Shoot Trip Die
The Story so far…
When our strung-out hero, Chester BoDean, quits his job at Brappy’s pizza he comes face to face with their demon of a boss named Melvin the Most Foul! whos angry at Chester’s resignation letter. Chester could care less, and simply flips him the bird! This sparks the journey of a lifetime for our beloved junkie, as Melvin opens a portal to a strange dimension and tosses Chester down into the strangeness! Chester’s only option? Kill Melvin OR die trying!
#### You got what it takes?!
Shoot Trip Die is a Disgusting, Vulgar, Tasteless, Rogue-like, Twinstick Shooter driven by Insanity, Addiction, and Rebellion!
Take control of Chester BoDean and travel through procedurally generated dimensions! Travel deeper and deeper through these realms in order to inch closer and closer to your escape!
But it won’t be easy…
you’ll need to mow down Bizzare foes with your trusty finger guns! while you collect an assortment of power-ups to aid you on your rampage to get you back to your beloved mattress (Should probably wash the sheets when you get back too…)
#### Content out the WAZOO! You’ll be itching for more! and more!! AND MORE!!!
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-Face melting visuals!
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-Brain exploding tunes!
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-Addicting Rogue-like Gameplay!
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-Unlockable Micro Games!
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-Drugs! Sex! and Rock n' Roll!
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Return Home
The reactive difficulty keeps the game challenging as you improve.
Great game, and very replayable.
– Real player with 17.0 hrs in game
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Blinding little score attack game with a great soundtrack and a devious auto difficulty mechanic.
Check it out.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
Gridrunner Revolution
excellent shump
it looks weird as hell, and it is.
but….
the control scheme is a work of genius and its one of those games where when you get in the zone your score flies, you end up playing on instinct picking up visual and aural queues that get you through the bullet hell of the later vindaloo and phaal levels. (yeah the dificulty levels are named after strengths of curry!)
– Real player with 10.3 hrs in game
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If you’re of a certain age, then the name Geoff Minter and Llamasoft with bring back memories of bonkers games played on the Commodore Vic20, C64 and beyond. Full of sheep, graphics that induce LSD type trances and later, hypnotic trance music, Llamasoft games are an experience beyond just merely shooting things, you find youself zoning out and playing with your subconscious. Gridrunner Revolution is classic Llamasoft at its best and the bonus Vic20 mode unlocked after completing the first level set (all levels named after increasingly strong curries) will take you back to your misplaced youth.
– Real player with 5.0 hrs in game
One Way To Exit 2
Move forward or backward in search of an exit, but remember: if you start moving, you will not be able to stop.
Take bonuses, destroy obstacles and bosses, but in no case touch them or the walls, otherwise you will have to start from the beginning.
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20 levels (new ones will be added after early access)
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Various bonuses that change your capabilities
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Controls: WASD / Arrows
Someone is helped by luck to complete this game, someone - reaction speed, someone - prayer.
And yes, if you’ve ever had epileptic seizures, please don’t play it.
Psychocat: The Door
Yes. The best. Thumbs up
– Real player with 15.6 hrs in game
A real good follow up to the answer. It adds more complex layers of the button swapping which keep the gameplay fresh and interesting. The soundtrack is a fitting choice again and this time the game is split into many smaller levels instead of one long run which does make for a little bit more manageable obstacle training and also keeps the early stages from becoming boring as you master the easier difficulties. With a bit of insanity and a nice little catch at the end an overall well rounded sequel.
– Real player with 14.9 hrs in game
Space Giraffe
If you say “Space Giraffe is bad, you can’t see what you’re doing, you just die for no reason!” then you are bad at the game and don’t understand how it works. It’s really as simple as that. Everyone who takes the time to learn how to properly play this game ends up loving it, because it’s a beautiful, satisfying, addictive game and there’s nothing else in the world like it.
That being said the PC port, at least on Windows 10, is inferior to the XBLA original. There’s a bug I’ve noticed where after a while of play, certain important sound effects start dropping out, making later levels in the game more difficult than they would normally be. It also lacks the vibration feature of the XBLA version which was extremely useful (your controller would vibrate every time your multiplier went up, so you’d easily know if you’ve bulled enough enemies off at once) so I would recommend you grab the original if you have access to a 360 or Xbox One.
– Real player with 85.0 hrs in game
Just friggin awesome!
Have been playing for years on the 360 but bought the PC version recently as my ancient Xbox is having issues.
The PC version is way better (and I love the 360 version) playing in 1080p makes everything so much clearer.
As for the actual game, well it’s one of the greatest twitch games of all time.
At first it can be really daunting with all the effects and deliberate obstructions but when it all starts to flow there’s nothing like it.
It’s all about the sound effects! In most games SFX are there as punctuation to the gameplay to just have something to accompany the explosions. With Space Giraffe the effects blend with the gameplay to really immerse you.
– Real player with 36.0 hrs in game
Blorks: The Quest for Magnesium
Blorks: The Quest for Magnesium is an intense bullet-hell shooter with psychedelic aesthetics reminiscent of late 90s console titles.
Face dozens of waves of fierce foes (including rabid video cards and 8-bit Commodore computers), rescue humans, and gorge on magnesium for incredible weapon power-ups.
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Unleash your fury at rogue CPUs, fuming archaic computers, and irritable mushrooms
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Take out mighty battleships and deranged boomers
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Enjoy a swanky chiptune soundtrack by Blackbella
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Collect numerous power-ups to bolster your firepower and manage your Blork’s overheating
Happy Pong
O…M…G!!!! WOW!! I think I’m in love…lol. This has to be the trippiest game ever created, and can get so outragiously trippy that it ramps up the difficulty factor…and that’s a GOOD thing! An AWESOME thing! If people could be this vivid and colorful, I wouldn’t have to spend so much of my time GAMING…lol. Seriously though, this is an AMAZING game to expeience, and man, am I glad I chose to get this game. Finally, I can quit psychotropic substances! lol More an experience than a game…but be warned…if you don’t appreciate vibrant hallucinogenic colors accompanying your ‘pong’ or ‘breakout’ type games…don’t partake in Happy Pong here…but if you are at all inclined to the colorful, this is a must-get. Trust me on that…lol.
– Real player with 5.1 hrs in game
i just roll up a blunt and put this on to see my problems fade away
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Moose Life
Introduction
Moose Life is an arcade shooter using Llamasoft’s voxel game engine inspired by 80s arcade game Juno First. Looking at gameplay of the original you can see the resemblance but also how much Llamasoft added to make this an instant classic with unique game mechanics.
Gameplay
If you’re familiar with Jeff Minter and the games he designs you would not be surprised your player character is a moose. You fly through a space corridor and you have to battle an array of enemies wave after wave. You can move on the floor or flip around to move upside down from the ceiling. Similar to in Juno First where there’s a sphere with a person inside to rescue in Moose Life each level but the last has a sphere containing 10 sheep for you to rescue. Like in Goat Up the sheep you rescue follow you in a string which you can use to sweep at enemies and they add a valuable bonus to your score at the wave’s ends.
– Real player with 45.5 hrs in game
Possibly the most Llamasoft game ever. Billions of particles. All the colours. Hundreds of sheep. Terrible moose jokes. Mindbending visual effects. And at Moose Life’s core is rock-solid old-skool shooting action that reels you in gently before smacking you down hard with new lessons learned.
Normal mode gives you extra lives and the Llamasoft-standard Restart Best option so you can pick up your game wherever you want and build up a massive high score, Pure mode gives you nine lives and the challenge of getting as far as you can in one go, and if that all feels like hard work then there’s Freeride mode that just lets you enjoy the ride without worrying about lives or high scores.
– Real player with 16.3 hrs in game
POLYBIUS
I love this! Such simple and compulsive gameplay. Totally immersive in 2D - I haven’t got an Oculus headset - its a finely tuned audiovisual experience that tugs at your senses, while also lulling you into a trance like uber-state of feeling the force. Rushing you headlong into bizarre abstract environments that seem to stretch endlessly before you.
I love the way it gently slips you in at the shallow end encouraging exploration of each level and its diverse elements. You soon discover what makes good things happen and what does not.
– Real player with 101.1 hrs in game
POLYBIUS is an arcade tube shooter within a light synth. Avoid obstacles, shoot what you can and fly through the gates to increase speed and raise your multiplier. In later levels you’ll find platforms that give you air time instead of the gates.
From the trailer I had my doubts whether I would like this game and I waited a year after the release before purchasing it. End of 2019 the prices of both Minotaur Arcade Vol 1 and Polybius dropped massively and I decided to just buy both. As I expected I struggled at first and I had to learn how to play and get a feel for controlling the ship. Fortunately you can fine tune the controller in the settings.
– Real player with 30.8 hrs in game