Jargon

I came across this game on a youtube short, and it did not disappoint. It's pretty well designed from a gameplay perspective, and it makes you really think about what you're doing. It is very relaxing and fun, and it is definitely visually designed by 1 person but still has its charm. I will say the soundtrack while it's very good, it does get a bit old, and it could use some variety A very good feature would be to implement custom wordlists, allowing users to design some fun minigames. It could even be the basis for custom languages, if custom tiles can also be configured. Overall, this is a very strong 8.5/10 and I fear the addiction that will come.

[Played a few hours of the demo and one run of the full game] It's another balatro scrabble game. I'd recommend trying the demo; the full game is basically that but longer with more complicated jokers (books) and additional game modes. Besides the obvious synergy building aspects, I'd say the most compelling part of the game is the persistent gameboard. In other balatro scrabble games I've seen, each round starts fresh, but in this one you have to balance the tiles on board with the tiles in your bag to make sure you have access to useful letters, places to play them, and whatever tiles on the board your jokers might scale with. It's neat! The bounty words are also a nice touch. I often found myself spending a bunch of resources to play for them, and the game made it worth the effort in most cases. So yeah, if you want a couple innovations on the genre, Jargon is a good place to look.