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Pixel Sift Plays: Baron - Fur is Gonna Fly
Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers, take to the skies as fantastic beasts in flying machines in Baron: Fur Is Gonna Fly
Pixel Sift Plays: MMORPG Tycoon 2
Ever wanted to develop your own MMO? Jump into the designer's seat with MMORPG Tycoon 2 from Melbourne's VectorStorm
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 13 - We Get Horses!
"That's the way it's gonna be little darlin', We'll be riding on the horses, yeah yeah." Daryl Braithwaite
Pixel Sift Plays - QT
There's a party and you're invited! Join us in the cute and wonderful world of QT by Happy Snake.
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 12 - Winter isn't coming, it's here
"This land pulses with life. It breathes in me; it breathes around me; it breathes in spite of me. When I walk on this land, I am walking on the heartbeat of the past and the future. And that’s only one of the reasons I am a farmer." Brenda Sutton Rose
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 11 - Getting Cosy With It
There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbour's
Pixel Sift Plays: Squidgies Takeover with Giant Margarita
Stretch your tentacles across the universe as cute octopi puzzle their way through hundreds of challenges.
Pixel Sift Plays: Frog Detective 2 - The Case of the Invisible Wizard
Croak, Ribbit, Kero, You're Under Arrest!
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 10 - Preparations for Winter Begin
"It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops." David F. Houston
Sarah Survives: Dead Space Part 2 - I can't hold all this ammo
You need to complete at least 5 engineering sub-degrees before you can become a Ship Systems Engineer.
Pixel Sift Plays: Heist
Get in, get out, get paid. Heist by Atomizer is a stealth adventure where sticking to the shadows is your best bet.
Sarah Survives: Dead Space Part 1 - I'm not a professional engineer
In space, the necromorphs probably heard you scream.
Pixel Sift Plays: Sneaker
If the shoe fits... then use it to take out your enemies in Sneaker by Canberra's ThreeBeak.
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 10 - The Final Countdown
Lets get off this watery hellhole and back into the stars. The final chapter of Sarah Survives Subnautica!
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 9 - Chasing the Void Chicken
"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it." Arnold H. Glasgow
Pixel Sift Plays: Duped
We're beside ourselves in No Moss Studio's creative platforming puzzle game Duped.
The Music & Magic of Chorus: Liam Esler & Benjamin Ee of Summerfall Studios
What if that musical episode of Buffy was a roleplaying game? Chorus by Summerfall Studios promises to be a unique experience.
#PAXELSIFT 2019 DAY THREE - Taverns, Reapers & Kaiju
Well all up that's 28 interviews recorded live at PAX Australia 2019! Check out Day three here.
#PAXELSIFT 2019 DAY TWO - Driving, Brawling and Roleplaying
Nine more indie game interviews for you recorded live at PAX Australia 2019 including Broken Roads, Dead Static Drive and much much more.
#PAXELSIFT 2019 DAY ONE - Hospital Ships, Spaceships and Best Friendships
Day one of PAX Australia 2019 is done and dusted here is everything we saw today!
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 9 - Officially a biochemist
If only a real world medicine degree was this easy.
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 8 - The animals go to market...
“Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own." Samuel Johnson
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 8 - It's getting hot in here
Aaron Eckhart never had to deal with fire lizards!
Pixel Sift Plays: Never Give Up
It's tough, but if you give up it's not the end of the world, only your reputation in NEVER GIVE UP.
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 7 - Lost River 2 Electric Boogaloo
Absolutely nothing could go wrong deep diving in a cave 800 meters down.
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 6 - Going Green
The ocean may be blue, but Sarah's Going Green!
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 7 - Storage in Order
“A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud.” Amit Kalantri
Pixel Sift Plays: The Haunted Island, A Frog Detective Game
Are you the best detective around? Well no you're the second best, but you'll solve this spooky mystery for sure.
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 5 - Beef with the Reef
Who would win? Eight Reaper Leviathans in close proximity or one Sarah with a submarine and a decoy.
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 4 - Island's Haunted
If a Sarah falls off a cliff on an island and breaks her ankles because she didn't want to take the path down... Does anyone hear her swear?
Who are the players? DA20 challenges the stereotypical idea of the "gamer"
Got an idea of the average gamer? We sit down with Ron Curry of IGEA and Dr Jeff Brand author of the DA20 report to find out.
Pixel Sift Plays: Roombo - First Blood
Stealth, traps and home defence at all costs. Oh and you're a robot vacuum.
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 3 - Enter the Aurora
I fixed a nuclear reactor so clearly I'm an engineer now... Sarah Survives Subnautica Part 3!
Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 2 - A Cyclops for Christmas
Please Father Christmas, I've been very good this year....and I NEED a cyclops... Sarah Survives Part 2!
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 6 - Journey to the Calico Desert
“I sing once more, the mild continuous epic of the soil” Vita Sackville-West
Pixel Sift Plays: Devil Daggers
How long can you survive against an endless onslaught of demons? Devil Daggers by Sorath will keep you on your toes with its 90's inspired FPS arena action,
NEW SERIES - Sarah Survives: Subnautica Part 1
Sarah strikes out on her own in a new series SARAH SURVIVES! How long can she survive in Subnautica?
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 5 - Race for the Greenhouse continues
“Fighting a battle with the earth seems like a plenty noble calling to me. Putting food on your table and on the plates of others - it's a quieter way. But it's a good way.” Rachel Fordham
Pixel Sift Plays: Amid Evil
It's a retro styled game with modern bones, Amid Evil by Indefatigable is how you remembered those early nineties shooters to be.
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 4 - Chasing that Greenhouse
"A farm is a manipulative creature. There is no such thing as finished. Work comes in a stream and has no end. There are only the things that must be done now and things that can be done later." Kristin Kimball
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 3 - We're getting Minecarts!
"Farming is a profession of hope” Brian Brett
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 2 - Humble beginnings
“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” Masanobu Fukuoka
Pixel Sift Plays: Void Bastards
Live. Die. Repeat. Watch Mitch and Fiona fight their way through a scary future in Void Bastards by Canberra's Blue Manchu Games.
Farming Fridays: Stardew Valley Part 1 - Let's get started!
“The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. Without proper care for it we can have no community, because without proper care for it we can have no life.” Wendell Berry
Pixel Sift Plays: Teleblast with Tim Veletta
Move around a flat arena in Teleblast, warping and then exploding your enemies. Developer Tim Veletta dropped by to play the game with us.
Pixel Sift Plays: STONE
If you're into anthropomorphic Aussie animals smoking, drinking and investigating a mystery, you've got a very particular set of tastes, but STONE should be exactly what you're into.
Pixel Sift Plays: Tales of the Neon Sea
If you're up for a cyberpunk noir adventure game, then Tales of the Neon Sea might be just the lead you're chasing to blow this case wide open.
Pixel Sift Plays: Hunt 'N Sneak with James Koehne
It's a dark and spooky fantasy game of hide and seek, and we sat down with one of the creators, James Koehne to see who was the best at being hidden!
Pixel Sift Plays: Freedom Fall
It's the fifth anniversary of Stirfire Studio's Freedom Fall this year, so it seemed a perfect opportunity to jump into one of Perth's finest indie games.
Pixel Sift Plays: Armello
Enter the fantasy world of Armello as anthromorphic characters battle for the crown in this digital boardgame from Melbourne's League of Geeks.
Pixel Sift Plays: Objects in Space with Elissa & Leigh of Flat Earth Games
Watch Mitch get well and truly lost in space with Flat Earth Games' Objects in Space.
Pixel Sift Plays: Hyper Jam
Hyper Jam: It's stylish combat in a cyberpunk world where one of the Daft Punk robots can beat up Major Kusanagi. What more do you want?
Pixel Sift Plays: Golf With Your Friends
You know those crazy mini golf courses you designed as a kid? We'll now you can play them in Golf With Your Friends by Brisbane's Blacklight Interactive
Pixel Sift Plays: Inflatality
Wobble, whack and win in the wavey tube battle of your life with Inflatality by Hojo Studio and Deepforge Studios.
Pixel Sift Plays: Desert Child with Oscar Brittain
Racing along the martian wastes with Desert Child by Oscar Brittain, a stylish scifi adventure game.
Pixel Sift Plays: Regular Human Basketball
How hard is it to work with a friend to push a few buttons and shoot a few hoops? Bloody hard it turns out.
PAXELSIFT 2018: All our videos from the Indie Rising showfloor
Every single video from PAX Australia 2018, our PAXELSIFT series 3, available right here right now.
Pixel Sift Plays: The Dark Room
You awake to find yourself in a dark room... luckily Mitch & Scott are here with you as they play Stirfire Studio's newest game The Dark Room!
Pixel Sift Plays: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Combine your love of single player adventure books with your love of pushing buttons in PixelSiftPlays The Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Tin Man Games
Longitude Exhibition: A showcase of indie games from the Asia-Pacific region
There are emerging communities of developers from around the Asia-Pacific, and The Longitude Exhibition is a showcase of some of these games.
Pixel Sift Plays: Party Crashers with Giant Margarita
Break out the tequila we're playing the recently released Party Crashers with Giant Margarita!
Pixel Sift Plays: Little Bit Lost with King Tide Studios
Are you afraid of Australian spiders? Well you're going to be way more scared when you're shrunk to their size in Little Bit Lost!
Pixel Sift Plays: The Gardens Between
Friendship, nostalgia and adventure in The Gardens Between by Melbourne's The Voxel Agents.
Pixel Sift Plays: Mr Shifty
If you every wanted to play as Nightcrawler from the X-Men then Mr Shifty by Queensland based developers Mr Shifty.
Pixel Sift Plays: MoonQuest
It's been close a decade in the making, but now you can play Ben Porter's MoonQuest, a procedurally generated crafting platformer made in Melbourne.
Pixel Sift Plays: Stifled
Scream your lungs out in Virtual Reality with Gattai Games scary horror game Stifled.
Pixel Sift Plays: Hand of Fate 2
Take the game of life and death into your hands with Hand of Fate 2, now available on the Nintendo Switch.
Pixel Sift Plays: Pixel Parties Preview - Brief Battles, Birdsketball, Screencheat, Party Golf
We're so close to 100 episodes, and here is a special preview of all the games you can check out on the night!
Pixel Sift Plays: Desync
Strap on your headphones and jump into a stylised 1980s vision of a computer battlefield with Desync by THE FOREGONE SYNDICATE.
Pixel Sift Plays: Push Me Pull You
Stretch your body out and work with your buddy as the weirdest noodle team ever in Push Me Pull You by House House
Pixel Sift Plays: Grabity with Ninja Thumbs
Super Smash Bros with Half-Life 2's Gravity Gun? That's Grabity by New Zealand based developers Ninja Thumbs.
Pixel Sift Plays: Nova Flow
Take the best bits of Portal 2, add some speed, and chuck it into an 80s style cyberspace mold and you'll have Nova Flow by Wrecked Angle Studios
Pixel Sift Plays: City of Brass with Uppercut Games
Grab your whip and your keyboard as we race our way through the City of Brass by Uppercut Games with some genius Twitch interactivity!
Pixel Sift Plays: Muffled Warfare with Gattai Games
See with sound, then kill with bullets. Power up your robot body and get ready to shutdown your fellow machines in Muffled Warfare by Gattai Games.
Pixel Sift Plays: Sky Noon Beta
It's the wild west, but not as you know it. Jump into the floating frontier and blast your enemies into the sky.
Pixel Sift Plays: Streets of Red Devil's Dare Deluxe
It's dark moody and full of pop culture references, it's a permadeath brawler from Singapore's Secret Base!
Pixel Sift Plays: The Adventure Pals
It's hilarious, it's fun and anyone will love The Adventure Pals by Massive Monster, a cartoon flash-game inspired platformer out now.
Pixel Sift Plays: Molemen Must Die!
Some critters have made fun of the President, and it's your chance to get revenge in Molemen Must Die by Mokomoto!
Pixel Sift Plays: Assault Android Cactus
Chibi warriors deal out robot destruction in Witch Beam's Assault Android Cactus!
Pixel Sift Plays: Armed With Wings: Rearmed
Build up the biggest combo you can while fighting your way through Sun Studio's stylish black and white sidescroller Armed With Wings: Rearmed
Pixel Sift Plays: The Adventures of Square
You are a square against the world in this retro inspired shooter built in the DOOM engine and developers James & Ben Paddock from Big Brik Games joined us in the studio this week for Pixel Sift Plays!
Pixel Sift Plays: Damsel
What if I told you that vampires secretly ruled the world and it was up to you to take them down? Jump into Damsel by Queensland's Screwtape Studios and save the world one wooden stake at a time.
Pixel Sift Plays: Putty Pals
Become the blob and work together with your mates to make it through this cute platformer by Melbourne's Harmonious Games
Pixel Sift Plays: Crawl
Work together for like 5 seconds, then it's a free for all as one player fights their way through the dungeon hindered by the friends who control monsters and traps in CRAWL by Powerhoof.
Pixel Sift Plays: Wildfire
This week on Pixel Sift Plays, we're sneaking through stealth platformer Wildfire by international team Sneaky Bastards.
Pixel Sift Plays: Brief Battles
This week we jump into Butt Brawler BRIEF BATTLES by Adelaide's Juicy Cupcake! It's a local multiplayer tournament game where you pick up super powered undies to fight for victory.
Day Three Recap - 2017 PAX Australia - #PAXELSIFT
We've been smashing out interviews left right and centre and we present to you, PAXELSIFT DAY 3. Enjoy!
Day Two Recap - 2017 PAX Australia - #PAXELSIFT
We're back again bringing you live interviews from the floor for Day Two of PAX Australia 2017, and we're looking at all things indie.
Day One Recap - 2017 PAX Australia - #PAXELSIFT
We're back for another year of PAX Australia coverage with #PAXELSIFT! Join us as we recap everything we saw on Day One of the convention.
Pixel Sift Plays: Hand of Fate
This week Sarah and Nick jump into Hand of Fate a procedural tabletop/RPG hybrid from Brisbane's Defiant Development, in preparation for Hand of Fate 2 which is out in November.
Pixel Sift Plays: Bramblelash
We're jumping in this week to a game that we've been following for a long time, it's the spritely multiplayer game BrambleLash by Bytesprite Games.
Pixel Sift Plays: Collateral Damage
Matthew Sear and Jak Gem join us to play their Robot arena brawler COLLATERAL DAMAGE
Pixel Sift Plays: Masquerada Songs and Shadows
Singaporean game developers Witching Hour Studios inspired by venetian swordfighting have put together a tactical RPG where magic is a finite resource.
Jamming with Furniture - Making games and music with Aaran Gicquel
To accompany their newest release Pete's Song, Aaran of Perth band Furniture went to Global Game Jam to make his very first game.
Pixel Sift Plays: Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles
Explore this peaceful world with us as we play Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles from Brisbane based Prideful Sloth.
Pixel Sift Plays: Aura of Worlds
Procedural generated rogue-lite Aura of Worlds from Melbourne's Cognitive Forge challenges Mitch & Nick this week!
Pixel Sift Plays: Paradigm
It's weird, it's wonderful and it's made in Perth Western Australia. Paradigm is a point and click adventure game from solo developer Jacob Janerka, and there is nothing quite like it!