Unoriginal and Uncreative【Yearly Wrap 2024】
I enjoyed writing my weekly game summary right up to the point Cohost died. Since then I've struggled to find a venue for the writing, and I now find it to be a massive chore.
However this has allowed me to recall the games I enjoyed over the year more easily than in the previous years.
I'll probably do it again next year in a revised lower-effort format.
GAME OF THE YEAR 2024
CAVES OF QUD
Simply the best roguelike[1] ever made. More complicatedly it is also some of the greatest sci-fi writing and world-building in video games, and some of the best blending of procedural-generated content with hand-authored material.
Congratulations to all involved for a brilliant creation.
The Top 20 Games released in 2024 excluding things I contributed to
These games, game-like stories, or collections of games, were "released" in one form or another in 2024.
Caves of Qud
1000xResist
Wilmot Works it Out
Anthology of the Killer
The Crimson Diamond
Judero
Indika
Felvidek
Midnight Scenes - A Safe Place
Mouthwashing
Psychroma
Sudden Death
Path of Achra
Webfishing
Afterplace
XENOTILT
Utopia Must Fall
Xenosphere
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Cow Life Sim RPG
Top thing I did contribute to
I contributed to the Rabbits All-comers Mapping Project (RAMP) again this year. Map40 - This Was For the Sake of the Righteous of Course is my work. But I strongly recommend playing it for the incredible maps made by other people.
RAMP2024
Games of the Month
Each month I also named a "Game of the Month" that I enjoyed the most that month. Whether it was old, new, incomplete, or otherwise.
Swollen to Bursting Until I am Disappearing on Purpose
In Stars and Time
There Swings A Skull ~GRIM TIDINGS~
Felvidek
1000xResist
Wooden Ocean
Anthology of the Killer
The Crimson Diamond
Ostranauts
Wilmot Works It Out
XENOTILT
Caves of Qud
All roguelike impersonators also pale in comparison ↩︎
I enjoyed writing my weekly game summary right up to the point Cohost died. Since then I've struggled to find a venue for the writing, and I now find it to be a massive chore.
However this has allowed me to recall the games I enjoyed over the year more easily than in the previous years.
I'll probably do it again next year in a revised lower-effort format.
GAME OF THE YEAR 2024
CAVES OF QUD
Simply the best roguelike[1] ever made. More complicatedly it is also some of the greatest sci-fi writing and world-building in video games, and some of the best blending of procedural-generated content with hand-authored material.
Congratulations to all involved for a brilliant creation.
The Top 20 Games released in 2024 excluding things I contributed to
These games, game-like stories, or collections of games, were "released" in one form or another in 2024.
Caves of Qud
1000xResist
Wilmot Works it Out
Anthology of the Killer
The Crimson Diamond
Judero
Indika
Felvidek
Midnight Scenes - A Safe Place
Mouthwashing
Psychroma
Sudden Death
Path of Achra
Webfishing
Afterplace
XENOTILT
Utopia Must Fall
Xenosphere
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
Cow Life Sim RPG
Top thing I did contribute to
I contributed to the Rabbits All-comers Mapping Project (RAMP) again this year. Map40 - This Was For the Sake of the Righteous of Course is my work. But I strongly recommend playing it for the incredible maps made by other people.
RAMP2024
Games of the Month
Each month I also named a "Game of the Month" that I enjoyed the most that month. Whether it was old, new, incomplete, or otherwise.
Swollen to Bursting Until I am Disappearing on Purpose
In Stars and Time
There Swings A Skull ~GRIM TIDINGS~
Felvidek
1000xResist
Wooden Ocean
Anthology of the Killer
The Crimson Diamond
Ostranauts
Wilmot Works It Out
XENOTILT
Caves of Qud
All roguelike impersonators also pale in comparison ↩︎
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