Rune Fencer Illyia is the best upcoming metroidvania you haven't heard of 

all amazing games, and I would add Axiom Verge, Radio the Universe, Lorn's Lure and Cosmoteer to the list (though the latter three are still not due for a full release, the solo devs put in some amazing work)

And I would add Renaine to the list for sure.

And Crosscode and Phoenotopia

Omori and stardew valley

@@adriaanlips9479 came here to say Stardew Valley.

nice numbered like. It's really an honor

No

It's already 114% funded, so it looks like we'll just be counting stretch goals at this point!

@@c_smathers Hot diggity! What wonderful news to come home to after a shift! I'll be sure to keep checking back in!

@@c_smathers and now its over 200% funded in a matter of days. sheeshers. i personally pledged 145 smackers cause i want the cute plush and poster

Hm

i have to agree. i think also the backgrounds are really pretty but the characters themselves look a little out of place and amateurish along with the animations. other than that it looks super cool

Also what could be done is doing LORE, no matter if it really is a well thought many leveled lore or just millions of characters telling random info - it will do. Sure it won't be for everyone, but it doesnt require any skills like animation. I have an example - there is no light. Check it out, great game, a lot of text (i wish it had more of an actual storyline instead of just small talks and cluncky side stories) but it got me the right way. I think you are right and as much as animations are needed i think there also should be more TEXT tools to sink you into the worlds and if many developers know about importance of animations and good loocks there are very few who does dialogues, stories, characters to talk to.. cuz we recently had this darksouls meta where we make almost no plot but let players guess and come up with story themselves using visualisastion storytelling but.. this grew old on me - i want to play a game and read a good (i mean in size and feels, it should not be top notch Lord of the Rings/Brandon Sanderson/Wheel of Time story, thatd be overkill) story. So yeah, maybe if you cant do the best of animation, just spend some evenings coming up with cute unnecessary stories for your game to put players deeper into atmoshpere and let them speculate for years after they've completed it

Fr i was like "hold on wtf"

it's funnier because he used to be a teacher too

phrasing, people!

Thought I was the only one that heard this

I definitely raised my eyebrow at that one too

"IN STORIES" lol

Jesus Christ you went hard on this. Lotus Knight is a ripoff though. Maybe your list should be focusing on quality instead of quantity

@@xelith6157 yeah, there's probably some duds in there but you never know? I didn't expect Lone Fungus to be as good as it is.

@@xelith6157 I actually really like how Lotus Knight looks. It’s pretty much a fan build of Hollow Knight, but it does seem to be pretty well made, so I’m pretty excited for it.