The Joy of Creation is a Five Nights at Freddy’s fan game created by Nikson. Praised for its great atmosphere, effective horror, and free-roam environments, the game has since been acknowledged as an official part of the FNAF fanverse by FNAF’s creator, Scott Cawthon. For the franchise’s tenth anniversary, a demo was released for a…
Category: Indie Games
Queen Vanessa’s Manor: Spoopy or Nightmare Fuel?
A Hat in Time is a quirky and colorful game inspired by 3D platformers of the 90s. Most of the game is bright and goofy…and then there’s one chapter that turns this otherwise cute game into pure nightmare fuel. Queen Vanessa’s Manor, which somehow manages to be one of the scariest gaming experiences of my…
Unending Aqua: Demo Review
Unending Aqua is another one of those liminal space games that are so popular right now. I have already seen countless games where people explore the yellow hallways of the Backrooms or the tile-covered halls of the Poolrooms, and I was pleased to find a game in the liminal space genre that does something different. …
FNAF UCN’s Spoopiest Animatronics
One of the biggest horror franchises in gaming at the moment is Five Nights at Freddy’s. (I know, it’s a surprise you haven’t heard of it…super forced sarcasm…) While known for plenty of scary games that place the player in claustrophobic situations, where you’re forced to fend off multiple killer anomatronics, the games are no…
Lumara: Demo Review
Lumara is an atmospheric underwater puzzle game where you play as an anglerfish deep in the Bathypelagic Zone spanning 1000-4000 meters deep. No, I’m not smart, the game just told me so. During my 30 minutes with the demo, Lumara explores dark underwater passages, which can be illuminated with her lure, and encounters polluted water…
Lost in Random’s Royam is Pretty Spoopy, But His Rhymes are Quite…Cruddy
Lost in Random is a Tim Burton-esque adventure where the fates of everyone depends on the role of the dice. This darkly fascinating world is inhabited by all sorts of bizarre residents, but just because someone looks spooky, that doesn’t mean they are spooky. But then again…that also doesn’t necessarily mean they’re definitely not spooky,…
Well Dweller is Everything a Metroidvania Should Be
Well Dweller is a dark fantasy Metroidvania about a bird named Glimmer who must rescue his family from a wicked queen. I was fortunate enough to get a free Steam key from the developer (thank you!), and I had a blast playing it. The game opens with a bit of backstory about the evil queen,…
Death’s Door: Reaping Souls in a Somber, Yet Strangely Humorous, World
Death’s Door is a challenging adventure game where you play as a crow reaper whose assignment goes awry. In the process, you’re tasked with hunting down three foes who have lived far beyond their years and collecting their souls in order to open the titular Death’s Door. Taking inspiration from retro 2D Zelda games, Death’s…
Exhausted Man: Demo Review
Exhausted Man is a goofy game about an extremely tired man (and a woman for the tutorial) who must get his work done at all costs. The demo took me roughly 30 minutes and was quite entertaining indeed. The whole time, you’ll be slinking around in a boneless fashion, including up walls, as you try…