• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The Steam Next Fest is how I found most of the good indie games I’ve played. Making a good demo will put you above 99% of the cruft out there.

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      1 month ago

      that and word of mouth or just cool gameplay vids. dude parrying an explosion got me to withlist va proxy

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      1 month ago

      I have picked up the same habit. I’ll download and test a couple of dozen demos every next fest, and then wishlist/buy the ones that are good. I played 108 demos this year, and some of my favorite games this year were demos like this: Kill Knight, Last Plague Blight, Karate Survivor, Empty Shell…