September's Mechanic of the Month is Silksong's Swift Step. Unlocking Swift Step transforms the game into an acrobatic dance of dodges and air dashes. Honestly some of the best movement mechanics I can remember playing in a 2D game
#Silksong

Cryptmaster (@thecryptmaster.bsky.social) is a wonderfully weird game. It feels like what might have happened if the Typing of the Dead games had continued to evolve in surprising ways, and eventually became a whole new genre. Love that Fighting Fantasy / OSR art style too

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Caught up with The Royal Writ (@theroyalwrit.bsky.social‬) over the weekend, which is an exceptionally charming roguelike deckbuilder. The animation team really deserve to take a bow on this one

#indiegames #animation

As excited as I am for Silksong, their surprise September release date must have been scary news for the other devs releasing this month. It might be harder for other indie devs to get press attention this month, so it's a great time to shout out any other new releases you're enjoying

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Mechanic of the Month! Each month I'll be highlighting an exceptional game mechanic from a recent game. For August's mechanic I'm choosing the bombs from Öoo by @namataka.bsky.social, which has to be one of the most elegantly designed games I've played all year

#indiegame #gamedesign

Celeste feels like an all timer when it comes to this too

Both of the Ori games for sure. The progression you get to make from being a little ground creature to rocketing through the air is extremely satisfying

Good to see that UFO 50 is starting to come to consoles! One of the most ambitious collections of game design ideas you'll ever play.

I'll forever be impressed they decided to create 50(!) games when I think people would have been just as impressed with a collection half that number

#UFO50