Vlambeer dev Rami Ismail has announced Meditations, a launcher that released yesterday on PC and Mac that will, over the course of 2019, see a new game released for free every single day.
"One morning in late 2017, I stumbled upon a small game called TEMPRES," Ismail wrote when announcing the project. "It is a simple minimalist puzzle game, and it might have taken no more than five minutes of my time to figure out. I left the game both impressed by developer tak's clever design, but also by the feeling of having played this short game early in the morning."
"Since that day, aided by an amazing crew of curators, developers, and support, I've collected custom-made games by over 350 developers - one for each day of the year. Every developer was asked to pick a day that means something to them, or just a random day, and to make something inspired by that day. The idea was to create a meditation of sorts, a reflection, or to capture a particular moment."
You can download the launcher right here and get playing the second of the games (the first was TEMPRES, the game that inspired the whole initiative), with more than 350 more set to follow in the days and weeks ahead. Each game is only available for one day, and apparently, they've each taken roughly six hours to make, with the indie dev evangelist describing them as "small, experimental, and minimalistic."
As for the people making these games, Ismail reveals a few of his collaborators on this ambitious indie endeavour, but the full list of developers won't be revealed until December 31st, at which time we assume we'll get an overview of who worked on which game and have the chance to go back and play some of the ones we missed. In the meantime, you can download the launcher now and support the developers of each individual game as they release, if you feel so inclined.