The End o,,,o
You are a slow-moving pixel zombie who can shoot fireballs and just wants to get home. This is a very (VERY) old-style, slow, MS-DOSesque platformer(?). Very short, very vague, and very odd. Single life- you screw up, you’re starting over. And that dude moves REALLY slowly. Good luck building up the patience. The music isn’t awful but just kind of drones on slowly.
Gameplay: https://youtu.be/sKpDX2KKuP4
It will likely take you all of 10 seconds to download, so check it out I guess? I say this often- but– give us a ‘Neutral’ option, Steam. I don’t really recommend this, but there’s nothing worthy of a thumbs down. It accomplishes what it’s trying to accomplish.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
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O,,,O is the sad story of a fire demon that wants to go home. You control a purple undead by using WASD and SPACE to walk, jump, hit next and throw your fireballs. A tiny retro treat that fullfills its simple ambitions. Interestingly enough, this title was originally developed for the C64, but I’m glad a free PC port made it to Steam because now we can all bask in all the glory of its 3FPS. However, because of this glorious framerate, the controls can feel clunky at time – but nothing serious enough that will get in the way of your journey back home. The soundtrack is a depressing 5 second loop, but the enemy deathcries are so jarring they might as well be jumpscares. In addition, despite being heavily pixelated, O,,,O successfully creates an eerie atmosphere that makes the player feel like if they were walking through a graveyard in the dead of night during a full moon. Moreover, the game ends with
! a bloody question mark, meaning that there might be a sequel depending on the traction of this demo. Let’s hope so!
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
战术狂想2(Chimera of Tactics 2)
yeep yeep
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
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Ekstase
Great puzzle game, with great accessibility support. Keyboard controls are rebindable.
The aesthetic is top-notch, and it was easy for me to melt right into this game.
EDIT: Game runs fine through Proton as well (not surprising, since it’s Unity) but the video backgrounds are unavailable there.
– Real player with 3.0 hrs in game
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Absolutely love puzzle games, especially Tetris and Lumines. While clearly inspired by both, Ekstase stands on its own by going in its own direction where it really counts and being greater than the sum of its parts. From what I’ve played so far, it’s absolutely killing it and I can’t wait to sink in many more hours!
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Othello Let’s Go
The programming is fine. A great way to train Reversi. My one complaint is that the game doesn’t remember the settings, so you have to turn off the music every time you play and I assure you the music is horrible enough that this is an unpleasant oversight.
– Real player with 24.4 hrs in game
There are 8 well varied AI’s to play against as well as some challenging endgames! The multiplayer is only local so if I could add anything it would be an online mode, either with the ability to create a private lobby for friends or host open rooms.
– Real player with 7.9 hrs in game
Retrowave Hexon
Zero developer support.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
The game was very confusing for me when I first jumped in. But after a while I figured how it works and I feel like sharing the secret.
You start off with 1 or more moving tiles and you need to shove them onto the plates that light up with blue glow. You don’t always have to fill each glowing plate but you need to make sure that all dark-purple ones (usually the tiles that can move) are on the glowing plates.
I like how you unlock new types of movement further down the levels, to keep it fresh and interesting. There’s some nice background music involed as well.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Rollfall: Quest of Acceleration
edit: the price got lowered to 1 dollar at some point, but as I said below, it’s not worth bothering with at all.
I’m sure making rollfall was good practice, learning the ropes of the unity engine, but they should’ve either put more effort into it so the result is more than baby’s first video game thrown together in an hour, or offered it for free in a browser or something. instead, they’re asking $7 for it. SEVEN DOLLARS! what a joke…
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
TatuBall: A Minimalist LoFi Puzzle
TatuBall is a cute and peaceful game.
It has a simples, but cool graphics.
Even if you are stuck in some level, it’s impossible being angry because of the calm and nice music.
I had a pleasant time playing this game and I’m in love with this tiny and roundy armadillo. 3
– Real player with 2.4 hrs in game
TatuBall was a great find.
If you ever played old school Pokémon, you will remember some GYM puzzles where you slide until you find your destination, the leader. Well, this game explores this concept very well here.
The difficulty progression is fluid, and with it’s relaxing lofi soundtrack, I actually played for hours in my first try, and didn’t even noticed the time passing.
I’m excited to see upgrades and more content in the future!
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
tomorrow won’t come for those without ██████
I don’t typically write reviews, but I genuinely loved playing this game. This is just based off of my experience but I would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys:
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Connecting dots and working a little to figure out the plot. The game doesn’t just come out with an exposition bomb, which I appreciate though I can understand that isn’t for everyone.
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Psychological thriller/horror elements. Creepy vibe? Check. A dash of body horror and existential/cosmic dread? Check.
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Puzzles. There are a few puzzles that stumped me for a bit, but it never felt entirely unfair. (Plus, if you really need help, there is a guide written by luna-terra that will help you through the game and get the alternate ending without spoiling the experience)
– Real player with 4.5 hrs in game
tomorrow won’t come for those without ██████ gives you the same feeling after playing as all of etherane’s other work. your mind gets foggy, your hands feel numb, and you want to cry but you don’t know how. you lay down in bed, turn the lights down to low, and just ponder.
etherane’s newest game comes with a new story just as surreal and mind-boggling as hello charlotte, seeped deep in low-humming religious trauma and blocked memories. the art is beautiful, and the slow-brewing horrors and states of melancholy make it even more so. i do appreciate the ability to turn flashing images off [which, to those curious, only comes up in one ending, and there are flashes when going between some rooms].
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
XSection
Put your perception of shape to the test!
XSection is a casual brain puzzler that puts your brain to the ultimate test in three dimensional shape perception.
Give your brain an all new type of work out as you visualize which of the presented shapes would create the unique outline displayed.
With hundreds of shapes to identify, you’ll be left coming back for more again and again - whether its to compete against friends or the leaderboards, or just to give your brain an early morning wake up call!
Blindia
A novel experience that more people should have, it’s good. Clapping to get enemies to shoot each other is a satisfying activity, and the standard top-down shooting benefits from the enemies being sometimes tricky to detect.
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
Neat game. Echo is not a game mechanic used enough.
The environment sound is pretty good, the shell hitting the floor, clock beeping, you can have a good idea of what most of the things are pretty easily.
The AI is a bit questionable sometimes. I can kinda understand what’s going on with the normal enemies shooting each other, but grenadier blowing himself up is kinda weird.
But overall it’s a nice little game. Running around like a mad man or luring and gunning are both rather enjoyable.
PS: Found a bug, if you tab out then go back, the blood texture will disappear.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game