Episode 161: The Best Indies of 2024

This week your favorite co-op couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss the best indie games of 2024! Topics also include recent announcements from the Game Awards! New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other week!Indies Discussed During Today’s Episode:Arco - Arco TeamFear the Spotlight -  Cozy Game Pals1000xResist - sunset visitor 斜陽過客Minishoot Adventures - SoulGame StudioRusty’s Retirement - Mister Morris GamesKind Words 2 - PopcannibalMouthwashing - Wrong OrganBalatro - LocalThunkLittle Kitty Big City - Double Dagger StudioBotany Manor - Balloon StudiosThank Goodness You're Here - Coal SupperPacific Drive - Ironwood StudiosTiny Glade - Ponce LightLightyear Frontier - FRAME BREAK, Amplifier StudiosThank you to popagenda, fortyseven communications, sunset visitor 斜陽過客, Playstack, Sandbox Strategies, Kepler Interactive and Ironwood Studios for providing review codes for this episode!Find us on Bluesky for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgames.bsky.socialLuke Lewis: @lukewarmlewis.bsky.socialClaire Helmberger: @clairebearrose.bsky.socialFind us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

Hosts Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger predict the winners of the 2024 Game Awards. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday.Find us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

This week your favorite co-op couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss video game related Reddit stories! From broken PS5s to beans and Baldur's Gate, settle in for quite a ride. Topics also include recent indie game releases and the upcoming Indie Game Awards. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other week!Find us on Bluesky for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgames.bsky.socialLuke Lewis: @lukewarmlewis.bsky.socialClaire Helmberger: @clairebearrose.bsky.socialFind us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

This week your favorite co-op couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss their favorite titles from the October 2024 Steam Next Fest! Topics also include discussion of the the recent release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the closure of Firewalk Studios. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday at 9am PST.Games discussed during today’s episode: Wishlist to support the devs!Spilled! - LenteSymphonia - Sunny PeakUndead West - Deathless GamesWindblown - Motion TwinKeep Driving- YCJY GamesBallionaire - newobjectScarlet Deer Inn - Attu GamesTwo Falls (Nishu Takuatshina) - Unreliable NarratorsJin & Jan - Reference GamesStunt Granny - teledevFind us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

This week your favorite co-op couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss their most anticipated games of the holiday season and how they plan to tackle their backlog! Topics also include discussion of the recent Halo news and the formation of new development studio Day 4 Night. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday at 9am PST.Episode Resources:Black Tabby Games InterviewFind us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

This week your favorite co-op couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss their favorite indie games of this generation! Topics also include discussion of the recent reveal of the PS5 Pro. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday at 9am PST.Games Discussed in this Episode:Balatro - LocalThunkImmortality - Sam BarlowDredge - Black Salt GamesNeon White - Angel MatrixHades - Super Giant GamesJusant- Don’t NodChicory: A Colorful Tale - Greg Lobanov, Alexis Dean-Jones and Wishes UltdCult of the Lamb - Massive MonsterStray - BlueTwelve StudioBefore Your Eyes - Goodbye World GamesVenba - Visai GamesVampire Survivors -  Poncile GamesTinykin - SplashteamInscryption - Daniel Mullens GamesFind us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

This week your favorite co-op couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss their time at PAX West 2024 in Seattle and their favorite games that they played. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday at 9am PST.Find us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1Wishlist the Games Discussing During This Episode:Sulfur - Perfect RandomCroak - WoodRunner GamesHerdling - OkomotiveWinter Burrow - Pine Creek GamesTears of Metal - Paper CultSymphonia - Sunny Peak Echoes of Elysium - Loric Games, Inc.Ascent Rivals - GENUN GamesUsual June - FinjiWilmot Works it Out - Hollow Ponds, Richard HoggDespelote - Julián Cordero, Sebastian ValbuenaWhisper of the House - Yuanqi bomb studioRugrats: Adventures in GamelandRooster - Sticky Brain StudiosJay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt PunchThe Chronos EventWhile Waiting - OptillusionWhat the Car? - Triband Feltopia - Wooly GamesGHOSTS - Visible_GamesANTONBLAST - SummitsphereHoneycomb: The World Beyond - Frozen WayAll Systems Dance - Mighty YellFowl Damage - May Gardens and Red Nexus Games Inc.The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - NintendoMario Party Jamboree

This week your favorite Co-op Couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss recent announcements and trailers from Gamescom 2024! New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday morning at 9am PST.Show Resources:Luke’s PicksIndiana Jones and the Great CircleMafia: The Old CountrySecret LevelThe Berlin ApartmentHerdlingClaire’s Picks:HelaStar Wars OutlawsDune AwakeningBarkourGoat simulator remasterListen to Luke and Claire on the Life is Strange: True Colors Left Behind Game Club Series!Find us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1

This week your favorite Co-op Couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss their time playing Paper Trail developed by Newfangled Games, Clickolding developed by Strange Scaffold, Thank Goodness You're Here! developed by Coal Supper and SUMMERHOUSE developed by Friedemann. Thank you to Popagenda for providing review code for Thank Goodness You're Here! New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday morning at 9am PST.Resources:Wired Article: A Chaotic History of Clickolding, the Year’s Most Disturbing Game by Megan FarokhmaneshFind us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1SUMMERHOUSE - Friedemann

This week your favorite Co-op Couple Luke Lewis and Claire Helmberger discuss their time playing new indie platformer SCHiM developed by Ewoud van der Werf and Nils Slijkerman. Thank you to Pirate PR for providing early review code for our coverage. Topics also include discussion of the recent Xbox Game Pass price increase and a survey of the upcoming games of 2024. New episodes of the LukeWarmGames Podcast launch every other Monday morning at 9am PST.Find us on twitter for show updates and more:Podcast: @lukewarmgamesLuke Lewis:@lukewarmlewisClaire Helmberger:@ClaireHelmberg1