I just wanted to let everybody know that I will be playing every single game submitted to me on my streams for the entire time I've been doing this. There's already 10 waiting in queue, but I will be accepting more during this Saturday after which I will have to dedicate the remaining time to make thumbnails for those that don't have one and publish videos. It all should be done before rating period ends. I will be also commenting under each one I've played.

I did had to postpone the update of my own LD game to make this all happen.

I have played 58 games so far.

If you want your game played on stream

• Best Way: Drop a link to your game on stream when I am live https://www.twitch.tv/xpmonsterx
• Join and post on the discord server (in #lobby) https://discord.com/invite/v9mwvt72Qj
• Comment under this post (ineffective when I go live)
• If you prefer anonymity, reach out to me by email support@empyreans.net (also ineffective when I go live)

There is no gatekeeping, I play post-jam version when one is available.

And finally "The Best of..." in my humble opinion

There will be 8 categories with 8 places each: - Game-Design: unique game mechanics especially, but also how coherent it is - Narrative Design: story and how different parts of the game contribute to it - Level Design: both logic and beauty of it - Immersion: how it captures player's attention, whether the world of the game feels alive as if there's something much more to it than is shown. That's in large part "atmosphere / mood" category, but not quite. - Fun Factor: games not necessarily must be fun to be good nonetheless many games are made with fun in mind. Replayability and near-intuitive mechanics / controls do contribute a great deal to this. - Original Soundtrack: only music made specifically for the game - Sound Design: Sound Effects, Voice Over and how it all sounds together - Graphical Design: 2D Art, 3D Models, Animations and how it all looks together

And the tiny big winner, the best of the best based on scores on each place.

If there's a draw, a pinch of bias or maybe a roll of dice would decide the ultimate winner!

There will be also the best "Compo" game separately, but compos are rated along with the rest.

"The Best of..." will be near the end of jam's Rating phase.

...also can you find your game here? :smiley:

*All in chronological order as I played them.

**"Poppet" is missing as I was hoping for updated version and my original playthrough wasn't good (that's on me)

Be seeing ya all,

~XpMonster :)