Indie Weekends: A Simple Habit for Discovering Small Games
By Playlogs
One weekend a month, only games from smaller studios. How to run an Indie Weekend using Planned and short-session logging.
Indie Weekends
Big releases will always dominate conversation. A deliberate Indie Weekend keeps your taste from calcifying.
Rules that work
- Friday to Sunday, only small / mid games
- Prefer titles you can finish — or meaningfully sample — in a weekend
- Log everything, even two-hour demos you abandon
How to pick
Use themes and keywords, friend recs, and your own under-rated Completed history. Avoid “popular” sorts for the weekend; they’re biased toward marketing weight.
After the weekend
Write one note: what surprised you. Promote one title into the wider season queue if it earned it.
Why log demos
A Dropped demo with “cool art, empty combat” prevents a $30 mistake later. That’s diary ROI.
Put the next Indie Weekend on your calendar. Add two Planned shorts now so Friday-you doesn’t default to the same live-service icon.