@Pape Badiane, Please tell me about the way you want independent developers to be handled on Favsland. Are we allowed to add individuals under "Developed by"? Will there be a theme Indie Game"?

Don't let the black and white pixel graphics fool you, not everything in this game is simple - the interlocking labyrinth level design is something of a marvel. In classic metroidvania fashion, Hero Core has the player travelling around a non-linear complex, collecting new items to forward their progression. It's simple in this respect, but once you're about an hour into the game, the number of options available is impressive - at one point I had four separate boss fights to approach in any order. These boss battles are the one of the game's strongpoints, with Guardian and Star Splitter being the two most difficult, yet most enjoyable fights in the game. The biggest flaw is the exponential difficulty curve, but it's still a great game.

"Hero Core" is a short little space-themed metroidvania arcade shooter that almost distils the genre to its purest form. You can tell that it has been designed around the idea of limitations: it features only two colors, ultra simple controls, 2D pixel art, chiptunes music (which is available for free on Bandcamp, btw), and a light-weight narrative; elements that all step aside for the engaging gameplay – this game exudes the art of "modernized retro".

It's not that challenging, but fun to play through for its ~2 hours – on Normal, that is! But you can unlock a boss mode and two further difficulties. And those can be demanding …