Indie Highlight
Jan 23, 2020
Knights and Bikes is a quirky adventure set on a fictional British island in the late 1980s. The charming Co-Op journey is now coming to Nintendo Switch!
You can play as two characters: Nessa & Demelza cooperatively online or even locally! They’re tough and imaginative girls exploring the island of Penfurzy in search of mysteries and on a quest to find the legendary treasure.
You will find yourself cycling around on bikes, explore the natural beauty of the environment, and save the ancient island from ruin. Meanwhile, you must rescue the adults that have gone missing!
Knights and Bikes Nintendo Switch release date
The game is already available on Steam and is finally heading to Nintendo Switch after many fans requested to get a Switch port of the game! It will release on the eShop on February 6th!
Check out this adorable Knights and Bikes Switch launch trailer – you gotta watch it with sound!
- Jan 22, 2020
It appears the developers of this amazing creature collection game weren’t ready for such a big launch.
Temtem is the new creature collection game on the block, and it boasts online functionality like no other Pokemon-like (or Pokemon game, for that matter) currently on the market. With super cute graphics and the ability to play the campaign with friends online, Temtem got pretty popular leading up to its release yesterday.
Since launch, there have been a few hiccups with being a bit over capacity. Players of Temtem have been experiencing issues with loading into games, and staying in them as well. It appears the developers of the game did not anticipate such a huge reaction from the fans.
The servers are a bit overloaded, but the developers are doing their best to fix the issue, as well as keep players up to pace with what is going on. The most recent patch says that they have now even fixed the co-op, so things are surely looking to be running at full capacity very soon.
Temtem Official Trailer
If you would like to see what all the hubbub is about, head over to Steam where you can get Temtem for $34.99. To stay up to date with what is going on with the fixes, you can follow the game on Twitter. For more fun creature collection action, check out my coverage of Pokemon Sword & Shield.
- Jan 19, 2020
Become the manager of your very own bath house for spirits in the cute upcoming indie Sprittea.
The world of adorable indie games grows more vast by the day. Time to add another to the expansive list, as Spirittea is currently in production by solo developer Dan Beckerton. Take all the good things about a relaxing, zen sim-life game, and add a few disgruntled spirits in much need of some R&R, and you’ve got Spirittea.
This game is currently running a kickstarter campaign. There you can find more information, as well as have the chance to be a part of the development.
What is Spirittea?
The plot of the game is as relaxing as the title infers. After arriving in a new town, you immediately get the feel that something is not right. This is proven to be true when you drink tea from a mysterious pot that gives you the ability to see into the spirit world.
It very quickly becomes clear what is the problem with the town. This particular community is overrun with disgruntled spirits. So what do you do? You turn your new home into a bath house for spirits. This way, you help all the sad souls finally find peace!
Features to expect.
One of the primary goals in the game is proper business management. Expect all the intricacies we’ve come to know over years of playing management games. Make upgrades and improvements to your business to make for happier customers. In this case, it just happens to be melancholy ghosts.
Spirritea will also feature many of the goodies that we know and love from many of todays popular life-sim games. There will be a bit of fishing, with a healthy variety slippery buggers to catch. You can also go digging for buried treasure or do a little bug catching in your spare time. There will also be a day/night cycle, as well as changing seasons, so we can expect to sink many hours into this cute indie.
More info!
Spirittea is currently in development, and there is no release date. Dan mentioned that the game will release initially on PC and Mac, then later for iOS and Android. Eventually, when time and funds allow, the game will be coming to PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
For plenty more information on Spirittea, visit the game on Kickstarter! For up-to-date info on the game, be sure to follow the developer on Twitter! The developer mentions taking inspiration from movies like Spirit Away and games like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley!
- Jan 18, 2020
Little Misfortune is a creepy and adorable indie game currently available on Steam!
Every now and then, it’s nice to have a little spice with our sugar. While Little Misfortune and the world around her is certainly cute, her adventure is steeped in spooky happenings. Take on the role of a young child that would do anything to bring happiness to her mommy. She will brave the unknown with the help of her guide, an ominous narrator by the name of Mr. Voice.
Little Misfortune is an interactive story-telling adventure game with a heavy focus on your relationships with the other characters. The game even includes consequences and decision making, where every choice you make will change the flow of the game.
The game stars a creative little 8 year old named Misfortune Ramirez Hernandez. You must go on a perilous journey to track down Eternal Happiness, that way you can bring it back to your mama. The game boasts plenty of eclectic characters, from dark and dingy monsters to cute and cuddly kitties.
For more information on Little Misfortune, you can check out the Steam page. There you will be able to wishlist the game, but also check out the demo that is currently available. For up to date info on this cute title, be sure to follow the developers on Twitter.
Little Misfortune Official Trailer
- Jan 18, 2020
Peaceful Days is a charming life and farming simulation game developed by one single person – much like Stardew Valley.
If you enjoy games like Story of Seasons, Stardew Valley and of course Harvest Moon you are sure to find a new home in Peaceful Days. The game is developed by Nhat Nguyen and is now finally ready to enter early access on Steam.
I have talked about Peaceful Days quite a few times as Nhat kept adding new features to the game, such as the milk delivery job where players will have to pickup milk and deliver the bottles to NPC houses around the town.
Peaceful Days has been carefuly crafted with a lot of attention to detail with multiple unique characters to meet, a lovely town to explore and plenty of things to do throughout the day.
It is everything you come to expect from a life and farming simulation game! Who doesn’t love to live in a wholesome village where all you have to do is garden, talk to people and explore all day long.
Peaceful Days Early Access
Nhat announced on twitter that after a long period of hard work the game is finally ready for Early Access. You can already wishlist Peaceful Days on Steam today, however the games Early Access version is not quite read yet and will become available in the very near future, ones a little bit more proofreading has been done Nhat says.
For more information on Peaceful Days check out the recent Milk Delivery Job update as well as some other information about this wholesome life and farming simulation RPG!
- Jan 18, 2020
Currently in development by Naps Team, Baldo is an upcoming action-adventure coming to Switch, amongst other platforms. The Zelda-inspired game has a cel-shaded art style, which is comparable to that of Studio Ghibli and Ni No Kuni.
There isn’t a lot of information available about Baldo. However, the following Nintendo announcement trailer, shows that in-game action is top-down, but that the game’s pseudo-realistic backgrounds are 3D.
The description beneath the game’s announcement trailer says the following:
The prophecy came true, the pure child is born. The no heart creature sealed in the underworld by the wise owls is about to rise again. The game is set in the world of Rodia, a journey into a magical land full of mysteries to discover. Baldo is an action adventure rpg, full of puzzles and intricate dungeons to solve. Traveling around the world, Baldo will interact with many weird and funny characters scattered everywhere, to complete the main story quest and many other side quests. You’ll travel into an open world map discovering new towns and people, fighting enemies, locating hidden temples and collecting objects to get new weapons or items to use.
From the trailer, it looks like players encounter a variety of characters and monsters. Additionally, it appears that dungeon-crawling, puzzle-solving and exploration all feature in the game.
Baldo will release on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.
A release date for the game is still TBA.
Baldo has its own Facebook and Twitter pages where you can follow the game’s progress. Despite a lack of posts since earlier in 2019, Baldo recently replied to a post on WholesomeGames Twitter on 12th January.
Yay! They’re alive! 🙂
- Jan 17, 2020
Join two youngsters on a mission in The Wild at Heart, an upcoming Pikmin-like adventure game.
Super cute indies are definitely my go to games when I’m looking for a new adventure where anything is possible. Explore the creation of one persons (or a small team of people) imagination, and reveal all that was meant to inspire joy. I pride myself on having an eye for cute games, and The Wild at Heart is certainly one.
Nothing says adorable like tiny little sprites that you can command to do your bidding. In The Wild at Heart, you can craft, resource and explore with your tiny Spriteling army. Our protagonists are two children on a journey wrought with peril. The classic tale of two children besting beasties and overcoming the darkness that threatens the land.
The Wild At Heart Gameplay Preview
The Wild at Heart release date is still set as “to be determined”, and will be available on PC and Mac (consoles also TBD). For more information on the game, you can visit the official website. For up-to-date information on the game, be sure to follow the developer on Twitter.
Keep an eye on myPotatoGames as I have reached out to the developers for more information on their upcoming game. For more games like The Wild at Heart, check out my coverage of Don’t Starve.
- Jan 10, 2020
We are just four days away from this adorable bunny park sim releasing on Steam.
For those that have not been keeping up with Eloise Laroche, developer of Alchemy Story, her new game will release on Steam in approximately four days. The title of this new charming sim game is Bunny Park, and it is as cute as it sounds. Become the manager of your very own Bunny Park, and help all your furry friends grow and flourish.
In Bunny Park, you become the manager of, you guessed it, a little park for bunnies. Unfortunately, the recent tumult of a tornado has left this sanctuary in dire disrepair. It is up to you to bring all the bunnies back, and create an environment that is suitable for happy bunnies.
Just think of a tycoon game, only with the most delightful graphics and characters you could ask for. Take good care of your bunnies while maintaining and building upon your park. As you make your zone more advanced, more bunnies will join you, and your park will become super popular.
This park has certainly seen some TLC! For more information on Bunny Park, check out the game on Steam, and don’t forget to wishlist while you are there. For up to date information on Bunny Park, you can follow Eloise on Twitter. If you would like to see more of her beautiful work, check out my coverage of Alchemy Story.
