Episode 2: Our most-anticipated upcoming indie games for 2023

Indiescovery

Proving that our ability to organise recording an episode wasn't some sort of one-off fluke, the Indiescovery crew are back! Indiescovery Episode 2: Electric Boogaloo begins with a nice little chat about what we've all been playing since we got back from our Christmas hols. Rebecca extols the virtues of Tiny Life, a pixel art spiritual successor to classic The Sims; Liam likes similarly retro-styled Nightmare Of Decay because it's like Resident Evil, but somehow even gorier, and also puts in a good word for upcoming open-world parkour-platformer Ballistic Zen; and Rachel has lately been all about magical coming-of-age '90s nostalgia trip A Space For The Unbound.

After that little catch-up we take a whistle-stop tour of our most-anticipated indie games expected to release in 2023. During this trip we take in the promising sights of Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1, Inescapable, Dreamsettler (and its spinoff Slayers X), Gunbrella, Romancelvania, Terra Nil, and Thirsty Suitors. We conclude the discussion with a big love-fest for Demonschool because, as it turns out, we're all very stoked for Demonschool.

In our latest collection of hyperfixations, Rebecca has a full-blown case of the post-game blues after finishing the whole Ace Attorney Turnabout Collection. Liam has been reading Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, a novel beloved in the industry right now for its compelling insights into game development and the rarely-spoken-of love that exists between true collaborators. And Rachel unboxes her copy of the Frostpunk board game live on air, accompanied by excited audio description.

Indiescovery is a podcast by RockPaperShotgun.com. Music by Dylan Sitts: the songs are Tahoe Trip, Pool Sticker, and Express Check-in.

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