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Drillimation Systems is turning up the heat this summer with two new boss additions and a high-intensity challenge. Fresh off the heels of its massive Alpha 1.1.0 update, which brought highly anticipated fan favorites Yukari Yakumo and Kaguya Houraisan to the playable roster, Drillimation has dropped the next major milestone in the development of TouhouContinue reading “Touhou Meishuugeki Alpha V1.2.0 Now Out”

A rogue maintenance query left indie developers and players staring at error pages for over six hours. Indie gaming hub itch.io suffered a major, hours-long outage yesterday morning, leaving thousands of players unable to access their libraries and stopping developers from uploading or updating their projects. According to server status tracker Downdetector, user reports spikedContinue reading “Itchio Went Down For Thousands Yesterday Morning”

Hello players, and everyone in between. Today, we must cast our critical eyes upon the Touhou Project fangame landscape, where a curious little title by the name of Jumping Shrine Maiden has leapt onto the scene. Developed in GDevelop, this tightly wound, single-player HTML5 precision platformer draws its lifeblood directly from the enduring spirit andContinue reading “Jumping Shrine Maiden Review”

When checking out a modern danmaku title like Tropi Quest, you expect a certain rhythm – you dodge an absolute wall of neon patterns, and you hold down the fire button to blast away the things shooting at you. Yet, this particular submission for Jamlytics Jam #2 subverts that entire paradigm by presenting an experienceContinue reading “Tropi Quest Review”

Tomorrow will mark one year since the release of the Nintendo Switch 2. When it launched last year, it arrived with a heavy mix of massive anticipation, premium price tag concerns, and bold promises of hardware innovation. Looking back, it’s clear the console has fundamentally shifted the landscape for both AAA developers and the indieContinue reading “The Nintendo Switch 2 – One Year Later”

Welcome to summertime. Whether you are soaking in the summer sun in the Northern Hemisphere or settling into a cozy winter down south, we hope you’re ready for the peak of the year. We’ve been turning up the heat on development, and we have some massive milestones to share with you this month, starting withContinue reading “June 2026 Monthly Digest”

The video game industry is often defined by the grand, sweeping epics that demand hundreds of hours of our time, leaving little room for the intimate, experimental projects that quietly emerge from the margins. Yet, every so often, a smaller title arrives to remind us that tension, atmosphere, and creative vision can be achieved inContinue reading “Light of Torifune Shrine Review”