A Circle Among Squares

A Circle Among Squares

You’re a circle. You’re the good guy. But you’re surrounded by squares. Some are irrelevant. Others are useful and/or annoying. Then there are the black squares. They want to kill you. They are the bad guys. Be a good guy and pulverize those baddies, will you?

Survive and shoot all enemies in 200 levels (or make them shoot themselves). Each level cleared opens the next one permanently (autosave). Enemies come in a variety of types, speeds and action patterns, while other squares do a multitude of things, ranging from reflecting bullets to teleporting you. Enemies are killed with a single hit, and so do you. Failing a level has no consequences. While the first levels are easy and often, very quick, difficulty increases greatly in later levels.

Game Elements

This is you. You shoot in the same direction the arrow is facing.

This is the floor. Anyone can move freely above those squares.

This is the bullet you shoot.

This is an enemy. The rectangle indicates the direction it will shoot.

This is an enemy. It shoots in 4 directions simultaneously.

This is the bullet enemies shoot.

This is an enemy. Instead of shooting, it may kill you by touch.

This is a block. Nothing can pass or destroy it.

This a reflective block. Nothing can pass it and bullets are reflected.

This is a selective block. Only enemy bullets may pass it.

This is a selective block. Only bullets coming from the same direction the arrow is facing may pass it. Has 4 variations.

This is a reflective/deflective block. Depending on the direction of the bullet, it may turn 90º or be reflected. Has 4 variations.

This is a teleportation square. It always comes in a single pair and only you can step over it.

This is a hole. It blocks movement but not bullets.

Features

  • 200 Levels

  • 3 Types of Enemies

  • Enemies' speed and shooting rate may vary between slow and very quick

  • Each type of enemy may be static, move in predetermined routes, follow or flee you or alternate movements

  • Block, reflection, deflection and teleport elements

  • Autosave

  • Minimalist design

  • Game Walkthrough inside game files - video

  • 100 Achievements

  • Xbox Controller Support

Keyboard Controls

There’s no mouse input.

  • Start/Confirm/Shoot: Space/Enter

  • Move: Up/Left/Down/Right, W/A/S/D, Numpad 8/4/2/6

  • Exit: Esc

  • Raise sound volume: M

  • Lower sound volume: L

Xbox Controller Controls

  • Start/Confirm/Shoot: A

  • Move: Arrow Buttons/Left Analog Stick

  • Exit: Select

  • Raise sound volume: RB

  • Lower sound volume: LB


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A Circle Among Squares on Steam

Adventure of Bears

Adventure of Bears

A cheap and fun game. Not bad variant for platformer and bear lovers. The graphics are quite simple, I would like the authors to approach the issue of detail more carefully.

Real player with 6.6 hrs in game


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In general, it is a decent platformer. Only the jump of the bear is unnaturally high. It feels like you’re playing as a rabbit, not a bear.

Real player with 3.6 hrs in game

Adventure of Bears on Steam

BRAIN / OUT

BRAIN / OUT

For several weeks, I’ve thought long and hard about how I feel about the game. Yes, it’s fun; that’s clear to see how many hours I’ve invested into this game. Yes, I’ve made quite a few friends from the community. But honestly, that’s not enough to cover up just how toxic the community is. Very often, you will run into whiners who complain about you using a sniper rifle, using grenades or using anything. Other times, you will run into people backcap using drills (which makes blocks that you can use for walls/stairs), people who spawn-camp you, people who just sit on their ass with a sniper, waiting for kills even on Domination mode (Capture the point). You will be judged on what gun you use. If you use an AA12, you’re cancer. If you use a gun that requires microtransactions, you’ll eventually run into someone who’ll call you a pay-to-win fucktard. I’m not innocent of that and it’s everywhere. I’ve seen high-level players picking on lower levels and calling them “noobs” when they can’t fight back. Honestly, it’s gotten to the point where I can’t even enjoy the game and every night, I just leave and stew in frustration. This is coming from a player whose devoted hundreds of hours and money and has reached Lv 68. I’m considering un-installing this game.

Real player with 736.9 hrs in game


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After 75 hours put into this game, I feel like it’s time to give credit where credit is due.

Pros:

  • Free to play

  • Unique (not many other games like this out there. Shame.)

  • Replayable

  • Rewarding progression

  • Nice art-style

  • Variety in playstyles and loadouts

  • Very well balanced

  • NO pay to win*

  • Great community (both in the game and on Discord [has a decent playerbase, but could be larger])

  • Fluid gameplay

  • Has map editor

  • New Free Play mode is a solid way of incorporating the popular battle royale genre

Real player with 467.9 hrs in game

BRAIN / OUT on Steam

Doomsday Hero

Doomsday Hero

Game background

Around the world, the endless zombies are hopeless, and your only pleasure is to kill them with a variety of weapons.

This is a zombie shooting game, shooting zombies can help you relieve pressure, bring happiness.

Features

    • Horizontal shooting, enjoy the joy of killing zombies!
    • Fight all kinds of bosses and complete the campaign!
    • Dozens of weapons to upgrade your use!
    • Complete multiple tasks every day!
    • Several featured mounts for your use!
    • Mecha deformation for a new ability!
    • You can choose heroes with different skills!
    • Cool skills and items to help you better kill zombies!
    • Snappy shooting sense!

  • The feeling of shooting freely and featured mounts.

  • Cool mecha morphing,Morphing aircraft gain flight ability to dodge zombies more effectively.

  • Enjoy the thrill of the bomb.

Doomsday Hero on Steam

KEEPER- the hunter of insects

KEEPER- the hunter of insects

Fun game to pass some time. Don’t expect any depth however, but then it’s only 0.99 cents. I have already gotten my moneys worth out of it.

Real player with 0.9 hrs in game

Just barely qualifies as a game

Pros:

  • The “game” starts

  • Did not crash once during playthrough

Cons:

  • No options

  • No auto-reload (have to move your hand from arrow keys to “R” key every time you want to reload)

  • There are only two enemies

  • Upgrades cost way too much and the menu is not intuitive

  • Steam overlay does not work

  • Save locations poorly placed

  • Bad weapon variety

  • No story line, mission or objective

Overall: I’d recommend AGAINST buying this game, as it should not even be on Steam (Yes it’s that terrible). If anything this game only sets the bar lower for other new games.

Real player with 0.3 hrs in game

KEEPER- the hunter of insects on Steam

NAVE : SOS MARS

Nave : SOS MARS is a space shooter that combines TURBO and SHOOTING to overcome the Aliens that attacked Earth.

Inspired by the space shooter games from the 90´s.

NAVE : SOS MARS on Steam

Pumpkin Breaker

Pumpkin Breaker

A Halloween themed rethinking of a classic game mechanic. Smash those pumpkins and defeat the spooky bosses to collect as much candy as you can!

Destroy the incoming waves of pumpkins and other horrors by aiming and firing the magical candle on them. Do not let any of them reach the village!

This casual arcade game features 10 stages with a boss fight at the end of each stage. The stages contain various waves of wicked pumpkins and other unimaginable creatures with pickup-able power ups and - of course - additional candies.

Pumpkin Breaker on Steam

Super Arcade Boy in Goodbye Greenies

Super Arcade Boy in Goodbye Greenies

Classic retro shump - kind of simple but also - kind of cheap. One of those ‘die - die - die again’ arcade-y sorts, see how much further you can get each run. Feel real nice when you get a new world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgVWyAzqddU

Real player with 18.2 hrs in game

Super Arcade Boy in Goodbye Greenies on Steam

Zombeer: Delivery Mission

Zombeer: Delivery Mission

Light game where we need to save humanity with beer! A fun game, great for spending time, with increasing difficulty, becoming a real challenge in some stages. Great cutscene designs and an amazing music track!

Real player with 2.8 hrs in game

really cool and fun game

Real player with 1.0 hrs in game

Zombeer: Delivery Mission on Steam

东方有顶天梦 ~ The Top of The Dream

东方有顶天梦 ~ The Top of The Dream

Good for beginners.

Real player with 0.3 hrs in game

东方有顶天梦 ~ The Top of The Dream on Steam