Scrabdackle

First off huge thank you to Jakefriend for sending me a copy of the game to check out its greatly appreciated let’s jump in.

What do you get when you mix a hand drawn cute almost chalk looking game with a souls like spirit you get Scrabdackle. Now I’ll be honest I didnt know this was a souls like when I first got it I thought it was an action rpg but either way ive been having fun playing this game so let me share a bit with you.

Scrabdackle is a cute souls like that follows you the player a wizard who is thrown out literally into the world below your awesome wizard academy. You see all you’ve ever known is the academy so the world outside is completely foreign so its time to get learning.

Your starting area is like a swamp area where you must find your wand which is your only weapon so avoid combat cause you will die, after some initial exploring you find your wand and are ready for this crazy adventure of finding your way back to the academy. This is where the game teaches you the basics how to attack and my favorite how to scan enemies you see you get a spell that scans enemies and in your journal information on said people or monsters is written and it gives you a good amount of info definitely worth scanning everyone your able to.

My favorite part of this game is you have a map yes finally a souls game with a map that let’s you see where you’ve been and what’s left to explore. During this starting phase a lot gets thrown at you so pay extra attention or you might miss something.

The only thing ive come across that I dislike is that you use E to interact and R and F to go up and down on dialog options instead of just being able to use your mouse really dont like this but you get used to it as your playing.

So when you get to your first save point your taking into a dream realm where your sub conscious manifest into your professor yes the game explains why that happens so I wont spoil it. Here is where you will learn a good amount of information about your journey and where other manifestations will appear as your progress so you will wanna come back often as one manifestation tells you where to go and which way to explore.

So the swamp area has a variety of monsters but it leads you to peanut city yes its a small town where you find your first boss encounter and your first shop as well and yes all the npc’s are peanuts which I’ll be honest is so cool and adorable but just from some of the dialog that I read they dont seem to friendly after you buy some stuff and leave you explore further until you find a new enemy the ducks which this area will progress the story.

The game is fun and for a souls like the combat is fluid and easy to learn the bosses are also easy to understand and fight against the world is beautiful and the art style is definitely my favorite part of the game Scrabdackle is a fun experience and definitely hands down a must play for any souls player the game is 14.99 on steam and for this price you have a lot of fun and a great story to understand so if your a souls fan pick this up you wont be sorry thank you all for stopping by take care and game on.

Queens Domain

Announced last night during the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted, Indie dev duo Freshly Baked Games and publisher Future Friends Games (CloverPit, Slots & Daggers) announced a new project: retro-fantasy RPG Queen’s Domain. 

“Looks like just the thing for fans of classic FromSoftware games” – PC Gamer

Inspired by Dark Souls progenitor King’s Field, Queen’s Domain combines brutal combat and a super stylish retro-fantasy aesthetic with traversal-focused exploration on an interconnected island filled with secrets. 

The team has also released a free demo, which is available to try right now 

Links:NEW: Queen’s Domain announcement trailerNEW: Queen’s Domain Steam pageDemo here!

About the game:

Queen’s Domain is a retro-fantasy action RPG. Washed up on the shores of the Isle of Neasied, you set out to find your father and uncover the dark heart of this mysterious isle. 

Wield the Legendary Holy Sword Endu to take flight from platform to platform, and discover an interconnected, labyrinthine world where secrets and dangers lurk around every corner. 

Fight action-oriented battles with a classic stamina meter, powerful charge attacks, weapon specific special attacks, and secondary throwing weapons. Level up, accessorize, and choose from a huge catalogue of melee weapons on your quest to fight your way through the hordes of monsters and powerful bosses awaiting you in the darkest depths of the isle. 

Features:

  • Explore an interconnected island filled with hidden secrets
  • Lovingly crafted retro-fantasy aesthetic 
  • Action-combat with a stamina meter, special attacks, throwing weapons & more
  • Fly across gaps with your Holy Sword – use upgrades to fly further!
  • 50+ melee weapons to discover, equip, and upgrade
  • Use XP to level up and eat delicious food to further increase your stats
  • 20+ types of secondary throwing weapons allow for varied strategies in combat
  • Over 100 enemies, mini bosses, and bosses to defeat
  • Dozens of hours of adventuring and exploration

Freshly Baked Games LLC 

Freshly Baked Games is Eric and Bradley, two indie developers who struck out on their own with a dream of making the kinds of games they’d want to play. They launched ambient exploration game The New Flesh in Summer 2025, and are now working on retro-fantasy RPG Queen’s Domain.