I've gotta go with 2018 here. I mean, who could forget classics like Celeste, Return of the Obra Dinn, MUSCLE WORLD, 0_abyssalSomewhere, Charge Cycles, LONG LIVE THE AXE, Rym 9000, 10 Mississippi, Donkey Kong's Revenge, Rising Dusk, Ludus Antioch, The Loss Levels, or You Are Jeff Bezos?
Other highlights include:
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The first chapter of DELTARUNE launching under the guise of a survey on Halloween
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428: Shibuya Scramble finally being translated into English
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The launch of the Frog Detective franchise, catapaulting Grace Bruxner into the Australian mainstream
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The initial release of Bacon The Game, one of the greatest mobile games of all time, which continues to be expanded today
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Five incredible games by the enigmatic spacepuppy (the phone rings, comfort zone, night thoughts, tip-toeing around an empty house, and quietly)
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The creation of entries IV through X in the BINKY series (as well as at least four excellent fan games, including Binky CVIII: Binky gets 500 vases in the mail)
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Probably the most complex Bitsy game ever, almanac of girlswampwar territory & the _girls who swim as fertilizer through the warm soil cloaking the roots of the glorious tree of eugenics (giving birth to a black hole in a walmart parking lot at 1am)
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All of caeth's initial forays into the Bitsy medium, investigate, Kleus music, and Their Share
Truly a stellar year for the medium!