OFFICESCAPE

OFFICESCAPE

Cool game, short n sweet! Another reviewer basically said everything I had to say. I’d say it worth for sure

Real player with 3.0 hrs in game


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Do you like short games with worse graphics made by university students in 5-6 months? Then boy do I have the game for you.

It’s a silly game, but otherwise quite solid. A nice platformer that encourages speed and tricks (though most levels are flexible enough.) Oh, and there’s prop physics and some cool dev-like secrets too. Overall, a nice challenging experience. Just be prepared for the steep difficulty at the end.

I’m personally glad this game exists. Hope the creators enjoyed making it and maybe even make more game stuff!

Real player with 2.5 hrs in game

OFFICESCAPE on Steam

Road to Ballhalla

Road to Ballhalla

Road to Ballhalla is a cheeky, occasionally cruel but ultimately satisfying experience, that I would highly recommend to anyone with a taste for arcade-style platformers and puzzle games. I say this having completed 100% of the game’s achievements.

Aesthetically, with regards to its delightfully colourful design and well-suited, unintrusive yet engaging soundtrack, I can’t really fault Road to Ballhalla. The puzzles are all very much based upon rhythm and visual patterns, meaning that the audio-visual elements of the game are critically important, and I am pleased to report that they do themselves absolute justice.

Real player with 14.6 hrs in game


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Road to Ballhalla is a simple top-down arcade-style game. You control a ball, and your goal is to navigate your way through 20 levels, collecting little sparks (the game’s collectable) and avoiding dying as you go.

The game is very simple – there isn’t even a jump button. You can simply move in any direction, or speed up your rolling in a sort of dash move. The dash move makes it so you die instantly if you take damage, rather than simply… well, taking damage. This makes it risky to use at times, so it must be used judiciously.

Real player with 12.5 hrs in game

Road to Ballhalla on Steam

Sticking Around

Sticking Around

Play as a stick-figure trying to find out why it is kept imprisoned in this unique puzzle platformer. Turn, swap, and investigate through the various rooms to find answers.

CHANGE THE PERSPECTIVE

Defy the laws of physics by changing between 2D and 3D camera perspectives. Solve puzzles in a new and innovating way.

LOOK FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES

Not everything in this world will be revealed without proper investigation. Try looking at things differently. The answers may be closer than you first expected.


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Sticking Around on Steam

the office simulation

the office simulation

A pretty good game for a game jam, however there are some things that need to be pointed out.

What I like.

Environment- I honestly enjoyed the environment since it reminded me of those liminal space images you’d see online and the uncanniness of the graphics helps with that.

What needs to be worked on.

Movement- the movement feels too floaty and there is a slight choppiness with the camera.

Quality of life- some quality of life things are missing from the game currently such as the ability to mess with the options from the pause menu, other bits are minor such as the keyboard clipping through the table at the beginning.

Real player with 0.4 hrs in game

Spacious room to move around and clear pathing make Office Simulator a solid platformer. With firm controls and the classic Mario Land style of air control, you’ll have no problem maneuvering the various obstacles strewn about.

Unfortunately however, there is no visible way to boot up Dallen Clicker on the office computer, so I can only recommend getting this during a sale.

Real player with 0.4 hrs in game

the office simulation on Steam

Retention: A Love Story

Retention: A Love Story

From a playability perspective Retention: A Love Story would have more enjoyable if the development team stripped away some of the puzzles in favor of a simpler more story driven game. Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and other forms of cognitive decay are excellent themes to explore because most of us have seen someone we love impacted. Last year 3-Fold Games explored similar themes in Before I Forget and to many, it was one of the more emotionally moving titles released that year. Retention does an excellent job making interesting stylization choices and the voice acting is fairly decent. Those two aspects prove to me that if some of the more buggier aspects of the game were removed there was potential for this to be more dynamic than the finished product.

Real player with 7.8 hrs in game

Free game made by students, but I cannot recommend it. It definitely needed way more polish than it got, with clunky controls and so many bugs. Puzzles are basic but annoying and will often break, and there are no actual “saves”, just checkpoints, that don’t persist after exiting the game. There are at least 2 game breaking bugs, where the only fix is to close the game and start all over again, and after the second one I just couldn’t force myself to get through it again for the story, which just feels miserable even without the Alzheimer’s angle they’re going for.

Real player with 1.7 hrs in game

Retention: A Love Story on Steam

Sayri: The Beginning

Sayri: The Beginning

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FIND YOUR WAY TO A NEW HOME

Forced to flee their homeworld after catastrophic events, Sayri has crash-landed on the stunning world of Ayris. Inspired by its beauty, they are compelled to explore this unfamiliar planet in search of a new home. The journey has just begun, and Sayri will need to overcome many challenges that may be too great to face alone.

A TALE OF FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND LOSS

Discover every secret Ayris has to offer by forming new friendships with curious locals along the way. Every creature you meet will have a unique ability to aid Sayri in their quest to find answers and settle into a new home. Open your heart to those in need and they may, in turn, repay the favor.

A BREATHTAKING WORLD, FULL OF MYSTERY

Every corner of Ayris will offer organic puzzles immersed in the planet’s environments. Exploring this world will reveal many obstacles along your path. It’s a good thing you have friends to help you! Will you find all of the hidden secrets? Each one will unlock new fragments of the story and exciting abilities to make for an unforgettable adventure.

A GAME FOR EVERYONE

Sayri: The Beginning is designed to captivate people of all ages. The psychological complexity of the story will inspire your imagination, while the vibrant character designs will appeal to your inner child. If you want the video game equivalent of a warm hug, this might just be it.

KEY FEATURES

  • Experience a story of wonder, friendship, and overcoming loss.

  • Explore a gorgeous, handcrafted world brimming with adventure.

  • Befriend intriguing alien creatures and learn to put your faith in their unique talents.

  • Solve organic puzzles lovingly blended within the game’s environments.

  • Overcome obstacles using Sayri’s telekinetic powers and the help of your new friends.

  • Discover many secrets and unlock new abilities.

  • Uncover the truth behind what happened and find a new home for Sayri.

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This game published by Crytivo

Sayri: The Beginning on Steam

Thomas Was Alone

Thomas Was Alone

THOMAS WAS ALONE - A beautiful, minimalist indie 2D puzzle/platformer.

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| Graphics | 8 | Simple but pleasing, using clean lines and shapes to form the game levels. Game Characters are also simple shapes with different colours but are easily identifiable. Background colours and effects have a different pallet for each level. The overall effect is minimalist, stylish and elegant. |

Real player with 16.3 hrs in game

When this game first came to my attention, I thought it looked like a nice puzzle platformer with a minimalistic art style. While it is that, I found much more to it once I began playing.

Before I get ahead of myself, let me say a few words about the gameplay. It is a platformer, and most of your actions will be some variation on jumping. Some of the mechanics common to the genre can be found here: double jumping, reversed gravity, bouncy springboard-like surfaces, and so on. It is also primarily puzzle-focused, so, while there are a couple of places where a moving environmental hazard forces you to act within a short timeframe, response time is generally not a factor.

Real player with 7.7 hrs in game

Thomas Was Alone on Steam

Gravity (working title)

Gravity (working title)

Gravity (working title) is a story-focused, sci-fi, 3D, puzzle, platformer with non-traditional gravity and perspective. This game is in the prototype phase of development and this page will be updated frequently as development progresses.

“Set in a future where society’s ills are entirely solved by a benevolent synthesized intelligence named Panacea (stop if you’ve heard this one before, Panacea is a good one, I promise.. really). Humans exist almost entirely in full immersion virtual reality and the Earth is thriving! Everything is fine, you can relax. This is the story of Archæ a citizen called to give their Service to the System Alliance of Humanity. With rare ability comes an unusual responsibility. “

Gravity (working title) on Steam

Pale Night

Pale Night

Explore the world of Vector with Pal, the last of the Square People, on a quest to break the mysterious curse preventing Pal from staying under the light.

Pale Night is a styled minimalist 2D adventure with a twist on the classic platformer genre, where your character must avoid light at all cost. During your journey through the Vector world you’ll explore sleeping forests, moody caverns, and reveal the tainted truth behind the past of the Square Peoples.

Key Features

  • Modern 2D platformer feelings with tight controls.

  • Minimalist and polished art-style.

  • Explore the game areas as you gain new movement abilities.

  • Easy to learn, hard to master, rewarding gameplay.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1490870

Pale Night on Steam

Power Of Language

Power Of Language

Power Of Language is a suspense text game mainly featuring dialogues. The game is about a case caused by a certain mental illness in the future, and you’d act as a hypnotist to talk to prisoners for investigations that eventually lead to the truth. Besides, you need to be careful of every tiny clue contained in memory scenes. The plot lasts for 40 to 60 minutes.

. A dialogue-based game.

. It’s about a case caused by a certain mental illness.

. You’d investigate an unbelievable case to figure out the truth through dialogues and memory scenes.

Power Of Language on Steam