This week we are exploring the insanely varied world of indie game marketplace itch.io. Each of our hosts spent $5 on itch and played two or three games from a variety of vibrant micro-indie creators.
If you’re not familiar with Itch.io, it’s most easily summed up as “bandcamp for video games.” Anyone can post their work on Itch and create a custom store page to tell their story. Creators set prices, from zero to whatever they like, and everything works as a “suggested donation” so you can pay whatever you like above the creator-set minimum. It’s a great place for developers to share and sell their work, especially for games that might be too niche to get through a system like Steam Greenlight. Itch also does a wonderful job of fostering a community by featuring a parade of interesting stuff on their homepage and twitter account.
We discuss a bunch of games this week. We have gathered them together into a collection that you can view on itch.
Mentioned on The Short Game: An Itch.io Collection
Played for this episode

Animal Inspector by Tom Astle
Ultra Hat Dimension by Eniko
Robot Heist by anna anthropy
Cuckoo Curling by chromacool
Masques and Murder! by James Patton
windowframe by Daniel Linssen
Grimsfield by escooler
Minirl by endigo9740
Subterrarium by slimefriend
Lieve Oma by Florian Veltman

Also mentioned:

Overland by Finji
Jenny LeClue by MOGRAFI
ANATOMY by Kitty Horrorshow
Crowtel by Sink
Hot Date by George Batchelor
Risky Bison by Captain Games
Tick Tock Isle by Squiddershins
(ASMR) Vin Diesel DMing a Game of D&D Just For You by merritt kopas
Eczema Angel Orifice by Porpentine
Bellular Hexatosis by neotenomie


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Your hosts this week were:

Laura Nash – @laurajnash
Raygan Kelly – @raygank
Nate Heininger – @natestl
Shane Kelly – @8bitShane

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