Time for the final day! Most of the demos I reviewed will likely be up for a little while after #NextFest concludes, but since the devs might take them offline I recommend not putting it off and trying stuff out, or at least downloading it while it's available Highlights: Sojourn Past

#NextFest is coming to an end, but I still got a bunch of interesting demos to show off, even if a lot of them are in a "good but [...]" camp Highlights: Tape Man, Nothing Strange Here

A bit less than I'd like for Day 5 of #NextFest micro-reviews (darn power outages), but on the bright side the range of things is very wide, and each one has an audience the would enjoy it Highlights: Demon Bluff

I do value keeping these #NextFest micro-reviews short, but man do I sometimes have a lot more to say, or a game might have a lot of nuance I have to gloss over. If you want to get some extra thoughts about any game I play, you can always ask! Highlights: The Button Effect

Day 3 of #NextFest is here, and with some big demos for your enjoyment! I started Order of the Sinking Star yesterday but had to pause because I had no idea how much was left and only finished it this morning. Good stuff. Highlights: Order of the Sinking Star, Astra Bestiary, Rhythm Katana Dance

Even before Steam activates their recommendation engine I'm seeing a ton of puzzle games this #NextFest. I'm trying to spread the interesting ones out across the few days, but if it feels like things are very puzzly as I provide the micro-reviews, then that's why Highlights: Echo Weaver, VoidHue

The #NextFest has arrived! I'll be doing my best to sift through the demo landfills to try and find curious things. Apologies if the first day is a bit lukewarm, but still some fun arcadey games to play Highlights: Dragon Dragon Fire Fire Deluxe, Wink Out

And it's time for another round of demos! #NextFest starts tomorrow, and below are some things I tried in-between Fests to kick off the week of demo micro-reviews. Below link to site with lengths and screenies, and the threads will have short deets on every demo Highlights: Asterika, Draco Blade

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And time for the final set of demos! As always slightly earlier than usual so that you can still have time to try something if you're interested in any of it before the #NextFest finishes in 21ish hours. Many demos will stay up, but not all! Highlights: Enter the Chronosphere

Slowly the end of #NextFest approaches, but there is still plenty of games to try, and today's lineup has no bad demos in it. Sure, some may be shorter or a bit less cooked than others, but any of them will be worth your time Highlights: Altered Alma, Phonopolis

Weekend has arrived, and while paradoxically for me it means less time for #NextFest #demo s, today is full of all sorts of unusual games, be it with what they do or how they look Highlights: Burden Station Street, Iridescent

Another short day, but in turn I made sure to have some excellent demos lined up. Expect a lot more random and strange things tomorrow! Highlights: Shantytown, Snacktorio, The Mermaid Mask

Day 3 of #NextFest came and went, and I've got more goodies to share! This round is mainly fueled by suggestions I got from people reading these, but I always take more if anyone has something specific they want tried Highlights: Voidling Bound, Deep Dish Dungeon

#NextFest Day 2 came and went, and all but one of the demos today took longer than expected. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it does leave less time to fish for gems. Still some fun stuff to share Highlights: GRIDbeat!, Ultimate Control Machine

#NextFest proper has begun, and unlike usual I'm a bit late to the party. Still, fished out some decent things for you to try, and will have more over the coming days Highlights: Denshattack!

#NextFest is starting tomorrow! And so it's time for my bundles of micro-reviews to maybe give you something to look forward to, or at the very least try. As always the blogsite below has visuals and playtime, but below is a condensed thread of the core stuff Highlights: Croak, Tiling Forest

Dragons 🤝 Games - is there not a bond with more potential than that? Been working on some super fun stuff over the past [insert timeframe here]. Thought it was finally time to share some non work related projects. Look out for more #projectRebound in the future! #animation #indiegame #dragon #WIP

Alrighty, summary post is up, a quick rundown of all the best demos I've played this #NextFest My top 5: Scrabdackle, Moonsigil Atlas, Homura Hime, MOTORSLICE, and Dinocop They're all great, go try them out! I'll be back in February with more #demo micro-review shenanigans

And the final day of #NextFest is here! Bit earlier than usual due to personal commitments, but I've been grabbing extra reviews all week to ensure it's as filled with goodies as the rest. And it means you have all the more time to try them! Highlights: Moonsigil Atlas, MineMogul, Swiftrace Canyon

My #NextFest review marathon is coming to an end, and it's spiraling a bit out of control as I try some games that weren't all the best of quality. Thankfully it's usually not major problems, and there are still good demos to try Highlights: Winter Burrow, HAMSTERMIND

#NextFest is coming to an end, and I'm continuing the streak of generally more polished games than not. I guess the extra time spent sifting through all the demos to avoid AI garbage is in turn providing higher quality overall, for better and worse Highlight: Identifile

I realized I've been forgetting to put in the daily highlights in my #NextFest micro-review threads here. Well, time to fix that, because today was full of wide variety of demos across styles, genres, and geographic localization of the devs. Highlights: Homura Hime, E9uations, The Berlin Apartment

Today was a good day, with no bad titles, really. And some titles that very unexpectedly sucked me in. Day 3 continues the trend of being the best day of my #NextFest micro-reviewing reviews.tntdragon.com/nf-25-3-3/

#NextFest Day 2 came and went, and despite trying to find some good RPGs I was not convinced my any. I try and vary the style and genres of games I check out, but I try and have quality be good too, so sometimes I'm stuck with whatever Steam things I'd like, and I've not played many RPGs recently

#NextFest proper has begun... and I'm having more trouble than usual finding curious demos to play. I may have spent more time today looking for things than trying out stuff, despite the long list of games below (many were short demos for short games) reviews.tntdragon.com/nf-25-3-1/

Another #NextFest, another batch of micro-reviews from yours truly! As always starting with a handful of mostly worthwhile demos, and will be exploring lots more over the next few days. Screenshots and some demo length/rating available on the site below reviews.tntdragon.com/nf-25-3-0/

A while ago I was looking for artists to do a fun experimental project of illustrating one of my dragon myths. I think it's high time to share the results! I'd love to do more of these, but need to figure out how to best do so Art by @cattusaur.bsky.social, Ahrikima, and Ardent (who aren't on bsky)

And the final day of #NextFest is here! Some real great stuff this time around, and some more goodies for the end. I wanted to go through all the demos people suggested, so I've got a lot of good quality stuff to end off the Fest Highlights: Inkshade, Sinker Sound, He Who Watches

A little bit on the shorter and simpler side for Day 6 of #NextFest. Day 4 was an unbeatable peak, but nonetheless there are always more cool demos to check out Highlights: Gemporium, Our Journey

Did you know that Puzzle is the most popular genre this #NextFest? As such, I decided to have a day dedicated to puzzles and only puzzles, and Day 5 of micro-reviews is that day Highlights: Chronoquartz, Memory's Reach

Day 4 of #NextFest was full of bangers. Game after game a great experience. This is a good day to swing by the Ghost page linked below and look at screenshots, see what suits your fancy, and try it out yourself. Highlights: MIO: Memories In Orbit, VOID/BREAKER, A Little Perspective

Another day, another set of demos. It's funny seeing Steam's recommendation algorithm update in real time as I play all sorts of random demos, and it tries to figure out what kind of games I'm actually into. Hopefully it's a sign I'm providing decent variety in these posts! Highlight: JETRUNNER

2 Days into #NextFest, and I've been noticing a lot more trend-chasers on top of the regular amount of mid-to-low effort content. I don't really want to showcase the same game with slightly different skin 10 times, but I might pick one or two of the more curious ones later Highlight: AEROMACHINA

Day 1 of #NextFest came and went, with a variety of good games, and one really great one. More demos lined up for the future, and I'll try and have them be varied. At least for the first few days Highlight: Mycopunk

Alrighty, time to get the ball rolling on the Day 0 of #NextFest micro-reviews, with a (large) handful of demos which released early. For more details/screenshots you can check out the link below, while my thoughts are in a reply chain. Highlights: Dragon Shelter, Gecko Gods, Trifoil

Starting tomorrow I'll be posting a bunch of micro-reviews from various #NextFest demos. If you have/know of a demo worth trying do share! Especially if it might otherwise get overlooked. Most games will only release the demo when the Fest starts, so I'll be checking back here when anyone replies

And a bit later than intended, the summary post for last week's #NextFest is up! There was a ton of good demos this time around, but I always try and picks ones I like the most and share some extra thoughts. Top Picks, in no particular order: * Aethermancer * Haste: Broken Worlds * The Knightling

And finally, the last day of this edition of #NextFest. As always, I post this earlier than usual so that if any of the demos sound interesting you still have time to check them out. Will have an extra summary post next week Highlights: Aethermancer, AVENGE MYSELF, Shrink Rooms

#NextFest is coming to a close, and despite having played dozens of demos already, there are still ones of high quality I've not even touched! Today's batch may be slightly biased to personal preferences, but I try my best to be objective about them Highlights: Run TavernQuest, Gentoo Rescue

I thought Day 3 was gonna be peak but no, Day 5 of #NextFest was even better. A ton of good titles, and though most have some flaws, they all were worth their time Highlights: Nebulock, Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping, and Savara

Somehow I kept stumbling on water-themed demos when browsing the Next Fest, so I decided to include them all in one big bundle of wetness. With some other stuff sprinkled in for extra flavor Highlights: The Knightling, The Swordfish: Knight of the Deep

Day 3 was full of really good titles, and likely the best overall day of #NextFest for me. So much good stuff, and a good variety too. Highlights: Haste: Broken Worlds, and An Elaborate History of Chess

#NextFest Day 2 was mostly puzzle-esque titles of a very wide variety of quality. But that's what testing like this is for, and letting you know what not to try is always a silver lining to spending time with a confusing mess of a demo Highlights: Axyz

#NextFest proper has begun, and as always there is a ton of stuff to try out on Day 1, drowning out the asset flips that tried to worm their way in. As a reminder, via the link below you can see longer reviews with extra details/screenshots! **Highlights:** Buffet Knight

So with #NextFest starting tomorrow, here are Day 0 demo reviews if you're looking for something to sink your teeth into. Highlights: Lily Fantasia, Sandustry Also Everhood 2 is worth checking out, releases right after Next Fest is over

Another Steam Next Fest starts tomorrow, so you can expect a week filled with demo micro-reviews from me. I even had some help setting up a site to keep these and previous ones together in one place, and while it still needs work you'll see it fill up with a lot of content soon!

Artists! I want to experiment with a commission where you would create an illustration based on a written work (dragon myth poem) with creative freedom to do whatever you please. Whether you make environments or creatures, are new or experienced, get in touch or share this with others who might!

Biggg hydra commission for @tntdragon.bsky.social and @greatmar2.bsky.social !! [ #art #dragon #commission ]