About eight months ago, I was watching a PlayStation showcase, and as it were, the rare PlayStation day one indie was shown, this one being a trippy, psychedelic Metroidvania named Ultros. This stood out to| Indie Game Culture
Christian Whitehead is perhaps the best example of a fangame creator to a full-on game developer pipeline, starting with a Sonic the Hedgehog fangame, then making ports of Sonic games officially, then creating a brand| Indie Game Culture
Indie games are (somewhat unfairly) known for being short experiences with as much content as is necessary and not much more, but there are plenty of games out there with hours upon hours of content| Indie Game Culture
Penny’s Big Breakaway Review – A Swing and a Miss| Indie Game Culture
The White Palace is a beautiful nightmare. Enduring this pristine hellscape of captivating music, brutal platforming, and bloodthirsty buzzsaws can be the stopping point for most Hollow Knight players and the death to your steel| Indie Game Culture
Godhome is a part of the Godmaster Hollow Knight DLC and is the ultimate trial of mastery and tolerance. In this Hollow Knight Godhome Guide, we will go through every fight in the Pantheon of| Indie Game Culture
The Delicate Flower quest in Hollow Knight is primarily to get one Mask Shard, there is more to the Delicate Flower, the Grey Mourner, and the Traitor Lords' child's grave in Hollow Knight. This quest,| Indie Game Culture
Hornet is one of the first bosses you'll encounter playing Hollow Knight, and you will find that she isn't an easy one to defeat that early in the game. After going through Greenpath the long| Indie Game Culture
If you've been following our walkthrough guides so far, you'll have just taken out Hornet, the first real boss of Hollow Knight. For beating them in battle, you'll have received the Mothwing Cloak, which will| Indie Game Culture
Charms in Hollow Knight are special items that give you buffs that help you in all aspects of the game, each having a specific purpose. Gathering charms will make your adventure playing Hollow Knight a| Indie Game Culture
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The City of Tears is a pretty anticlimactic place. You expect to find a grand kingdom at the heart of Hallowsnest, but instead, as Quirrel eludes to, there's not much to see here at all.| Indie Game Culture
The City of Tears is the capital of Hallownest, and at first glance, it might seem like there is nothing there except the Nailsmith. This drizzling city will be the center of your playthrough, and| Indie Game Culture
Broken Roads Review – The Clue Is In The Name| Indie Game Culture
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Indie Games Where You’re The Artist| Indie Game Culture
The life of an indie game artist is a tough one. On a shoestring budget, you need to find a way to make your little pixel project stand out in a sea of multi-million dollar games vying for the attention of the gaming community. It’s a tough job, and no matter how many bright lights, […]| Indie Game Culture
Back in my childhood, it was pretty much accepted that if a game wasn’t fun in the most basic and traditional sense, then it probably wasn’t worth playing at all. It was all about high-octane action, fast-paced platforming, and getting a high score to lord over your friends. However, in this new modern era of […]| Indie Game Culture
If you’re anything like me, you’ll have been playing the new deck-builder masterclass Balatro pretty much non-stop since it was released in February this year, and like any avid gambler, I can stop anytime I want, I just don’t want to. I’ve poured upwards of 100 hours into this consequence-free gambling card game, and with […]| Indie Game Culture
We have a lot to thank Hidetaka Miyazaki for when it comes to modern-day RPGs. Seeing as he is the driving force behind the sub-genre known as the Souls-like and has brought us amazing franchises such as Dark Souls, Demon Souls, Sekiro, Elden Ring, and several more. Honestly, without this wave of challenging but rewarding […]| Indie Game Culture
We, as gamers, are witnessing a renaissance of sorts when it comes to top-down isometric RPG, and there is a newfound hunger for point-and-click worlds, text-based encounters, and intricate RPG systems. We have seen games like Disco Elysium, Baldur’s Gate 3, Wasteland, and Pillars of Eternity spark a new wave of modern players. But, not […]| Indie Game Culture
It’s a tale as old as time. Like a hit TV show which sucks for the first few seasons but then bursts into life, or an album that needs a few listens before you truly appreciate it. Sometimes, you need to stick with things before they ‘get good’, and this can also be true of […]| Indie Game Culture
I've said it once, and I'll say it again. A good boss battle is a dying art in modern video gaming. Unless you're playing a souls game, most boss battles will wash over you as| Indie Game Culture
If you started playing Hollow Knight and got out of the Forgotten Crossroads trying to get into Greenpath, but an Elder Baldur stopped you. This Hollow Knight Starter guide will help you out with this| Indie Game Culture
Hollow Knight is a long journey. With nearly 40 different bosses, 15 different areas, and DLC that can last longer than the base game, we can easily find ourselves spending dozens of hours dying at| Indie Game Culture
If you've been around the indie gaming scene, you've heard of Hollow Knight before. The game is a massively popular Metroidvania, featuring many bosses, platforming, and collectibles. One of those collectibles is the Grubs, little| Indie Game Culture
As someone who routines tells all who will listen how much they hate Metroidvanias, I know how tough it can be to navigate even the most well-made and universally loved games within the genre, and| Indie Game Culture
Up until now, on this Hollow Knight Full Walkthrough, all the bosses listed have been a bit of a walk in the park, with the possible exception of Hornet. But in the Mantis Village, there| Indie Game Culture
Hollow Knight’s Tutorial Is A Design Masterclass| Indie Game Culture
Now that you have seen off the Soul Master and everything that the City of Tears had to throw at you, it's time to head somewhere new. The fun thing about Hollow Knight at this| Indie Game Culture
Hades 2 has made a lot of changes to the core gameplay of the original, but despite all of these updates and tweaks, there are still a lot of aspects of this game that remain| Indie Game Culture
For the uninitiated, Hades is a roguelike, dungeon crawler, action RPG where you play as the only child of Hades, God of the Dead, Zagreus. It was released by Supergiant Games in 2018 as an| Indie Game Culture
Best Beginner Hades 2 Keepsakes| Indie Game Culture
If you're like me, and you enjoyed every high-octane minute of your time playing as Zagreus in the original Hades, then chances are you're hyped to jump back into the fray and play as Melinoe| Indie Game Culture
I'm a big fan of when developers stun the world by shadow-dropping an upcoming game on the horizon, and this week, one of the most highly anticipated games of the last few years is available| Indie Game Culture
Hollow Knight is a punishing game; there's no getting around that. But, if you're clever with your build, you can equip a cocktail of Charms that might just help you push through the Path of| Indie Game Culture
Whether you've been alerted by the smell or you've been following our guides to this point, then you'll know that there is a boss battle that is about to begin as you happen to be| Indie Game Culture
