The BINUS GDC Itch.io Page Offers Interesting Indonesian-Made Games Made By Local Students

The BINUS Game Development Club (BGDC) is a student organization at BINUS University in Indonesia that provides learning and activities for local students to develop games.

Their main goal is to produce quality game developers by providing teaching, mentoring, and publishing their games while upholding family values in the community. To achieve that goal, they provide game development classes, hold social gatherings, organize competitions, as well as give special coaching to game development groups.

All of their games are available to download and play on Itch.io (the full list and page of games are available at the link), and many of them are even free or even directly playable on the browser.

Here are some interesting picks and highlights:

Nightmare

If there’s one thing that Southeast Asians are good at, it’s horror. Nightmare is a 2D platformer horror game about your greatest nightmare coming to life and chasing you in the middle of the night. The objective of the game is to collect the five key fragments, which will then allow you to escape the house through the front door.

Catastrophe Last Cat Standing

Catastrophe Last Cat Standing is a rogue-like time survival RPG game with minimalistic gameplay. If you like Vampire Survivors, you should check out this game. In this wild desert adventure, the portrayed fearless feline will be guided by you through a world of sands overrun by mischievous monsters. Stay quick on your paws and survive as long as you can.

Control Fight Delete

You can play this one directly on your browser. Control Fight Delete is a survival fighting game where you play as BGDC mascot “Observe” to send back the “Kongs” that breached into our reality. You have to fight and fend off waves of Kongs.

Paracelsus

Paracelsus is a pixel fantasy Metroidvania that follows the journey of Celsus as he ventures into the Tower of Aureolus in search of four elemental spirits. Inside, he will have to face tough enemies, solve puzzles, and make contracts with the spirits at the end of his journey.

Yokai Mansion

Yokai Mansion is a game in which the player adopts the role of yokai hunter. Explore the world of fantasy Japanese in the Edo era, where the world is full of yokai terror.