Curse of the Deadwood
Curse of the Deadwood is a unique evolution of the twin-stick genre that will have you taking simultaneous control of two unlikely friends as they fight their way through hordes of wooden zombies. Balance a varied arsenal of long-ranged weapons with devastating melee and magic attacks. Only by working together will you be able to save the Woodlings' beautiful world of Knottington from the Curse of the Deadwood.
UNIQUE ENEMIES
Battle an ever-evolving horde of unique enemies, including the charging Knots, the explosive Thorns, the long-ranged Splinters, and many more! Each Deadwood type has its own strengths and weaknesses that will require you to discover which weapons and attacks are most effective. Take on heart-thumping boss fights that will challenge you to push your strategies to the next level.
ARSENAL OF WEAPONS
Wield a variety of unique weapons including the Saw Mauler, Twig Snapper, Amber Blammer, and more. Unleash on the Deadwood as you upgrade your arsenal with parts you find scattered around the world of Knottington. Customize your weapons by adding new and powerful abilities that will help to see you triumph against the Deadwood.
PLAY STYLE
As you play through Curse of the Deadwood, a variety of ranged weapons and melee attacks become available to you. Every ranged weapon comes with a customizable skill tree for you to unlock and explore. Try out different combinations and find what works best for your play style in each combat scenario.
EXPLORATION
Explore the beautiful world of Knottington as you rescue its quirky and diverse citizens from the roaming Deadwood. Solve puzzles in lush forests, discover weapon upgrades in vast mountain ranges, and unravel mysteries in spooky swamps. There is always something interesting waiting around the next bend.
STORY DRIVEN
Fully voiced cinematics tell the story of an ancient spell broken, a wicked menace reawakened, and a young Woodling named Lathe who vows to do whatever he must to save his beloved home. But he doesn’t have to do it alone! A mysterious stone giant named Roguard will aid Lathe on his quest. As they take on the darkness together, they learn that, through friendship, anything is possible.
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DreamWorks Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure
NOTE: This has functional keyboard and mouse support, contrary to what the store page claims. Aside from platforming sections being a bit janky the default layout works just fine.
This is pretty fun, but it is almost criminally short for the initial asking price. For such a massive world around the Miradero town site, there’s not a whole lot to do in it once you’ve finished the main quest. Once you complete the side quests, there is literally nothing to do in it apart from riding around on Spirit until he needs grooming.
– Real player with 13.3 hrs in game
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This game is really good! Beautiful scenery, massive open world, tons of quests/errands to do for people, and, of course, an exciting story. I haven’t got through the whole story, it’s very exciting so far, though! The reason I posted this review this early, though, is because I know lots of people considering wishlisting this might not even consider it worth getting, because it says that the keyboard and mouse is not supported, but, IMPORTANT, that is incorrect information!! You CAN use it, for this game, don’t know why it says it’s not supported, in this game, very misleading….the controls in-game are just shown by what controller buttons to press, yeah, with no option in-game to look at what the keyboard key bindings are, but they are still there, nevertheless, and do work. Because I’m a PC player, more than any other console, I’m used to using a keyboard and mouse, and didn’t like the controller when I tried it out, so am now playing this game with the keyboard and mouse, and, after trying out all the keys on my keyboard, I discovered all the keyboard controls for this game, which do work:
– Real player with 7.5 hrs in game
Spell Blaster
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Spell Blaster is a 2D top-down action game inspired by retro classics! The game is being developed for PC (with a planned release on Nintendo Switch) and tasks players with navigating mazes, destroying monsters, avoiding dangerous traps and solving perilous puzzles!
The wicked sorcerer Agonus has appeared in the land of Meridia to summon dark crystal shards and harvest the life force of the planet for his own nefarious schemes. It is up to brave heroine mage Marza, and her equally fearless sidekick Pan, to set forth on a journey to save the world from destruction!
The player(s) begin their adventure on a World Map, selecting a Stage to play. Their task is simple: find and destroy the Dark Shard in order to win. However, the challenge comes from the monsters standing in their path and the puzzles waiting to be solved.
As player(s) progress through the game they will gain new spells and abilities to aid in their quest. There are Bosses that await at the end of each zone, and mini-games/side activities for the players to gain additional rewards.
Planned Features:
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1-2 Player co-op multiplayer
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30+ Stages to play
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Challenging Boss FIghts
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Multiple Spells and abilities to discover
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Additional gameplay modes unlockable
Visit our itch page to check out a demo!
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Altruism
Altruism is a fun,short,zen adventure game by former Runescape/Jagex composer Adam Bond. The soundtrack is nice, and its overall atmosphere of selflessness makes it pleasant. Its simplicity makes it a nice relaxing break, and I think the asking price is worth it for a chill afternoon or two.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Child of Lothian
The beautiful culture and atmosphere of 18th century Edinburgh disappearing beneath the shadows of witch hunters looming in the streets. Hushed whispers appearing in every corner and suspicious gazes of townspeople falling upon their neighbours as friends become enemies. What is your role to play as a child, in the 18th-century witch trials?
AGAINST ALL ODDS
The world around you feels intimidatingly large and crowded. It sometimes just feels like all the odds and people are against you. Yet you learned to survive the harsh conditions of the streets of Edinburgh. Hide and disguise yourself to escape the witch hunters and steal items from others to survive.
CHOOSE YOUR PATH
Choose to engage in dialogue to find the information you need to complete quests or decide to pickpocket, eavesdrop and steal to reach your goals. The choice is all yours.
YOUR SHELTER IS YOUR SAFE SPACE
The only home you’ve got where you can take a breather and feel comfortable, sleep to venture in the dark of the night or at day- and plan out your next moves for the dangers you’ll encounter once on the streets of witch-hunter invaded streets of Edinburgh.
Stealth Mechanics
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Pickpocketing
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Stealing
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Hiding
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Disguising yourself
Traversal
- Free roam
AI Behaviour
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Advanced stealth guards AI
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Reputation system for NPC’s: Communciation between NPC’s on player behaviour
Camera
- Cinematic camera during dialogues
Narrative
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Dialogue
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Environmental storytelling
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Immersive UI
Systems
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Quest system
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Inventory system
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Day / night system
Dire Vengeance
steamソフト群の中に埋もれた良作アクションゲーム
・感想
当初よくあるメトロイドヴァニア風なゲームだと思ったが、違った。
初代悪魔城＋ロックマン風ステージにグラディウス風パワーアップ要素を足したという感じ。
オールドスクールらしいゲーム性に快適な操作性、作者がそういった古いゲームが好きということが何となくわかる仕掛けも多数あり、中々おもしろい。
パワーアップの進捗に伴って鎧の色が変わる演出はとてもGOOD
ただし一発死の場所が多く、操作キャラゼロでロックマンをやっている気分になる。
（主人公は剣による近接攻撃のみ、サブウェポンが飛び道具となる悪魔城方式）
サブウェポンも全20種類のうち持っていけるものは１つ、入手のたびに切り替え＆一度やられるとロストでとても厳しめ
つまり、難易度はインディーらしくとても高い
特にボスはステージ4以降パターンを覚えて対処してもなお厳しいものがある
実質的にステージ内でのパワーアップを持ち越してボスを倒すのは厳しいと想定
グラディウス方式のため一回やられると初期状態での再開となりさらにきつくなる。
※ボス時のみ最低限のパワーアップは可能な部屋へ戻される救済処置あり
– Real player with 11.5 hrs in game
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Is this game a masterpiece? No, but it is a fine time-waster for anyone who likes the genre. It plays fast and satisfying, the visual presentation is good and magic spells and bossfights require a bit of thought during the mayhem.
It is a platformer on speed. You play a heroine with a long reaching sword which she can use very skilled (and fast), slicing through weak enemies like pudding while guitar riffs provide the musical background. There is no stamina bar, so you can slash as much as you want. You can also use a magic weapon (only one of the 20 that can be found can be equipped), as long as you still have magical energy (which regenerates over time). Killing enemies and destroying the picturesque environements (hanging corpses, gloomy lightsources) often yields you pickups. The sword can be used fast and has a far reach, so it is not too difficult to defeat your foes, also you can (double, later triple) jump rather far, which makes the platforming a joy. So, with a little bit of training, you slice through the levels quite fast - until you reach the boss at the end, where a little more concentration is necessary. With enough pickups, you can upgrade your heroine’s powers, when you die (you start with only one life but quite a few health points) you restart at the last checkpoint (without the upgrades). Game progress is saved when you complete one of the eight stages.
– Real player with 10.5 hrs in game
The Lightbringer
Playing status: 100% achievements
Grindy Achievement(s): Yes (~1 achievement).
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (~41 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): No.
Intro
The Lightbringer is an action-adventure, precision platformer game where you can explore an area in the level to find collectibles and reach the exit. Each level allows you to explore a vast world filled with secrets.
Pros:
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15 levels + 4 boss fights
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Unique boss fights
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A lot of hidden collectibles require you to look carefully
– Real player with 13.2 hrs in game
TLDR : 8/10 Great Classic Adventure experience that is fun to play!
The Lightbringer is a great experience that reminds me of classics like Spyro and Crash, as well as Legend of Zelda.
The levels, puzzles, and collectibles are more reminiscent of Spyro and Crash, where you can explore, discover, and collect at your own pace, just to get that full clear stamp of achievement. The baddies on the other hand nod more toward Legend of Zelda, needing you to understand a bit about how they work to navigate them. Boss fights are arena style big bads, and need some quick thinking to understand movesets, and identify ways to damage the enemy.
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
Basketball
I r8 this game 8/8.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
It’s a very short game, but the dialogue in this game made me wish it was longer. Genuinely funny and enjoyable experience.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Brick People
《Brick People》Is an action shooting game, the setting of the game is set in a wonderful building blocks world, here, all the enemies are made of building blocks, you have to defeat them, and finally save the little girl who created you.
Challenging levels
Different level styles will have different enemies, different terrain, and a tense atmosphere through the level.
Interesting enemies
Each enemy has its own form and attack style, so watch out for them or you’ll suddenly be defeated by them.
The final BOSS
The final BOSS is hidden in a huge scene, which is open to exploration, and you need to find him and defeat him in a fierce battle.
Beautiful picture and real physical collision
Using their own research and development of the engine, to bring beautiful graphics and real physical collision, the game every model using high resolution maps, each object is added real physical collision.
The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem
Unfinished game at the moment. No controller support and forces 2nd player to use same keyboard for remote play together. Even then they cannot pick a 2nd character . Keyboard controls are pretty awful. Will change my review if they fix the issues.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Love the Addams Family, but a party game without solid controller support isn’t much of a party game… very disappointing.
– Real player with 1.7 hrs in game