For ten years, Jonathan Blow has been working with a small team on what he believes is the biggest puzzle game ever made. The American developer is renowned as one of the fathers of the modern indie game movement, creating the genre-defining puzzle-platformer Braid in 2008. Now, a decade on from his last project, The Witness, The Order of the Sinking Star is due to be released on Thursday - a game with roughly 1,500 puzzles that he estimates could take around 500 hours to complete. So why make something the majority of players may never get even halfway through, let alone finish? Some people decide what to make based on what's practical or what makes business sense, Blow says.

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Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As always, we're serving up some new games you can hop into this weekend, as well as some that are coming your way in the months ahead. First, though, a look at a terrific game you'll be able to play in just a few days. It's a little strange to think of Star Wars: Galactic Racer as an indie title* given that it's based on one of the best-known entertainment properties on the planet. Still, publisher Secret Mode broke off from Sumo Group last year and developer Fuse Games is a new studio that includes former Burnout and Need for Speed developers.

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