Issue 28 - February 2024 Extra Details

FRONT COVER

  • SCHiM (TBD)
    Ewoud van der Werf

    • Website: https://schimgame.com

    Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows)

    Page 2: Games Radar February 2024

  • News Tower (Feb 2024)
    Sparrow Night

    • Website: https://sparrownight.com

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Furnish Master (Feb 2024)

    • Alex Blintsov

    Website: https://www.furnish-master.com/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Cats Hidden in Georgia (Feb 2024)
    Travellin Cats

    • Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2485180/Cats_Hidden_in_Georgia/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

    Page 4 & 5: Urban Aesthetic - Desk mats to match your favourite games

  • WHATGEEK - FEKER IK85 Plus Wireless Gasket Mechanical Keyboard
    https://uk.whatgeek.com/products/feker-ik85-plus-wireless-gasket-mechanical-keyboard?variant=47419085422906
  • iD Gaming - Spirit Path Mouse Pad (designed by Elora Pautrat)

    • https://www.idgaming.co.uk/products/spirit-path

  • JAMESDONKEY - RS2 Gasket Mechanical Keyboard
    https://jamesdonkeylab.com/products/jamesdonkey-rs2
  • Redbubble - Drawbridge Lowered, A Gateway Unlocked Desk Pad
    https://www.redbubble.com/i/mouse-pad/Drawbridge-lowered-a-gateway-unlocked-by-SimplyScene/149109414.G1FH6
  • KEYGEAK  - [Animal Series]KG98 Hot-Swap RGB Mechanical Keyboard (Whole Keyboard Kit)
    https://keygeak.com/products/animal-serieskg98-hot-swap-rgb-mechanical-keyboard-whole-keyboard-kit
  • Protozoa Studio - Busy Town Deskmat
    https://protozoa.studio/products/busy-town-deskmat-by-nostyle
  • EPOMAKER - SKYLOONG GK75 Lite Gasket-like Mount Wired Hot Swappable Programmable Keyboard with A Rotary Knob
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/KIT-CAT-Klock-Limited-Satin/dp/B0B95XMZ4K
  • Protozoa Studio - MW Commute Traincar Deskmat
    https://protozoa.studio/products/uk-mw-commute-deskmats-by-acitrin-chris-stellaidoscope?variant=43914980360410
  • KEYGEAK - Constellation Series Mechanical Keyboard - Virgo
    https://keygeak.com/products/constellation-series-mechanical-keyboard-whole-keyboard-kit?variant=43748782375104
  • Redbubble - Stardew Farm Mouse Pad (designed by fefisbf)
    https://www.redbubble.com/i/mouse-pad/Stardew-Farm-by-fefisbf/138883065.G1FH6

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    Page 6 - 8: Shadow Hopping with the Brains Behind SCHiM

  • SCHiM (TBD)
    Ewoud van der Werf

    • Website: https://schimgame.com

    Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows)

    Page 9 - 11: The Art of Second Chances: How restoration games stole our hearts

  • House Flipper 2 (2023)
    Frozen District

    • Website: https://houseflipper2.com

    Platforms: PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S

  • A Little to the Left (2022)
    Max Inferno

    • Website: https://www.maxinferno.com/

    Platforms: Mac, iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Android

  • Cats Organized Neatly (2020)
    DU&I

    • Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369340/Cats_Organized_Neatly

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Terra Nil (2023)

    • Free Lives Games

    Website: https://www.terranil.com/

    Platforms: Android, Linux, Mac, iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Powerwash Simulator (2021)
    Futurlab

    • Website: https://futurlab.co.uk/game/powerwash-simulator-2/

    Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S

  • Stardew Valley (2016)
    ConcernedApe

    • Website: https://www.stardewvalley.net/

    Platforms: Android, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac, iOS, PlayStation Vita, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

    Page 12 & 13: CHOO! CHOO! Look at these train games

  • Station to Station (2023)
    Galaxy Grove

    • Website: https://www.joostvandongen.com/GalaxyGrove/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Railbound (2022)
    Afterburn

    • Website: https://afterburn.games/railbound/

    Platforms: Xbox One, Mac, iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Android

  • Unrailed! (2019)
    Indoor Astronaut

    • Website: https://unrailed-game.com/

    Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

  • Toy Trains (2024)
    Something Random

    • Website: https://somethingrandom.com/toytrains/

    Platforms: Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR2, SteamVR, Meta Quest 3

  • Islands & Trains (TBA)
    Akos Makovics

    • Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1957760/Islands__Trains/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

    Page 14 & 15: Saving the Day in Rhythm Doctor

  • Rhythm Doctor (2021)
    7th Beat Games

    • Website: https://rhythmdr.com/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

    Page 16 & 17: Gamify your commute

  • Cats & Soup (2021)
    Hidea

    • Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hidea.cat&hl=en&gl=US
    iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cats-soup/id1581431235

    Platforms: iOS, Android

  • Campfire Cat Cafe (2023)
    Hyperbeard

    • Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skybornegames.travellerscafe&hl=en&gl=US
    iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/campfire-cat-cafe/id6443801418

    Platforms: iOS, Android

  • Gubbins (2023)

    • Studio Folly

    Website: https://folly.studio/

    Platforms: iOS, Android

  • The Fabled Lands Series
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    Jamie Thomson &  Dave Morris

    Website: https://www.goodreads.com/series/66734-fabled-lands

  • Major Detours (2021)

    • Zachary Sergi

    Website: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56638633-major-detours

  • Legends & Lattes (2022)

    • Travis Baldree

    Website: https://travisbaldree.com/books

    Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022)

    Gabrielle Zevin

    Website: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58784475-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow

  • The Fungus (1985)

    • Harry Adam Knight

    Website: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/238526

    Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made (2017)

    Jason Schreier

    Website: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/2385266

    Page 18 & 19: Which portable console best suits you?

  • Playdate
    Website: https://play.date/
  • Capcom / Taito Super Pocket
    Website: https://www.hypermegatech.com/
  • Analogue Pocket
    Website: https://www.analogue.co/pocket

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    Page 20 & 21: Relaxing on the railways in Station to Station

  • Station to Station (2023)
    Galaxy Grove

    • Website: https://www.joostvandongen.com/GalaxyGrove/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

    Page 22 & 23: Cities built on bricks & pixels

  • The Block (2022)
    Paul Schnepf

    • Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1995590/The_Block/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Cloudpunk (2020)
    ION LANDS

    • Website: https://ionlands.tumblr.com/

    Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

  • Dotage (2023)
    Michele Pirovano

    • Website: https://www.michelepirovano.com/dotage.html

    Platforms: Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • River City Girls (2019)
    Arc System Works

    • Website: https://wayforward.com/games/river-city-girls

    Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

  • Metropolis 1998 (TBD)
    Yesbox Studios

    • Website: https://www.yesboxstudios.com/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

    Page 24 & 25: Crochet a Pizza Possum travel case

  • Pizza Possum (2023)
    Cosy Computer

    • Website: https://www.pizzapossum.com/

    Platforms: PlayStation 5, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S

    Page 26 & 27: Little Mice, Big Adventure: Exploring the desert in Of Mice and Sand

  • Of Mice and Sand: Revised (2017)
    Arc System Works

    • Website:https://www.arcsystemworks.jp/arcstyle/nezumidan_kai/en/

    Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

    Page 28 & 29: City-builders for every difficulty

  • Dorfromantik (2021)
    Toukana Interactive

    • Website: https://toukana.com/dorfromantik/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

  • Banished (2014)
    Shining Rock Software

    • Website: https://shiningrocksoftware.com/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Timberborn (2021)
    Mechanistry

    • Website: https://mechanistry.com/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

  • Frostpunk (2018)
    11 bit studios

    • Website: https://www.frostpunkgame.com/

    Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

  • Dwarf Fortress (2022)
    Bay 12 Games

    • Website: https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

    Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

    Page 30 - 32: I beat the bad guy, now what? A guide to the world of Littlewood

  • Littlewood (2019)
    Sean Young

    • Website: https://store.steampowered.com/app/894940/Littlewood/

    Platforms: Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch

    Page 33: Crossword

    DOWN

    1. To walk or move in a leisurely or aimless way. Game title, smaller than a town. (3, 9, 7) The Wandering Village
    2. Humorous business simulation game set in a place where people are healed. (8) Hospital
    3. A planet housing The Village, the starting point in The Outer Wilds. Chopped wood and a place
      indoors where a fire burns. (6, 6) Timber Hearth
    4. Second name of the King of Winter Spirits. Subculture of fast-moving, loud and aggressive rock music. (9) Frostpunk
    5. Village with a strong connection to night and day. Controls the tides. Bed for a baby that usually rocks
      when pushed. (10) Mooncradle
    6. Mode of aerial transport in a land inhabited by purple people and robots. (6) Glider
    7. Town from Undertale. Pun derived from being stuck inside because of heavy snowfall. (7) Snowdin
    8. Home of Eastward’s John and Sam. Famous slow cooker brand, reversed. (8) Potcrock
    9. The Two-Point series is set in one of these. A place of learning. (6) Campus
    10. Second part of the title of a city builder game. The view of a city from far away, plural. (8) Skylines

    ACROSS

    1. Popular simulation game where you clean up a neighbourhood. Gets buildings and floors clean with
      pressurised water. (9) Powerwash
    2. Mode of transport connecting Eastward’s towns and cities. Used to run on coal. (5) Train
    3. Name of the town that lets you play the role of mediaeval matchmaker. Bigger than a pond. Old name for a
      mediaeval fortress or walled town. (8) Lakeburg
    4. Pixel art version of The Sims. Smaller than small and worth living. (4, 4) Tiny Life
    5. Town named after a bird with a big mouth. (7) Pelican
    6. A place to buy things, usually community-driven with many different sellers. Mineko has to help
      restore one. (6) Market
    7. The method of transport in a game guide in this issue. Makes a loud sound when popped. (7) Balloon
    8. Name of the city that was stolen by bats and taken underground in Mask of the Rose. Capital of an
      island nation. (6) London