Remote work as a worm

Here are the new indie games worth checking out, plus an early look at shipbuilding, I Am Your Beast DLC and a cat trying to stop an AI office takeover. Remote work as a worm, colorful platformers and other new indie games worth checking out. Along with a look at some of this week’s news, we’ll run through some new games you can play this weekend as well as others that are a bit further out.

It’s been a busy week for Double Fine Productions, which recently left Microsoft to become independent again. The studio is running an already successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a game jam, with backers getting to vote on their favorite ideas. Four of the 26 pitches will go into further development and become playable prototypes.

After another round of voting, one will become a full, small-scale game. 2 Player Productions (the team behind Double Fine PsychOdyssey and other terrific documentaries) will film the process and the studio is streaming the project on Twitch to give folks an insight into development. The Kickstarter has a hell of a stretch goal too.