Indie games have been a place where I’ve noticed devs love to get the emotional stuff out. Maybe it’s because there’s more freedom to explore deeper themes. I don’t know, but you all seem to love to test me.

And Dancing with Ghosts looks to be yet another game that wants me to feel the pain.

The pain of loss. The power of friendship.

Dancing with Ghosts is a game created by Greg Johnson, the creator of ToeJam and Earl, one of my favorite games from my childhood. He has detailed the origins of the game, which stem from a deeply personal place of pain and loss. The story behind it is incredible, and I recommend reading up on it to get the story in his own words.

Somehow, he found a way to put his grief to work, and out of it came this game. The game is about a young girl named Mai who lo

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