Alan Zucconi

Category: Review

  • Unite Berlin 2018: What Went Wrong

    Unite Berlin 2018: What Went Wrong

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    If you have been following Unite Berlin, you might be aware that OMG NESTED PREFABS! Fun fact: I was literally below the confetti explosion; I’m back to London, and I’m still finding those damn confetti everywhere. And I have evidence…

  • The most anticipated games #17

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    Observatorium | indieDB | website Observatorium is a game currently developed by Jonathan McEnroe, Clive Lawrence  and Peter Satera, knows as the Observatorium Team. Part of its gameplay will requires to create constellation and to somehow link them to with the rest of the environment: merge space with nature, as the website says. The player moves the boat using the keyboard, while the mouse…

  • The most anticipated simulation games

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    Big Pharma | Twice Circled | website | pre order When I was a kid, I used to play Theme Hospital for hours. I’m pretty sure I was terrible at it, but this didn’t stop me from enjoying its lovely animations. I had to wait 18 many years to experience that same feeling again. Big Pharma is one of the most…

  • The most anticipated, aesthetic-driven games

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    It’s not uncommon for games to have a visual style which is not directly related to their gameplay. In these three games, instead, graphics and gameplay entangles to create beautiful, aesthetic driven experiences. Memory of a Broken Dimension | Ezra Hanson-White | itch.io | website | steam If there’s a game which is pushing the concept of…

  • The most anticipated exploration games

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    Dream | HyperSloth Games | website | steam The first time I played Dream was at the BAFTA Inside Games 2014, where I also had the chance to try Monument Valley. After more than one year, Dream has finally been released and it has really exceed my expectations. Made by a very small team, it has…

  • The most anticipated adventure games

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    Darkside Detective | DoomCube | demo | twitter | website If you like your pixels big, Darkside Detective is the game for you. Developed by the incredibly talented Paul Conway, is a dark (yet charming) point and click adventure. By cleverly mixing pixelated characters, fake shadows and soft lights, it manages to create a very modern atmosphere which still blinks at…

  • The most anticipated games at Develop

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    This week I had the pleasure to attend Develop:Brighton; if you missed it, these are the most anticipated games showcased in the Expo floor. Fragments of Him | SassyBot Studio | website Some games are not about puzzles or mechanics: they’re about emotions. This is surely the case of Fragments of Him, which explores how the loss…

  • The most anticipated abstract games

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    I can safely say that the undoing of many indies has been compromising on their games in order to make them more commercially appealing. Attempting to standardise games has created a wave of products which cannot compete with the bigger titles, and lack of innovation. Cloning Flappy Bird and Crossy Road can only take you so far. Luckily enough,…

  • The most anticipated games made with Unity

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    Little Devil Inside | Neostream | twitter | kickstarter “Little devil inside is a story about 5126 Kickstarter backers who wants to survive in a surreal world.“. No: Little Devil Inside is the story of an incredibly polished game which raised $234,315.39 in thirty days. And you shouldn’t be surprised; the first trailer showed a huge variety of scenarios, each one with…

  • The most anticipated funky games

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    Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime | Asteroid Base | website I don’t deny I’m a Sci-Fi hardcore fan. As a result, I tend to like games which are scientifically accurate. Or at least, as scientifically accurate as possible. One of the very few exceptions is Lovers In a Dangerous Spacetime. Not only it’s the games with the longest…