Welcome again to the itch.io Blog, everybody! We have been out for many of final week, so there weren’t any posts, however we did have the Black Friday Not-Sale to maintain you occupied. Did you choose up any new tasks? Anyway, we’ve bought a stack of latest video games so that you can play this week that we expect are price your time. Read on for extra particulars.

The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game

I’ve been fairly vocal on this weblog about my love for detective video games, however I perceive that they could be a bit morbid for some people’ style. If solely there was a goofy tackle the style that prioritized pleasure and allure over every thing else. Enter: Detective Frog.

I like the candy frog detective, Detective Frog and their antics in The Haunted Island. I like that they strategy the wacky forged of character they’re surrounded by with endurance and jokes. I additionally love the truth that they’re unable to discover a hat that matches them. There is nothing you’ll be able to’t love about Detective Frog, and this turns into The Haunted Island’s largest power — it creates a ridiculous world that has sunshine and enjoyable baked into each side of it. My time with Detective Frog didn’t final lengthy (my ultimate runtime was round an hour) but it surely’s an journey I’m glad I went on. In a 12 months that appears bent on making us all merciless, it’s refreshing to spend a while with a carefree creature that may’t assist however make everybody smile.

Tales of the Neon Sea Demo

I don’t know that I’m ever going to get bored with cyberpunk takes on mundane actions. As it seems, strolling round futuristic environments and feeling wistful is completely my jam. Luckily for me, Tales of the Neon Sea uploaded a demo final week for the upcoming cyber-noir detective comedy.

If this demo is any indication Tales of the Neon Sea is primed to be an fascinating tackle the formulation made well-known by Blade Runner. Yes the neon is right here, and naturally you’ll run right into a bunch of characters who’re chewed up and spit out by an unfair system, however Tales of the Neon Sea stays glib within the face of those historically critical themes. Tales of the Neon Sea operates in a world of crime and grit, but it surely’s additionally a recreation with mafioso cats and crass posters. It’s a recreation that borrows the aesthetics of a traditional style, and exhibits off how ridiculous a few of its predominant conceits are.

I can’t say how nicely the completed construct of Tales of the Neon Sea will probably be, however there’s a ton of promise inside its free demo that ought to whet the urge for food of followers of noir, pixels and comedy.

Beach Date

I don’t just like the seashore a lot. There’s sand in all places, in my native San Francisco, it’s at all times chilly, and any public lavatory close to a seashore is required to be an absolute nightmare. With this in thoughts you would possibly perceive my hesitance to play a recreation solely about occurring a date on the seashore. I’m actually glad I did.

Beach Date is a fast, intimate look about two characters enjoyable on a seashore. The mechanics of this date are restricted to: pouring sand in your associate, pouring wine in your associate, enjoying music in your cellphone, and pouring chips in your associate. This might not appear to be a lot, however the finish result’s a foolish and intimate have a look at the connection between the 2 characters that’s price its fast playtime. If you’re in want of a fast sprint of healthful enjoyable in your life, Beach Date is there for you.