66 Minutes of Cool Game Mechanics
108K views · May 22, 2026 · Gaming
Comments · 81
@AfterWorkInt · 3 weeks ago
It's funny cause a big part of why I started making my game was a serious lack of innovation from AAA. I missed innovation and figured it's up to small groups and studios to push this industry forward. Good luck to all my fellow indie devs trying to create something new!
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@turtleknightgames · 2 weeks ago
That moment when a random video pops up in your feed, makes you subscribe, and then your game gets mentioned 😄 (Tap Tap Loot dev here)<br>Thanks so much for including our game in your list! Great job!<br>Fun fact: our first game was actually a ball kicking roguelike called Footgun: Underground, because I loved that mechanic so much.
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@Disco69games · 4 months ago
Hey,<br>The developer of NTD here<br>thank you very much for the feature!<br>I'd love to connect and talk a bit more
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@KatherineLaine · 3 weeks ago
This is going to both encourage me and overwhelm me at the same time. Still, it’s certainly a fun watch.
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@rngvroski · 1 month ago
Dude your channel is so undrrated feels like ive found a treasure
@PavelstheDicer · 4 months ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zjKT4Av52M&t=2026">33:46</a> Cane as a pogo is being compared to shovel knight instead of scrooge mcduck, history is dead<br><br>Also, in the section with the game about doors, you say the exact same sentence twice in a row.
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@EmperorsNewWardrobe · 4 months ago
Damn, and here I am designing multiple new mechanics for my indie games. Guess you’ll have to make another one of these at some point!
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@ca6koto0 · 12 days ago
2025 GOTY The alters mentioned!!!!<br><br>Also, need to mention that technically the day doesn't "end" at 8 PM. At 8 PM you get "tired" which makes work take twice as long. <br>At 9 PM you start accumulating radiation if you're outside.<br>Every minute you stay up past 11 PM you wake up later on the next day.<br>And then at 4 AM you pass out.<br>And I like this system because working becomes increasingly inconvenient instead of just stopping you from playing the game.
@flushit. · 4 months ago
This is like a treasure trove, a lot of interesting games to check out, thank you very much.
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@shin-xo6ts · 2 months ago
Thanks for the insight!
@tristanwegner · 4 months ago
the first examples are already interesting
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@bemlok · 4 months ago
Thanks, a brand new list of games to play
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