Radio Viscera
This is a very tentative thumbs up because the game is decent fun, but it’s marred by technical issues (walls with no collision detection, sound bugs, black frames) and a couple gameplay flaws (the camera). Here’s hoping future patches address some of these concerns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBAt9eXcgY
– Real player with 8.8 hrs in game
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If you’re using doors instead of blasting through walls, you’re doing it wrong. It’s a nice take on a twin stick shooter where you can’t kill or defeat things by shooting at them, but instead shooting them into things.
I love all the glitchy visual effects. Game is very light on story and humour is definitely very weird, but I’m liking it so far.
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
Frisbros
Frisbros is a 2D top-down match of ultimate frisbee played in a labyrinth of monsters, traps, and mazes. Control both bros or team up with a friend to throw your way to the target while fighting off ghouls hellbent on intercepting your disc.
Features:
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Single Player: Play as both bros at once
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Local Coop: Play with a friend to reach the end of the level and outplay the ghouls
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Unique mechanic for every hole.
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Toss frisbees that can destroy enemies and solve puzzles
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Frisbee-based combat arenas challenge you to use teamwork to vanquish your enemies as quickly as possible
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JUST DEFENSE
The game crashed near the end of round 13, which was disappointing because I was hoping to get as far as a boss fight. However, the short time that I played before it crashed was enjoyable and left me with a lot of questions about how the difficult would scale.
Here is what I gathered about the game:
you’re a dude running around the map trying to survive until the timer counts down
the aliens are tying to kill you
this is not exactly tower defense but there are similar elements
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
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Trouble Inn: Jonny’s Room
A fun adventure of monsters and magic! Follow your guide as he takes you on a journey to recover what was stolen.
As another indie game hero on a vague quest for righteousness, you will:
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Throw Magic Rocks…
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Snap Magic Worms
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Save The World (With Magic)?
Thunder Tier One
Thunder Tier One offers real-time tactical action in which you directly control the team leader of a four person squad. You can customize many of the details of the squad before you enter the mission, by spending your budget on silencers, grenades, flash-bangs, breaching charges, etc.
There is an element of stealth that you can take advantage of but don’t expect a very nuanced AI - on either side. The AI does a decent job of responding to sound and sight but its shortcomings become apparent in the little details: taking cover on the wrong side of an object, jiggling around when they get stuck on a piece of the terrain. Usually your AI teammates do what you tell them - just not in the way you want. A good example of this is movement; I cannot find a way to get your squad to move slower than full speed which makes it hard to do sneaky things when you are close enough to the enemy.
– Real player with 33.4 hrs in game
Feels like a fantastic blend of SOCOM, Doorkickers, and Insurgency. A few things need ironing out, but the core gameplay is great fun and (on realism mode) very punishing. Once mod support is opened up, it will get even better. A few things I noticed during my few hours so far:
- Camera controls are not as bad as others make them sound, they just take a bit of getting used to. The camera itself could use a little fine-tuning though. Multiple times I had my camera blocked by something (like a crane), or I was getting shot from a spot that was very hard to see. I’m sure it will get better with patches.
– Real player with 22.7 hrs in game
Toi
A new planet has been discovered, go through the three areas and conquer the planet Go through the 3 areas. forest area, sea area and volcano area, conquer the planet TOI for your Empire.
*shmup vertical
*linear phases with well-worked difficulty
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12 Stages
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11 Bosses
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Original Soundtrack
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3 Areas.
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Power ups
Agent of Chaos
my play through here: https://youtu.be/gsUeUuJotUU
TLDR; Pros: Nice Graphics neat control scheme/spells and has a endless mode to compete.
Cons: One dimensional, easy, and you’ll never die in endless mode unless you get bored.
A pretty neat concept you play as the bad guy wiping the hero scum from your overlords castle. It can be challenging at first learning to aim and use your movement mechanic to hit your first spells but after the first stage you get super easy to hit spells fire is probably the best spell for damage so it’s good to master that one early even though it’s harder to hit. The game is a bit simplistic and it gets pretty redundant there’s not much story or enemies to make the game difficult outside of the archer champions who have a fan attack but there’s a plethora of healing potions that drop to make up for it.
– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game
This is a very unique game with a lot of original thought that went into it. The movement and attack controls are probably a lot different than what you’re used to. If that’s your thing, then you should definitely check it out… I mean, come on! It’s free!
The game: you are a demon/monster/elemental/bad guy, you fight waves of heroes (melee, archers, magic users, and bigger magic users), you pretty much can’t stop moving, your weapons attack automatically, and you have multiple weapons that automatically cycle every 15 seconds (every 15 seconds you’re using a different weapon).
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
KosmoSquad
I am addicted. I played for 6 hours last night. Gotta get the next upgrade!
– Real player with 33.4 hrs in game
This is a great way to have fun with your friends gathered around the screen! I love being able to play, gain points, and progess in short increments!
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Operation Thunder
This game is actually a lot more fun than I expected. The level design is well done and the enemy variety and placement keeps the game interesting from start to finish, although Chapter 1 is a little slow. The sounds and music are good as well. The story is solid, it won’t blow you away, but it’s entertaining enough for this type of game to keep your attention.
The game does have a couple weaknesses, but they’re minor and don’t detract from the overall experience.
You can tell that this little gem was made by indie devs that truly are passionate about the games they make. It’s also feels like you can actually communicate with them; I shot a message to the devs about a glitch I encountered and it was fixed the next day. I will definitely be supporting these chaps in the future and I recommend all who like the game to do the same!
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
Even though I don’t play a lot of video games, I can safely award this one GOTY in my personal collection. I was surprised at how well made the game is, I can really tell it’s a passion project. It’s nice to buy games from little indie companies because the best part is you actually feel like you can communicate with the developers rather than have my opinions and emails lost in a chain of “no-reply” emails. But anyway, onto the the strengths/weaknesses.
Strengths:
- The game play mechanics, holy sh*t you’d think it’s a Hotline Miami sequel if I didn’t tell you otherwise. Really smooth movement, gun shots don’t do that weird counter strike curve around the wall thing.
– Real player with 2.8 hrs in game
That Tiny Spaceship
Taking a Cue From Coin-Op – Utilizing tried and true mechanics that helped define the shmup genre, That Tiny Spaceship’s gameplay returns to the days where forward was the only way to go and getting a power-up opened up new tactical options. Warp from one side of the playfield to the other, just like in the arcade titles of yesterday.
A Few Seconds Can Feel Like A Lifetime – Each mission in That Tiny Spaceship might only be a couple of minutes long but when a flaming asteroid or enemy fighter comes barreling towards you with little notice, reaction time can make the difference between placing a high score and being another piece of space debris.
5 Levels – Travel from the narrow spaces of an asteroid field to a battle for survival within orbit of a blazing sun in That Tiny Spaceship’s 5 campaign missions. Each mission features a unique locale, unique gameplay mechanics and challenges that build upon the foundations established in prior missions.
10+ Achievements – Mastering each of the 5 levels is just the beginning for those looking to obtain all of the achievements in That Tiny Spaceship. Just like console games from the 16-bit era, there’s going to be a number of hidden Easter Eggs and challenges if you want to 100% That Tiny Spaceship.
Physics of Fun – Every moving object, hazard, ship and projectile utilizes a built-in physics simulation. While this does not provide the “pixel perfect” accuracy that earlier shoot’em ups made their name on, it provides a unique sense of movement and flow not found in similar games.
Full Controller Support – Now fully supports the Xbox One gamepad from the first menu right through to your last pulverizing explosive death when an asteroid careened into That Tiny Spaceship.
Chose Where You Play – At launch That Tiny Spaceship will be available on Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux. More information on the macOS and Linux ports will be released at a later date.
Dynamic Backgrounds – That Tiny Spaceship generates the stunning and vibrant particle based backgrounds as the game is played. Enjoy the majesty of virtual space with ever changing colorful swirls and stars.
Brand New Tutorial System – Key mechanics, gameplay tips and strategies will be available through both standard static tutorial screens and interactive lessons.