings on top of each other on an island
Design
The complexities and delights of building up into the sky in Pile Up!
The complexities and delights of building up into the sky in Pile Up!
Mar 21, 2024
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14 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor
A person walks across a narrow rope as a parade of machines walks by below
Art
Hand crafting a dystopian world out of cardboard in Phonopolis
Hand crafting a dystopian world out of cardboard in Phonopolis
Mar 20, 2024
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6 Min Read
byJoel Couture, Contributor

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