Finally got around to finishing another blog post about the games in the #同ZINE #douZINE anthology! Choju Yokai Giga is made #NiceGearGames, a vegetable duo adorably nicknamed daikon and renkon.
This one is an ambitiously complex action platormer/tower defense/deck builder hybrid, and it works! Once you wrap your head around it, and with some difficulty 😅​ But also it got me pondering on how I engage with games and media generally.
https://itch.io/blog/456640/exploring-zine-0-choju-yokai-giga-by-nice-gear-games

I wrote a few of my thoughts about another of the games in the #同ZINE #douZINE anthology, this time it's Mimi and animals by #HidebuGames!
An adorable and funny RPG Maker game about lending a helping hands to the animals in your neighbourhood, and also oops you just became queen. Made for the dev's daughter, this is a lovely game for kids, a little like a storybook in RPG form :blobbear_heartcute:

https://itch.io/blog/453924/exploring-zine-0-mimi-and-animals-by-hidebu-games

I recently wrote a little bit about the #IndieGame 湯圓 [tong jyun] by #npckc, as part of the #同ZINE #douZINE bundle of games by Japanese devs. It captures the specific relation that diaspora kids can have with the food of their inherited culture in a way that really echoed with my own experience. Definitely worth a try if you're into games that capture everyday banality and quiet familial love!

https://itch.io/blog/451972/exploring-zine-0-tong-jyun-by-npckc

Speaking of, I should link to the game here! You can find 湯圓 [tong jyun] here : https://npckc.itch.io/tongjyun
And you can find #douZINE #同ZINE , a zine full of Japanese indie games including this one, right here : https://itch.io/b/1602/zine-douzine-issue-0