Alice Escaped!

Alice Escaped!

■ About

Alice Escaped is a 2D action and exploration game. Follow the advenctures of the two girls Usada and Kotora who wander into a strange world of grimoires, chasing after “Alice”.

What awaits them there are mysterious characters based off of Alice in Wonderland: the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, and Humpty Dumpty – but are they really the enemy? And why does the White Rabbit guiding them have a zipper on his back?

Finally, who is the enigmatic girl hiding Alice in the deepest part of the world? Just why do they find themselves trapped inside, and– Oh, you’ll need to find out the rest for yourself!

■ Battle Action

The key to this game is the stylish tag team battle system! Swing Usada’s giant hammer to pulverize your enemies with powerful melee attacks, or use Kotora’s submachine gun and bombs to take enemies out from a distance. Switch between the two to chain impressive combos!

Taking out enemies builts up your Chance Gauge, which can be used to perform supporting attacks and devastating ultimate attacks. (feature not included in the demo)

The intensity builds in boss fights: whittle down their shield gauge to break their shields, letting you unleash a flurry of attacks. But beware – they’ve got a variety of powerful attacks to hit you back!

■ Characters

Usada & Kotora

Two friendly girls who have wandered into a mysterious world

White Rabbit

A strange rabbit with a zipper on his back who calls himself “Usamura-san”

Cheshire Cat

This cryptic feline appears before Usada and Kotora and enjoys testing his skills against them. Maybe he has another goal than just getting in their way…?

■ Story

One summer’s day, Usada and Kotora go to the library to do their homework. Kotora seriously gets to her studies, but Usagi has her head up in the clouds. She wanders over to a bookshed deep inside, and brings back a big, thick book.

“I found this interesting looking book!”

Kotora looks back at her quizzically. Suddenly, a slip of paper falls out from the book. The letter reads:

“Look for Alice.”

As soon as they read the words, the two are enveloped in a blinding light.

Features


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Alice Escaped! on Steam

Maneater

Maneater

It’s a lot like Destroy All Humans, but even better. It’s honestly way more fun than I expected it to be. It’s ridiculous and it checked a lot of boxes for me. If you wanna be a shark eat, grow, and mutate, and listen to meta humor then this is for you! Enjoy! :D

Real player with 43.2 hrs in game


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Base Game (8.3/10)

In the game you are a shark, whose mother got killed by Scaly Pete in the tutorial, and this is the beginning of a bloody revenge raid that devastates all of Port Clovis, and not only in the human realm, because in every area there are Apex Predators to defeat.

The unusual thing about this game is that the whole game is moderated like a reality TV by Chris Parnell, who also voices ‘Jerry Smith’ from ‘Rick and Morty’, so don’t expect a biology lesson from this game.

All in all, a very fun game to relax.

Real player with 32.4 hrs in game

Maneater on Steam

Kestrel

Kestrel

This Game Was Fun!

Real player with 13.9 hrs in game


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A great game, I would say it is definitely not for everyone, but super fun arcade style game. A lot of replayability making it worth the cost in my opinion.

Real player with 6.1 hrs in game

Kestrel on Steam

Under The Island

Under The Island

Do you remember getting up early on a Saturday morning as a kid just to play video games? Do you love the feeling of diving into unknown worlds, where a new adventure is waiting for you behind every bush? Then Under the Island is the game for you.

Under the Island is a 2D Action Role-Playing game about saving a small island. You play as Nia, who must explore the deepest secrets of the island to prevent it from sinking. In search of the necessary artifacts, Nia fights monsters, solves puzzles and explores the island’s complex ecosystem.

Help the inhabitants and learn more about the ominous Ancient civilization that inhabited the island long before humans.

Features:

  • Explore a huge interactive world full of surprises

  • Each playthrough is different, depending on your play style

  • Find unique artifacts and items that let you interact with the game world

  • Beat the 4 main dungeons in any order you like

  • Over 30 mini dungeons and caves

Under The Island on Steam

Dreams and Nightmares

Dreams and Nightmares

gameplay review: fight stuff. that’s about it, if there’s other stuff to do i haven’t fount it yet

so i got a bunch of bugs:

game has crashed multiple times… at least it has autosave i guess?

graphics settings don’t save

if you level up multiple times from one monster (like you can from certain golems) you only get one skillpoint. didn’t check stat points, but that’s likely to have the same issue

seems like most areas only drop gear with extremely low levels. so the only place to get high level gear is the shops… sometimes. as a side effect, there’s no way to earn zs quickly, so high-level gear in shops quickly gets prohibitively expensive

Real player with 4.8 hrs in game

I played for about an hour today and so far it’s pretty good fun. The maps are large and it is really an experience getting from point a to point b. I do wish there were keyboard character controls, but that could be something for when this comes out of Beta. I did have an issue once where I was being attacked by an invisible enemy and another glitch were things stopped attacking me all together. I’m looking forward to playing more. The voice acting so far is really really good. I’m excited to get the part I voiced.

Real player with 4.2 hrs in game

Dreams and Nightmares on Steam

Stonefly

Stonefly

Bugs? Mechs? Hell. Yes.

Stonefly is a wonderful little game that gives a chill adventure and an experience that left me smiling with the evident charm throughout. Though it has it’s rough edges the developers at Flight School Studio clearly put a lot of heart into it, and I sincerely wish them the best with whatever they do going forward.

Visuals: Much like with their previous title; Creature In the Well, Stonefly has an incredibly unique artstyle that on top of being eye-candy really helps lend to the overall moods of environments you see throughout the game. Much of my time spent in Stonefly outside of the gameplay was just gliding around to take in the setting. Additionally, character designs (and mech designs) all have little quirks that create all sorts of charming little flares that I can’t help but smile at whenever I see. Color schemes as a whole are pleasant and nothing ever grates on the eyes. Even with the chaos that can happen with the amount of bugs you’ll sometimes fight on screen the visuals manage to not appear so overwhelming as to clutter the player.

Real player with 16.9 hrs in game

Big feet can’t fit in shoes.

Stonefly is a rather short game. I made it 9 hours in, with about a half hour of time accumulated from time spent paused, but the game was running.

I have yet to complete it, but I’m VERY CLOSE to being done. I’ve got to unlock only two more parts, otherwise all the abilities are maxed out.

The enemies consist of a handful of body types, and a few variants there in either taking more hits (denoted as dots) and/or just in that they hit with a different type of damage. There is acid good, flame goo, and some kind of purple stuff. There are two main flying type enemies, spiders that can hit you mid air with a jump up then wide range sawblade spin, units that stay on the ground and fire very accurate shots, and ones that have more defense and lob big burst shots, and ones that just ram you.

Real player with 11.3 hrs in game

Stonefly on Steam

Early Quest 2

Early Quest 2

After the events closing Early Quest, let’s follow Weiry on her new adventure as she explores the new world she happened to be in!

She discover secret places, many activities including fishing and gathering, she experiences hunger and meets many different monsters!

In this new adventure you will explore new islands, each with specific characteristics, hidden places, local fauna and vegetation, different materials to be collected by cutting down trees or rocks.

Discover the villages of the natives and expand your knowledge of the history of the place.

Early Quest 2 on Steam

EARTHLOCK 2

EARTHLOCK 2

The Earthlock series is set on the planet of Umbra, which has stopped spinning on its axis, meaning half of the world is completely shrouded in darkness, while the other half is constantly baked in sunlight. Along the border in the middle, there is an area that gets the best of both worlds. The game’s story centres around a group of friends who must set out to find and rescue their missing family members.

Earthlock 2 will be an open-world action RPG with complex interlocking systems that work together to offer players extensive freedom to customise their own experience.

EARTHLOCK 2 on Steam

Lingering Legacy

Lingering Legacy

There is a lot of potential here.

Solid narration and fairly good level design.

The problem is that the sound mixing is way off as explosions from ground pounding are SUPER loud and the jet sound effect from gliding is a little over the top.

Combat is clunky and there are missing transition animations.

Overall, I would give this a thumb just up from sideways.

https://youtu.be/LkNLfiJsK6w

Real player with 0.4 hrs in game

Well worth the money. Gorgeous world, interesting story, lots of exploration.

Real player with 0.3 hrs in game

Lingering Legacy on Steam

Dreams of Ylina

Dreams of Ylina

Ann awakes on the island of Ylina. No one has ever seen her and she doesn’t remember anything. Yet, Ylina is the last land on Earth…

Explore the island of Ylina and find out about Ann’s past in this adventure/action/RPG. You can choose to wander around in the forest at dusk, explore deep underground ruins from another age, or take a walk on the beaches, staring at the endless ocean.

…Or, you can choose to face your destiny.

Among other things, Dreams of Ylina includes:

  • Exploration: Walk the hills, forests, mountains, beaches and underground of Ylina, wander in the sunset on the wild coast of the island, …

  • Story: Discover what happened to Ann and what led her to Ylina,

  • Dialogs: Talk to the kind people of Ylina (well, most of them are kind) and enjoy their hospitality,

  • Treasures: Search in the buried ruins and in forgotten chests, to find items and weapons,

  • Quests: Help Ylinians and get their gartitude, maybe a gold coin or two (these are hard times…)

  • History: Learn about the history of Ylina and the events that forged its destiny…

Dreams of Ylina is an indie game made by Pangoweb.

Music by Phonochrome Prod and Pangoweb.

Dreams of Ylina on Steam