Our Indiecade Favorites: Space Cats, a Haunted School, Cat Appendages and Hypothetical Fun

IndieCade was last weekend and we were roaming the floor talking to gamers, interviewing devs and playing some awesome games.

One of the highlights for us was Cat Sorter VR, a game about fixing dysfunctional cats and throwing them through hoops when you’re done with them. We also really loved Hypothetically Fun, an Apples To Apples-esque card game that dives deeper than many of it’s contemporary counterparts.

Then there was the other cat game we enjoyed, Starcats.  It was a simple enough game where up to four cats in spacesuits tried to escape a beautifully designed planet. The game’s biggest flaw, the fact that you could work against each other and essentially prolong the game indefinitely, was also one of the things that made it so fun. It isn’t perfect, but it also is’t a finished game. According to the team behind the game, Starcats won’t launch until the end of this year at the earliest. 

You can find the full list of our favorite games here. 

Also, don’t forget to check out other IndieCade coverage, including a look at what the festival could do to better itself next year.

Many things had to go right for Fnatic to achieve the greatest comeback in Worlds’ history. It was a day of insane pressure, grueling fights, and undying spirit, and though Longzhu were the ones stepping away with a clean 6-0, Fnatic were the real stars of Group B. While their opponents fell apart under pressure, Fnatic held tight to their experience and discipline.

Fnatic started it off by simply letting Immortals dismantle themselves. CodySun was off the whole game, constantly out of position and at one point hurling himself into the middle of FNC and actually using Tristana’s ult to rocket an enemy into his team. Pobelter felt the pressure as well, whiffing numerous ults and attacks and ending up completely routed by FNC’s Caps.

Then it was on to GIGABYTE. FNC out-played the Vietnamese team at every turn. GAM drafted a nearly identical team to the one that defeated IMT, but FNC identified Archie’s Urgot as the primary threat and focused him hard in the early game, shutting him down and preventing him from ever becoming a threat. Without Ashe or a powerful Urgot, GAM simply had no proper engage and FNC cruised to another victory.

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