Submorse
All I need now is a telegraph Morse key gaming mouse…
Submorse is a very good game to casually learn Morse code. It’s pretty addictive too once you start doing the time trials. Walking around in the sub is a nice touch for atmosphere. There’s a basketball and goal to mess around with. There is also a radio you can choose various songs on, although I would suggest you turn off the radio (and turn off success audio) before you try to do Morse code. You will find 3 interactive monitors in the sub. The monitor closest to the basketball goal is the one you do Morse code on. You will also see the internet high scores of the Submorse time trials on one of the other monitors in the sub once you’ve completed a time trial. Another monitor will let you adjust the game settings.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
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TLDR:
If you want to learn morse code, or really just want to challenge yourself and pick up some cool knowledge along the way, then this game is definitely for you. Even people who might not be interested in morse code, will have a great time playing this game. I know I definitely did.
The only thing I personally felt that was missing from this game was more content. Though it certainly didn’t take away from the fun experience I had with the game.
– Real player with 4.7 hrs in game
Escape The Tank
For someone’s first game this is genuinely very good! Simplistic platforming and puzzles, some enemies with good pathfinding that pose as good obstacles, and an easy to understand premise: Escape the tank. Since its his first game its incredibly low budget quality, which is to be expected, but its still very good.
Note to the developer:
Things you might wanna look into when you remake this
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Complete overhaul of the ui, its pretty messy at the moment.
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Some different enemies other than the manta ray. It serves its purpose, but it starts to get annoying to see the same toothy-mouthed enemy coming at you. Maybe some piranhas or sharks? The lionfish could also have some other variants such as a pufferfish.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
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Awesome early access game, cant wait to see it fully finished. Cool concept from an up and coming game developer; who actively takes on feedback from users.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Sea Bubble
Very wholesome game with nice aesthetics.
The kind of game you play at a couch party with some friends, controller and keyboard needed, haven’t tried playing with 2 controllers tho(and dunno if you can).
– Real player with 24.6 hrs in game
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At first I was a little sceptic, watching the trailer only gave me questions about purchasing this game or not, does this kind of game really fit me? But I went to the steam page and I saw that the game wasn’t really expensive, so why not to try it? I downloaded and tried it with my roomate, and you know? It made our afternoon. This game may not have top-notch graphics or be as complex as Rocket League, but is fun to play with a friend, is that kind of game that is better when you play with someone physically and joke about it, or play with some friends a friday night before going outside.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Magnificent Ships: Volume 1
Nice Experience, Would Love a Snap-Turn
Played on Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch controllers. I don’t have a particular interest in ships or maritime history, so I was reluctant to pick this up. Since I like casual VR experiences, and all the reviews are positive, I thought I’d give this one a try. I purchased a bundle (Volumes 1 and 2). The wave effects and time of day changes are excellent. I wouldn’t mind a little more resolution on some of the ship textures, but they still look good. I have really enjoyed watching the sunrise and sunset from several of the ships. I also had fun playing with the model ships in the park.
– Real player with 5.9 hrs in game
From the same people who brought you “VROOM: GALLEON”, this is essentially just a detailed 3D model of various ships with some added effects. Spending $10 on it might be a bit much since there’s no game here, but each ship is pretty well modeled (on the exterior anyway) and you can even go below the water level to get a look at the hull, rudder and propellers/screws.
You get 6 ships to choose from: a 16th century pirate ship (much like VROOM: Galleon), an Oil Tanker, a Navy Submarine, Iowa class battleship, a Zumwalt class Destroyer, and the Queen Mary 1. Some of the textures could use some work, but overall it’s still pretty neat.
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
One Ping Only
A school student project that provides a free, short, and linear exploration experience, quite interesting to amuse yourself with for around 30 minutes (50 if you take it slow). The controls are a bit cumbersome but it’s not a deal breaker since the sub is not damageable. There are several points along the journey where you could exit the predetermined exploration area and end up “outside”, so you might run the chance of getting lost, therefore just pay attention - if you think you’ve gone off the set path, you probably have.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
I request that you guys. make a Part two,
The Overrall Eerieness and darksilence coupled with the shock of setting off A creature - (Or Detection Alarm IDK) is absolutely Stunning, the fact that such suprise can be fit into an ending is amazing, and I feel that there needs to be a Part two to extend what went down in the story, overrall, I felt that One Ping Only is Although a tiny bit straight forward, and a tinsy bit odd with controls, It makes up for it with Having to use only Echo-location and Knowledge of Passages mere seconds before the next ping before moving ahead with your crew, If your the kind of Person who wants a simple, yet Intriguing story to get you wondering, then ‘One Ping only’ Is it.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Under the Sea
Under the Sea
“All that glistens are not gold.” by this phrase we mean watch out!
In the deep sea where any light is gold for survival, we need to be quick and know how to differentiate what is food and what is the enemy!
Under the Sea is a 3D survival mini game based on time attack, race against time to survive, collect the lights and gain time to live in a world full of enemies.
Steam version:
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Time Attack Mode
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Achievments
It’s a brazilian indie game created thinking about a easy under water game simulator.
To move use the WASD keys, to move up and down use the Arrows Keys Up and Down.
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Magnificent Ships: Volume 2
it good and it fun
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
Similar Experience to Volume 1- I Liked It, but I Still Want a Snap-Turn
I just posted my review below verbatim from what I wrote for volume 1. Essentially, I felt that the pluses and minus are the same.
Played on Oculus Rift CV1 with Touch controllers. I don’t have a particular interest in ships or maritime history, so I was reluctant to pick this up. Since I like casual VR experiences, and all the reviews are positive, I thought I’d give this one a try. I purchased a bundle (Volumes 1 and 2). The wave effects and time of day changes are excellent. I wouldn’t mind a little more resolution on some of the ship textures, but they still look good. I have enjoyed watching the sunrise and sunset from several of the ships. I also had fun playing with the model ships in the park.
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
TARAKAN - Mystery Point & Click Adventure
Sorry to say I was disappointed with this game.
If you’re seriously into math you may love it.
I prefer the type of escape room where you find clues and solve problems.
This game turned into all numbers with no clues at all.
You either know the math required or, like me, you’re out.
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
This is a very short puzzle game, I took 4 hours but a chunk of that was me leaving the game running whilst I went off for a coffee or some other task. The graphics are basic 2D, the navigation point and click and the game is simplicity itself, find something that needs unlocking and then find a key or code. The puzzles vary from solutions staring you in the face to having to get a pen and paper out and do some calculations. It isn’t very strenuous but does provide for a diverting few hours. Is it worth the price? Just about. I suspect this style of game works better on the Android platform.
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
Arden’s Wake
Beautiful example of how VR can be used to screen a short movie (or should we say “stage a play”? That seems more like it). The general theme (a heroine discovering her family history while transitioning to independence) is somewhat darker compared to “Allumette” but the cheerful artistic style and the rather sketchy character development still give it a light-hearted tone. Some viewers seem to feel “Arden’s Wake” ends in a cliffhanger. Personally I think it does say everything it has to say.
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
I got an Oculus Quest 2 and a link cable for my PC this week and this was the first thing that I saw on Steam that I thought I might like, so I picked it up.
It was my first experience with my own VR (I tried my girlfriend’s VR for 20 minutes some time ago). I’m a little embarrassed because I thought that it was a game, but it’s really an animated short. The experience was wonderful for me and I recommend the movie.
I was disappointed that the movie didn’t come with playback controls. I know it’s only a short film, but I had technical issues due to my inexperience and it would have been nice to pause it and to go back to where I left off. All in all, I had to restart a couple of times and watch a good bit of what I’d already seen. Not a horrible thing, but was a little frustrating at the time.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
S.U.B.
Small and simple co-op but very fun
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Small co-op station game.
1 submarine, 2 players, 4 stations (steering, weapons, scanner, smelter), 1 level. essential, this feels like a minimalist version of Catastronauts that is also less exciting. You navigate the deep looking for keycards and scrap metal while fending off laser sharks, and when you enter the enemy base, it turns out they’re in another castle, and the game ends. Mind you, the concept isn’t that bad, and if the devs had put some effort into making a campaign and different enemies, it could be a lot better; but as it is, If you want to do couch co-op, I recommed springing for a better game that has more variety.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game