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i prepped my post all yesterday so let's see if my commentary on what was and wasn't on the poll was actually accurate lmao

apr 1
https://youtu.be/LZ2t5eOdv8o Placid Plastic Desktop (official. this is actually coming out on april 2nd over here but i can't just not treat it as an april fools release so it's here)
https://youtu.be/3NAGzXecyo4 Magic Boutique of Royal Blue (cute korean rpgmaker thing from the dev of Alchemist of Pipi Forest)

apr 2
https://youtu.be/FJS2gtxKxZk SUIKA VS MECHASUIKA (PEAK)
https://youtu.be/q6iZS0_auho ASTRA: Knights of Veda (crossplatform mobile 2D action rpg, feels like it's probably inspired by vanillaware titles imo)
https://youtu.be/qI10mfVUDz4 Holy Maid Academy (localisation of a vn from about 18 years ago)
https://youtu.be/OlMu4XIrGJ0 From Glory to Goo (rts tower defense survival/colony-builder game *early access)

apr 3
https://youtu.be/REBDZjMtkxk Kitchen Crisis (answering the question of what if overcooked was also a tower defense)
https://youtu.be/e9c-aI8phRE Star Leaping Story:prologue (cute, quirky precision-platformer. full game in Q2)

apr 4
https://youtu.be/kOM6rzDgVAI Retro Mystery Club Vol. 2: The Beppu Case (Sequel to The Iseshima Case. I'll definitely be picking this one up! Same as the first one, it's a direct homage to the famicom version of Hokkaido Serial Murder: Disappearance in Ohotsk, which itself is a direct homage to The Portopia Serial Murder Case, a landmark title for not only detective mystery video games but also visual novels and adventure games in general)
https://youtu.be/ghcU7WdUtzw Freedom Planet 2 (console release)
https://youtu.be/lBohM0aSAm8 Planetiles (planetbuilder. for some reason the bgm in the trailer feels quite aquaria-esque imo)
https://youtu.be/C5_7616Ls5o VOID CRAWLER (horror game in an old underground mining facility)
https://youtu.be/i94DTcArEtg Tengoku Struggle -Strayside- (otomegame)

apr 5
https://youtu.be/xQSZG9GO4kw Beat Slayer (flashy necrodancer-esque roguelite)
https://youtu.be/pBZSUna-Kaw Death Noodle Delivery (maybe this is just me, but this feels like a deliberate attempt to do a modern (and cyberpunk) take on Paperboy. writing seems pretty appalling though)
https://youtu.be/h35hsCwaR90 DESOLATIUM (PC release. a first-person point and click adventure horror title with a rather unique aesthetic that came out last year)
https://youtu.be/kRbtEt3DJEA gestalt: the fifth day (rotoscope vn, also already out (on itch))
https://youtu.be/4LV9RACQZJM SUSHI SOUL UNIVERSE (switch release. from the creator of PIEN. already on steam since december)
https://ec.nintendo.com/NZ/en/titles/70010000078239 Korean Rail Driving Tour - LRT Uijeongbu (traingame. already on steam, though it's notably slightly cheaper here (still mad overpriced tho). also i just checked and the publisher is some korean alien conspiracy theorist???)

apr 9
https://youtu.be/PoOP_tbArPQ DEAD MAN'S HAND: Card Roulette Action (competitive russian roulette. this seems legit and fun tbh, i wonder if the balatro crowd would like it)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2261720/Banbard/ (yeah it got delayed. i still don't know why it exists)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2872580/Water_Festa/ (certainly nothing remotely special, i just like how it seems quite like an '00s doujin/freeware game, albeit with somewhat worse visuals)

apr 10
https://youtu.be/v2zMybqB-uo Botany Manor (that neat 3d gardening/botany puzzle game that's been in some showcases in the past. i consider this one of the more major releases for the month, probably could've been on the poll but maybe i'm wrong)
https://youtu.be/AqHQDRqzxlQ Children of the Sun (stylish shooter published by devolver)

apr 11
https://youtu.be/PcrUx-mqch4 Broken Roads (aggressively aussie isometric rpg)
https://youtu.be/bW7xPP6m1MU Koe (simple japanese learning edutainment puzzle rpg)
https://youtu.be/HVt8pHE6mYM MAKIBISHI COMIC (remaster of a very weird old browser game)
https://youtu.be/L4d86gLdMDI Turbo Kid (unintentionally feels like even more of a browser game than the above one, albeit in a good way)
https://youtu.be/pFdEfFHuMYw Against Great Darkness (western bullet hell (also roguelite))
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2860440/Japan_Train_Models__JR_Freight_Edition/ (japan traingame. bgm goes)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593370/The_Hungry_lamb__Traveling_in_the_Late_Ming_Dynasty/ (new chinese vn about slavery and demons, from the devs of last year's Black & White (a pretty cool vn/srpg). this one actually has english on launch let's go)
https://youtu.be/cweppMkPD1c Utakata no Uchronia (switch otomegame. JP-only)

apr 12
https://youtu.be/V--KhVVPIW0 SHINJUKU SOUMEI (next tomo kataoka vn (of narcissu, xmas tina, ame no marginal, etc fame) wait what do you mean it got delayed again to may)
https://youtu.be/wVKmE23h2w0 WOWOWOW KORONE BOX (vtuber fangame trash, enhanced edition)

apr 15
https://youtu.be/ncUEQDqQR14 POWERNAUT DECAY (third game ithink in the powernaut series. retro soulslike megamanlike metroidvanialike)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2860090/Himantolo/ (grainy retro point and click horror)

apr 16
https://youtu.be/ybh6OCQyqJo Dream Tactics (YO IT'S NEARLY OUT. ok sorry i've been looking forward to this one for a while. gba-style srpg with cards, great vibes, incredibly cute and wholesome)
https://youtu.be/zEVlvUykots Vertical Kingdom (oh this has been on my radar for a while too. quite a beautiful 2d (non-topdown) citybuilder)

apr 17
https://youtu.be/EzuI5S-hTc4 Harold Halibut (claymation cinematic adventure game that's been in development for a LONG time. definitely a high profile release in its own right i'm also surprised didn't make the poll)
https://youtu.be/Qygo4I15ZsE Gensokyo Odyssey (i played another touhou fangame from this guy in the past, Cirno Jackson's Icewalker. Kronington seems like a very talented memelord with genuinely good ideas at times, who also does really good arrangements. i have no idea what to expect from this after the trailer and that's a very good thing) (this could potentially be the best or worst touhou fangame ever and that says something)

apr 18
https://youtu.be/wYNcCxwBaYU Rauniot (finnish surreal isometric horror game. i dig the vibe)
https://youtu.be/7zYxCfAoBNs Trackline Express (the goofiest and cutest co-op survival game about trains. the trailers for this back in indie live expo were funny)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2712550/The_Shell_Part_II_Purgatorio/ The Shell Part II: Purgatorio (historical drama/horror/romance detective vn)
https://youtu.be/KZM7aKqI9FM Doukyuusei Remake CSver (console ports for doukyuusei remake. jp only)

apr 19
https://youtu.be/fODhMe5tZHs The Collage Atlas (absolutely gorgeous hand-drawn solo dev work. walking sim)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2711630/Aery__Cyber_City/ (latest game in the apparently incredibly large Aery series of atmospheric bird flight sims. they've apparently made over 20 of these since late 2020, i didn't know tbh)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2524680/Akatori_hapter_One/ (that super cool action platformer (maybe metroidvania) that has really been a long time coming, probably at least a bit inspired by the momodora series. this already looked great years ago and it's good to finally see it at least partially releasing)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2823860/Joe_n_Jo/ (one of those neat co-op platformers where you share two halves of an effectively single body, this one has two giraffes stuck together, which is as wacky as it is lowkey nightmare fuel lol)
https://youtu.be/eeusODkLrB4 Yoru ga Kuru -Square of the MOON- Remastered (remaster of a 2001 alicesoft vn with dungeon crawler elements. JP-only)