Ziggurat is quite bland compared to other similar FPS roguelike games like Tower of Guns. But yeah, I am not too hot on either.
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Ziggurat is quite bland compared to other similar FPS roguelike games like Tower of Guns. But yeah, I am not too hot on either.
Icyflamez96
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naissanceE is currently 66% off on greenmangaming
More_Badass
Member
Absolutely fantastic game. It has my favorite atmosphere of any game. So alien and otherworldly. And visual design is masterul. It's linear but you feel lost, like you're actually exploring this place. The way the game guides you with visual cues and distant landmarks is brilliant
More_Badass
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Ethereal Legends - Free pre-alpha build (PC)
Dujanah - ????
Onikira - $13.99 (PC)
Kona - Late 2015 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Dying Ember - ????
Rothschild - PC, Mac, Linux
The Last World - ????
Vernon's Legacy - PC
Ascender - 2016 (PC)
Previously Mentioned
DeathTrash
Children of Morta
Wulverbade
Midboss
http://www.soverance.com/ethereal/
Ethereal Legends is a modern turn-based RPG, built in Unreal Engine 4
You play the role of Absolut, an aging wizard who must solve puzzles, defeat monsters, and explore dungeons in his quest to find meaning in his life, before it ends.
Dujanah - ????
Onikira - $13.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/310850
Onikira is a 2D side scrolling beat em up set in a fantasy feudal Japan where the player takes on the role of a samurai fighting to prevent the forces of the Japanese underworld from breaking through into the world of the living.
Kona - Late 2015 (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://www.konagame.com/
An episodic game about investigation, exploration, survival and the mysteries surrounding the disappearance of W. Hamilton and the neighboring inhabitants.
Dying Ember - ????
http://www.twitter.com/piratevninja
Dying Ember is an isometric Dark Souls like game featuring painted 2D backgrounds and 3D characters.
The game will follow a similar gameplay and story style to Dark Souls, featuring brutally difficult gameplay, epic bosses, and rich lore with minimal exposition.
Rothschild - PC, Mac, Linux
http://rothschildthegame.com/
Rothschild is an open-world, first person horror game. You play the roll of Jordan Baker, an investigative journalist in the year 2025. During this time both the aids and cancer epidemic have sky-rocketed and the Rothschild family has taken the crown of the world.
The Last World - ????
Vernon's Legacy - PC
http://www.indiedb.com/games/vernons-legacy
Vernon's Legacy is an unusual exploration game with distinct horror elements and a captivating storyline. You are playing as Robert, the new owner of the Dungenhof mansion. When exploring your new property you quickly realize that something has changed here since you last visited. Something is not right.
Ascender - 2016 (PC)
http://www.ascenderthegame.com/main/
The enigmatic journey of Sky, an explorative artificial intelligent made by Professor Toro Hudo who lives in Goa, the world below. Sky was created to help Professor Toro Hudo in constructing kinetic system for his foster daughter, Ocean Hudo, a forsaken limbless child who fell from the clouds when she was an infant. Observe the mystical Goa, experience its astonishing adventure with formidable jigsaw, swiveling plot, and bizarre habitat.
Previously Mentioned
DeathTrash
Children of Morta
Wulverbade
Midboss
Wok
Member
I did not see it mentioned in here:
http://woolfegame.com/blog/?p=924
GAME OVER for the Woolfe, which was featured in the Feburary thread (and got zero vote in the March thread).
http://woolfegame.com/blog/?p=924
GAME OVER for the Woolfe, which was featured in the Feburary thread (and got zero vote in the March thread).
Good
Hook - Starts of with a very simple concept and like some of the best puzzle games It introduces more complex mechanics, minimalistic and short it may be but its worth the journey
Loot Hero DX - Fun while it lasts in a switch your brain off and loot till your hearts content
Luckslinger - More pixel graphics, rough but with their own charm, a game that doesn't take life to serious, a mix of hip hop happening tunes give this western the edge
Decent
Ninjahtic Mind Tricks - Early 8 bit platformer with more than decent controls, satisfactory graphics. If you yearn for 80's gaming then pick this up
Ok
Super Cyborg - Throwback to the end of the 8bit era – unfortunately they brought some poor controls with it.
Hordelicious - Twin stick shooter without inbuilt twinstick controls which would improve its pickupability
Coffin Dodgers - If mad racing games is your thing then you might want to give the old dodgers a go – there will be far more polished racers on the market but this has enough going for it to rise above the mediocre
Fighties - Never going to beat up Smash Bros controls are just not anywhere near tight enough for a genre that relies on them and its graphics while trying to be cute are sub par.
Big Fat Fail
Big Fish Legend - Crashed out with me every few seconds
Will get a few more in before the eom.
Hook - Starts of with a very simple concept and like some of the best puzzle games It introduces more complex mechanics, minimalistic and short it may be but its worth the journey
Loot Hero DX - Fun while it lasts in a switch your brain off and loot till your hearts content
Luckslinger - More pixel graphics, rough but with their own charm, a game that doesn't take life to serious, a mix of hip hop happening tunes give this western the edge
Decent
Ninjahtic Mind Tricks - Early 8 bit platformer with more than decent controls, satisfactory graphics. If you yearn for 80's gaming then pick this up
Ok
Super Cyborg - Throwback to the end of the 8bit era – unfortunately they brought some poor controls with it.
Hordelicious - Twin stick shooter without inbuilt twinstick controls which would improve its pickupability
Coffin Dodgers - If mad racing games is your thing then you might want to give the old dodgers a go – there will be far more polished racers on the market but this has enough going for it to rise above the mediocre
Fighties - Never going to beat up Smash Bros controls are just not anywhere near tight enough for a genre that relies on them and its graphics while trying to be cute are sub par.
Big Fat Fail
Big Fish Legend - Crashed out with me every few seconds
Will get a few more in before the eom.
toythatkills
Member
Been playing this a little bit today and have encountered trampolines. When you have three sheep and a trampoline with two exits, is there any way to tell how the game will distribute them? It seems kind of arbitrary and I lost a level because it sent two sheep to the right instead of the left; there wasn't really any way I could see to plan for that outcome.
More_Badass
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Been playing Stasis, it's so good. I'll be posting the OT tomorrow
Here are some tantilizing Twitter teases from people currently playing it:
Here are some tantilizing Twitter teases from people currently playing it:
Compared to Dead Space
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There was a rule,but i forgot what exactly it was. It was something like its always trying to split evenly if possibly and then prefers a certain direction for the leftover sheep.
The arrows flash in the order that the sheep go. It alternates between the two (or more?) directions.
So if there are three sheep and a left->right trampoline, two will go left and one right.
toythatkills
Member
Thanks, the game could really do with explaining mechanics like that!
(Unless I missed it)
PandaPedinte
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I was looking in the games on OP and I'm wondering why Tembo was included, it's developed by Game Freak, the makers of Pokémon.
Wok
Member
The problem is more about the fact that SEGA is editing the game. Maybe you are too young to remember SEGA, but SEGA used to be big.
More_Badass
Member
I did, few pages back
Found it when searching for i shall remain - beat me to my post edit...
Cheers tho
Proto Raider - £2.79 (WIN)
Satellite Reign - £22.99 (PC)
Calvino Noir - £14.99 (WIN/MAC)
Curse of the Crescent Isle DX - £3.99 (PC)
Capsule Force - £10.99 (PC)
Razenroth - £3.99 (WIN)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/386050/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_1
Proto Raider is a single screen auto-running puzzle platformer covered in ASCII beauty. Immerse yourself in this colorful and imaginative world. Ride waterfalls, fly into tornadoes, solve puzzles, and fight monsters to complete quests and collect your treasure!
Satellite Reign - £22.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/268870/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_1
Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.
Calvino Noir - £14.99 (WIN/MAC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/316890/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_2
The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.
Curse of the Crescent Isle DX - £3.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/365120/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_7
A curse has befallen the Crescent Isle and it's up to you to save it. Luckily the curse has transformed your people into helpful monsters such as drills, blobs, icicles, and gravity flipping...things. With your monster subjects in hand you'll have to drill through rocks, maneuver through spiky terrain, freeze water
Capsule Force - £10.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/364060/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_4
Battle for control of the galaxies in this frantic multiplayer action game straight out of a 1980s space anime! Blast shots, dodge energy beams, and deflect projectiles as you race your tram into the opposing team's base! Grab the capsule to capture the galaxy before your enemy captures theirs!
Razenroth - £3.99 (WIN)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/340830/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103
Razenroth is an action shooter with a dark atmosphere, enriched with the elements of roguelike and RPG. All the levels, weather conditions, distribution and quantity of key elements are generated randomly. Thanks to this fact, a single game is different each time.
DiscStorm - £8.99 (PC)
Knight & Damsel - £6.99 (WIN)
Owys - £5.59 (PC)
RFLEX - £2.79 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/330670/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_8
Fast-paced and furious arena combat, where split-second reactions are essential to dodge flying discs as they ricochet around at breakneck speed. Brave formidable single player adventures or meet up with your friends and challenge them to intense local multiplayer battles.
Knight & Damsel - £6.99 (WIN)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/361680/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_8
Knight & Damsel is a two-player "uncooperative" multiplayer game set on a papercraft stage that subverts the age-old tale of knights saving damsels, with the knight and damsel competing to rescue the other!
Owys - £5.59 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/394770/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_5
Owys is designed as a game where you can demostrate your ability. Test yourself with different mechanics along the different worlds that compose it. You can play offline, online and use the real-time editor. Discover the community levels and create your own.
RFLEX - £2.79 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/392020/?snr=1_237_querypaginated__103_3
RFLEX is a fast-paced and challenging neo-arcade game. Frantically dodge your way to the high score in a series of rage-inducing levels while enjoying a kickass, original soundtrack. Experience trippy visuals while being pulled into a never-ending abyss of addicting, non-stop action.
PandaPedinte
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PandaPedinte
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Voting
Collecton
Pequod
Pretty Panzer
Secrets of Grindea
The Wish
Collecton
Pequod
Pretty Panzer
Secrets of Grindea
The Wish
More_Badass
Member
STASIS OT is up
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1104431
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1104431
More_Badass
Member
STASIS - $24.99 (PC, Mac)
http://stasisgame.com/
STASIS is a point-and-click, sci-fi, horror adventure game played from a unique isometric perspective.
In the distant future, aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
John is in tremendous pain, his wife and daughter are missing, and time is running out as the Groomlake plunges further into the swirling blue methane clouds of Neptune.
I suppose its also due to the Ludum Dare games, but still crazy.
Phawx
Member
Just got back from vacation and just caught up to this thread. Played an hour of Stasis this morning and died by being burned to death. The QL can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEbKq-R6ZN0
It's a nice mix of PnC/Myst in an isometric viewpoint with horror themes. All the clues are in the logs, but they trapeze the line of "Adventure Game Logic". It's a space ship, why is it so fraught with bugs?
There is also a bit of pixel hunting but if you've played PnC games before, you more or less can get on pretty easily.
Also Holographic Security system. Holographic. Security. There is no point of a holographic security system outside of scaring the hell out of you.
And it did.
**did a lengthier review**
STASIS feels like a AAA 90's computer game. The animation and visuals of the human models have a distinct 90's quality to them. It's not a bad thing at all, but for some reason the nostalgia center of my brain is going nuts while playing this game, even though it's brand new to me.
It also plays like early PnC adventure games. There is no hand-holding. There isn't a pop-up telling you what you need to do if you get lost. There are some modern twists like not having to switch your 'verb' as that is done automatically whilst also changing the icon to reflect the action, such as an eye-ball to see and having the text automatically appear. There is also PnC 'logic' which is kind-of whitewashed via the computer logs that you read, but still, some of the puzzles when thinking about it from a larger perspective don't make much sense. Why would a spaceship be fraught with so many bugs?
There are also some Myst-style sections/puzzles intertwined as well. Close-ups of panels that need to be operated. Nothing that is as hard as Myst-type puzzles, but some of the order-of-operations style puzzles that Myst seemed to have burned into my brain are present.
The atmosphere is executed very well. The isometric (Sidenote - I love isometric games) viewpoint is not only easy-on-the-eyes from a visual standpoint but facilitates the horror themes of the game. A fixed perspective with enough of an angle to foreshadow events is a great way to heighten suspense.
STASIS feels like a hidden gem from the past.
Recommended.
It's a nice mix of PnC/Myst in an isometric viewpoint with horror themes. All the clues are in the logs, but they trapeze the line of "Adventure Game Logic". It's a space ship, why is it so fraught with bugs?
There is also a bit of pixel hunting but if you've played PnC games before, you more or less can get on pretty easily.
Also Holographic Security system. Holographic. Security. There is no point of a holographic security system outside of scaring the hell out of you.
And it did.
**did a lengthier review**
STASIS feels like a AAA 90's computer game. The animation and visuals of the human models have a distinct 90's quality to them. It's not a bad thing at all, but for some reason the nostalgia center of my brain is going nuts while playing this game, even though it's brand new to me.
It also plays like early PnC adventure games. There is no hand-holding. There isn't a pop-up telling you what you need to do if you get lost. There are some modern twists like not having to switch your 'verb' as that is done automatically whilst also changing the icon to reflect the action, such as an eye-ball to see and having the text automatically appear. There is also PnC 'logic' which is kind-of whitewashed via the computer logs that you read, but still, some of the puzzles when thinking about it from a larger perspective don't make much sense. Why would a spaceship be fraught with so many bugs?
There are also some Myst-style sections/puzzles intertwined as well. Close-ups of panels that need to be operated. Nothing that is as hard as Myst-type puzzles, but some of the order-of-operations style puzzles that Myst seemed to have burned into my brain are present.
The atmosphere is executed very well. The isometric (Sidenote - I love isometric games) viewpoint is not only easy-on-the-eyes from a visual standpoint but facilitates the horror themes of the game. A fixed perspective with enough of an angle to foreshadow events is a great way to heighten suspense.
STASIS feels like a hidden gem from the past.
Recommended.
Phawx
Member
Commander Cool 2 for free:
https://www.orlygift.com/
Just got a press email about it. Haven't verified anything.
https://www.orlygift.com/
Just got a press email about it. Haven't verified anything.
Nabs
Member
Humble is doing a Devolver "Build Your Own Bundle" promotion. The more games you add, the bigger the discount. I was able to pick up Ronin, Titan Souls and Not A Hero for less than 5 bucks.
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/bundle/devolverdigital/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/bundle/devolverdigital/
More_Badass
Member
So Toma, or anyone else, playing STASIS? It's so good, took me about 9-10 hours. What an experience. I thought the ending was a tad rushed, but man, it was gripping and disturbing and gorgeous throughout
And game violence rarely makes me wince but these is a moment here that had me cringing like nothing since Dead Space 2's eye needle. Holy shit
And game violence rarely makes me wince but these is a moment here that had me cringing like nothing since Dead Space 2's eye needle. Holy shit
More_Badass
Member
Hey, Phawx, I saw you had APT. Any impressions?
I am on vacation right now, which is also why I cant play MGS, but I will probably play some tonight or tomorrow.
Ice Pick Lodge just posted another update on their Pathologic remake: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1535515364/pathologic/posts/1320682
It's a long piece from their translator explaining how she decided on various translations. As usual, it's up there with the best updates on the site. Absolutely worth reading.
It's a long piece from their translator explaining how she decided on various translations. As usual, it's up there with the best updates on the site. Absolutely worth reading.
Fantastic read as usual
More_Badass
Member
Rain World's devlog could practically be a Unity tutorial at times
When hitting a corner I split the rope in two at that point and then apply the same logic on both the new segments recursively - stepping down in a tree like way until all the intersecting points have been handled. I actually only calculate distance for the points that are inside the sweep area, but what points are inside the sweep area is determined using a triangle/point overlap which calls the line/point distance three times
Working with Rain World has made me become pragmatic rather than idealistic when it comes to optimization - usually all attempts at optimization of stuff like this are utterly soaked by some pathfinding line that is called 14 000 times per frame, outweighing anything that could or couldn't be done differently in a thing like this astronomically. So I've started to gravitate towards writing the easiest, cleanest solution, and then if there is a performance problem optimize it. So far, no problem with performance! Most rooms seem to have less than 100 convex corners anyways, so it blazes through those pretty quickly. If I were to optimize however, I'd take out the tiles that are affected by the sweep and find the corner points in there frame by frame. As most swipes are probably very small and not overlapping any corners that'd likely save some time. For a non-tile based situation like your sketch you could divide the space into sections and only check the points in the affected sections.
I do think that the convex hull algorithm could be useful as an optimization in a non-tile based scenario, but it would have to be complemented by something, as not every convex vertex is necessarily part of the convex hull:
A lot of TIGSource devlogs tend to be pretty technical. Most of the Tumblr ones and other dev blogs are more posting progress rather than showing the behind-the-scenes of getting to that point
The Gaslamp Games (Dungeons of Dredmor, Clockwork Empires) website is great, with a lot of humour and many "we don't know exactly what we are doing but here are the basics behind the thought process" bits.
I love reading those. Right now they are talking about monthly artwork marketing.
Wok
Member
The Witness.
Phawx
Member
I got it while on vacation, I should be able to play it tonight or tomorrow. I'll let you know.
bubaglobalj
Member
I've got to be honest, the indie scene kind of went by me in the last console generation.
Now, I am discovering all of these gems, that I never played before, like Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons, Journey, etc...
What in your mind are the must play Indie games out there?
I have a PS4, a crappy PC and a Macbook Pro, as well as one iOS and one Android device.
Looking forward to your recommendations.
Now, I am discovering all of these gems, that I never played before, like Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons, Journey, etc...
What in your mind are the must play Indie games out there?
I have a PS4, a crappy PC and a Macbook Pro, as well as one iOS and one Android device.
Looking forward to your recommendations.
One Foul Note
Member
That is a hell of an open ended question, I could talk for months just recommending PC games alone. Just to get you started you should check out the 'best of 2013/14' threads. Lots of very very impressive games in there, many are also available for PS4 if that is more your thing.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=985103
What game genres do you particularly enjoy? We'll probably be able to give you more specialized recommendations if we know what you are into.
How crappy is crappy?
More_Badass
Member
IOS (you should also come by the monthly IOS threads)
- Sorcery series
- The Room 1/2
- Device 6
- Galactic Keep
- Wayward Souls
- Hoplite
- Divide By Sheep
- EMPIRE: The Deck Building Strategy Game
- Prune
- Icebreaker (by Nitrome)
- Hero Emblems
- A Dark Room
- Incoboto
- Penumbear
PC
Too many to list accurately, but here are some of my favorites
- Broforce
- Infested Planet
- NaissanceE
- Door Kickers
- Duskers
- Crimsonland
- SpaceChem & Infinifactory
- Darkwood
- The Swapper
- Flywrench
- Lovely Planet
- Besiege
- Catacomb Kids
I would recommend having a look at both these threads as a great starter for 10
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=985103
What kind of games do you like might be easier to pick some that way.
I'd recommend super meat boy to anyone but thats just me!!!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=985103
What kind of games do you like might be easier to pick some that way.
I'd recommend super meat boy to anyone but thats just me!!!
Icyflamez96
Member
What kinda genres do you generally like?
Lone Survivor is great if you're a fan of horror.
Guacamelee is great if you want something beat-em-uppy and metroidvania-y.
The Unfinished Swan is great if you want a more relaxing adventure/puzzler with surreal elements.
Stealth Inc 2 is a great puzzle platformer.
Velocity 2X and Hotline Miami are great fast/twitchy games.
Those just a few I've played that I can vouch for.
Transistor is supposedly an absolutely amazing top-down action RPG. Idk, look into them at least. See what interests you. I also encourage experimentation...
More_Badass
Member
Couldn't resist, all the reports of TPP's excellent optimization (better than Ground Zeroes!) forced my hand 
Anyway, got my hands on the Jotun beta so I'll post some impressions later or in the September thread
Anyway, got my hands on the Jotun beta so I'll post some impressions later or in the September thread
Icyflamez96
Member
we might have overwhelmed him