Alexandra Nitschke

Bonfire Peaks’ gorgeous art style and unique puzzles creates a brilliant gaming experience where you can get lost for hours playing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGd1cP_dKQE Bonfire Peaks, developed by Corey Martin and published by Draknek & Friends, released on September 30 on PC, Switch and PlayStation, and is a beautiful, Sokoban puzzle game where you need to move your belongings to the bonfire to burn. The voxel-styled game begins in a forest where you play as a protagonist who needs to burn his possessions by completing levels of puzzles which get increasingly more difficult as you progress. The cozy soundtrack and crackling fire…

Willy Morgan and The Curse of Bone Town is a simplistic introduction into the point-and-click genre and features many charms, but unfortunately lacks diversity in the puzzles and character personalities you come across. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjhYQfn_UTs Willy Morgan and The Curse of Bone Town, by Imaginarylab and VLG Publishing, is a classic point-and-click adventure game filled with puzzles and charming scenes set in a fantasy pirate-themed world with a modern touch. The game released originally on Steam in August 2020 and recently released on Nintendo Switch on June 8, 2021. The story begins panning over a kooky, dark town until you reach…

Hokko Life, as an early access title, holds a lot of promise. It is the relaxing, down to earth game that you can spend hours playing, creating a town that you can be proud of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56S6ffcQSiI Hokko Life, developed by Wonderscope and published by Team17, takes you to the charming but quaint town of Hokko and released on Steam early access on June 3, 2021. You start your story by accidentally falling asleep on a train and making your unexpected arrival to the quiet town. You easily make yourself at home when the adorable townsfolk ask you to help give…

https://youtu.be/CP_aKLHxIgI ‘Life goes by in a blink of an eye’; a cliché quote that everybody has heard some point in their lives. What if that quote found its way into a video game? Because that is exactly what you will find with Before Your Eyes developed by GoodbyeWorld Games and published by Skybound Games. The game will release on April 8, 2021 on Steam and has a very unique gameplay element to it. A webcam is needed to play Before Your Eyes as it tracks eye movements and blinking to control the story and to be able to move forward…