Indie Game Compass

indiegamecompass.bsky.social

19 October 2026 14:20

@pailsidegames.bsky.social Shorebreaker, by Pailside Games. Steam page is up: store.steampowered.com/app/4642000/Shorebreaker/

Corby Games Studio

acorbinelli.bsky.social

26 September 2026 16:46

The mood line gets my vote. A number invites min-maxing the menu; "You're feeling...focused." invites playing it for fun, and the exact ms can still live in a tooltip for the people who want it.

GameBrief

gamebrief.bsky.social

26 September 2026 16:46

an extra 0 on acceleration is a classic. once it's tuned down, do the homing volleys still leave a real dodge window, or do they need slowing too?

Corby Games Studio

acorbinelli.bsky.social

25 September 2026 17:33

Menu score banked as extra slow-mo is a nice bridge between the two, and the cap stops anyone farming the menu for an hour before a fight. Will the player see the banked milliseconds before it kicks in?

TheLEGObrick

thelegobrick.bsky.social

25 September 2026 17:23

It still blows my mind how they managed to make the game look that good whilst running reasonably on the Nintendo Switch 2, they must've done some colossal optimizations for the game