‘Suspicious Developments’ remains my favourite name for a games studio*, but ‘Sokpop’ might be my favourite name for a video games collective. That’s because a) it captures some of the playfulness that they bring to their work, and b) it’s fun to say. Sokpop!

I can look forward to exclaiming it more often, because Sokpop Collective have announced that they’ll be releasing a new game every 2 weeks using crowdfuning from their recently launched Patreon. You might know them for sci-fi city stroller Bernband, pleasant meadow puzzler Lisa, multiplayer park mess-about sim Digital Bird Playrground, or any of their many, many other games. Click on through for details about that Patreon, as well as the bigger projects they’ve got planned for this year.

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John’s away today, so I can do things like: while John got frustrated and gave up on Lisa: The Painful RPG [official site], I’ve heard good things about the side-scrolling RPG from people with more patience. Bleak, terrible things, but good things. Don’t confuse this Lisa with the charming quiet adventure game I wrote about, no, this is the post-apocalyptic one which starts off bleak and only get worse, with addiction, murder, mutilation, and terrible choices that can literally cost you blood – or an arm.

Good news, misery fans: Lisa’s expansion, named The Joyful, is coming on August 25th. This news comes with a new trailer showing a little of what to expect:

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