if you end up checking out omega strikers, join my team in the creator versus event to use the funny emote of my face. surely with our powers combined, we can beat the most popular creators on the internet...

or else what?

i have to point out that tunic is especially nostalgic for me as someone who's not a native english speaker. i played things like pokemon black and white completely in english while i had no idea what anyone was saying or where i should go. and tunic reminded me of that experience

"i don't have adhd but i feel like i might develop it by the time im done" is literally the PERFECT way to summarize pizza tower

God it makes me so sad that i can never play Tunic for the first time again. That's the only game that's made me feel like a kid again- experiencing the magic of learning about a game by obsessing over it, rather than just looking something up.

I can definitely say that pizza tower is one of the best games I’ve played this year, and I’ll go one step further and say that it’s one of the best indie games I’ve ever played, any bit of recognition it gets is a win in my books. Oh and the video is beautifully edited

By far my favorite indie game to come out recently is Dave the Diver. It’s a “fishing” type game, but instead of just using a fishing rod, you gear up and take on the fish in the ocean, using a harpoon gun. You also get to use said fish to run a sushi shop. It’s still in early access, but I would argue that it is absolutely worth your time

Tux and Fanny is a new indie game EVERYONE should play. Mainly a point and click kind of adventure, celebrating the small joys of life and existing. Extremely wholesome and one of the most underrated games I've ever played.

Those highlight edits at the end of a segment are better than any official trailer could ever be. Makes me wanna buy the games instantly

Damn, you missed the opportunity to put Ultrakill right after Pizza Tower and use the same script almost verbatim. Fast paced platforming, emphasis on the point system, a gorgeous low-res art style, a plethora of secrets, and the pure adrenaline of P-ranks. Only difference is V1 has a few more guns than Peppino.

Obra Dinn and Tunic are fantastic and insanely clever in their design.

An indie game that really caught me by surprise by how much I enjoyed it was Library of Ruina. It's a fantastic (if pretty complicated) game with one of my favourite soundtracks.

These videos have no right to be edited this well. It's stunning how much love you put into both the games and the videos! :)

Yakko I love your indie vids. It either shines a light on games I've missed, or reinforces the games I've played and loved. It's also a good excuse to throw some of my favorites in the comments for everyone! These are some of my favorites that I've played in the last year or so. Haven : An actiony romance rpg about 2 lovers stranded on a planet. Really great story and soundtrack, loved it so much I bought the collectors edition. Beacon Pines : A storybook visual novel esq game about 3 kids in a weird town. Multiple choices flesh out the story where you find options that allow you to progress different branches. Pegglin : It's peggle with a lil green goblin, but as a rougelike.

pizza tower is so damn good, it feels like how i imagine the fast-paced platforming of 2d sonic games. plus the final level after the final boss is like the second best final level i've ever seen. the whole game just makes you feel so cool, especially the last floor and boss. (also i love how it totally defied the current pixel indie "carefully rendered dark depth-filled" artstyle)

Pizza Tower and Tunic are both games I got to play on my Steam Deck and I gotta say, they just feel perfect for playing on a handheld.I'm still trying to S rank and P rank levels and trying to wrap my head around all the secrets and mysteries Tunic has buried under the surface... I think it'll take me awhile to truly complete them.

If you love Metal Hellsinger Hi-Fi rush is literally the same concept but it's an action adventure. But it's so fire with the combos working with the pace of the music :D

That intro perfectly summed up what pizza tower feels like when playing it. Like 100% Every time. I played through it dozen times. Never changed.

Hey Yakko, love this series. If you're looking for an indie game to play with friends, I suggest you try Deep Rock Galactic. It has been around for years and the developers keep updating it seasonally with fresh new content. I discovered it a couple of months ago and still playing it on a daily basis with friends and members of the community. Hope you like it. Keep it up with your awesome work for your fans in italy too!

i recently downloaded and have been playing Dredge which is a horror fishing game and oh man it really is scary and spooky . i havent finished it yet but im really enjoying it and all the spooks (plus the artstyle and descriptions!!) the sound effects really add to it i love the feeling of pure dread i get everytime i hear the sound for “something fucked up has happened”

1:05 to 1:28 is and always will be the best 23 seconds of my life, holy shit i cant believe i lived to see peak

It's so refreshing and damn near nostalgic to see Omega Strikers mentioned and talked about in its recency, since I haven't played since early public beta. And back then I was screaming and shouting from the mountains to get everyone I knew to play it. It looks so good and even different now, and I love that, seeing as it and its team were REACHING and GRASPING for people to play it back when I played it. Absolute common Yakko W to mention it and also mention your gripes with how it plays now, seeing as all of that stuff is foreign to me. Love it love it love it

Pizza Tower inspired me so far than i start to practice animation after all these years.

These are my favorite and most anticipated videos in my inbox. Im so glad more people are hearing about these games.

I started playing Tunic on Gamepass a few days ago, and I'm excited to get deeper into it. I'm not sure what all to expect. Recently I played Death's Door and Kena & the Bridge of Spirits and the tougher boss fights in those games gave me confidence to try Tunic :)

5 seconds into the Tunic portion, I've already watched enough of the video to know you have good taste, and the game looks incredible visually and you're saying it's an unexplainable experience. That's all I need to hear.

Y'all native english speakers won't feel as much nostalgia with Tunic as non native english speakers, most of us played games in english in our childhood, and had to use context clues and the images for everything, the nostalgia we get from the manual is huge and it's the biggest reason for many of us to play this game, it's what the person who recommended it to me brought up and it's what i like the most about it

JUST GOT A PC!!! SO READY TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON UR RECOMMENDATIONS

WHERE IS ULTRAKILL

I absolutely adored Tunic. Solving those puzzles brought so much satisfaction!

You know your a indie game fan when you already knew about all of these games

Would be super cool if you checked out Library of Ruina or Lobotomy Corp, they both have insanely good stories and characters

Literally own all 3 games on the thumbnail XD

As an Italian, I can confirm that I can quick sprint with a grab roll cancel and exit mid-air with a backwards grab input.

after realising Metal Hellsinger is crypt of the necrodancer mixed with doom I added that shit to my wishlist instantly

If you're a fan of Hellsinger, I highly recommend Hi-Fi Rush! Loved playing both

im so glad that omega strikers is back i hope it gets more popular i havent had so much fun like this in a while

Who knew that in an alternate reality the Orphan of Kos would grow up to own a Pizza business.

I now just want a shirt that just says "I wanna play Anime Pong with the bois." That's such a great line.

I can wholeheartedly say that Pizza Tower is one of the greatest games I've ever played in my entire life. there aren't many indie games that I've played, but that one is definitely at the top of the list for favorite games of all time and I hope Tour De Pizza does more with it (not exactly saying that they HAVE TO make a sequel, but they should totally make a sequel). but we also have ANTONBLAST coming this year too so that's gonna be great too.

I love Tunic. Truly blew my mind with the puzzles, secrets, music and art style.

When you talked about co-op games that are ACTUALLY fun to play, it reminded me a lot to Deep Rock Galactic. It brings me the same joy I had playing minecraft with my friends, laughing and having a great time doing something together. It’s space dwarfs killing bugs and mining minerals. It’s so fun. And the music is amazing. You should try it out!!!

"Is it gonna replace your favorite live-service game?" Yes, Yakko. Yes it did. I love Omega Strikers and I wish I could bare its children

Pizza tower looks like Ren and stimpy. Watching you play this gave me heart palpitations.

You should definitely check out Peglin if you haven't already. It's a deckbuilding roguelike where you attack by playing Peggle (or Pachinko). It's still in early access but it's one of the most unique roguelikes I've played recently.

metal hellsinger feels like the game made for insane former band and orchestra students and i WILL be playing

pizza tower feels like someone binged all of courage the cowardly dog during a bad trip and had to make a game or else the voices wouldn't quiet down

Return of Obra Dinn, personally, I was really impressed and amazed by the experience they created which makes you actually feel like detective and the sound design and voice actings are amazing to hear. I personally recommend people to go and play.

I’m really glad you brought up tunic… You should give rainworld a try. Especially with the dlc.

here's my contribution to game recs and engagement: -Your Only Move is Hustle/Yomi Hustle - a *turn-based* fighting game, where each turn is a few frames, so you can already start getting into the high level play of fighting game mind games even when you're just starting out -Do Not Feed the Monkeys - an interesting, slightly randomly generated, story game about hidden cameras and peeping people's lives. The resource management can get a lot, but it does play into the story too, do you do the morally decent thing, or do you do the thing that gets you more money because you have 2$ to your name and are on the verge of starving to death

1:05 YALL READY TO GET FUNKY?!?!?

Great selection of games this time. Tunic was probably my favorite game of 2022, and Pizza Tower is likely going to be my favorite game this year at this rate.

I SEE PIZZA TOWER, I CLICK FASTER THAN PEPPINO MACH DASHING AT FULL SPEED TOWARDS SNOTTY ONG

tunic is one of those games that the second it teaches you one of it's meta mechanics it's like the entire world transforms without actually transforming because now you know all the things it's hid in plain sight, doing the golden path was one of the craziest "puzzles" you'll ever see in any zelda like game

Hello yakko, i recomend I recommend you play "Bug Fables". It is a paper Mario type rpg game about 3 bugs who go on an adventure sent by the ant queen.The game has a simple but charming which has its plot twists, quite catchy music, very charismatic characters and quite engaging gameplay.It's from a few years ago, around 2018 but it quickly became one of my favorite indies.

They are ceasing support on Omega strikers! 😭

Tunic is a game I really wanted you to talk about And I'm so glad you did Also surprised you didn't spend as much time talking about the soundtracks this time around considering they're all such bangers haha

Really love these types of videos. I always find something new and great to play. I've played all of these except Pizza Tower so that's next on the list.

A indie game I recently beat and want to recommend is Unsighted. Its a action heavy Zelda like where everybody is slowly dying. You need to get a limited resource to keep everybody alive. It has a really nice sense of flow as speed and going through the game fast is what drives the game.

TUNIC is the closest a game has come to making me feel like I was playing a video game for the first time in a long, long time.

Thank you for acknowledging the trans double jump, neither gender or gravity can contain us

yakko if you enjoyed tunic you're also gonna love death's door, also "BPM: bullets per minute" is very simular to metal hellsinger but rogue like

THAT INTRO WAS SO GOOD!! i aspire to acheive that level of editing

Pizza Tower singlehandely revived my passion for video games. I like games obviously, but the unbelievable fun and engagement I had with PT is incredible. I'm so tired of platformers (and alot of genres) being so bloody derivative or just fine or relying on nostalgia bait and barebones level design to be called a masterpiece (I'm looking at you Mario Odyssey) PT made me realizes games can be stupidly fun and innovative like they used to be. I hear Celeste is pretty good too, so now I'm intrigued in whatever the indie scene has to offer. Because god, Nintendo sure as hell cant seem to satisfy my platformer needs.

WOO MORE INDIE GAMES LETS GO!!!!

Dude this video was incredibly well made! I really now like Tunic as it seems like a really cool game and I can't wait to see more content from you

Fine, I'll buy Tunic! Meanwhile, I have a few recommendations for you. Mortal Sin - solo dev first person action roguelike game with an absolutely awesome art style and very fun combat. On paper it's a very simple game but I find the mix of classes, weapons and passive skills on top of the combat system that encourages animation canceling and different types of combos to be very addictive. Against the Storm - Roguelike citybuilder and one of the few games with roguelike elements where it feels justified in being a roguelike. Each session is 1-2 hours and each run does really feel different as there are many ways to achieve victory in each scenario. I know citybuilders aren't most people's cup of tea (I don't really like them myself) but this game is really well done. Signalis - if you enjoyed Resident Evil 1 or Silent Hill then you'll likely love this. One of my favorite indie games of all time. If survival horror is something you like just buy it and go in blind.

It's a crime that YOU didn't make video about Hi-Fi Rush😥

if you like rhytm / musc timed combat you should really try Hi-Fi rush! I'm horrible at anything about rhythm but i still had a bunch of fun playing it, it's super polished and just feels awesome

I wholly reccommend the tactical vehicle-based shooter "Brigador" a game about a company who wants a planet back after the population rebelled so they pay brigadors (you) to blow up strategic targets you also get paid for anything you destroy ...including civilans there's also alot of lore in paragraphs about the various weapons, warcrimes, and factions you deal with

I don’t know if this would be in your wheelhouse or if you already know about it, but Deep Rock Galactic is a game I keep coming back to. The best way I can explain it is that DRG is a PvE multiplayer class-based horde shooter / mining operation. You play as a dwarf in a space mining company trying to complete various objectives on a planet whilst being hunted by various monstrous bugs. The level of tom-foolery, intensity, and camaraderie I’ve experienced in this game is incredible!

Dude, I'm sitting here, my brain still cannot comprehend how underrated ProjectMoon games are. And I dont mean just library of ruina. All of them, the gradual dive into a post singularity world dystopia, chipping each of its concepts, the slow burn of the growing chaos, slipping out of hands each time you feel comfortable... To see how far we've gone from Lobotomy Corporation in it's Alpha version, through Library of Ruina being a completely different genre, and now Limbus Compay - a gacha, that doesn't feel like gacha??? I made my personal mission to make as many people aware of those games as possible. Because of unique setting. Grim, dark and surreal stories. Amazing OST. And you know who likes amazing OST.

Tunic is genuinely one of the best games ever made I’m glad to see it getting love 🥰

I died laughing hardee at the beginning where you responded an angry Peppino asking you to show more appreciation over aversion.

Not sure if it counts as an indie game but I'm obsessed with Meet Your Maker. Build bases and raid other peoples bases alone or with a friend. Simple premise, fabulous execution.

Stop by just to say I hate Celeste. That's all.

Hey yakko, I recently finished SIGNALIS and highly recommend it as part of a possible future list of indie games to try. If you like silent hill or games along those lines, you will feel right at home.

I love these videos so much because I also enjoy finding new games to play. My only recommendation for now is a game called SPOOKWARE, a silly little game about skeletons with fast paced minigames and charming writing. It's super enjoyable to play and I think everyone should play it :D

thank you for bringing more indie games to light. i am a relatively baby gamer and since started i have always been way more interested in indie titles, especially compared to the current state of AAA titles (i dont think a single AAA title released this year so far had a decent launch). i hope as time goes on more and more love is given to these smaller titles; they definitely deserve it

Tunic's golden path puzzle blew my mind

0:04 OOOH I'M GONNA GET YA

This is the first of this series of videos I've seen by you and unlike similar videos I've seen before where the recommendations often feel too short and general, your description of each game was so in depth and engaging that by the time the montage of game clips finished for each game, I forgot I was even watching a video about multiple games

"It's hard to tell the buffs" My man hasn't faced a Juno with monumentalist yet.

The little gameplay montages with voice call audio give me life

5:28 don't forget brazilian samurai can also double jump

Yakko you GOTTA try Jet Lancer if you haven’t yet! It’s a cool and tragically obscure airplane dogfighting game in the style of Luftrausers, but with a focus on tighter combat and a charming story/cast.

Youre like the only person that mentions lethal league in this day and age and it makes me happy that someone still remembers it

Just finished Opus: Echo of Starsong last night. Pretty impressive how such a deeply layered story can be successfully told minimally.

Why did the SEGA Bass Fishing go hard and also FINALLY RECOGNITION FOR OBRA DINN LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO

An indie game I can recommend to everyone is crosscode. Great pixel art, fantastic gameplay and combat feel, engaging story, banger music, fantastic puzzles. Just all around fantastic package that I wish was talked about more

no idea if it would even be up your alley but i am required by law to recommend cultist simulator, a card-based game about unraveling esoteric secrets in the 1920s

Tunic is unique and I love what they were trying to do truly. Many good moments and a couple unsettling ones like a miasma spider running off in the islands area and the obelisk factory. Finding pages for all kinds of secrets and foreshadowing events in the game is nice to. That being said, the combat is liquid shit and every time I boot up the game to try and beat the cathedral’s gauntlet to continue the game, I’m reminded how terrible it feels.

YRS THE OBRA DINN IS ON HERE I played through the game with my family and it's SO FUN. Thank you so much for covering it because it's such an underrated game

The pizza montage was EXCELLENT.

your editing is amazing, the modding in bassfishing music part got me dying lol. need to say metal hellsingers approach of "instead of programming music to adapt to gameplay, the player now needs to adapt to the music" is very neat and a cool combination of genres if that makes any sense.

Didn't even know you played Omega Strikers! Played it during beta and had a great time with it. Even saw some of the pre-alpha screenshots on the discord, but seeing it in action from your old clips makes it even funnier. The placeholder models were so goofy lol

Holy shit. I absolutely loved tunic, but your analogies to not understanding all of the aspects of a game as a child, and even picking up a used game at the store hit me like a freight train of nostalgia. I just experienced vivid flashbacks of loading between my save and the “person who owned the game before me”’s save in oracle of seasons to try and figure out where to go and what to do in a game that I didn’t fully understand. You made me cry bro… but in a good way lol

Yakkocmn: "P-rank is pretty hard and exhausting to achieve on all levels." Average Doom Eternal Player: "Hold my beer."

The friggin’ Sega Bass Fishing mod was the highlight of my day

I dont know if you have covered Katana Zero before, but it is one of my favorite indy games. Its a 2d sidescroller action game where you play as a katanaweilding, bathrobe wearing, time manipulating assasin in a futuristic dystopia. If you havnt, you should give it a try, its the first game I 100%, which required me beating the insanely challenging hard mode and speedrunning the game, which was my very first speedrun.