Astrodogs
TL;DR : Never played a StarFox game, but this goofy, chill little dog game makes me want to.
What is this funny little dog shooty game?
Astrodogs is a 3D, forward moving, on-rails shooter with enough charm to change your attitude for the entire day. The game revolves around 8 or so small stages with unique aesthetics, designs, music, enemies and bosses. (My personal favourites are Barkstille and Barkadia.)
I’ve never played something like this before, is it difficult?
At first, yes. But if you keep at it, you’ll learn the levels, you’ll learn the 5 techniques you need to know (4 different “special” attacks and a bullet-time mechanic). The bosses all have a gimmick to them which at first, is SUPER annoying, because you’ll be tanking damage and dealing none, but you’ll figure it out and feel like even Einstein is no match for your superior intellect.
– Real player with 8.6 hrs in game
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As a die hard fan of Star-Fox. There hasnt been any games to come out that capture the on rails space shooting magic. This game does! I love the levels, music, controls and overall humour. A real treat!
– Real player with 8.2 hrs in game
Sigma Impact
It is actually a very nice game, once you get into it. Provides very fun gameplay with a beautiful soundtrack, and I like the fact that it has local co-op to make the game more fun and a bit easier with the extra help. The game has a lot of potential to improve and add new things in further updates. I would personally recommend a third player local co-op option, and I think some other people would too. Thou I do understand that it would have to squeeze the players health and weapon stamina bars, making them very small. Hopefully there is an alternative solution to this problem. My second suggestion is just to add some new enemies, and maybe a weapon too. But all in all, so far this has been an extremely fun game for me and my friends to play together, and I hope that there will be updates very soon:)
– Real player with 42.0 hrs in game
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This game is very fun and hard to master but once you get the hang of it. The game somehow becomes even more challenging as you try to beat the it under 10 minutes I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a casual play-through. I’m looking forwards to further development in the future.
Also…
Hehe mace go boom boom.
– Real player with 30.9 hrs in game
Axe Girl
Overall a pretty solid platformer. Great boss design, honestly. I wish there was a boss rush mode in the game. Very visually appealing artwork, and a very catchy soundtrack. Only major complaint that I’d have is the difficulty spike in the second to last level is pretty steep, only to fall off significantly come the final level.
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
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Axe Girl is a steam videogame featuring a rush of relief drowned with a classic twist of monologue that drives the player insane…a simple tone of sincerity finish feeding great level design that digs another can of hesitated tentative wrinkles of oozy bubble worlds that stood the trip well…contentedly devouring boss battles surprising gentleness wiped with greatly entertainment trek into fashion i give this game a 10/10 a garnish bold of treatment into a bitter glass axe bottle of arrangement and skills really recommended love the burrito master!!!
– Real player with 14.8 hrs in game
PolyBoost
Do you like a challenge?
We offer you one! 100 handcrafted levels where you can prove your skills.
Will you be the fastest?
Test your skills against all other players with our global leaderboards.
Now about our game:
You are a small rocket controlled only by the mouse.
The rocket will fly in the direction you point with the mouse, but at the same time gravity will pull you down.
PolyBoost is a tricky game, but once you get the hang of it, your in for a ride.
But be prepared, when you touch an obstacle, you will have to try again.
Brobot
Brobot is a single player platform game. Its main character; Brobot, is a small robot. He must traverse a myriad of worlds and ultimately reach the mythical Dynamo Core to restore order to his home world.
Brobot allows the player to manipulate the direction of gravity to traverse various worlds and overcome obstacles, creating interesting and unique challenges that encourage fast-paced play while the player uncovers the truth of their purpose in the multiverse.
The level editor that this game is built with will be released post initial launch.
Diluvian Ultra
In Diluvian Ultra you play as Atilla, an undead king that is awakened in deep space, aboard his tomb, ship by an invasion of unknown enemies. He must fight to prevent them from stealing his most sacred object: The Book of Life. Without the book, Attila’s order can’t revive the long-dead human species.
The spaceship is a living combination of flesh and stone, teeming with creatures created to serve a purpose aboard the ship. Even the doors are alive.
Diluvian Ultra is built around a damage system where you have to combine weapons to be effective. Armor negates most damage, but some weapons are designed to damage only the armor itself, setting the victim up for a lethal blow. The player has to be careful, as enemies will combine their attacks in the same way. Armor damage cannot kill you, but take too much and a single well-placed lethal attack will kill you in one hit.
Combat in Diluvian Ultra is all about mobility. Dodge enemy fire, while you chain together ranged attacks with close combat blows and devastating ground slams to interrupt and stun your enemies.
The weapons range from living insect guns, to plasma spewing shotguns. Each has a unique special reload function, like healing armor damage or turning the magazine into a grenade.
SEN: Seven Eight Nine
another would-be-great game ruined by thinking players have all the time (and willingness) in the world to replay half the puzzles to get back to the point where they stopped (or had to stop) last time. if your trailer says 100+ puzzles, let me select them individually, not just 21 packs of 6 or so that have to be done in one go. or at the very least save my progress on the current level so I can continue there next time and/or try another unlocked level in the meantime. the game wouldn’t be any easier, only less tedious and frustrating.
– Real player with 6.9 hrs in game
This is a different type of puzzle game where you have to intuitively learn the rules through playing. I’ve not played anything like this before, but it is kind of a mix of sudoku and path games. Very intriguing and it can get quite difficult. I spent almost 2 hours trying to find the solution to the last puzzle (which I did -YAY!) and just a few seconds on some of the earlier puzzles. The concept seems simple at first, but it gets more complex as you move to higher levels. I couldn’t really describe the rules to you, but I know what they are intuitively, LOL.
– Real player with 6.3 hrs in game
BIRBOUT!
I mean I kind of am the developer of the game. This is my game lmao.
Actually this turned out pretty good and at the time of writing it’s just v1.0 with none of the extra updates I’m planning.
Anyways I’m gonna get back to work. See ya!
- Jazz
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Birb go brrrrrr
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Lazarus Trials: Trial 101
Narrative
You wake up and immediately feel something is wrong. You don’t know where you are or how you got here. The more you try to piece things together, the more you can’t remember. You can’t seem to move your head, but you glance down and see a body that isn’t your own. Suddenly a voice begins to speak. It has run countless experiments, and its latest subject is you. You don’t remember signing up for anything like this! But before you say a word, you realize, maybe the voice has answers to the millions of questions running through your mind. So you decide to play along, but will you survive the ordeal that lies ahead?
Motivation
Compared to books, many modern games are like War and Peace or Finnegans wake; incredibly rich masterpieces but hardly the best starting place for someone learning to read. “Lazarus Trials” is a series of games designed to teach game literacy, the art/skill of being able to consume the media form of video games. It’s the perfect starting point for someone looking to get into gaming as a hobby, but has been incredibly overwhelmed by everything out on the market.
Gameplay
Trial 101 aims to teach:
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Navigation through a 3D space using mouse/keyboard or gamepad controller.
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Coordination between moving and looking around.
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Advanced movement (i.e jumping) by requiring more than one key/button press at a time.
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The basics of puzzle solving in games
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Identifying the target/objective of the puzzle
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Distinguish between game objects and environment. What can be interacted with and what can’t?
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Game logic and “out of the box thinking”
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Testing limits of controls
- Using the basic controls/mechanics explained to experiment and find different movement capabilities.
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Comprehension of narrative and instruction through dialog
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Understanding game hints and instructions through dialog
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Understanding underlying narrative through dialog
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Will you be able to survive the Lazarus Trials?
Really?
Prove it.
TIPS
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Use the settings menu to customize aspects of the game itself, use the detect optimal settings button to quickly get a configuration that would work for you. You will need to manually adjust the resolution to your screen size. 1920 x 1080 at fullscreen typically works for most people.
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Practice, Practice, Practice. Just like with reading the more you do of it the better you get at it. Perseverance is key!
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Always try new things! Never be afraid to try something out to see if it works. You may discover some interesting abilities/quirks.
Ramses: Rise of Empire
I like this game plenty enough until you get to bonus level that crashes. needs a bug fix
– Real player with 16.9 hrs in game
Ramses has been Pharaoh since he Twelve years old and had every day was the same as his predecessors, wake up, listen to a harpist’s song praising him and his deeds, the ritual dressing performed by a special brotherhood of priests, then a sacrifice to the gods and hearing of prayers. He’d then dive into his work of listening to grievances, review reports on the economy, hear diplomatic messages and so on. This went on day after day after day and it seemed it would stay the same forever, until…
– Real player with 13.5 hrs in game