RESIGNED
INTRO
They say quitting is the easy part. Clearly they don’t know anything. Your boss hates you, the calls keep coming through as do your food deliveries. Respond to emergency calls, control police cars, firetrucks, helicopters, ambulances and more.
STORY
Sick of your job as a Emergency Call Operator, you quit. Well, you try to quit. Unfortunately, your boss’s name is Chris and thus, insults you and makes you work your two week notice from home. Now, you have to balance your diet, your sleep and your work for the next two weeks from home. Good luck.
GAMEPLAY
Control police cars, helicopters, firetrucks, ambulances and more from your laptop. Solve emergency situations, save people and stop criminals whilst also maintaining a good sleep schedule & diet, looking after your finances and communicate with your soon to be ex boss through email.
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Train Valley
I thought this would just be geometric puzzles.. figure out how to lay the tracks. But the creators took this into account by throwing an array of constraints at you:
A. Budget (both too much and too little)
B. Physical Constraints.. both “immovable” and “purchasable” where you pay to use the area
C. Scheduling Challenges.. not only the ones thrown by the game but a “must do” quantity of add-on trains you add at your choice of times in your game play.
D. Time Constraints.. each “location” has limited time to accomplish your work
– Real player with 693.4 hrs in game
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This wasn’t what I was expecting. I was expecting a game like transport tycoon made more simple and kid-friendly that I could let my niece play when she came over. (She likes trains.) Instead, this game is basically one of those traffic-manager games, although it does feature pausing. Space is severely cramped, forcing multiple trains to share the same tracks since there isn’t room for the parallel tracks you’d normally use, and so managing traffic flow and multitasking are the name of the game.
– Real player with 32.6 hrs in game
Hedgie Simulator
By far, the greatest piece of software published on any platform, ever. This masterpiece has reduced Steam to a mere launcher for what is now the sole driver of my existence: Hedgie Simulator.
– Real player with 0.7 hrs in game
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Overgrown
At first the game was fun, with all of the obstacles and everything. But after the 5th level, everything became more of a headache instead of entertainment. Not to mention, all of the achievements seem to require a 3 star rating, which was not specified. And since all of the levels become extremely difficult and tedious, you can’t get the achievements. Also, the achievement “Ultimate Scrapbooker” does not unlock even when finishing the game.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
7/10
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Astro Colony
Astro Colony is an endless simulation focused on exploration, automation and management.
Traverse the universe full of unexpected events and discover unknown grounds.
Construct unique transport systems using conveyor belts and pipes.
Recruit new Astronauts and fulfill their needs by providing food and shelter.
Research over 70 unique technologies to progress in colony development.
Move stations, dock them and create a galaxy network no one have seen before!
But be aware, the danger is lurking around the corner!
Don´t Spill
The game needs a lot of improvemments on the UI and polishing in general, but it’s on EA so that’s understandable. The game idea it’s really nice, a mashup between mages and cooking. Has a lot of potential, so I’m leaving a positive review!
– Real player with 2.1 hrs in game
Very different and the idea is good. It lacks a little bit of polish, but in general it’s pretty cool.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Inno World
Inno World - interesting adventure, there in world with interesting survive, you must survive for create new civilization and build spaceship for return to home. In realistic voxel world with full terraforming landscape you can get the ores and build yours houses and factories. First in Ultima World you should create your first instruments from stones and wood. After you can obtain rock and ores and create more efficient instruments. Then you can build first bronze steam machines and create an automated manufactory. Your technologies progres begining from stone “century” to space “century”, Don’t forget that main character want eat, drink and warm. Create transports, mechanisms, power lines and change this planet as you want.
OnTheWire
Sur Le Fil or On The Wire (OTW for Friends) is a game focused on the electricity / electronics, in an interactive and fun way, with 3D animations.
The goal is simple: Have fun while learning to understand the electron, helped by Prof’Fil, your mentor. But, be careful, for a good understanding , Prof will also give you explanations of physics, mathematics, chemistry, mechanics and even history since the game tries to respect the chronology of knowledges.
Sometimes Kelhann, one of Prof’s students, falls asleep and travels through time. You will play it in more or less ancient universes where the villagers will give you missions to improve their daily lives. It’s funny, beautiful, and you will be able to apply your knowledge gained in previous levels. You will have to reinvent great discoveries such as the telegraph, the telephone, the water pump, the lightning rod, the radio and so many other great inventions before you get to contemporary technology.
Prof will also teach you to weld and you will be able, via an experiment mode as well as kits of parts, to manufacture in real what you learned about the game.
No basic knowledge is required and the recommended age for the player is from 13 years old.
For PC, Mac and Linux computers.
Language: French / English (to start)
The Sealed Ampoule
An interesting variation on mystery dungeons.
The Sealed Ampoule is the newest game from CAVYHOUSE games and it is just as beautiful and strange as their other titles. Fans of mystery dungeons won’t find a ton of challenge here but it is a nice pared down experience, it’s pared down in that there is only the one dungeon and look of it doesn’t really change save for the ever shifting background colours, also while you do always start at the first floor your levels don’t reset and you accrue experience and stat upgrades that help each subsequent run. In another deviation from the usual mystery dungeon, there are no upgradeable weapons or clothing instead you upgrade the dungeon itself and your skillset. The characters are charming and while the story is simple it’s nice to solve a mystery.
– Real player with 70.7 hrs in game
Like the other Cavyhouse games, this is a very aesthetic, weird and experimental game. If you played Forget me Not? It’s about twice as long and grindy. Still worth playing if you’ve liked other Cavyhouse games.
If you’ve not played something by Cavyhouse before… this would be a good starting point, as it’s the first one timewise? If you’re just looking for a roguelike, and have played a bunch of those this likely won’t be super interesting to you though. it’s fairly low stakes (die = resources lost and that’s about it), but there’s also not like weapon/armor upgrades. there’s just skills and upgrading the dungeon itself. And loot is all recovery items, tools or materials. If you want a very relaxed, and less complicated roguelike though? This may actually be a perfect fit for you.
– Real player with 57.8 hrs in game
The VanMan
Where is the game? Literally doesn’t even have a Van. Very disappointing
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game