Eos
This was a great game. It was also a short game, but it’s worth it. I finished it after only 56 minutes of gameplay, but I can’t really complain as the game was 100% free.
The story is unique and bitter-sweet, the art style is stunning yet simplistic, and the puzzles are entertaining. The puzzles remind me of portal, with the cube and button format, but the mechanic with the day/night gates is fairly unique. The puzzles are on the easier side of things, so it’s good for a quiet evening when your kind of tired.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
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This is a very basic game designed by students from Digipen Institute of Technology Singapore. Took me under 30 mins, most people completed it in half that time….but it is free!
An enchanting story about a little girl holding a mysterious medallion trying to fulfil her late mother’s dying wish. A voice greets her and as she embarks on her short journey, she learns more about her parents and why she is there. The owner of the voice wants to make sure she is who she really is and tests her with minor trials.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
RESIGNED
INTRO
They say quitting is the easy part. Clearly they don’t know anything. Your boss hates you, the calls keep coming through as do your food deliveries. Respond to emergency calls, control police cars, firetrucks, helicopters, ambulances and more.
STORY
Sick of your job as a Emergency Call Operator, you quit. Well, you try to quit. Unfortunately, your boss’s name is Chris and thus, insults you and makes you work your two week notice from home. Now, you have to balance your diet, your sleep and your work for the next two weeks from home. Good luck.
GAMEPLAY
Control police cars, helicopters, firetrucks, ambulances and more from your laptop. Solve emergency situations, save people and stop criminals whilst also maintaining a good sleep schedule & diet, looking after your finances and communicate with your soon to be ex boss through email.
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Astro Zip VR
Zip past polygon asteroids and dodge explosive space mines in this retro styled arcade-like VR experience.
Speed through the galaxy with your hand and travel as far as you can, using your ship’s experimental warp drive!
Try not to smash into stellar rocks while gathering power ups like boosters and shields!
Watch out for incoming evil Follow Drones that love chasing fast moving space ships!
Collect glowing golden gems to fuel your ship while dashing through the infinity of space.
No buttons or triggers are required to play; simply use the position (and rotation) of the controllers!
Have only a limited amount of time to play? The game offers an endless mode, but a time limit can be set!
Configurable difficulty switches to add more challenge, such as changing the number of ships to start with.
For more arcade like functions see the Arcade info file that comes with the game!
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Crazy Race
This game is one of the best things to happen to me. Don’t buy this game if you are just looking for a quick fun time this game will drain you for all you have you must escape while you can. This game will take over your life I have already lost my home, wife and dog. It was all worth it in the end though because I have found a new wife and that wife is crazy race.
– Real player with 6.6 hrs in game
This game I would have to say I do not recommend. I was on the fence for this decision. I like the game visually and the concept for sure. I found the map very very very small. Plus when you are trying to beat the time, which you can every time!; it blinks red all the time. This game needs massive improvements.
Review at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86iauD4o454
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
NIGHTSLINK
This can either be a simplistic, moody walking simulator or a maddening descent into esoteric analysis.
You’re thrust into a hallway. You could almost feel P.T. vibes if not for the low-poly environment. There are no real jumpscares though, just a foreboding desolation. You deliver tapes by knocking on specific doors. What are on these tapes? Why are people afraid to leave their apartments? Why is the world a Silent Hill-like version of Eraserhead’s industrial wasteland? You, probably, will not find an answer to this. There is a lore, but it’s sparse. Everything is built around that feeling of hopelessness and the confusing hints at something bigger going on. The small dialogues paint a picture of a world full of derealization, cosmic horror, and some corporate espionage. It seems easily taken in, but then you ask why you passed up the man usually found smoking in the hallway when you drove on an empty street. You make tapes for the residents and wonder what seemingly mind-altering messages or sounds are on them. Why are things so deafeningly quiet, besides the buzzing behind you?
– Real player with 6.1 hrs in game
You’re basically a deliveryman in a post-apocalyptic and eerily quiet world in NIGHTSLINK. Not much context needed because of this game’s brevity and about 30 minutes of gameplay if you play through it twice. As someone who regularly has surreal dreams, and those bordering on nightmares are only so because of this impossible feeling of intense anxiety and dread. NIGHTSLINK is a little like that; a lot of uncertainty and a sprinkling of dread, and lovecraftian horror.
I think NIGHTSLINK’s strength is prevalent in its sound design, because some parts of it genuinely live up to the phrase “piercing silence”. Quite literally. And because I’m a sucker for retro/PSx styles in modern indie games, I have to praise that too. Just the right amount of unsettling and darkness, and the sound design helps sell the disconcerting atmosphere. I won’t try to pretend there’s any story, or at least that there’s any need to try and decipher the hypothetical story to make this game “better”, I think it’s good as-is and the lack of context just makes it all the more harrowing. Don’t get me wrong though, it does a terrific job hinting at its worldbuilding, which I absolutely love.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Back again
A great and fun platformer with a cool aesthetic, good music and a nice little story packed in voiced by Dexter Manning
Definitely recommend playing it and for its price, it’s a steal!
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Simple visual style, cryptic and creepy narrative, some chill music, and some platforming that, when you get the hang of it, can be cleared easily. The checkpoint system is the real punisher, but are well spaced-out. Give it a go when you can!
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
Escape the City
Author’s note: This review was written while playing Escape the City on a computer that doesn’t meet the RAM requirement as per the store page’s requirements and the graphics set the minimum quality. A slightly revised review (with superior quality screenshots) is expected in January.
Overview
A first-person shooter with unlimited continues and fully regenerating health? This is a game even an FPS n00b like ol' Il Pallino managed to play to completion! Without any sort of backstory, the player wakes up in an apartment and takes a train into town. Once in town, the main character arrives at a warehouse full of shipping containers guarded by a hostile shotgun-armed soldier who the player will kill with either a pistol or their bare hands, and eventually makes it to some extra ammunition and a shotgun. (It’s to be assumed that the player took the shotgun from the dead soldier originally encountered.) The player fights their way through six levels of various settings with the last two settings being in rural areas differentiated by the amount of daylight, and once the player (easily) makes it to the end, that’s all folks!
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
Really interesting and unique game, has a similar vibe to it like HaDe Games' “Combat Force”, but some parts also reminded me of Half-Life quite a lot. As usual for HaDe Games, this game offers a very special experience and offers a couple hours of content for just a few dollars. There are some minor issues, especially with the AI, but this doesn’t impact gameplay too much. I believe the developer is really passionate about this game and surely future updates will make this game feel fully polished and offer further content.
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
Faraday Protocol
Hey Devs, great game. I found some of the levels challenging and a good use of logic. I did my first run in 14 hrs. and even enjoyed a second run to collect my missing collectible achievement. The jumping portions in some of the puzzles were quite easy once I figured out the timing sequence. A well thought out game and highly recommended. I’d like to see a sequel.
– Real player with 34.1 hrs in game
Awesome game. Addictive. Absolutely beautiful to look at. The puzzles are challenging and interesting. Its also pretty simple and straightforward but with a cool backstory. Would be fun to have a 2 player option, making the puzzles even more mind-bending. I really hope they make a sequel!
– Real player with 22.1 hrs in game
Gravia
This game has TONs of promise, and to be honest I am quite impressed at how stable it ran for me given it’s a one-man-show - fantastic work!
Now to the details -
Pros:
The game mechanics are phenomenal and with a story-line this literally has the potential to be the next Portal/Portal2 in my opinion.
Uses a known-stable engine and runs rock-solid already.
I had a LOT of fun with it!
Cons/Areas needing support:
Graphics are rather simple and definitely need to be spruced up drastically (this is not a one-man job in my opinion though… if a shop were to pick this up and give it a total makeover it would be a huge boon for the game.)
– Real player with 59.0 hrs in game
Very much in the Portal tradition, although I don’t remember Portal being that difficult, esp. when it comes to failing at something…and in this case - always dying. I think if you lighten the requirements for staying alive, eg how far you fall, and maybe a little more tolerance with the missile range, it would be a lot more fun (?). Love the physics at play here, and it seems pretty accurate.
Also, unlike Portal (the second version), it would be interesting after developing these skills to be put into a different environment (maybe escape the old one?) and try to go from point A to point B in order to survive. Perhaps this could be the sequel to part I.
– Real player with 48.0 hrs in game
Repeat
How do I start?
Demo and Repeat! In the demo you will find a unique level. You will try how Repeat is played and at the same time check the hardware requirements + 3 achievements.
What is Repeat Box?
A simple small device allowing you to control the direction, in which the environment loops. What else? It speaks! Repeat Box in fact head of our heroine. It will reveal more about itself in the game!
What is Bubble suit?
We could say that it is our heroine’s body. But it is just a suit. What else? It’s inflatable and deflates on impact allowing you to bounce around like a bubble.
Where does all this happen and what is it about?
Download Demo Play Explore and Repeat Wishlist and Follow
