Here's an up-to-date list of my favourite games. I look for games which are enjoyable, innovative and memorable. How I review games.
| Rank | Game | Score | Tech | Played | Time Played | Short Description |
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Outer Wilds
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16
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-0
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Mar 21 | 20 | hours | A game about uncovering a mystery set in space |
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| 2. | Satisfactory |
15
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-4
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Oct 21 | 1250 | hours | A game about automating production and building cool buildings |
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The Witcher 3
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15
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-2
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Dec 20 | 150 | hours | A narrative-driven action RPG |
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Before Your Eyes
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15
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-2
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Jan 22 | 1.5 | hours | A narrative-driven game that you interact with by blinking |
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What Remains of Edith Finch
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15
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-0
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Jul 21 | 2 | hours | A short narrative-driven game that blurs the line between a movie and a game |
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| 6. | Terraria |
15
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-1
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2015 | 350 | hours | You already know what Terraria is... |
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Ori and the Will of the Wisps
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15
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-1
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Jul 21 | 12 | hours | A beautiful metroidvania platformer |
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| 8. |
Stray
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15
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-2
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Jul 23 | 7 | hours | A stunning adventure where you play as a cat |
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| 9. |
It Takes Two
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15
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-1
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Jan 22 | 30 | hours | A story-driven co-op platformer with loads of different gameplay mechanics |
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Subnautica
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15
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-3
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Nov 20 | 40 | hours | An exploration survival game underpinned by a decent story |
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Red Dead Redemption 2
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15
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Jul 22 | 60 | hours | A story-rich action-RPG with great characters |
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| 12. | Psychonauts 2 |
14
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-0
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Dec 21 | 18 | hours | A creative action-platformer with great visuals and story |
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| 13. | Cyberpunk 2077 |
14
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Jan 21 | 125 | hours | An story-rich action-RPG with an outstanding environment |
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| 14. | Ori and the Blind Forest |
14
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Nov 21 | 8 | hours | A metroidvania action-platformer with great visuals and a great soundtrack |
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| 15. | Journey |
14
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-1
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Aug 21 | 2 | hours | A beautiful atmospheric game with a great soundtrack and innovative multiplayer |
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| 16. | Firewatch |
14
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-0
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Jul 21 | 4 | hours | A short and relaxing story-rich adventure |
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| 17. | Baba is You |
14
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-0
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May 21 | 10 | hours | A very challenging but satisfying puzzle game |
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| 18. | Gris |
14
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-0
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Jan 22 | 4 | hours | A short atmospheric game with a great soundtrack and great visuals |
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| 19. | Portal 2 |
14
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-0
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Jun 21 | 10 | hours | A portal-ey puzzle game with decent puzzles and excellent writing |
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| 20. | Celeste |
14
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-0
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Jun 22 | 8 | hours | A challenging precision platformer underpinned by a surprisingly good story |
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| 21. | Sable |
14
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Feb 22 | 10 | hours | A chilled out exploration game with great visual style |
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| 22. | Levelhead |
14
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-0
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May 21 | 12 | hours | A fast precision platformer with a great level editor |
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| 23. | ABZU |
14
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Jul 21 | 2 | hours | A short atmospheric underwater game with great visual style |
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| 24. | A Short Hike |
13
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Aug 21 | 2 | hours | A short, relaxing adventure about climbing up a mountain |
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Here's some games I've recently reviewed (and other gaming-related articles).
As well as playing games, I also love making them. Here's some of my favourites.
| Theme | "It's a bug, not a feature" |
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| Using | WebSockets |
| Event | Python Discord Summer Code Jam 2022 |
A totally generic, average platformer with nothing out of the ordinary... obviously...
This is best explained through a short video, which was used as part of the judging process.
A Quick Video
11 days
Team of 5
Python (pygame)
Top 10
| Theme | "Retro" |
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| Event | Great Warwick Game Jam 2023 |
A puzzle/educational game where you have to type in an equation to complete the track, all while the train is moving and about to derail!
This game aims to capture the joy of simply plotting graphs, while also providing interesting challenges - graph plotting leads to some very interesting puzzles! The concept also has many applications in the classroom to teach function transformations, trigonometric curves or anything graphical.
2 weeks
Team of 3
Unity (C#)
#2 Best Design
| Theme | "Homemade" |
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| Event | WGD Society Game Jam - Term 1 2024 |
A game about writing the worst C code possible. Contains two sections:
2 days
Solo Project
Godot (GDScript)
| Theme | "Hunted & Haunted" |
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| Event | WGD Society Game Jam - Term 1 2023 |
A top-down chaotic bullet hell shooter where each enemy you kill haunts you.
An infinite shooter which starts easy but quickly becomes quite difficult! With 7 enemy types and increasing spawn rates, how long can you last?
The game is playable on itch.io and also open source on GitHub so feel free to take a look and work on it if you like!
2 days
Solo Project
Unity (C#)
Here's some things I have made when playing games.
After over 1,250 hours on Satisfactory, I've made a few things. Here's my main showcase video, which has got over 50k views on YouTube.
