Dawnthorn
Dawnthorn is a topdown, pixel-art ARPG with a character and experience firmly rooted in the 8bit era. It features action-adventure style gameplay. Players will experience hectic, item-driven real-time combat, and solve puzzles and challenges spanning one single room, or the entire game-world! The experience features over 9 unique dungeons, and a sprawling overworld linking everything together, filled to the brim with rich characters, subquests, mini-games, and dozens of secrets.
Players take on the role of a headstrong young archetypal hero who, though from a prosperous time of bounty, has dedicated himself to righting a great wrong committed centuries ago. He comes armed only with fierce will and the promise of youth. Will these alone be enough?
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Língua
Lingua is a fun little game! The puzzles are challenging and the dialog is pretty funny. I also really like the heartwarming story.
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
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A lovely, cute and well made game. The characters are charming and the soundtrack is wonderful! If you love puzzles, folklore and pixel art, this game is for you (and for your whole family)!
Um jogo fofo, amável e muito bem feito! Os personagens são muito charmosos e a trilha é maravilhosa. Se você ama puzzles, cultura brasileira e pixel art, esse jogo é pra você (e pra sua família toda)!
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
RULES OF GRAVITY
Take over the tasks of an astronaut in “RULES OF GRAVITY” either alone or with a space friend. Explore space and repair the space station, because you don’t know what else is coming.
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FAQ
Singleplayer or Multiplayer?
Both! You will be able to play missions either alone or with a Space friend.
Controller-Support?
Yes, you can play with controller or mouse and keyboard.
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Mooch
The plot of Mooch is simple. The Puppet Master created puppets and forced them to work in the mines. Those poor puppets have no idea about the outside world until one of them, Blink, discovers that the outside world really exists. Blink and his friend Tula decide to escape the mines but one of the guards foils their plans by tearing Tula apart. Her soul becomes scattered across the underground and Blink has to find every piece of it before escaping.
You play as Blink and collect soul fragments which look like small, white orbs of light. There are 3 worlds, 24 levels in each one and every 8 levels there’s a boss that the hero has to outsmart. That’s right, outsmart as you don’t have any weapons so your only option is to avoid enemies and run from them when necessary. The atmosphere is dark and even though you see the world from the top you can only see as much as Blink. That’s mostly because underground is dark and Blink uses his flashlight mounted on his head to scatter the darkness. Music is nice and fits the atmosphere of Mooch very well. Graphics are also plausible and I especially like the fact that the gameplay takes place in the middle of the screen and the rest is dark - it creates an unique feeling and makes immersion into the game world a lot easier. I also have to say that the game is pretty challenging, I’ve finished roughly 50% of Mooch so far but I can already say that the second one world is definitely harder than the first one. But for those that don’t like hard challenges and want to relax I can recommend “easy” game mode where everything is easier.
– Real player with 163.3 hrs in game
I don’t have a whole lot to say about Mooch that isn’t already covered in the extraordinarily good Steam description, below. That and the fact that I am truly in a level of pain that my brain is attempting to cope with. Ainslie, who is a nurse, and I believe that I have at least partially torn my Achilles tendon and we cannot get to a doctor’s office until the morning. I really wanted to crank out this review today and I would have been disappointed in myself if I didn’t.
But look I really enjoy Mooch. It’s definitely among the better casual adventure/puzzle games that I have played. I’m not much of a precision gamer and often struggle with games of that nature. However, while I have died needlessly on a couple of levels I really enjoy the tricks and traps present in the game. It makes you play carefully but more than that it makes me eager to discover what is behind every corner. It takes a well designed game for that to happen and Crank Goblin have done extremely well to achieve that effect.
– Real player with 12.5 hrs in game
The Eightfold Path
The forest and the ancient temple are filled with wisdom and complex challenges that will put to test your intentions, your knowledge, your absorption and more in each step of The Noble Eightfold Path, the buddhist path to enlightenment.
By completing each step of the path, you will have before you, the possibility to enter a state of pure bliss. Free from all suffering and desires that keep you away from harmony. Nature will guide you, but it is up to you to face your inner fears and demons.
Meditation
Whenever you find that your mind is not at ease, find a quiet place, sit down and take a moment to relax. Focus on your breathing, feel your body and let go of the thoughts that come and go through your mind.
TWWWR
TWWWR is a pretty great game if you want a short but very high quality experience. The game looks / sounds amazing, it plays very well, and has a nice suite of bosses to fight (with optional harder versions with rewards). The only issue I have with the game is that it IS so short. Finished all of the endings and while it was fun, it was so fun it left me wanting more. Again, great game, excited to see what the developer does next!
– Real player with 10.6 hrs in game
Excellent experience of a game. TWWWR is a very neat action platformer bullet hell hybrid that looks and sounds great, but also feels great to play. It is not a very long experience, with a first playthrough taking ~2hr if you’re thorough, but the whole thing is a blast to play. The achievements offer some extra challenges, with speed/pacifist runs, as well as getting the secret ending on expert, which is a hitless difficulty. Luckily there are lots of save points…
If you want to take it a step further, there are optional gauntlets, as well as harder variants of bosses including a boss rush (think like normal, ascended, and radiant versions of hollow knight bosses). Lots of little things that make this feel very polished.
– Real player with 9.4 hrs in game
孤胆惊魂2：消失的207（Fear 2: The Disappeared 207）
#### Background story description:
In the future, there will be an outbreak of epidemics all over the world, and almost all humans and animals will be infected by the virus, which will turn into walking corpses. In a mysterious research institute, Yang Tian, who had lost his memory, woke up and discovered that there were hidden secrets in this research institute. After escaping from the research institute after all the hardships, he had to go to a deserted school again to find the truth about his identity, but waiting for him will be endless darkness. . .
#### Gameplay description:
I’m PYSL, I’m the author of this game. This is a puzzle-solving, survival, adventure, survival, and horror shooting game I made. The viewing angle of the game is from a bird’s-eye view, and you will control Yang Tian (the protagonist) Continue to survive the monster’s attacks and seek the truth. There are various types of monsters in the game, their attack methods are different, and their own attributes are also different. Players need to use the existing weapon resources in their hands to deal with them flexibly, otherwise it will be very difficult to clear the customs. There are different types of guns in the game, and each has its own characteristics, please switch according to your needs. Weapon accessories have various functions, I wish you crazy kills. In battle, you can also use skills to help you not die in a dangerous environment. As the plot clears, you can unlock multi-week games, as well as powerful equipment and convenient items. In order to facilitate the operation of the player, a touch screen operation is made on the screen, which can be used if necessary. In addition to keyboard operations, the same game also supports handle linking, and the handle button functions can be customized.
#### Author’s message:
This is the first game I made, so there are many flaws in all aspects. For example, music, art, etc. are not satisfactory, and there may even be some bugs that cannot be solved by yourself. I hope you can bear with me. If there is a BUG, I will solve it as soon as possible, if I will solve the BUG. Because I was the only one who made the game. Of course, I also hope that you will like this game. If you like it, I will continue to make a sequel to the game. The sequel supports multiple characters and has more guns, props, and skills. I even conceived a combo system. Of course these are all things to do. Finally, I hope you all have a good time.
Instruction manual:https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv11520349?from=search
Instructional video:https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Nb4y1k7HJ
If the archive is damaged, I am very sorry for that.
Game Cheats:
Enter the following codes in order in the game.
money: get 9999999 gold coins.
pysl: Obtain all hidden weapons, equipment and portable shops.
Cleo - a pirate’s tale
„Cleo - a pirate’s tale“ is a Solo Developed Retro Pixel Art Pirate Adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
THE STORY:
„What is the most important part of a story?“
Cleo is a 14 year old cynical girl, living a repetitive life with her father in a bar. She knows everything about the epic adventures of pirate legend Captain Cabeca, but in her everyday life, she is just surrounded by boring fishermen and unsuccessful pirates, hanging around at the counter.
But when Cleo finds a strange pirate-logbook and sees a ghost, who gives her a mysterious hint, her boring life is about to get turned upside down. She is thrown into a dangerous adventure and finds herself in a world of lies, deceit, greed and bad breath - the world of pirates - and most of them are looking for the same thing:
THE TREASURE OF ETERNAL MEMORY.
KRAKEN FODDER:
“Kraken Fodder” is a mini game inside the game.
It is a card and dice game, which is taken pretty seriously among fishermen and pirates. One round takes about 5 minutes and the game is about destroying your opponents card deck with canon balls. HAHAHAR!
Throughout the game, Cleo has to play this card game against a few NPCs.
The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2020. The release is planned for late 2021 with full voice acting in English and German.
ARRRGH!
Dust to Dusk
A well-written short horror story!
The actual main plot was quite unexpected for me and I had a lot of fun with the puzzles.
A lot of effort was put into it with a lot of CGs and plenty character portraits! I was very happy about the game having a gallery!
I think it’s a well-spent few hours, especially considering the low price.
If you would still rather have a look into the game before buying then you can watch a part of my playthrough:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9qJFgAqXiE
– Real player with 4.9 hrs in game
I wasn’t too sure what to think about the overall plot until I got everything in the gallery and unlocked one last side story. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I would highly recommend that you make the effort to do so as well. Otherwise, you’ll really be missing out. If you enjoy horror-themed adventure games with heart behind them, you’ll love this. I had a great time, and it was packed with way more content than I expected given the one dollar asking price.
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Elemental Angel
The biggest feature of the game is the aircraft upgrade system. The upgrade system is divided into ordinary upgrades and elemental weapon upgrades. After elemental weapons are upgraded, a wide range of attack skills can be released. At the same time, different combinations of elements can release different skills.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
A very interesting game.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game