Lost Words: Beyond the Page
There are a number of very detailed reviews on this game so I will keep this short.
Lost Words is a lovely adventure that is beautiful to experience and fun to play. I do not normally choose side-scrolling platform games but I made an exception here and I’m glad I did.
It is a story of a child coming to terms with the loss of a beloved family member. It is told through Izzy’s journal and her fantasy story of Estonia. These two aspects of the game have very different mechanics which keeps it interesting. I found the journal sections (where you jump through words and initiate actions) to be simply delightful. The art and narration is excellent and it captures the spirit of a child.
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game
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When I think about the games as a form of art (which they are most of the time) games like Ori and the Blind Forest or the Journey usually come to my mind. This one might not be as breathtaking in the visual department, but comes very close. This game is nothing like Ori, though, since platformer part here is a vehicle for the plot rather the main attraction. It isn’t bad, it’s just there for the story and not the other way around. Izzy’s story (whose diary we reading) is the primary element here. It’s not unique, but that’s the reason why it’s so easy to empathize with since we all had to deal with the grief at some point in our life. Some, like her, for the first time, and this diary and the story despite started for different purpose end up being one of her anchors through the hard times.
– Real player with 11.2 hrs in game
Typoman
A great concept that sadly falls flat in it’s execution
Enter the world of Typoman: Revised! Typoman is a ‘cute thing in big scary world’ game where you are assembled as a series of letters that may or may not be foreshadowing what the main character will become. Despite being a cute thing in a big scary world that totally isn’t based in WW2, you have one special, unique gift: You can assemble a series of hodgepodge letters in order to create words that alter your environment. Will this odd, typographic world hold ink? Let’s find out.
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
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I really liked the game.
In fact, this is another indie platformer in the spirit of Limbo, the style and atmosphere are very similar. But among thousands of clones, Typoman stands out for a very original and unusual concept and mechanics. The action of the game occurs in a certain “world of words” and it is words that will be the main weapons for solving the problems, and in the literal sense. In order to raise the platform, blocking the path, we need to find and match together the letters U and P scattered around, obtaining the word UP, after which the platform will rise. The elevator can be made to work with the word ON, and the word STOP will stop the working press, which can crush us. There are also more complex tasks, where figuring the right word will force your brain to work hard.
– Real player with 14.6 hrs in game
Spooky Typing: The Ghost Plague
The game is challenging but really fun once you understanding the core mechanic! That’s a solid typing game! The graphics and sound effect are on point! Recommended!
– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game
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Another great typing game from Sensen Games. Really simple, but with a good soundtrack and design. A couple of hours of great entertainment, totally worth the price!
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
The Creation of a Self
A love letter to 80s and 90s retro computing. A game that intersects poetry, programming, computers, love, death, freedom and living. Create a new self, program its memories, and destroy memory monsters created from those memories.
FEATURES
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a glitched out computer interface sprinkled with the latest retro inspired visuals
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2D/Puzzle/FPS game elements: from a runner, a terminal and desktop with puzzles, to FPS levels where you destroy 9 different memory monsters
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100s of poems as memories, ready to program a new self
Type Fighter
**EDIT: I saw the review from 2019 saying the typing is buggy by overlapping with other words you could type, and I’ve never experienced this bug on any of the computers I’ve played this on. I’m pretty confident that this bug must have been fixed before I started playing.
Super hard but fun 2D-sprite infinite runner game where you’re typing to kill fireball wizards, jump over armored spiders, piercing flying birds with arrows that are dropping rocks on your head, rolling under stone walls, and leaping over bottomless pits. You get 4 words at a time to choose from. Typing one word will make you jump, another will make you shoot an arrow, another will make you swing your sword, and another will make you roll. The further you go before inevitably dying, the higher your score becomes.
– Real player with 10.2 hrs in game
veary cool and fun
– Real player with 6.7 hrs in game
Typomancer in the Feather’s Way
A very different proposal with a very frantic gameplay this is Typomancer. At first I thought that having to type in the middle of a game would make for a strange experience, but I was totally wrong. The fact of typing brought something quite innovative, where we can have frantic moments when it is necessary to type very fast or even moments when we can prepare for the worst by anticipating typing. I really liked the game’s proposal in combination with the effects. 10/10.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
The game has a very nice experience, with a very well polishing done and with a very interesting cost-benefit.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Tybot Invasion: The Typing Runner
Simple, clean, fun and challenging game! It’s also very didactic, not only for approaching typing skills in a really ludic and laidback way, but also for offering the opportunity to learn and fix English vocabulary. Very addictive, just like all the other games from Sensen, making every run exciting with the right touch of difficulty. Every new game is a good surprise for me. Keep it up, guys! (:
– Real player with 7.4 hrs in game
The best key response this typing game can give to you.
Graphic: Not gorgeous but cool.
Game: Neat & Crispy.
Many typing games stayed a while and got uninstalled from my PC.
but I think this one will somehow survive.
Not gorgeous but good.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
1bitHeart
Have you ever wondered what kind of game the social aspects of Persona 3-5/Danganronpa, combined with the trials of Phoenix Wright, combined with the art and soundtrack of The World Ends With You, would make?
The answer: 1bitHeart.
This downright charming game created by the people responsible for the equally charming LiEat is something that’s definitely well worth the price of admission. As far as difficulty is concerned, it’s easy, there’s no doubt about that. The hardest “case” in this game is about as difficult as the tutorial trial of the aforementioned Phoenix Wright games. Maybe the early parts of the first actual trials.
– Real player with 25.0 hrs in game
1bitHeart could use more spice, but remains an adorable and memorable tale. It’s an interactive visual novel that blends in elements of mystery and logic. Nanashi’s adventures in friend-hunting is, overall, quite endearing, but is bogged down by some subpar writing and design choices.
Everything in the game, from story to gameplay to visuals, is done decently, but nothing seems to shine in particular. The aesthetic of the game is cohesive, with characters among the more memorable aspects. However, beyond their designs and quirks, there’s not much underneath. Development across the 40+ friends is spread thin, and while there is a noticeable effort to develop the main characters, I still found them a bit lacking.
– Real player with 23.3 hrs in game