Duru – About Mole Rats and Depression
Tuli leads a simple life in the mole rat colony: she collects food, meets with her friends and paints the best pictures in the colony. All the while nobody but her sees the dark creature that makes each of those activities a near unbeatable task.
Duru is a 2D puzzle adventure about mole rats and depression. It shows how we all can help people affected by this illness.
Set in a West-African inspired mole rat colony you play Tuli, one of the gatherers of the colony. One day everything becomes harder as Bel, an AI companion and the personification of Tuli’s growing depression, joins the party.
While running, jumping and painting your way through the tunnels surrounding the colony you have to find a way to deal with Bel and its manipulative behaviour. Your constant companion moves objects you painted around, eats them and holds you back in which ever way possible. Learn to use Bels behaviour in a way that lets you progress.
In the mole rat colony that Tuli calls her home her friends notice that she’s acting strange. She’s less talkative, is always late and seems not interested at all in hanging out with them. Some of them get tired of her tardiness…
You can always see how Bel twists Tuli’s thoughts, how it makes her not feel worth being friends with. Through exploring the mole rat colony and interaction with the other characters you can find out which behaviours are helpful to Tuli and which just make Bel grow.
Follow the story of Tuli – a story about the struggle with insecurities, depression and friendship, told in a colorful, accessible way.
What awaits you:
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a puzzle adventure in a colorful, West African-inspired setting
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a story about depression told through animation and picture dialog to enjoy regardless of language
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an AI companion that works with and against you
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drawing objects to puzzle your way through a lovingly designed world
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cute characters of the mole rat colony to befriend and uncover their individual stories
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Compost
A fun little game that is a mix of tower defense and critter simulation.
There are many various critters in the game with each type having their own behavior and priorities,
some being peaceful, some preying on other types of critters, some plants having different ways to spread, some critters eating specific plants and so on, which makes for a surprising amount of artificial intelligence in the game.
You don’t control anything directly but instead are given power to generate a breeze that gently pushes stuff around.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
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This is a great game! A retro style with a current social feel! Some things I like about it:
1. It feel like playing one of my arcade machines
2. Who doesnt want their garden to thrive?
3. The game is explained just enough that makes you think about what you need to do in order for your garden to stay healthy
4. While there are not tons of critters/plants/baddies to understand its great fun learning how they all interact and what they do
I really do enjoy playing this game and look forward to the next round of mouse clicking madness! (thank goodness for pause!)
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Bird by Example
What is Bird by Example?
Bird by Example is — and I say this with great passion — an RPG sandbox where all the occupying NPCs are grotesque birds who mimic your behavior with deep learning algorithms. Nothing is scripted! Everything is emergent! Be the bird you want to see in the world!
Steam has asked me to be more explicit with the game’s features:
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world
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objects
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jump
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crawl
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punch
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squawk
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bite
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physics objects
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other*
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stories??**
It’s an artificial intelligence sandbox acted out by birds with concerning musculature! Help them see, help them love, help them eat a big fat bug! Right now at this very second, the metaphysical bounds of this game hold a throng of hungry birds who wish nothing more than to be like you! Like Mama!
_*: Imprint psuedo-neurologically upon independent bird agents, using recurrent neural networks, gradient descent, and a custom-built system of semiotic metadata evocation (to afford transferrable behavior between distinct objects and agents which share characteristics along an n-dimensional space).
**: Isn’t life a story? Aren’t we all little stories, flying on this crazy rock?_
You said this was a game? Who’s Mama? I’m Mama? Who are you again?
Please pay attention. These birds are equipped with artificial neural networks that optimize themselves against your own actions! Using trendy deep learning algorithms found in a black box at the bottom of the sea, and something called ‘gradient descent’, they will try to become mathematically perfect distillations of you! It’s very computationally expensive and very math!
But what do you actually do?
Explore, follow self-imposed rules, and cultivate your flock! Tutor a bird to act just like you! By simply doing things, they will learn from you by witnessing your play! Bite an orange and you may start to see other birds doing similarly! Squawk at a another bird and watch your flock erupt into squawkage!
Oh! That’s interesting. So they have brains!?
Woah, strong word! Let’s avoid that word!
Have you ever played a game, and thought: “This is fun, but I live in such fear that I cannot enjoy it…”
Yes, I do live a life of fear! And thank you for blowing off my silly and ethically challenging question!
Yes, you do live in fear! You’re like any brain-wielding creature! But in Bird by Example there will be nothing to be afraid of! In bird world there is nothing to be afraid of! Nothing to be afraid of! Turn that brain off!
Okay. And the game is fun? It’s a game?
You must teach the rest of the birds basic life skills! If not, they will all starve to death!
Wait, you coded these birds to feel hungry but didn’t teach them how to eat?
That feature was out of scope! Please!!! Hungry!!!
Hold on… What’s a bird?
A bird is a fictional creature which came to me in a dream on a particularly cold night in February. I woke up in a sweat the next morning and quickly tried to recreate the apparition from memory. The results? Remarkable.
Earliest known footage of a “Bird” from that morning.
They were perfect. All they needed was a name.
The word ‘Bird’ is a mix of the word ‘word’ and the letter ‘b’ This is because I needed a word — or “wird” — to describe the birds. Sadly, a word using ‘a’ was already taken. It’s like gamertags!
I experimented for many weeks with flight, but no matter how much I stretched out their arms they would not.
Whatever. Doesn’t matter.
AI Battle Royale Generator
Very good game, I always enjoy playing it, I really like the work of the developer and the gameplay that this battle Royale offers! the lifespan of the game was rather long but it is even more so today with the addition (as in Mario maker or happy Whells) of a “creator” mode where the possibilities are numerous! In short, I highly recommend this game to streamers but also to players looking for a little battle Royale, especially at the price where it is offered 😉! PS: sorry for my rather bad English 😅
– Real player with 8.4 hrs in game
simple good
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Digital Diamond Baseball V9
Digital Diamond Baseball is a great option for everyone but it stands alone for mac users with limited options. The developer is very responsive and willing to help out as well. He is constantly working to improve the elements of the game and I look forward to many hours of enjoyment. It has become my #1 baseball sim.
– Real player with 320.3 hrs in game
IMO- this game has flown UNDER the radar and deserves some accolades for its many strengths!
DDB V-9 is an outstanding value providing an open game engine that produces accurate season, team and player results.
As-played lineups w/ player transactions and schedules are available if you’re a stock replay person. Every season from the present back to 1959 have been created, and installing a season is a matter of just clicking on it. There are many other additional seasons as well. The stats package is quite good and the AI is VERY good!
– Real player with 218.8 hrs in game
XOMBEE
COD zombies if it had down syndrome
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
I enjoyed this game so MUCH! its AAAA game. Im rating it 100/100 3
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
DumbBots
Great game. Didn’t let me down.
– Real player with 19.6 hrs in game
If you enjoy logic puzzles you’ll enjoy this. It’s a perfect sandbox to be able to see [on a basic level] what goes into logic of computer-controlled characters in video games. There are simple logic blocks to start with, and advanced ones that can create a very ‘intelligent’ DumbBot.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Do I smell Pizza?
Hilarious theme!!
The fat boy walking up and down with his food towers and vomiting on rats while dodging friendly fire brings a compelling twist to tower defense and adds a new layer of dynamism that can’t be found in the original genre.
Recommended!
– Real player with 14.6 hrs in game
“Chubby doesn’t share food”, even more, when it’s pizza! This game has so nice animations that make the character super fun. The towers are healthy or vegan food that attacks the enemy (chubby’s family?). You must kill the rats while the towers defend the path to the pizza.
It’s not an easy game, the first level itself is a challenge.
Cheap and fun!
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
DR4X
The Game
DR4X is a fast paced dark fantasy turn based strategy game with horror elements In a world with many…dimensions to uncover!
The game has simple, fun, fast paced, dynamic gameplay where each type of faction uses different resources and completely unique playstyles.
Play in an evolving world, filling up with horrors and monsters if you don’t try to stop their spread, unique events and so on.
It also has a very reactive world map and an in depth skirmish creator. With multiple possible win conditions to choose from based on your skirmish choices.
Research powerful stacking technologies to dominate your enemies, or let the other factions and even the nearby gremlin horde learn how to cause more trouble for you with their own technologies.
Do you want to fight other empires? Or perhaps just defeat the monsters infesting the realm. Or maybe even be the monsters infesting the realm! It is your choice!
PC Hockey League
PC Hockey League is the newest and best hockey experience brought to PC! Experience intense, action packed 3-on-3 gameplay! Through team work, offensive and defensive skills battle your way to be the best in the league.
Three action packed periods of 3 on 3 ice hockey! Compete against other teams to prove your the best! Master all the unique controls designed for PC gameplay unlike any sports game before.
Join a PCHL team or create your own! Squad up and play against other teams to compete and be the best. Customize your teams colours, names and logo to show off your style on the ice as a team!
Every player is unique, characters are customizable so you can represent yourself! Pick your favourite jersey number and have your last name on your jersey.
As an indie dev, I am devoted to creating a great experience for everyone! I am open to any feedback or suggestions to keep the game in prime condition! Visit the discord to discuss the game or to give any suggestions and feedback.
Join The Discord: https://discord.gg/egBPM9e7Sz