In the House of Silence
Instructions unclear, shoved antlers in my eye sockets. 10/10
– Real player with 16.7 hrs in game
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@Review:
In the House of Silence is a simple yet challenging Rogue-Like, with hours of content, featuring a tormenting plot of the House of Silence, the most dangerous location in The Night Land. An effort to find its dark secrets.
However, In the House of Silence, its silence feels more lonely. It is the only known video game to be inspired by Hodgson’s famed story. Hopefully, over time, we’ll see more, just like In the House of Silence.
– Real player with 12.1 hrs in game
Lilulu
Lilulu is an exploration puzzle game, the theme of the game is to explore the mental state of a character Lilulu with an unusual mental state.
Players would proceed through stage by stage while chasing a little girl in a fantasy maze.
Different mazes represent different memories of Lilulu.
In these mazes, there will be a mysterious little girl evading the player’s chase. The use of different furnishings and mechanisms to catch the little girl will cause different mysterious events and players will understand the entire story stage by stage.
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Conjurer Andy’s Repeatable Dungeon
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!
This game is 100% like a Free to Play Mobile game. It certainly was made for that audience and still is Pay to Play. Screenshots do not SHOW how the game really is and they do not mention anything of that on the store page. This is certainly NOT a deckbuilder. You can chose 3(!) cards for a run. 3! The “fights” consist of simply clicking on a wheel of fortune. Either all your characters hit the enemie or they don’t. That’s as much strategy as their is involved. You just get rewards if you don’t die and leave the dungeon. Even then all your used cards expire. What does this mean? There is a timer, like in most free to play games which tells you how long you have to wait til you can use these cards again. For gold you can skip that. If you die in a dungeon, you don’t get gold.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
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Mirror Land
WHAT IS THIS
Mirror Land is an original game that focuses on optical illusion puzzles. It is inspired by some Magic Mirror Concepts such as FengYueBaoJian in Dream of the Red Chamber and The Mirror of Erised in Harry Potter. It uses MAGIC MIRROR to GRAB and RELEASE characters and cooperate with moving the MAGIC MIRROR to complete incredible space puzzles.
According to THE MIRROR CONCEPT, a series of gameplay and stories are created. Meanwhile, this game uses poetry-writing methods as a source of reference, which makes the game more interesting and creates a poetic atmosphere in it.
**For closer eye movement and deeper puzzle layout, the puzzles of this game are specially developed for vertical screens. If the player’s display can be rotated to vertical, as long as the windows desktop is set to vertical. Then open the game, the game will be full screen. Or, if the display cannot be rotated or you don’t want to bother, players can just use the normal horizontal screen mode. The game experience will not be different, and the areas on the left and right sides of the screen will be filled with black. **
HOW TO PLAY
You can learn how to play from the demo video or read the tips below.
0.The MIRROR and The Feet of the character have an interactive relationship.
1.When you can see The Feet of the character in the MIRROR, press the MIRROR Button, thus the character is tied to the MIRROR surface and turns into 2D form.
2.When the MIRROR is moved, the terrain reflected in the MIRROR is changed.
3.When the 2D form character’s feet meet an empty foothold reflected by MIRROR, press the MIRROR Button again, thus the character is released to the corresponding terrain.
MECHANISM
Pedal Trigger can make the terrain or other things change.
THRUST DEVICE When the character moves to the front of the THRUST DEVICE, this device will do a powerful thrust and push the character out for a certain distance. During this process, the
character is not affected by gravity.
CLUSTER LIGHT
When the source of The CLUSTER LIGHT is turned on, there will be a beam of The CLUSTER LIGHT. It can be reflected by a MIRROR. You can make the LIGHT travel to different positions by adjusting the angle of light emission as well as the angle and position of the mirror.
1.The CLUSTER LIGHT can pass through transparent terrain.
2.When the CLUSTER LIGHT reaches a FLAT place whether it is transparent or not, a TELEPORT POINT of LIGHT can be etched at the irradiation point.
3.LUMEN STONE CAT can travel in CLUSTER LIGHT-TELEPORT POINT System
NPCs
LUMEN STONE CAT is a passenger of the CLUSTER LIGHT. It is a mysterious animal imprisoned in the LUMEN STONE. When it is not exposed to the CLUSTER LIGHT, it looks like a dull square stone that is almost as tall as the character. In this case, It can be dragged and moved on a flat place, helping characters reach different terrain. But when THE CAT is moved to a teleport point of the CLUSTER LIGHT, which connects with another teleport point by CLUSTER LIGHT, THE CAT will transform into a cat that can swim in the LIGHT. After it reaches the teleport point as far as it can, THE CAT will transform into stone-form again.
The SILENCE is such a STABLE being that no character can push it away. When it blocks a character’s way, the character can only walk away and wait for it to go to the next position, or catch it and put it in the MIRROR.
The STRENGTH In most cases, the STRENGTH will push away every movable object that gets into its reach. How far it pushes an object depends on the size of STRENGTH. During the pushing process, the STRENGTH and the object are not affected by gravity.
What The STRENGTH can push away: the character, the cubes, and smaller STRENGTHs
What The STRENGTH can not push away: THE SILENCE, THE LIGHT FLOWING STONE CAT, and solid terrains.
When the STRENGTH pushes the objects beyond its ability, it will be pushed away by the reaction force.
The STRENGTH can also be caught and put in the MIRROR.
CHESSBOARD OF THE MIRROR MECHANISM
1.When the character is caught and put on the CHESSBOARD OF THE MIRROR, he will become a chess piece that can move to the adjacent chessboard grid.
2.Each chessboard grid has a corresponding relationship with a certain foothold out of the MIRROR. When the MIRROR releases the character, the character will be placed in the corresponding position.
THE STORY OF MIRROR LAND
There is a continent in the darkness where the sun, the moon, and stars do not exist. The LIGHT is stored in a big mountain like gel. The mountain is called LUMEN.
Living creatures near the LUMEN gradually evolve into humans. They learn the methods of mining and using the LIGHT. They pipe the LIGHT to high places, illuminating most places. Technology and civilization are developing. Kingdom has formed.
Not far from the west of the LUMEN is the MIRROR PLAIN where the supply of MIRRORS is inexhaustible. Once the last piece of MIRROR PLAIN was exploited, an earth movement will come. A new MIRROR PLAIN will raise.
These MIRRORS can catch living creatures and put them into the surface of MIRRORS. This is discovered by accident.
One of the believable legends is about a hunter. Once upon a time, he was chasing the LUMEN BEAST. This BEAST escaped to a mirror. The hunter prayed subconsciously that someone could help him catch it. Unexpectedly, THE MIRROR responded to his prayer and caught the BEAST.
Later, people found a way to make MAGIC MIRRORS between witchcraft and technology.
THE STORY OF XIU(the character)
XIU’s ancestors are INKMEN,XIU is a inkman as well. INKMEN is one of the results of human genetic modification.
After humans learned to make MAGIC MIRRORS, some clever bad guys commit crimes with MAGIC MIRRORS they make, and leave no trace of themselves. The ruler of the kingdom decides to keep all the clever guys under supervision. Every movement of them has to leave a trace behind. So the clever ones become INKMEN. Ink always seep out through their skin, and their shoes cannot be waterproof. So the footprints they leave are all ink-like.
XIU’s mother was a TRAFFIC MIRROR ENGINEER. In a TRAFFIC MIRROR test 7 years ago, when the MIRROR released her, she disappeared. This strange thing made people panic, but no reason was found.
Now XIU is fifteen years old, inherited mother’s relics.XIU found 7 SPECIAL STONES among them. One day, a mysterious voice came into XIU’s ears, saying,” Take THESE STONES to the FURNACES I designate. Then forge them into a HAMMER according to the drawings I give you. Use the HAMMER to smash the one-thousand-year-old MIRROR hanging in the capital. And you can find your mother…”
“As long as there is a chance of finding my mother, I will try it…”
Bus stop in the fog
UPDATE:
The dev made an extended version and it is awesome. The first part is the same, but the second part is completely different and much better. It got a small open world a little backstory through notes, riddles and lots of new object. The lenght of the game is now around 30 minutes. I like it very much.
OUTDATED REVIEW:
Strange, weird, good but very short walking simulator. I liked the playthrough, it was a good experience, but the lenght of 4 minutes is a bit sad. I would like an extended version of it. Visuals, sound and voice acting are great for a little indiegame.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
idk
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Dreamstones
I recommend Dreamstones on sale to fans of brickbuster games or someone looking for a unique mostly chill game. It is a unique cartoonish brick busting RPG with city builder elements and a lighthearted text narrative driven story, which I completed in ~20 hours. Here is what you need to know:
+Game is mostly chill with its vibe & music when you are not focused on the last stage of a level trying to get the last few required blocks (nightmare cubes)
+As a brick buster, over time there are lots of active and passive abilities that modify stats or cause certain things to happen. It seems the different types of powerup capsules have an equivalent active ability can be earned or unlocked.
– Real player with 26.9 hrs in game
6/10
Dreamstones is an interesting take on the genre of brick-breaking games, combining both the “usual Arkanoid gameplay” with RPG elements, that is well done in some ways but also sadly has a considerable number of issues, mainly regarding level design and game design.
The game is fun and manages quite well to combine RPG and brick-breaking elements where you deal with a lot of different bricks, monsters, equip weapons, use skills, level up and a lot more. So far, so good - the game does that much well. The soundtrack is also well done (albeit a bit repetitive) and the game’s graphics are very well done. Also, the game is pretty long (I got 25h total for 100% completion), with new block types and enemies showing up as the game progresses, with a boss battle at the end of each area.
– Real player with 25.2 hrs in game
Lockdown VR: Kidnapped
I was having a party and we decided to give this game a try on the side. Turned out to be quite fun competing with my friends and time. The puzzles were challenging i think it was a worthwhile purchase. With VR the escape rooms comes to me and not vica versa i like it.
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
This is a good game with interesting puzzles. Great for those who like multiplayer escape rooms. Could I request the developers to PLEASE add an option to turn off the timer. You guys have taken the trouble to create the environment and we like to be able to investigate it in a leisurely way.
– Real player with 5.7 hrs in game
The Tower Between Us
The Tower Between Us is a 2D Hand Drawn, highly-intense metroidvania, telling the struggle of Mahina and Ayana, two women who took part in the tale of the construction of the legendary Tower of Babel. Aside from this feat, there was the burden of protecting the Tower from an ancient evil that lurks within.
Fast-paced Metroidvania
A game about the captivating story of Mahina and Ayana, whose friendship directly impacts the game mechanics through a system of active and passive skills, resembling retro 90’s games. Come rescue that amazing feeling of responsiveness through each level, as you guide them through this historical adventure in The Tower Between Us.
Detailed Game Developing
The game is still in development, and we sincerely hope that you like it as much as we do, for we have been putting our hearts into it, so to create a game that is worthy of being in your library =).
Fuzz Dungeon
Introduction
Fair warning before reading the review, the developer has been very kind to reach out and ask for beta testing so this game has been gifted to me to supply feedback, however this review is and will stay my honest and unbiased opinion of the game! Also to be extra clear, this is a review based on playing it during an early access
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
well….. that happened. took just shy of 5 hours, was neat and creative and I managed to get all the achievements. If you want something silly and weird it’s a good option. The controls are a little wonky, but my only major complaint is that there’s no internal volume setting so I had to alt tab out and turn it down through windows. Oh and the text gets hard to read sometimes as it’s on a similar color background.
– Real player with 4.6 hrs in game
Baldo: The Guardian Owls
6th Sept, 2021
This game is really fantastic, the gameplay is very long which makes the adventures VERY EXCITED + the price is VERY WORTH to get this game. if you buy a game which cost $10-20 but it only finished in 4-10 hours, what do you feel about the game? Anyway Puzzles/Riddles are very hard, so it’s really challenging. Issues about bugs, I agree that this game has bugs. But so far it doesn’t affecting the main storyline, while you play the game, the game creator also works to fix these bugs. So YES! I still recommend it, just to warn you that the puzzles is really SUPER HARD, be sure to prepare your heart to take up this challenge.
– Real player with 80.0 hrs in game
This game should have been recommendable with it’s low price, Zelda like game play, and Studio Ghibli like art design but instead it’s terrible.
First off the main map gives no details for each zone. The quests are anyone’s guess since they rarely give any hints as to what to do and the only way you can even get a hint is through the library option in the Rodia town and you have to pay for those hints and since getting money in this game can be tediously long, good luck with that. Also something to note is essential items required to go further in the game are made extremely difficult to find because of the vague nature of the quests. Like for example you don’t even get a sword until you do a dungeon first and you can find yourself being cornered by enemies with no means of offense throughout the dungeon and unless you are really paying attention to the text, you won’t even be aware of that fact until you complete the dungeon.
– Real player with 73.7 hrs in game