Overpass
Phew, what to even say about this game besides that it is amazing.
The art, the gameplay, the music. It all works together to create this concise but beautiful journey as you play through the original levels. Learning and mastering the game’s fundamental mechanics and the gameplay principle before inevitably showing up at the final level. (The game does a fairly good job of teaching you of this without any tutorials besides basic controls but this also mean that some people won’t pick up on certain things. It may be enough to ruin some people’s ride overall just cause the levels get too difficult for them. No there isn’t much to learn, it’s just the fact that
! the object’s position in lanes is correlated to their movement or positioning. This is taught in the Forest Region and used even more on the Plains Region. )
– Real player with 1169.5 hrs in game
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So I’ve been playing this game for a while now. Around 200 hours by the time I’m writing this review. Here are my thoughts
This is a casual rhythm game. If you’re a hardcore rhythm gamer like osu! Don’t expect this game to be hard as you think. Although you can make it hard as you wish.
The most common complaint I’ve heard is the obscured notes. And I actually see this as a good thing. It’s a rhythm game from a new perspective. Which the reason why it’s a casual rhythm game in the first place. It’s on the music, Not completely on the visuals. You have to have combine your sense of rhythm WITH visuals. Which most rhythm games often doesn’t do. It’s absolutely brilliant.
– Real player with 269.3 hrs in game
Beat Biome
Play music through your headset and Beat Biome will automatically pick it up, reacting to the beats and wavelengths!
This is a pretty small trip, but fun none the less. Enjoy several psychedelic environments, even create your own! Just play some music and chill out, maybe lie down or bust a move. It’s up to you how to enjoy this, just keep an open mind and two open ears.
If this blows up I’ll make some more content, but in the meantime leave your comments in a review or email me directly with any bugs/feedback/etc you have. I’m a single developer and just made this for fun, so please be understanding if I can’t get to everything. Thanks, and enjoy!
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Head Bumper: Editcraft
Platform Racing 2 but awesome
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
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Soundodger 2
Already I can see how much work has been put into this game- and it is a major step up from the flash version. It works amazingly, plays good, and most importantly: shows some very promising music. I recommend you check this out, and play through it.
I’m so excited to see the future of this game.
– Real player with 153.4 hrs in game
basically Soundodger+ but with a few very good changes:
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it’s way smoother
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additional tiny animations
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3 new cool bullets
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more cool options for the bullet object
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10 different layers instead of one
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prefabs
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bpm snap
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literally seven new effects
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cool backgrounds and large theme creativity
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player settings (which is cool for challenges)
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overall less limits
and I like all of these additions!
– Real player with 99.3 hrs in game
Buildmark
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!! This game is one of the best sandbox games I have ever played in my life!! (and trust me, I’ve played a lot of sandbox games in the past).
First of all, I think it’s the only sandbox game that is based around raytracing and that’s an amazing idea in my opinion!
Secondly, for a brand new early access game, I find that there are already many creative possibilities and it will only get better!
third, this guy is alone! Yes you heard me right, it’s only one person who designed this masterpiece and for only one person, it really stands out.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
Simple and relaxing.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle
I am loving it. I love the chatbox conversations the coworkers are having. I love the stupid caricature of the boss type. I love the writing sample selections. I love the color. While this game is in desperate need of a tutorial that experts could skip and the zoom function for the text area is a little awkward, it’s totally workable.
Most importantly, I love how this worked out so well as a game to sit and play cooperatively with someone. It’s fun to solve these puzzles together and try to optimize the work you’ve done. This was absolutely worth the small fee to buy this game.
– Real player with 12.3 hrs in game
Addictive as hell!
But you need to know the basics of Regex! Because unfortunately, the explanations are really bare-bones.
(Reading the reviews, this put off a lot of people. Which is a shame: The Dev could just add more detailed, in depth explanations. All it costs is a bit of his time.)
If you actually want to learn Regex, one step at the time, each step with a detailed explanation plus an interactive example, go here: https://regexone.com/
I find this the easiest, best resource to get started with Regex.
– Real player with 6.1 hrs in game
Sandbox Anything
Fun game would recommend to anyone. Cant wait for full release. Great game to challenge friends with
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
So, real quick, the game is in early access so there will be a lot of (like 7) new things in 2022 when its fully released. it WILL change prices from free to idk like 1.99? So, i checked the free box because the game will no longer be free by 2023. HA! we got 2 Y E A R S. get it while its free, kinda fun, and B U G G Y (spam ‘fix the bugs’ to them cause they can break the game)
–-{ Graphics }—
☐ You forget what reality is
☐Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☑ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
Lynium
Not a game I play a lot of by any means, but it’s a nice game to play every once in a while to relax when I need a break from playing other games.
Lately I’ve found myself enjoying a lot of rhythm games like Muse Dash, Osu and a few others. I’ve found myself enjoying this game the most though, as I’ve been opening it up almost every day and playing a little bit here and there. I’m not good at rhythm games by any means but I still enjoy them.
Lynium has a Learning curve, and compared to other rhythm games, it’s a bit different considering it’s still new and in early access but very enjoyable. The initial controls for the game are a bit awkward at first but I was able to change them to be more comfortable for myself. I haven’t tried the multiplayer or making a beatmap yet but the game feels nice. Like a fully finished game!
– Real player with 21.9 hrs in game
I stumbled across lynium when i was looking for a new rhythm game to play. I was definitely sceptical at first, however i’m really glad i got it.
I find the game really throws you in at the deep end, it gives you a quick tutorial saying to just press buttons and then you start. The controls are quite challenging to get used to, however easy to pick up with practise. I’ve really enjoyed progressing from not being able to hit a double note to getting pretty good scores in the matter of hours and i’ve been hooked on it since download.
– Real player with 9.2 hrs in game
Phantom 3D
Phantom 3D is a spiritual successor to early maze based 3D games of the 80’s such as 3D Monster Maze or Maze War. Like those games it has a pretty simple gameplay loop in which you must collect treasure and find a key and exit to get out of the maze, however there is a timer counting down that once it reaches the end a phantom will enter the map and head directly for the the player. You can get scrolls that will increase your time limit and can be used to push the phantom away once he spawns on map. If the phantom catches the player he takes your soul and you get a game over.
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
For a game that’s a couple of bucks. This is not too bad. Sure, the level editor is very limited and you can complete the campaign in under a hour or less. You can easily dodge The Phantom if you just go around him when he gets close. This is like the only horror game where you can customize your surroundings. In other games, the developers just either make you have to code your own or they aren’t targeting horror audiences. So, since this is the only game like that out there, It’s definitely something to buy if you can’t code or are looking for a time killer with just barely any replayability, which stinks but I guess no game can last forever
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Cadence
Cadence is something different: a hybrid of game and music sandbox. Understanding how to bring these two worlds together has been a quest 8 years in the making. It’s now finally here for you to enjoy.
How you spend your time with Cadence is up to you. Some people will enjoy relaxing with the game and solving levels. Tinkerers will enjoy fiddling with music in the sandbox. The crazy ones will program things we didn’t even know were possible.
Game play
You don’t need a sense of rhythm or a good ear to play Cadence - just your thinking cap and a bit of patience will reward you with gentle zen melodies. Puzzles start simple and build up to complex head-scratchers.
Make some noise
If you’ve tried music production you’ll know it’s intimidating. Cadence’s sandbox mode has been meticulously designed so that “time to first sound” is mere seconds. It doesn’t matter if you’re a composer looking for inspiration or you’ve never made a note of music in your life - Cadence is an entirely new and playful way of interacting with music.
Many are better than one
Cadence goes deep: underneath the game there’s a Turing complete logic system and a host of music production tools for you to explore. What’s possible with Cadence is an open question.
That’s why Steam Workshop is deeply integrated with effortless one-click import:
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play the best community generated levels
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collectively learn new techniques
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show off your proudest creations