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11 Feb, 16 tweets, 4 min read

going through the IGF trailers the best I can and might highlight some games I hadn't heard of but look rad

Airborne Kingdom - build a flying city??

Beacon - action roguelike shooter with weird low poly alien neon aesthetics

Arrog - cute point-and-click thing with lovely hand-drawn look

Biped - adorable 2-player co-op 3d puzzle platformer

Black Book - witchcraft??? the vibes on this are impeccable

Boomerang X - first person boomeranger? idk but i'm into it

Buissons - sorry i can't not highlight a game where you play as a farting bush

Chasing Light - this game's tagline is "have a weird trip" and yeah that seems apt

Comet Season - cooperative train defense game?? apparently a student graduation project, looks really impressive!

Cozy Grove - the watercolor style art in this is *delicious*

Dorfromantik - hexagon grid AND it looks like the kind of city builder I like (one that looks like you don't have to worry or think too much lol)

Fae Tactics - lovely pixel art tactics game, kinda has Into the Breach energy

Hadr - i never thought i'd want to play as a magic trick but this looks oddly satisfying

High Rise - minimal puzzley match-3 city builder thing. giving me 3D triple town vibes

Hoplegs - yes i am here for fumblecore nonsense

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