In Between
Gentlymad’s In Between may be one of the most engrossing and dark puzzle platformers ever developed. I honestly didn’t believe that a puzzle platformer was supposed to delve deep into the topics of the reason of life and mortality. I thought these games were meant to be played to be fun, for enjoyment, for amusement. Then again that just means that I didn’t learn this lesson after playing Sym. Of course, Sym’s message was different – that game provided an insight into the experience of social anxiety disorder – but both games successfully hit a tone that makes you think about the topic at hand as well, if not better, than other mediums are able to. I am certain that both lessons will stick with me for a long time after having played both.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game
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Saw this game being examined by Extra Credits, and had to experience it for myself. Much detail was put into this game, but there were a few design choices that seemed lacking.
When I look at a level menu I expect 3 things usually associated with icons and/or a text blurb:
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The Name of the Level.
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Has the player reached the endpoint?
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Has the player found the all the secrets?
However what I got was:
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A layout of the map to memorize
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A filled inner circle once the player reached level endpoint
– Real player with 17.2 hrs in game
4004-022
This game has a great concept, but it’s just really not fun to play.
There is no music, the ship sucks to control, and the game glitched out in my second game and I was unkillable (the ship, not the planet) but stuck to bottom of the screen.
You can already get this concept everywhere else however. It’s literally just Galaga but bad.
This is going to be a pain to get the achievements for. (I do not use S.A.M. , for fairness sake)
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Summary
Game Information
| 📦 Active Development? | ❌ No recent activity |
| ⏱️ How Long to Beat | ❓ Pending |
| 🤓 SteamDB Score | 23.82 |
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Free for everyone at the time of review.
Hardware: Win 10x64, 3570k mildly OC, GTX 1070, 16 GB, SSD.
Super laggy on my system; took me a full 30 minutes to complete a game advertised as 5-10 minutes. I see the system specs state “Windows 7”; I’m guessing this is either a Win 10 issue (some games lag badly in 8 / 10 that run fine in 7) or possibly the 10xx series video card.
I recommend taking a very brief glance at the videos before playing to see how fast the game is supposed to move. If the game is going to lag for you, it will start at the opening credits, which take so long to change screens (tapping an arrow key helps) that it feels like the game is locked up. Don’t press ESC; that instantly closes the game.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
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‘The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff’' - Ambrose Bierce
James Cox has adapted, as part of his ‘100 games in 5 years’ project, the timeless classic short story titled An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge written by Ambrose Bierce in 1890. It has seen many variations since its inception ranging from short story to full novel inspirations, radio screenplays including a Twilight Zone broadcast, TV drama/movies and even music videos including Bon Jovi’s song Dyin' ain’t much of a livin'.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Butterfly
Really enjoyed all 3 Butterfly games.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
A fun yet short game I really enjoyed it
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Carestia
It’s a really fun and beautiful game.
I’ve loved the experience so far.
There are challenging bosses and puzzles but not at the point of making to hard to be fun. Great abilities can be unlocked that will make you want to come back and explore the rest of the map.
100% recommended.
– Real player with 20.6 hrs in game
Pretty bizarre metroidvania.
At its best is a puzzle game aligning tool to transfer power/electricity across rooms to open up doors. Taking these tools between rooms, trying to circumvent forbidding gates that deny you entry if you’re carrying prior gear.
At its worst you just eternally march downwards underground, shooting scorpions blindly marching back and forth, clearing spike pits with your singular jump, falling stalactites that will never hit you if you don’t stop. This interminable opening section lasts about half of the game unfortunately before the game shifts focus onto it’s more unique aspect of building laser beam networks on the fly.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
catAnod
Short but enjoyable puzzle.
The tactic that worked for me is try to draw the convex polygon by connecting
elements starting with those that are most distant from the center (to avoid short circuit).
The game rules show that you can connect elements with same charge together
but you cant do that in game:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2412525560
I guess they meant to show the picture like this:
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[-]--[+]
That would explain the game’s objective and rules.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
It’s really short, but fun i guess if you like wasting time
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Chucky
TL;DR : Very atmospheric game world, awesome art style. It’s intended to be a rather difficult platformer so be ready to git gud. Controls are good except for the double jump which seemed a bit inconsistant.
So I bought this game before I even got halfway through the trailer because the art style looked so darn cool. And I have no regrets. It’s clear the developers put a lot of work into this game. The art style in and of itself is simple, but the environment is full of all kinds of cool details when you start looking closely. The levels are nicely designed from a platforming perspective too, starting simple and slowly ramping up the difficulty.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
I Like this game, It somewhat has an original idea. The concept and colors are diffrent from most games in a good way. I like the use of black which you don’t see often. the music is great while playing. When you die you don’t actually die is a pretty cool concept. Great work Shichifi A+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TfHAKsBNOA
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Detective Failure
Might not be a looker but it’s a highly enjoyable game. I can’t say much not to spoil anything in this very short game (1 up to 2 hours) but it delivers. I enjoyed it and came to one of many possible endings.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
Pretty fun little murder mystery game, lots of hidden things to uncover
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Evidence of Life
I was sent this game sometime late October to check it out and give feedback
Evidence of Life really surprised me, it’s not like I expected the game to be bad, I just didn’t expect to fall into it so hard. If you’re a fan of games like Risk of Rain and Super Motherload then I think you’ll really enjoy this game. I constantly found myself coming back to it when I had some down time to inch my way closer to my world shattering goals. I became addicted to the gems, I needed them, I fiended over them. As you start to see the results of your levels and achievements you really do start to feel powerful. Unfortunately this leads to some deaths caused by overconfidence. My only worry while I was playing the game was what the price point was going to be. I was thinking if it was priced around $10 - $15 then it would absolutely be worth it. After seeing the price at launch I can confidently say that this game is a definite buy, I am genuinly surprised to see it priced so low.
– Real player with 15.8 hrs in game
What a great game. The exploration, combat and overall atmosphere is why I love playing indie games.
– Real player with 9.1 hrs in game
Fire Guild
I like the idea of a game fighting forest fires. However this is more of a short story than a fire fighting simulator and the story here is astonishingly terrible.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
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Fire Guild is a casual side-scrolling game where you pilot a hot air balloon and spray an extinguisher to put out the fires below you. The controls are very easy to pick up! 6/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVVsLHaeeX0
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game