The Frogs
Dionysus, the god of wine, is feeling somber. He’s turned some pirates into dolphins. He’s thrown a king or two into a cave. And now some other king in Thebes is talking smack. But none of that has cheered him up. It’s the playwrights the kids listen to these days.
Mumble poets and people using automatons to speak their lines… he’s sick of it. Back in his day the likes of Euripides could tear apart a stage and leave the crowd screaming for more. He’s decided it’s up to him to set things right.
The Frogs is a point-and-click adventure game based on the ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes. It’s a hodgepodge of ancient wit, Pythonesque animation, Renaissance artwork, and public domain classical music all wrapped up in a ball of irreverent humor from a mind way too influenced by the likes of Terry Practhett and Jasper Fforde.
Still out to sea aboard the Cleisthenes and having just read Andromeda, Dionysus is pumped and ready to get back to his theater in Athens so he can get to work improving the world of the arts for the good of everyone. But we all know it can’t be that easy… he has to go through a lot of content to make it worth the asking price.
Features
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Innovative Point-and-Click Interface
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Ancient Humor Circa 405 BCE
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Choices That Matter
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Multiple Solutions to Puzzles
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Renaissance Artwork
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Classical Music
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Hidden Optional Content
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Tons Of Interactive Elements and NPCs
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References So Niche You’ll Wonder Why I Bothered
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Multiple Endings Whether Aristophanes Likes It Or Not
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What’s He Gonna Do? Come Back From the Dead and Get Me?
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Building Hope - Refugee Camp Simulator
Building Hope is a refugee camp simulation. Create a safe haven for refugees fleeing humanitarian crises such as war, famine, and violence, provide for their needs and set up a hassle-free camp. You can use many methods to solve the problems you come across, use your creativity!
Build Shelters
Everyone needs shelter. You can build relatively comfortable container houses for refugees (if you can raise enough donations!), or you can opt for tents. Maybe you don’t bother with that and the refugees build their own shelters? The decision is yours, you are the manager.
Distribute Resources
Everyone needs food and clean water. Recruit some refugees and set up the most effective distribution system. Will you be able to provide for everyone’s needs? Can you withstand the sudden crisis’?
Fulfill Missions
As a refugee camp manager, you’ll be better off with charities if you can fulfill the duties assigned to you. But every manager experiences occasional failure. Don’t worry, the story will be shaped by your successes or failures.
Read More: Best Alternate History Simulation Games.
Centurion Rex
Centurion Rex is a strategy game set in an alternate history where the Meditterean region is ruled by a Roman-dinosaur-led republic. Few dare to oppose the hegemony of the reptilian republic. One such force is Shark Shogunate - a militaristic dictatorship from the Far East.
You can take control of either republican or shark forces and lead them to victory through superior leadership and tactics.
Read More: Best Alternate History Pixel Graphics Games.
MachineryWorld
the graphic on this game is awesome.. i will recommend.. keep develop
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
I really want to recommend it, but at the moment it’s unplayable unless you speak Chinese. Yes, it has subtitles but not enough, there are still entire segments that are in Chinese, as well as incorrect translations (IE: Characters naming you “Light” but then calling you “Wright”).
I’d strongly urge anyone who wants to play it to wait until it’s had more time to be developed and translated.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game™
Tokyo MMXX is a sports game that ties in with the extensive sporting event in the globe, the Olympic Games. Is Tokyo MMXX just such a international event, or is it first and foremost a controller destroyer?
This especially relates to the ‘classic’ events that are inextricably linked to the Olympic Games: running, 4x100 relay, 110m hurdles and long jump. In all these sports, it is mainly a occurence of making as much momentum as attainable and by any chance striking a button in time for the sprint or leap.
– Real player with 82.4 hrs in game
I picked up the game and I’m really enjoying it. Here’s some comparisons vs. London 2012:
1. Excellent character customization. You can edit each individual part of your body. Tons of hairstyles and about 60 voices. Lipstick, facial hair and nose length.. It’s all here. You can also customize your whole country’s team. There are even character codes you can share to allow other people to use your creations.
2. The graphics are gorgeous. Highly detailed real Japanese stadiums. The engine seems a bit glitchy though, it crashes windows explorer and locks your mouse cursor. I can’t use Discord on my 2nd monitor because of it.
– Real player with 36.7 hrs in game
Aruna
Do not buy this game. There are better flash player games out there. Simplistic platformer that has very little in terms of everything. The game looked totally different when first uploaded to steam by the way.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
BATTLESCAR: Punk Was Invented By Girls
Got it for 56 cents as a part of a bundle. Still got disappointed.
To be fair, it is well executed in terms of visual storytelling and cinematography. Some really creative sets there!
Unfortunately, these can’t do much if the narrative and the main characters are bland and uninteresting. The abrupt and undercooked ending made the already underwhelming story - a complete waste of time for me.
Also, it is an oculus exclusive, has a good amount of gender politics at its core, and if your chapter gets interrupted, like USB disconnection (thanks AMD) you need to suffer through the whole chapter without the option to skip forward.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
As a VR artist, I really enjoyed this experience. It is quite daring in terms of the format of narrative and also mixing a kind of “book” feel into the VR aesthetic. I would recommend it for any VR artists as a source of inspiration.
The story is not the best however, a bit tacky and shallow but still enjoyable.
Disappointed that it took much longer to get on Steam than on Oculus Store and also that they only support Oculus headsets, especially since there are almost no interactions (any?), so it’s not like supporting controllers of other headsets would’ve been difficult.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
City of Rampage
City of Rampage is a side-scrolling beat’em up game inspired by such SEGA Classics as “Streets of Rage” and “Comix Zone”, with advanced fighting mechanics, with challenging tough enemies and even tougher bosses.
This journey won’t be easy, but beautiful hand drawn visuals and dope soundtracks will make sure you will be coming back for more.
See you in City of Rampage!
Red Rust
Red Rust is retro-style side-scrolling game which uniquely combines fighting mechanics with shooting mechanics. The game is heavily inspired by 8bit and 16bit hits of the 90s, but it’s being developed with the modern player in mind. Tons of great animation, hand-drawn backgrounds, variety of in-game situations and powerful soundtrack!
It’s the year 1984 and you control Agent Red (or just Red), a soviet KGB officer who has been sent to the West on a secret mission. She is an attractive but brutal and cold-hearted girl! Over the course of the game she learns to understand her own emotions and the unfamiliar world around her.
Volatile
Set in an alternate future of humanity, Volatile is a top-down space exploration game, full of action, adventure, choices and dire consequences.
You take the role of one of several pilots at the start of a routine escort mission, when catastrophe strikes. The world opens up to let you explore your options in this indie game, which, at its core, is designed around actions and reactions, where consequences from even the most mundane choices have ripples.