Every month I see to review all of the games that were nominated as the Best of that month, which you can view in the link above!
As a game developer myself, I know how difficult it can be when you are starting out and how tricky it can be to tell how your game will be received by users. After all, you know how your game is meant to be played, and you can't just wipe that from your memory when you're building and testing it!
Therefore, I record myself playing all of the games for the first time for 10-15 minutes and try to voice how I'm feeling when I'm playing it, so that developers can see how a user might experience their game for the first time, especially for things like tutorials. I also try to provide some advice as well, but it might not always be the best: what I'm really hoping is that developers can draw their own conclusions on what might need work from how I stumble through their game.
Game Devs Reviewed: @DuskyLW @YaenGames @Aprime @Scootakip @JamesChapp @Little-Rena @cheesycoke @Funkmachine @MrNannings @shyfu @HawtDogull @SleepinPanda @adriendittrick @Noodle-Hair-Dev0 @FettFetterson @GunTurtle @aplovestudio @tux-do @Sheepolution @Troll-Team @crow-seeds @GrizzlyCogs @Extar @VascoF @Frogrammer @picrossin @CosmicAdventureSquad @Random-Crit @theoii @Frosty @Pineapple212 @JR01Games @LeviRamirez @zzox @xDoodlz @Tombdude @LuckyDingoStudios @Miroko @Alzter @jefvel @Taka @andrfw @plazatin @Stepford @Jack @ShortCakeCafe @RazePXL @Peti @HellfireJefe @Default @NightSteed
While all of these games were the best of the month...
MY PERSONAL ARBITRARILY-RANKED TOP 10 GAMES OF THE MONTH
My Top 10 was (in sort-of ranked order and based on my own criteria which is some weird sense of 'memorability' for me personally and totally subject to genres I like and I don't feature an author twice even if they had two good entries so as to spread the love etc etc):
And here are some Honorable Mentions (games that were close contenders for the top, additional games from an already highlighted dev this month, games that are still demos but promising, games that are clones of existing games but still good, etc):
Thanks to all the portal warriors that sifted through all the games to find the best in the bunch for me to check out in the first place! And as always, even if your game wasn't listed by me personally, hold your head high as I enjoyed playing all of them nonetheless as they are, after all, the best of the month!
DuskyLW
Thank you so much for playing my game, reviewing it and also recording your first playthrough with commentary!! This was both super cool and surreal to see. You're very good at giving criticism, and I feel like there's a lot I can take away from what you said. I appreciate that you still gave the game a chance and thoughts considering you don't seem to be a fan of sliding block puzzles (funny enough, I hate them too lol).
FutureCopLGF
Cheers! And oh my god, I dunno how you code a sliding block puzzler when you hate them, haha! That's some discipline you got there. Maybe that's actually a secret development trick: if you code in a genre you hate, it's easier to meet deadlines and not get feature creep because you just want it to be over. Hope to see more games from ya!