Move Dodge and Kill
Go throught the multiple procedurally generated level and defeat the boss. Buy upgrades by collecting enemy gold.
Key Features:
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18 level campaign mode (randomly generated level)
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20+ enemies and 6 different bosses
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3 different playable characters
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20+ unlockable permanent upgrades
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10+ unlockable upgrades for the current run
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Spirit of ARX
To the ill-fated souls imprisoned within, ARX is a labyrinthine fortress of anguish and misery. But a single spark of hope within one brave spirit might just be enough to put an end to ARX’s reign of malice.
Break the chain of torment
Many a spirit restlessly roam the halls of ARX. Awaken the soul of a foolish adventurer, of a humble servant or an untimely guest to try and earn back your freedom. To do so, you must venture downward, into the belly of the beast, in order to defeat the ultimate evil lurking in the catacombs below.
At the start of every playthrough, choose from a random selection of spirits, each carrying their own unique abilities and boons.
Into the fray
Angry spirits, enraged ghouls, bedeviled rats and many more guard your vengeful path to salvation as each hand-crafted, procedurally generated level becomes progressively harder the further you go. Look out for beguiling traps, secret treasures and snarky ghosts!
Relics and Weapons, and Spirits — oh my!
But do not fret - ancient relics, as old as the bones beneath your feet, will help you on your journey and might just give you the edge you need to succeed.
And should you happen upon a kindred spirit, try and help — you might be surprised by the result.
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Burning Knight
Gameplay:
Fast and very replayable. The game balances well between extremely chaotic gameplay from Nuclear Throne and calmer gameplay from games like The Binding of Isaac.
Content:
There is really a lot of content, description of the game on steam says about that so I am just gonna say one thing: The big advantage of this game is that each item is not only different, but also there are almost no underpowered trash items. And overpowered items are always rare so the balance is pretty good.
– Real player with 62.8 hrs in game
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Inspired (sometimes a little too inspired) by predecessors like Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon, Burning Knight has the core of a good game with a lot to like, but is absolutely ruinously lousy with bugs and design issues. When most itemization decisions are driven by whether or not the build will eventually cause the game to freeze even on a high-end system, something is badly amiss.
Visual clarity is a disaster; visual noise is everywhere, the lighting system adds further unclarity, and enemy bullets and effects can be of any color even when they’re not completely obscured by overlapping effects. Core mechanics are smooth and functional, except when they aren’t; inexplicably getting caught on a wall when attempting to move or dodge parallel to it is a frequent occurrence. Sometimes things just break in inexplicable ways; a player can die to their own pets/orbitals or even their own sword-attacks and never have any idea why it happened that run and not on the others. But worst of all, in the late game when the player’s growing pile of passive items starts including enough bullet-multiplying-and-guidance effects, the game becomes completely unstable, dropping frames or freezing for seconds at a time or ultimately becoming completely unresponsive and requiring the game to be closed, forfeiting all currency gained in the run.
– Real player with 46.8 hrs in game
Dice Knight: Mystery of the Moirai
If you like D&D, dice & all that good stuff, definitely try this game out. It’s a very fun & fast paced combat adventure. I love the idea that currency, ammunition for your guns, damage, health, & even the difficulty options are all tied together into the dice. The world is full of humorous sites & dialogue. The interactive dialogue with NPCs is pretty great & it feels like the choices you make in talking with them actually matters. Overall a fantastic game.
– Real player with 25.8 hrs in game
Very fun RNG based game where skill reigns supreme.
– Real player with 10.9 hrs in game
Endless Crawler
I enjoyed playing this game. But after 5 minutes it got monotonous. The 20 minutes that I played this game were well spend.
Great job and good luck with your future productions.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Endless Crawler is another GameMaker Studio asset flip from serial copy+paste infringers, SosiskaGames. All these guys do is rip off game templates and projects from the Yoyogames/GameMaker Studio store, change the name and a few cosmetic details, and try to scam people into paying for someone else’s work on Steam. They have run asset flip scams several times, and this is no exception. It’s nothing but a cash grab.
This time they’ve ripped off a basic template for a 2D retro pixel top down shooter with a dungeon crawler theme. Asset flips and other “Fake games” (as Valve calls them) are harmful to the industry, because they pollute the marketplace and reduce the visibility and exposure needed by genuine indie developers.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Universe Apart
A Journey in Space
Universe Apart is a twin-stick 2d horror space exploration shooter with rogue-like elements. You explore space ships, mining stations and asteroids and survive as long as you can. Venture out and scavenge weapons, resources, duct tape and new crew mates in an attempt to make your derelict generation ship hold together and reach a planet and seed it - or at least you will die trying.
You battle enemies in real time while unraveling the mysteries of a harsh and uncaring ancient Universe. You have to fight, explore, find loot and solve both simple and more existential puzzles to unlock your full potential.
You can play alone, collaborate in couch co-op or invite a friend to help via steam remote play.
Survive as long as you can, seed planets and solve mysteries to unlock new spaceships that open new possibilities and take you on different journeys.
ATOMINE
ATOMINE is a two-stick shooter set in procedurally generated levels with a minimal polygonal look to it.
Pros:
-Great mechanics and flow. Controls feels smooth and easy to get a hang of.
-Polygonal design style along with use of bright colours and slight minimal feel is aesthically pleasing.
-It is challenging and requires some fast thinking, but it isnot too difficult to progress.
-It has Steam Achievements and trading cards.
-Many, many weapon upgrades which keep the game interesting and refreshing.
– Real player with 34.0 hrs in game
This game has some great potential, but unfortunately is full of bugs and is barely playable in its current state. There are several bugs in the actual gameplay, but more frustratingly, in the graphics rendering as well.
Most seriously, when there are too many objects on the screen (particularly many XP pickups or projectiles), the framerate drops through the floor (~5FPS) and movement becomes extremely glitchy. I have been unable to progress beyond the second boss because at some point, inevitably, I will reach a room with too many XP drops or bullets and it will lead to an untimely death.
– Real player with 12.6 hrs in game
Conquer the Dungeon
Team up with your friends in this top down dungeon crawler! Use teamwork to navigate through procedurally generated dungeons, slay bosses and collect their precious crystals. Keep your guard up and remember that these dungeons also have other players competing with you!
Explore Dungeons
Explore procedurally generated dungeons with unique layouts every playthrough. Master the dungeon’s layout before your enemies get the grip of the battle.
Slay Bosses
Defeat the bosses with or without your friends and get all the loot safely back to your team’s base
Defend Your Base
Your base is eventually going to attract opposing teammates who will target it in hopes of stealing your hard earned treasures. Don’t be salty about it though, instead try to steal everything your opponents have managed to gather in order to make it a bit more fair…
Features
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Procedurally generated dungeons
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Up to 6 player multiplayer
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Selection of weapons to dominate your enemies
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A broad bestiary of hostile creatures that will make your dungeon exploring a bit more challenging
Penimorta
Penimorta is a delightfully charming yet challenging bullet-hell experience that is chock full of stellar sprite designs and thoughtful level design. The movement is fluid, controls easy to handle, and the presentation of the game itself is quite polished. I was incredibly pleased with Penimorta and would emphatically recommend it, although it had just one minor qualm which I will address later on in the review.
Let’s start with the sprite design. Penimorta’s enemies (and especially its bosses) were incredibly well animated and aesthetically pleasing. The overall quality of the artistic direction of this game is superb, and easily makes it stand out among other similar indie games. The mage (the second boss of the game) had one of the best designs in the game, notably because of how well his appearance changes accompanied his second phase. The enemy attack patterns never felt boring, and were rather refreshing due to the pleasant palate of colors selected for their pellets/bullets. I also appreciated the slight distinctions in color and shape for the enemy bullets as it helped make navigation and movement more refined.
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
This game is great, but the snake boss is the worst thing to happen to humanity. The entire game before the snake boss was easy, I only died around 3 times before it appeared. I hate the snake boss, please make the game more balanced.
Edit #1: Turns out that the warden (the final boss I think) is even worse than the snake. It has basically every negative affect, and for some reason there is a cage it randomly puts on you without any sign, the cage moves randomly too, damaging and blinding you whenever you touch it. I could keep on complaining but that would take a while. But please just balance the game, everything but the last 2 bosses is like 1/8 of the difficulty.
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
RoboPhobik
Good game even if I don’t really like the music.
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The game was fun
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It got hard
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Then I decided to slow down and learn the strategies
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Could continue and game got even better
– Real player with 23.7 hrs in game
Review updated to better reflect the developer’s efforts
RoboPhobik is a decidedly basic overhead shooter with a sprinkling of features found in other genres. You play as one of several characters as you traverse a city populated by robots to rescue other humans and defeat the big boss PAL 9000. While interesting in concept, the execution is not the best and some features are rather basic. I think the best comparison is to certain games from the rogue-lite genre, specifically the indie game Dungeons of Dredmor or like Azure Dreams from the PS1, though this game does not feature the typical feature of losing all–or nearly all–progress when you die.
– Real player with 19.6 hrs in game