Notebook Artillery
Artillery games were one of the first games I played on a computer back in those antediluvian days of yore. This is a very nice successor to those games. The drawing style reminds me of a friend of mine’s style from high school and the blue-lined notebook paper is a really nice touch. Altogether very much worth the price.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
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This game is chill and a lot of fun. Especially dig the CM sticker in the main menu.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Retro Machina
“Retro Machina is a hand-drawn action-adventure game set on a planet covered in lush plantation and the remains of an old long-forgotten human civilization. But ruins are not the only thing you’re going to find! Discover the retroscape city Endeavor, the only intact remaining sign of human life on the planet, inhabited only by the robots created to maintain it.”
Retro Machina is retro in all of its aspects, including an element that could put you to the ultimate test of finding out if you carry the true gamer soul in you - backtracking. Backtracking used to be one very popular element in the structure of a lot of cult-classic and in general classical gaming experiences. Although for some this is a minus, for me it is quite the opposite - this is part of the game difficulty, and a huge tribute to classic games.
– Real player with 69.8 hrs in game
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In Retro Machina you play a robot stuck on a factory line that seemingly exists to build an unending stream of ammunition and parts for a war without end. Each side is automated and pumping out supplies as they follow the final directives of a civilisation that has long been dead.
When a butterfly (seemingly one of the last few organic things left) comes onto the production line, it distracts your robot and for whatever reason totally mesmerises them. Refusing to obey orders and get back to work, they are captured and shipped off, presumably for scrapping or re-programming due to being defective.
– Real player with 14.4 hrs in game
The Dream Machine: Chapter 1 & 2
This is a review of the full game
Artstyle
Unusual, intricate, sometimes strangely beautiful, sometimes downright weird (towards the end). The main protagonist is stop-motion animated clay, the backgrounds are all handcrafted from a variety of materials. It takes some getting used to but it really grew on me.
The music and sounds are very well done and enhance the atmosphere of the game. There’s no voice acting, you have to read the dialogue which sometimes is a bit tedious but on the whole is well written and not too long.
– Real player with 27.6 hrs in game
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Just add this to the list of things that prove that video games are art.
This game has some of the most intriguing, gorgeous, adorable (and in many instances disgusting) designs ever contructed. The art style is like if the film “Mirror Mask” were made into a game. And the plot is just as gorgeous and surreal. “The Dream Machine” is like the ultimate indie game.
You play as Victor Neff, a self-proclaimed “handsome” man, who has just moved into a strange new flat with his pregnant wife, but things get strange very quickly when your wife notices the landlord acting really weird. I will not spoil any of the plot. It is a game you must see to believe, but if you can believe it, there is in fact a Dream Machine in the game.
– Real player with 25.8 hrs in game
Guinea Pig Parkour
Guinea Pig Parkour is a completely hand-drawn 2D platformer with adventure elements, drawing heavy inspiration from ’90s animated cartoons and games. It is animated and developed completely by one artist, Jeff Mumm, and features music and SFX by Fat Bard.
Run, jump, swing, flip, vault, climb, crawl, and parkour through classic platformer inspired levels. Talk to, interact with, help, and annoy a host of funny characters as you progress through a “lost ’90s cartoon episode.”
Each animation in Guinea Pig Parkour is completely hand-drawn, frame-by-frame at 24 frames per second - every single frame a different drawing - to capture the full, fluid quality of traditional animation.
Monster Seek Ep.1
Updated on 04/19/2021
https://youtu.be/ijDW4rpmSZ8 (1st Look)
https://youtu.be/S8ic7XJ09Bg (Revisited on 04/19/2021)
So you’ve read the description and now you’re down here in the comments trying to figure out what’s it all about. Click the video above to see some of the gameplay, mechanic and hear my thoughts on the game.
Warning This game as intense amount of screen shaking and may effect those who are sensitive to motion sickness*
Monster Seek (Ep.1) has wonderful graphics and music with simplistic (non complicated) controls. You character looks like a cross between Dr. Light (megaman) and George Lucas (Star Wars) which got me invested from the first moment I saw the game.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
When you enter the village nothing happen. It’s all black screen. Please fix.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Skaramazuzu
Somewhere between life and death, there is a world made up of hopeful dreams and broken shadows. Souls may sometimes find themselves lured into this strange world to be tested. Examined to find out where they are worthy of moving on to.
Zuzu - A lost Soul
Skaramazuzu is an atmospheric 2D slow-paced, story-driven adventure, taking place in a moody, solemn and mysterious landscape. The protagonist Zuzu, a joyful and innocent soul without any memory, has been summoned by a mysterious entity called Master to discover the meaning of its existence. Through this bizarre journey, Zuzu will meet some strange and capricious personalities who offer to help.
Game Features
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A classic story-driven 2D Adventure, crafted with the appropriate modern and fresh approach.
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Explore over 20 distinct interconnected locations of a strange and dark world.
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Highly-tuned casual 2D controls. Control Skaramazuzu and interact with the characters and the world with minimal effort.
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Full support for keyboards and controllers! Play and enjoy the game with your favorite configuration.
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Discover the story of Skaramazuzu and Master, a unique duo of a lost soul and a mysterious entity.
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Collect and give items with an easy-to-use inventory system.
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A vast collection of creepy and cute characters, all brought to life with traditional 2D frame-by-frame animation.
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Meet and interact with over 20 unique surreal characters and unlock their individual stories.
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Graphic Assets and animation frames with resolution up to 2,5K
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Unique sound effects for every interactive element.
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A peculiar sound system of voice emotes and expressions for every character.
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A dark, atmospheric original score accompanies the players on their journey.
The void
The world of Skaramazuzu, has a unique aesthetic of a black and white shadow puppet world, set among the ruins of ancient gothic-like structures, while all the while engulfed in a moody and subdued pale ghost light. Every part of this strange landscape offers something new for you to discover. You will encounter almost every location to the unique backgrounds and soundscapes that will enchant you with their sombre and dreamlike aesthetic from the interesting yet mysterious characters. Skaramazuzu is a slow-paced, story-driven adventure game with a cute, creepy, moody and strange feeling.
A collection of surreal and strange personalities
Many strange and whimsical characters are waiting to be discovered by Zuzu on this adventure. Every character will be willing to listen and help Zuzu and ask for something in return. Some of these strange personalities might turn out to be key figures in Zuzu’s little peculiar adventure. By accepting to help these newfound friends, Zuzu will not only learn a little about each one of them but will eventually learn the truth about this strange world.
SPACE JUNK HEROES
Welcome to Space junk heroes a nostalgic 2D hand drawn action adventure game, based off the comic book series.WARNING! THIS GAME CONTAINS HIGH OCTANE gameplay that’s EXPLODING with ATTITUDE, play at your own risk!
Get Ready to clean up the galaxy in this outlandish space adventure. You get to play as captain Doodle head helping him along on his zany quest to save the galaxy from being destroyed by Ivan the eye and his synthetic pupil troopers. complete in tasks by helping your fellow citizens and earn awards for good deeds, you will need to find a weapon for your own protection against the dastardly space pirates
FEATURES
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2D Hand drawn action adventure game
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Retro gaming
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Open world galaxy map to explore
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Discover new worlds and alien life forms
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Fly a commercial space ship
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Blast away your enemies with powerful ball blasters
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Help your fellow citizens by completing tasks to become a space junk hero
How to play
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explore the galaxy by using your star map
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land on planets and talk to the locals for quests to complete
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find a weapon to protect your self against Ivan the eye and his evil pupil troopers
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fly your ship around the galaxy looking for space junk to collect
Space junk heroes prime directives
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To serve and protect your fellow citizens
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Keep the galaxy clean
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Protect endangered alien life forms from other worlds
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direct space traffic in a orderly fashion
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always carry a spare pair of socks
Stress explosion
10/10 would throw all my stuff out the window again
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
The Bridge
The Bridge is a 2D puzzle game with beautiful Escher-like architecture and level design, hand-drawn black-and-white art and its own laws of physics. It is divided into 48 levels with the first half requiring minimal use of logic and feeling like somewhat of a pushover; fortunately, this is mostly remedied in the second half—a mirrored version of the first with additional obstacles thrown in and where a greater number of puzzles actually make you think.
The puzzles start off easily enough, with simple gravity manipulation and key collection, then introduce additional elements consistently: deadly balls which roll as you rotate the environment and can adhere to their own laws of gravity; points which invert gravity and shift you between black and white dimensions where you may only interact with objects matching your current color; vortexes which suck anything near them into place and hold them there until deactivated; mirror images of yourself which require entering multiple doors or picking up multiple keys simultaneously to progress; and gravity curtains, where you may remain stationary while rotating the world to work objects into their desired positions relative to your own.
– Real player with 10.7 hrs in game
Let me start by saying that The Bridge is not a bad game. For an indie game the developers should be proud of what they’ve accomplished. If there were a somewhere-between-thumbs-up-and-thumbs-down button this is the game I would most want to use it for.
I leaned on the side of not recommending it though, for several reasons. This game is inevitably compared to Braid because it has an artsy style, time manipulation, and puzzles. But it’s nowhere near the level of those other puzzle games I love, including Braid or Limbo or even Master Reboot. The reason is mostly depth and story. There simply isn’t that much here. And what does exist is far too obscure and limited to be moving.
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
Astria Ascending
This game is a really good addition to the JRPG genre. Combat doesn’t feel clunky and not overly complex. Graphics is certainly good, the cities, the characters and the effects used in battle. I just don’t like how other characters feet are drawn but that’s for a few characters. What really interest me is the job system. You can really customize them in many ways and so far none of the classes feels the same nor repetitive. Imagine your tank becoming a black mage and it freaking works well LOL.
– Real player with 99.4 hrs in game
I was hesitant about buying this game because of many reviews. The best advice i offer is that if you are a fan of JPRG, you must try it yourself. If YOU are in the same ship, please read all
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Overall is a tad of many classics, and maybe that´s the problem with many reviews: they automatically expect or compare this to all of them labelling it “not a classic”.
Gameplay wise It has the “charge” mechanic, all the spells and conditions, invocations and the swap character in the middle of the battle; in the many hours i have played haven’t gotten tired of, it reminds a little of Octopath. The only grip if you can say so is some spikes in difficulty, but amazingly you can customize the random encounters from a menu (if you don’t want random, if you want the enemies to respawn or not in a dungeon) you can always grind like in most rpg and rethink the strategy for that lost battle, dungeon or boss.
– Real player with 64.4 hrs in game