Ticket
Don’t let the initial presentation fool you - this is an incredibly creative 2D platformer with unique visuals and an outstanding soundtrack. My first playthrough, I constantly found myself saying “the next level couldn’t get any weirder than this” only for the game to do just that.
The only caveat is that some levels are a bit obtuse and frustrating to figure out without a guide - but that’s something you can find easily enough.
– Real player with 30.8 hrs in game
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Ticket is the product that challenges your preconceived notions of what games are about. It is certain that the so-called seriously taken game reviewers would not be able to give acclaim to this game, as it does not follow the conventional rules of high quality game design. This tells about the sad state of gaming industry rather than about Ticket though. If you are the person who thinks that good games follow strict rulesets of certain design-economic and mathematically measured criteria and are usually some sports titles followed by a running year number or the latest installment of a well-established series, then Ticket might not be for you.
– Real player with 9.3 hrs in game
Fantasy General
good game of the old school
– Real player with 75.6 hrs in game
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Love the sounds, and it is just like I remember. Great variety of units to choose from. Great fun!
– Real player with 67.7 hrs in game
Magic Lessons in Wand Valley - a jigsaw puzzle tale
A lovely puzzle game with a simple story to go along with the wonderful colours and excellent design. This is a game for jigsaw puzzle fans. There are only six separate pictures, and the challenge comes from playing with more and more pieces. The artwork is outstanding, especially if you like the fantasy genre (wizards in particular). This game could be suitable for younger players at the 135-piece level; however, there is enough depth to entertain experienced puzzlers.
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art design
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puzzle design (clearly thought went into how the light effects add to challenge and interest)
– Real player with 104.1 hrs in game
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I really like this jigsaw puzzle game. The illustrations are beautiful and tell a simple but nice story. The modes with different amount of pieces lets you play for many hours. The music is very comforting and keeps you in the mood. It has some nice features to help setting up the puzzles. The entire series from the studio is worth playing. Recommended!
– Real player with 22.9 hrs in game
Magicmaker
This game is what you get when you take the spell-making system from Oblivion, stick it into a 2d platformer and base the entire game around it. Back in Oblivion, making and testing spells was one of my most favorite things to do, and now I have an entire game dedicated to the concept. There are plenty of materials to work with, allowing for ridiculous amounts of customization and experimentation. Vampiric swords, explosive lasers, and swarms of homing missiles are just the beginning of your options.
– Real player with 126.8 hrs in game
We’ve all played RPG’s where you choose a class, and then put together the available abilities for that class in a way that suits you. But why not choose what those powers are in the first place? That’s what Magicmaker advertises and, good gracious, it delivers.
Want to play as a bootleg Naruto who throws suns at people? Or how about a slime wizard who opens portals that armies of slime allies fall out of? Boulder-throwing half-dragon? Time-warping cultist? Ghost queen who causes mass hystaria? You can do all of it and more in Magicmaker.
– Real player with 52.0 hrs in game
Sonata Theory
If you enjoy narrative experiences, you’ll enjoy this game. What I like best about it is how it expands on its visual novel core. There is some environment exploration, some light puzzle-solving, and branching endings based on how you play. Game scenarios tend to have multiple solutions, and it is fun to try to find them all. Visually it is bright and colorful with good audio. Plus, it is essentially a one-hour experience (and less with each subsequent play-through), so you don’t have to commit a lot of time to enjoy this (free) game. Note: I was the faculty advisor for this project.
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
The music was great, the level was beautiful, the character design was unique, and the story was fairly good. Menus had a few issues, quest items didn’t disappear which made it a bit confusing, the relationship portion didn’t seem effect gameplay, and the dialog boxes could use a redesign. Overall I actually enjoyed the game music and level design were major Pluses.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
ZpellCatz: Pumpkin Prologue
Combat and movement are far too slow for a mouse and keyboard control scheme like this. I understand you can upgrade your equipment and become faster, but that still doesn’t mean anything when both you and your enemies have to come to a complete stop to attack. Honestly, the slow combat and movement feel forced to just to make it more of a grind. I don;t expect a lot of people are going to want to download or buy the full version if the combat is this slow.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
ZpellCatz
You are a cat with magic powers, stranded on a cursed island. Spiteful dogs are lurking in every corner and a fateful evil is about to emerge from the darkness. ZpellCatz is a magical Action RPG set in a colorful fantasy world.
Play it your way
The best way to fight evil? Your way! Choose a combination of hero class and guild class to best match your favored style of combat. Let your cat look the way you want to by picking from a wide selection of colors and garments.
Build your hero
Enjoy a multitude of ways to increase the power of your cat hero. Manage two skill trees, loot items, craft items, enchant items, refine gems, find permanent stat bonuses and more.
Help the townsfolk
The residents of the Greencat Village have lots of problems that need to be solved. Do you prefer rushing through the story by completing main quests only, or do you take the extra mile to gain impactful rewards from optional quests? Your choice.
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– Real player with 26.4 hrs in game
I’ve changed my review and recommendation. Updated and original reviews below.
[Updated review]
I switched from Not Recommended to Recommended after experimenting with different audio files in Free Play mode. With lossless audio sources and synthesized tracks, it is very possible to determine key strokes based on the beats of the music. This doesn’t work as well with audio files that are too compressed, or that were taken from a lossless source that hasn’t been remastered (e.g. a non-remastered CD of music from the 1980s). I still urge the dev(s) to add the highlighting option that I mentioned in the original review. Also, the Arena Mode still needs remappable keys and a better explanation of its mechanics. However, for US$9.99, this is worth a buy.
– Real player with 7.2 hrs in game
Until You Fall
Until you fall is a Roguelite swordfighting game. The basic gameplay is that you advance from room to room killing enemies and receiving powerups as you go. Enemy attacks are telegraphed and avoided by either aligning your weapons to block, or moving your head to dodge. Different weapons have different traits and special abilities, and you can mix and match any two weapons to come up with whatever combos you want to try. Each room and boss you beat awards currency which is used to unlock and upgrade your weapons, so there is progression between each run.
– Real player with 103.8 hrs in game
Have you ever played Infinity Blade? If you liked the combat style of Infinity Blade, then you’ll like the combat style of Until You Fall. This is NOT a realistic melee game, but that’s not what it tries to be. Until You Fall is an incredibly fun fantasy arcade-like melee roguelike. Gameplay is simple but very fun and intense (depending on the difficulty of your enemies). The weapon unlocks and upgrades are fun to experiment with, and the melee mechanics are very satisfying. Finally, I really really love the soundtrack - it’s very retro gamey.
– Real player with 79.8 hrs in game
Awakening The Light
Waking up in a room full of light, NoName #1892 is thrust into fighting countless monsters to stay alive without any memory of who he is or why this is happening to him. All he knows is that he has to keep moving forward. He has to keep fighting so that maybe, just maybe, he’ll find answers to his questions and find rest in a place that he can call home.
With a classic top-down style 2D game and a slight twist on the traditional RPG, Awakening the Light takes the familiar dungeon crawler and emphasizes the power of choice for the player to progress through the game. Fighting enemies and even bosses are now optional. However, don’t be fooled into thinking that it will be a breeze if you choose to take the shorter route!