The Toymaker’s Bequest is a gorgeous clockwork puzzle game that touches on a sensitive issue.

Gameplay is a lot like The Room where it features multiple stories to play through. The current build has just one of four planned stories that show the struggles of a toymaker in a society that doesn’t accept the LGBT perspective. She tells her stories through small little tidbirts of clockwork toys in a unique and emotional puzzler.

Dora and Agnes, two escapologists who deeply care for each other are the main characters in this story. It takes place in a marionette theater and has them escaping a tank of water. The game is a story and you need to solve various puzzles in order to activate mechanisms in the theater that progresses the game. They’re not difficult, as that’s not the point of the game. It’s more for the emotional experience and narration you’ll experience as you solve the puzzles.

If you like these type of games and you want an emotional adventure packed with puzzle elements, try out this unique experience. It’s amazing.

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Sean Wong

Hidden indie gem finder. Anything that indie devs come up that shakes the Earth- I’m first in line. I eat indies for breakfast.

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Stay Home is a first-person narrative adventure game that deals with some dark topics like depression, narcotics, and addiction.

You play as someone who recently has been diagnosed with agoraphobia. This is the fear of places that can make you panic or feel helpless, which often forces people to stay in their home and not leave it. Your character wants to go out and lead a normal life again but struggles to. That’s where you come in. You can get a firsthand experience as someone who’s under the influence of narcotics and addiction and is struggling to seek self-help.

The game plays like a simulator but has a huge spectrum of emotions your character will experience. Everything from fear, anger, confusion, depression, panic, and even some happiness are all experienced through the hour-long playtime. The game has interactive objects as you attempt to get your life back in shape.

You can solve puzzles, discover the backstory, and just get sucked into the excellent narration of the game. You have a friend who’s trying to get you through this, and the game balances the internal and external struggles of agoraphobia.

Stay Home is really a one-of-a-kind game. Try it out if you’re looking for something different.

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Sean Wong

Hidden indie gem finder. Anything that indie devs come up that shakes the Earth- I’m first in line. I eat indies for breakfast.

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Dock Sitting is a short introspective narrative experience where you play as a person sitting alone on a dock and reflecting life.

It’s not really about the gameplay but more of the experience. The game has you seeing the events in someone’s life in a first-person perspective. You get a little bit of backstory through thoughts and object interactions, but the majority of the game is just experiencing the experience. Get immersed on the dock. Take in the sea. Watch the moonlight. Listen to the waves. It’s really a work of art.

The game is definitely not for everyone though. It has some very basic interaction so it can be dull for some players. The game has a set scene so there’s not much to explore either.

But if you’re will be open-minded, you’ll appreciate the game for its simplicity. It has some nice artwork using geometric features and a sense of security through the music. The game expresses a simple human story as you share ane experience with the developer. It’s genius, real, and features a very relaxing experience that just slows down the everyday bustle.

Take some time and play Dock Sitting for that ounce of time to relax and sit by the docks.

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River T.

I play the newest to the crappiest indie games and filter them for the rest of the crew.

In other words, I’m a bottom-feeder. Why do I volunteer for this trash?

Indie devs: the last honest game creators.

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