Guppy
Relaxing fun, especially when you get good at swimming fast.
Controller support didn’t work for me (Steam/Linux) but configured as keyboard instead.
For the price well worth a punt.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
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Guppy is a poetic game, which lets you control a fish by moving its tail left and right.
No other control is used; and every movement of the tail is propelling the fish in the direction of the movement. Used alternatively, left and right movements allow the fish to progress forward, or any way you so desire; by gauging how much of each movement to produce.
Both the left and right sticks can be used; but the game really shines when shoulder controls are used, epecially the analog ones. I am unsure as if the game is using them in an analog fashion (I think not), but using them feels most natural to me.
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game
Dialogue Box: The Road Less Traveled
The choices are simple, picking is hard.
In “Dialogue Box: The road less traveled”, you will navigate a whimsical landscape while failing to keep your sanity.
The controls are extremely unintuitive and the humor is cheesy to a fault.
I am a great salesman.
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Original physics-based challenges
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Dynamic story that adapts to your actions and choices
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Secrets with extra challenges for the completionists at heart
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Minimalistic yet charming visual style
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Way too many endings
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Puns
I hope you won’t hate me by the time you get to the other side.
Have fun! TomerSSH.
Trailer song:
Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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How I learned to Skate
“This is a story about how I learned to skate. It was hard…"
How I learned to Skate is a desperately difficult ice-skating challenge about a boy learning to skate for the first time, following an increasingly burdensome path, chasing after the girl he could never have.
Gameplay
Control individual legs and body tilt to move the ice-skater with a mouse or a controller. It’s simple.
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Raise a leg
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Choose a direction
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Release the leg
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Tilt the body to turn
Additional info
This game is all about learning and mastering a new unique mechanic.
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A challenge with checkpoints.
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Inspired by a Warcraft 3 mod that I love, Polar Escape 5
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Merged together with instantaneous mouse controls from Getting Over It
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Takes roughly 12 hours to complete, depending on how fast you learn. Roughly 3 hours for the demo.
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