Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
ENCOUNTER
You have fallen into a surreal and haunted underground neighborhood. Discover its origins and escape with your life - and sanity - intact.
OBSERVE
Remember that hallway you found at your workplace or school? The one you didn’t realize was there before. Nobody ever goes there, it has no windows, and it seemingly has no purpose. The lights might be on, the floor is usually clean, but it exists for nobody.
This transitional place is the lifeblood of Anemoiapolis: a world with no sunlight and no humanity, buzzing with fluorescent apathy. It does not care about you, yet it watches intently.
SURVIVE
Experience the dungeon-like malls, pools, hallways, and basements of Anemoiapolis in first person. Utilize platforming and puzzle solving to navigate the barren commercial catacombs. If you start to feel complacent, you might not be ready for what’s around the corner.
ABOUT
Anemoiapolis reflects the experiences of a developer who grew up among empty buildings in Midwest USA, and who is currently processing our world of empty buildings brought on by COVID-19.
Expect critiques on mindless consumerism, feelings of impending doom, and eerie “mallcore” aesthetics.
Soundtrack by JORDANN and 4REST
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Ayu - The Dream Soul -
Ayu - The Dream Soul - is a surreal horror adventure experience where you control Ayu, a girl who suddenly finds herself in bizarre logicless worlds. Now she has to find out the reason as to why she’s in this place.
Features:
-A mysterious plot.
-Dialogues.
-Playable flashbacks/cutscenes.
-All kinds of different dream worlds.
-Exploration of small and large worlds.
-Hidden Easter Eggs and Mysteries.
-Treasure Chests.
-Vendor NPC.
- The Game is currently in Early Access phase, a lot of content is already planned for future updates! *
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Please Wake Up
This game is AMAZING! It’ll have most at the edge of their seat, heart racing and very concentrated. A must grab for any psychological horror. There is text in between levels to move the story along, but it does have a blur effect that can be a bit straining on the eyes, BUT, it can be turned off!!! NO WORRIES ON THAT!
Let’s break it down
The game follows a young boy in a coma trying to wake up while reconstructing different scenarios. I won’t spoil much, but different events and weave the narrative along nicely as things get more intense. A very well crafted narrative! I like it a lot, it’s simple and has a bit of spice in there to have an awesome story. I will say though (KINDA Spoiler I guess) the ending is JUST a little empty and I would’ve liked to see more.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
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This game will scare the **** out of you, but at least you will remember some really profound questions and interesting facts about memory reliability that constitutes reality vs. illusion distinction.
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
GAG
I love this game, probably the best store of all time. No other game and match up to this game. I love gag. short and will bring you on a journey as you play as a sexually abused co host for a sit com. Paul is the best character in the game.
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– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
I would recommend playing this game blind… because not knowing what will happen is one of the most terrifying things I’ve experienced in a game.
This game was genuinely interesting and unsettling… I’m not sure how well the topic mattered. It could’ve been about choosing the flavor of ice-cream and it would just be as gross and horrific. If you just let yourself become immersed in these short experiences, there’s a real sense of danger and unease between all of these ‘games’. I would say if Gag was a ‘short story’, I would make the other ‘games’ out to be poems. They’re excellent experiences, definitely worth it for me.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
The Grounding
At first I was confused about this games connection to the Fast and Furious franchise but after a second third and fourth playthrough I have started to uncover the fascinating and quite frankly genius subtle world building and lore and I have finally come up with my theory to solve this games story In Grounded you play as Dominic Toretto in purgatory after a street race gone horribly wrong leaves him in a coma Elizabeth Warren chases you around your own personal purgatory because much like in real life she is the Devil of the fast and furious franchise and comes to personally take Dom to the afterlife in order to get revenge on him for banging her husband in the deleted scenes of fast 5 The goal of the game is to collect and smoke six blunts in order to unleash weeds mystical healing powers and bring Dom back to life each blunt is located in a differnt room and every room is a nod to one of Doms wacky adventures in the Fast and Furious movies Spawn = Fast 1, Medieval = Doms final showdown with Evil Doctor Heinzenstruber in his secret doomsday castle, morgue = Paul Walkers death, Bedroom = Letty’s Exclusive 5 dollar onlyfans show, Bathroom = Dom saving Mia from the Scat club in fast 7. after smoking all the blunts you come back to life but due to the Weed being a little too stanky Dom accidentally begins ascending into godhood however this catches the attention of Jesus and realizing he will soon be outmatched Jesus decides to trap Dom in an eternal vaporwave hell which is where you wake up after smoking all six blunts in the game this is where Dom remains until Fast 9. I look forward to seeing how Dom escapes this eternal hell in Fast 9. all in all this game is a short but sweet game to tide us over and get us hyped for Fast 9 coming to theaters April 2nd 2021 and although the connections are a little more abstract I think this game is a must play for any Fast and Furious fan.
– Real player with 252.8 hrs in game
This game has thoroughly changed my life. It’s not just a horror or meme game, but a honest reflection about modern society. The main character grows up a single parent house, your dad, Mark Zuckerberg, left you when you were still a baby on his way to the convenience store for a pack of a cigarettes. Still heartbroken over this incident, your mom, who is Elizabeth Warren, has set up 6 cigarette altars in hopes that one day, your dad will return home to you guys. Like your dad though, you also have an uncontrollable cigarette addiction, so you can not resist grabbing a smoke from the altar. Warren is pissed and goes super saiyan.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Divine Favor
Spooky, cause like i’m afraid of literally every bug that ever existed.
I don’t understand why the first like hour was just black though.
The game seemed long at the start but faster when things started going.
I don’t know if this is going to get updates or more story but overall pretty spooky man.
The story is pretty good and the art is too.
For what is I don’t feel that it would be worth $1 as the story is kinda short.
But if you like this sorta spooky text story then I definitely recommend, but this game just ain’t my cup of tea.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
In hindsight, I should have known this, but there is absolutely zero gameplay. However, it is a very interesting story which is thoroughly enhanced by the sound effects. It does what it does well, but it really doesn’t do much. A little bit overpriced even with the low price of .99.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Exitium
Challenging game, should be good for speedrunning.
Has puzzles and stealth and beep bop music
– Real player with 6.5 hrs in game
As far as the story and visuals go, I enjoyed this experimental game, but the platforming was a bit clunky. For the most part, it’s a puzzle-platformer with a psychological twist. The narrative is told from the perspective of a girl that is having relationship problems with her boyfriend. After each platforming section, you get to play a stealth mini-game where you are trying to isolate your boyfriend from the crowd by creating distractions. I suspect that game has 2 endings depending on your actions, I am pretty sure I got the bad one. Even though I kinda knew where the story was going, it still got me, and I am considering replaying it just to see if I can get a better outcome. It takes around 2-3 hours to finish if you don’t skip any puzzles, although you do have that option if you keep getting stuck. Aside from that, the game has nice achievement support, assuming that you want to replay the game with no hits and so on. Overall, the game is very creative, but that creativity occasionally comes at the cost of intuitive gameplay.
– Real player with 6.0 hrs in game
The Meldstorm?
Face the Pillar’s Trials
The Meldstorm is a fast paced action roguelite with a huge amount of weapon customization. Prove yourself and defeat the trials of the pillar, or die trying…
Items and Synergies
Combine mods with your weapons to create your own devastating attacks. Find your own synergies to build your dream weapon, millions of possibilities are waiting to be tested. The unique customization system allows for player expression and promote thought and creativity with no clear correct choices. Random mods drop throughout as you go, and are lost upon death, giving each run a fresh feel and totally new options.
Chose your Hero
Pick from a roster of characters, each with their own specific strengths and weaknesses, as well as widely different movement abilities.
The Knight is resilient and powerful at close range, his leap lets him reach the peaks of even the tallest mountains.
The Rogue is strong with all weapons, but more frail than the knight. Her smoke bomb lets her get out of a pinch or quickly reach her target.
(IN PROGRESS) The Sorcerer is more powerful when left alone, but weak when surrounded. His levitation lets him move around quickly to set up his next attack.
Deadly Enemies
Each zone features its own set of unique enemies. They grow more and more aggressive and deadly as they go, and will not hesitate to gang up on you if given the chance. Disposing of them is no easy task…
Fierce Boss Fights
Each zone is guarded by a unique and powerful boss, each of which will require strategy and skill to defeat. Make sure to save up some life before the fights begin unless you want to reach an early demise.
10mg: Cover Me In Leaves
Fantastic game! the music, atmosphere, writing, and art were all beautiful. It was a lovely wistful experience. I read out loud while playing. It felt good. Really captured me. I recommend it.
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Great atmosphere overall, excellent art and solid sound design, but the standout is the writing. Confident and direct, sometimes crude, but elegant and intimate. If the game were any longer the writing style would wear out its welcome, but since it’s (intentionally) short it doesn’t overstay its welcome and invites you to read it more than once to enjoy piecing it together (and also, you know, enjoy the writing).
In short: I’ve paid many times the price of this game for books that weren’t a fifth of its quality. Recommended.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Another_World
This game is GREAT if you’re looking for a fucking God awful, garbage game to play while in a call with your friend at 2 A.M.
This shit is so fucking bad like I cannot recommend playing it on your own but God damn if it isn’t amazing to make fun of all the trash in it.
I had low as fuck God damn expectations but holy F U C K I did NOT expect it to reach this point of absolute fucking dog shit, please, I am BEGGING you to play this shit with your best friend.
And to the developer, please…P L E A S E, I am fucking E-begging to the developer to stop making fucking games, I know you’re seeing this shit too since I’m like one of the three God damn reviews. THIS SHIT IS SUPREME MONDO TRASH. 3
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
The only notable thing about this short indie project is its wasted potential.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game