With only 5 hours to go, it's my last chance to tell y'all which games of 2016 I liked best, which is apparently a thing many people do. So, let's go. They're not ranked, I like all games on this list equally.

So this was my first step on the way down the rabbit hole called "Bullet Hell": Danmaku Unlimited 2, easily available on Steam (current price: EUR 4.99). There are versions for Android and iOS as well, but because I don't really have a gaming phone, I will focus on the PC version here.

For some months now, I've been playing a bunch of Bullet Hell Games. For those unfamiliar with the genre: It's a subgenre of 2D shoot'em ups, characterized by a whole bunch of bullets being on screen all the time. These games require pattern recognition, concentration, dodging skills and some memorization. Also, they are totally awesome and you should play them, which is why I will review every single game of the genre I played so far in the coming days. But first of all, I'd like to tell you w...

I've tried for a long time to ignore this whole #GamerGate thing, but I can't go on with it anymore. The movement has become a serious threat to variety in games, to independent game journalism, to freedom of speech on the internet, and to everybody who dares to stand up against them. At the same time, there is a lot of justified, well-researched criticism of the movement, the criminal network at its very core, the methods used by the more rabid GamerGators (a word I just made up. Neat, huh?) a...

...aaand the game is online. In fact, it has been since Monday (one day later than I wanted it to) and you can play it at Kongregate. Finding good names is always hard for me, so it's called "Snipe'em up". Enjoy!

What I've learnt: Integrating social APIs is far easier than I feared it was - or, at least, it is with the Kongregate API. Unity is awesome, but I knew that before. Getting visibility (and, thusly, feedback) on Kongregate ...

It's been a couple of days since the last update, and I'm making good progress so far!

Only one devlog for the first two games of my challenge, because I haven't gotten around to do much. It's weekend, dammit. Also, I'm still recovering from The Move™.

Progress so far:

Those stars spawn one bullet every .1 second from one of their tips, and rotate clockwise through all the five tips. Also, the whole star is rotating at variable rates. They're the only enemy I have so far and were inspired mostly by the Star brush in Gimp. T...

Great, just great. I missed another Ludum Dare because it coincides with moves, sicknesses or important tests every. single. time. So here's what I'll do: As an aspiring antisocial game dev, I'll just do my own game jam. Until Sunday, September the 7th, I will develop a game and I will publish it whether I think it sucks or I don't. With about eleventy RPGs, video games, board games et cetera I have started and never finished, it just seems like the thing to do.

So I'll develop a minimalist Bu...

My first videogame ever was this weird edutainment thing called "Dinoropa". It was co-funded by the german ministry of foreign affairs, and it tried to make children learn stuff about Europe, in particular about the twelve members of the European Union. Did I mention this game is old? Also, there are dinosaurs, which have nothing to do with anything.

Unfortunately, this game doesn't really seem to have a spot in gamers' hearts nowadays. Probably because it is not really good even for 1994's st...

Just as a heads-up for those of you who do not keep an eye on the Humble Bundle page all the time: The new offer (valid for two weeks from now) is really worth its money.

You can get the whole BioShock series, SpecOps: The Line, XCom Enemy Unknown and XCom Declassified, Mafia II and The Darkness II if you pay 20$ or more, and if you pay more than the average customer (which would mean about 6$ right now), you get everything minus XCom: EU and BioSho...