Anomalies
SUMMARY: A graphical toy to make weird, surreal spacescapes and the oddities that inhabit them, from playing with sliders to just randomziing items. On top of that, you get odd soundscapes that play along. A way to just mess around, or a way to create relaxing - or disturbing - backgrounds on your computer or tv display.
Anomalies is a graphical toy that some may call a glorified screen saver - fortunately it’s both!
Basically you can randomize or set a bunch of parameters, that then make surreal spacescapes that you can watch while strange music plays. Depending on your choices, you might watch stars circle by as you observe a nebula, be caught among strange particles, or hover in front of a bizarre tentacular space creature. Or a combination.
– Real player with 31.4 hrs in game
This is a really interesting piece of software. It is good to have around to either dip into casually or have a longer session. There can be some nice surprises. I just came up with a not very spectacular creation from the visual point of view, but it has a very nice ethereal sound. Tweaking parameters and hunting and rummaging are great fun. I have got some more choices of wallpaper too.
– Real player with 26.0 hrs in game
Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
ENCOUNTER
You have fallen into a surreal and haunted underground neighborhood. Discover its origins and escape with your life - and sanity - intact.
OBSERVE
Remember that hallway you found at your workplace or school? The one you didn’t realize was there before. Nobody ever goes there, it has no windows, and it seemingly has no purpose. The lights might be on, the floor is usually clean, but it exists for nobody.
This transitional place is the lifeblood of Anemoiapolis: a world with no sunlight and no humanity, buzzing with fluorescent apathy. It does not care about you, yet it watches intently.
SURVIVE
Experience the dungeon-like malls, pools, hallways, and basements of Anemoiapolis in first person. Utilize platforming and puzzle solving to navigate the barren commercial catacombs. If you start to feel complacent, you might not be ready for what’s around the corner.
ABOUT
Anemoiapolis reflects the experiences of a developer who grew up among empty buildings in Midwest USA, and who is currently processing our world of empty buildings brought on by COVID-19.
Expect critiques on mindless consumerism, feelings of impending doom, and eerie “mallcore” aesthetics.
Soundtrack by JORDANN and 4REST
Pattern
This isn’t really a game. It is more of a work of art and a story.
There is hardly any game play. There is a small stamina mechanic, but you are mostly just able to explore the environment. At least for me, this was more about slowing down and enjoying the beautiful scenery.
There aren’t that many areas either. There are only four. But they are all very, very lovely to wander about in.
The other part of this is the story. To summarize (minor spoiler warning?), The game developer talks about his experience creating games and art, and talking about what it means to him. It isn’t too long, but it is a very nice read.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Not bad, but full price is too expensive. Get it when discounted.
The game is procedurally generated, but the in the end you will always cycle the same 4 different environments + the room, more variation would be better or at least making the order in which the levels appear more random.
Another simple feature that I would like to see implemented is an auto-walking key, like what you have in Meadow: you press F and the character just walk by itself, freeing you of the need to keep pushing the W button, which is a bit annoying.
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Cloud Gardens
When I first went to play Cloud Gardens, I didn’t know what to expect. Come to find out, that’s exactly how you should approach this game.
Cloud Gardens is a unique experience that’s hard to describe or compare. It’s partly a gardening simulator, partly a Dystopian landscape builder, and partly a puzzle game that is both satisfying and without frustration. Any and all preconceptions I had about the game were dashed as soon as I started playing it.
Not only is the game beautiful and unique, but it also hits all the right marks: The controls and level design are absolutely on point. It’s so much effortless fun working your way through level after level, and when you fail a level it’s no big deal to go back and try it again. As a matter of fact, you’ll look forward to it.
– Real player with 35.1 hrs in game
This game is so satisfying! At first it’s so simple you might think you’re playing a repetitive and boring experience, but it quickly gets more and more creative and captivating. Some levels are shorter and offer less room for wild creativity, which creates a good pacing considering the large amount of levels in the game (I’m not even halfway through apparently).
I almost never write a review before completing a game, but this is something else. Good vibe with simple and solid mechanics, charming pixel art, and a surprising amount of player agency: you’re growing plants, sure, but also placing (or dropping) all kinds of objects near your plants to make them grow. Those objects let you create storytelling in every scene, then make great foundations for more procedurally-creative plant growth. This is also why the initial simplicity might be misleading: at first, there’s not much room to expand, but wait until you add vehicles and buildings on larger levels to see the true potential of the game. There’s a puzzle element to it, too, for reaching 100% and completing each level.
– Real player with 19.2 hrs in game
Dungeon Island
Amazing Game… Simple only at first view… Its very diffcult… nostalgic game…
Im really excited to play more and more. Take a note I just enter in one dungeon and don’t explored it too much and even that I really got addicted in this game.
YOU MUST PLAY THIS!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to the dev team for this amazing game. I cant wait to play it much more!
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game
The game has a very cute design and theme to it. While my initial recommendation remains unchanged, I would like to see some more polish. I am happy and thankful the dev was so quick to respond to a review for their game and look forward to seeing what future changes brings for this game.
I will likely wait for quite a bit more to be added before I give it another shot.
–- Response to Dev
Being a developer my self I of course mean no harm in my criticism. And that is the point of the review process, if the items above were addressed I’d be happy to remove them from my critique. Tho I no longer have the game to test my self, I’ll likely wait until some more updates come out before I give it another shot and update my review with anything I find at that time.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Shutter Stroll
Explore hundreds upon hundreds of vibrant islands to take a break, breathe deeply and snap beautiful photos with your camera. Lose yourself in the moment while hunting for that one photo you’ll remember forever. Take your time.
_Camera in hand, you set out to capture a moment.
To walk where no one has walked before._
Key Features
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There is no goal: Take as many or as little photos as you’d like. You won’t be graded, only you decide what makes a good photo.
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Relax: Get lost on vibrant islands, take it slow or explore every nook and cranny of these generated spaces.
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Make it yours: Use a myriad of camera settings and filters to make every picture your own. Share your images or visit islands others have photographed before.
Trash
Discover a post-human earth in Trash, a beautifully crafted open-world action adventure game where strange and wondrous trash-based life thrives. Explore your surroundings with friends, solve puzzles, craft unique attachments and emerge from the heap.
Discover Trash’s world
Welcome to the world of Trash, where human life has been wiped off the planet many years before. Playing as a morphite, you are part of a new life form that has emerged from resin, the dominant organic substance present on earth. Banding together with other morphites, it’s up to you to leverage the litter and restore the balance of this Trashy world!
Explore the world together
Play with up to four friends in co-op mode, explore unique biomes, and work together to collect resources, create attachments, solve puzzles, and make your rubbish world look ravishing.
Overcome obstacles and traverse ever-changing Challenge Zones
Discover Challenge Zones, where you and your friends can solve puzzles in a myriad of ways. All puzzles are procedurally generated, so no two playthroughs will be the same. Puzzles can vary from jumping puzzles, to pressure plates, to mazes, and more. Team up with friends to dominate the debris and make the Trash island your own!
Become the right tool for the job
Gather resources in your environment and repurpose the ruins to craft unique attachments for your body. Using your attachments and new abilities, wash away the wreckage in dedicated Challenge Zones in brand-new ways. Keep upgrading your abilities through a dedicated skill tree, and find ever-changing ways to grant new life to your garbage.
Unique low-poly art style
Uncover the secrets of Trash in a breathtaking colourful low-poly environment. Featuring beautiful vistas and quirky NPCs, see how your decisions impact the island as you tame the trash around you.
ZERO Sievert
ZERO Sievert is a post apocalyptic game setted In a fictitious part of Russia.
The bunker ZERO Sievert: here you can accept new quests, talk to NPC, trade with vendors, manage your equipment and improve your base.
Maps: Maps are procedurally generated to ensure good replayability. The main points of interest will then be in a different location each time, but there is loot in everywhere in the map so be prepared to explore!
Weapons modification: Weapons can be modified, it is up to the player to create a weapon he likes or to focus on statistics. There are a lot of different mods and an incredible amount of combinations
BullyBall
At the end of the day your opinion of ‘BullyBall’ isn’t going to be down to the game as such, more your opinion of what you expect when you pay just £1.69 for a game. This bow and arrow game sees you shooting balls that are constantly moving towards you. You get a lot of healthy hearts at the start of the game and the chance to win more in terms of powerups. But that is it. The ball are flat 2D items and there is literally nothing else to this game other than a high score. I get that £1.69 isn’t a lot of money, but even at that price point, I wish this game was free. I simply can’t recommend this one at the moment, but with some improvements maybe that will change.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Chibi Dash
Chibi Dash is a fully procedural endless Running adventure.
Featuring:
Different Age and Biome type Tiles
Usually you run on the Same Location over and over again .But here they dynamically change. For Example you were running in the forest and 1 minute later you are on Wild West Desert.
Various Characters that represents different time periods
Every Chibi Wants to find his home no matter how far it is.
Power-ups
Those Items help you to survive longer on your endless journey
Potions
Those Help You to cheat death or fully recover your wounds.
Permanent Death
You have Three Hearths running out of them means that you need to start over again.
Always Increasing Difficulty
Each second game gets faster and obstacles are harder to avoid