This text explores how Celeste combines psychology and game design to make struggle feel meaningful. By drawing on Jung’s ideas and the Hero’s Journey, it looks at how a difficult climb can become a gentle reflection on failure, persistence, and self-acceptance.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth-focused tactical game that came out in 2016 by German developers, Mimimi Productions. If you enjoy slow-paced games with a lot of thinking and planning, and a bit of sneaking around, in a colorful, well-designed environment of feudal Japan, this one's definitely made for you.
What happens when you make wrestling the entire combat system instead of just a finisher? Iranian indie studio Black Cube Games is finding out with Realm of Fate, their action roguelike built around traditional Persian grappling. #IndieGame #Interview #Roguelike
When ancient Egyptians played Senet, they weren't just playing a board game, they were practicing for the afterlife. This 5,000-year-old game started as entertainment for pharaohs but turned into something way more serious: a way to test if the gods were on your side.