Following the successful launch of a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year which garnered over 1,500 backers, Ludocene is now available. Created by renowned videogame journalist Andy Robertson and his team, Ludocene is a game finding tool where you can find new gaming recommendations. It originated as a direct response to the lack of effective game discovery on apps like Steam and the increasingly fractured social media landscape. Ludocene is intended to address these issues by offering personalized curations of games players know and love, hand-in-hand with recommendations of experts across the gaming industry, including developers, journalists, and content creators.
Dubbed “the Tinder of games” by The Guardian, the way Ludocene works is straightforward: curious gaming enthusiasts start a new “run” in which they can swipe up if they are not interested in a game, or down if they recognize a game and want similar experiences. The application is supported by human-researched data and constant updates of its database with every new videogame release.
When over a thousand games launch every month, it becomes increasingly difficult to find what to actually spend your precious free time on. Recognizing experts who can guide your recommendations is also a useful option for those who want a more curated experience. Full disclosure: I am an expert featured in Ludocene, with a penchant for ingenious puzzlers and narrative-based games.
Supported by a subscription model of $4.99 per month that grants Discord access, more experts, and monthly digest emails, Ludocene is a free-to-access tool that very effectively responds to the real problem of game discovery. “Our hope is that those who love it will support us to pay more experts and continue to develop the features and dataset,” said Andy Robertson, founder of Ludocene.
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