True. Maybe Activision-Sierra will want to publish it if Shiftlings is a success?
Shit... now I have to buy Shiftlings on day 1.
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The 3D platformer renaissance is happening
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Shit... now I have to buy Shiftlings on day 1.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Like other people said, I think we should wait to see how many of these are good (or even get made) before we call it a renaissance. Some of those games remind me of Chameleon Twist and Bubsy 3D.
Hope Olivia and Spike works out. The dimension shifting looked really cool. Didnt know Shiftlings was the same team either! Makes me more interested in that game
Play Grow Home
Play Grow Home
Play Grow Ho-i mean naw im really excited too. Even if the game doesnt wind up as ambitious as the dev is planning I think itll turn out as a fun powerup focused platformer. The prototype had some clever stuff
Play Grow Home
Play Grow Home
Play Grow Ho-i mean naw im really excited too. Even if the game doesnt wind up as ambitious as the dev is planning I think itll turn out as a fun powerup focused platformer. The prototype had some clever stuff
More_Badass
Member
Shiftlings is fun. I played an early press demo last year
It looks like a nice game. It's just that I don't buy a lot of games on day 1 these days. My backlog is keeping me busy.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
I realized that when I revisited them.
Bjomesphat
Banned
One of those games MIGHT have a chance of being good.
SerTapTap
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More_Badass
Member
Cloudbuilt and Grow Home are already good
FreezeME is my favorite of the upcoming games. The alpha was a lot of fun, and the freezing mechanic always for interesting challenges that wouldn't be possible in other games
Play Grow Home
More_Badass
Member
Bjomesphat
Banned
It does look pretty cool. I didn't realize it was out already.
More_Badass
Member
The games with prices in the OP are released
Bjomesphat
Banned
The only ones that were really on my radar were A Hat In Time and Rime. I'll check out Grow Home though.
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
Hat peeked my interest back when it was announced, I really like the looks of the main character and the mustachioed female villain. The website says it might be coming to Wii U, but they're not making promises. Day 1 if it comes to Wii U.
Yeah I know
and it will probably be better than anything MS may want to put out, but I'm greedy and I wonder if Phil Spencer could have planned to do some renaissancing himself too?Half of the games in the OP are already released, and it doesnt even have relatively older indie games like Tiny and Big or the handful of first person 3d platformers on Steam
Play Grow Home
More_Badass
Member
Think I should add stuff like Tiny & Big and first person games? I was going for the more recent games
And if we add all the FPS platformers, that list would be pretty long. Deadcore, Cloudbase Prime, Lemma, and more.
yeah that's true. I guess none of those look all that good to me. the one's I'm interested in aren't out yet. Sea of Solitude looks nice, Rime looks cool, Hat in Time looks cool. I hope they turn out well!
Diprosalic
Banned
the pessimist in me thinks that the chances of any of these games nailing the controls are slim.
Do it! This thread is quickly becoming a great way to discover indie games.
God Dayumm
Banned
Exactly, but I still have high hopes in Hat in Time
I wouldn't waste my money on Forward to the Sky it's really really rough. There's a reason why there's no buzz behind it.
More_Badass
Member
Added to OP
Released
Deadcore - $9.99
NaissanceE - $14.99
Tiny & Big - $9.99
A Story About My Uncle - $12.99
Zineth - Free
Chrono Disfunglement - Free
In development
Hover: Revolt of Gamers
Cloudbase Prime
Lemma
Lucky's Tale
Lobodestroyo
Released
Deadcore - $9.99
NaissanceE - $14.99
Tiny & Big - $9.99
A Story About My Uncle - $12.99
Zineth - Free
Chrono Disfunglement - Free
In development
Hover: Revolt of Gamers
Cloudbase Prime
Lemma
Lucky's Tale
Lobodestroyo
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Bought Grow Home just now because of this thread, can't imagine i'll be disappointed since 3D platformers ARE my favorite genre
Spooky Poo looks the most original out of those in the OT imo but it also looks like it needs a lot more polish hmmm...
Spooky Poo looks the most original out of those in the OT imo but it also looks like it needs a lot more polish hmmm...
Is it possible to turn off the constant voiceover? That was the most offputting thing to me watching some gameplay on youtube. The rest of it looked alright enough. Not a must play but maybe on a rainy day or something.
More_Badass
Member
I recommend checking out Zineth. It's in the top tier of freeware games IMO, and probably the closest thing to an indie Jet Set Radio till Hover comes outBought Grow Home just now because of this thread, can't imagine i'll be disappointed since 3D platformers ARE my favorite genre
Spooky Poo looks the most original out of those in the OT imo but it also looks like it needs a lot more polish hmmm...
Zen_Arcade
Banned
I hope Grow Home comes to PS4.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Spooky Poo could be cool, I'm certainly more in love with its art-style than others (a cute mix of Rareware and Bubsy 3D, checkerboard floors not signaling a lack of textures but a funhouse-style worldview). Forward to the Sky, Lonely Planet, and Cloudbuilt have my attention, whereas FreezeMe seems to be resting on a puzzle mechanic which isn't as interesting.
Uhh, reminds me of the traversal Quake 3 mod with the name that escapes me atm. Not really what I imagine as a 3D platformer though.
outunderthestars
Banned
Subbed
It was only months ago that i wrote i was sad to see Oliver & Spike ending up at Amazon. Not that i don't want to see this game released. On the contrary, i hoped to see it released on many platforms instead of being tied to Amazon only. And now it seems it isn't published by Amazon anymore and back to finding a publisher? That game sure does have a troubled development history. Which is a shame since the game looked promising from the first footage.
TheSlySoul
Member
I am totally cool with indies reviving the platformer genre. Shovel Knight is easily top 10 games of 2014 for me.
aliensandwich
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I would love to see another platformer with the same degree of beauty as the original Spyro. Those winding castles and beautiful skies get me every time.
Icyflamez96
Member
Gonna try out some of the free ones over the weekend.
Was thinking the same! With all the buzz around it I hope it will eventually, seems like it'd be a fairly easy port.
More_Badass
Member
Lemma and Cloudbase Prime have free alpha builds to check out. Lemma's is pretty out-of-date, from 2014, so it wouldn't a perfect indicator of the current state of the game
Lemma - http://www.indiedb.com/games/lemma/downloads
Cloudbase Prime - http://cloudbaseprime.com
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
No surprise, about 90% of your posts are negative anyways.
Back on topic, I bought Cloudbuilt a long time ago on sale but I've heard mixed things about it. The rest look decent but I kinda want to see more platformers in the style of Crash 1 or Mario 3D World. Collectathons don't do it for me anymore.
Its really rough (the last time I played it every secret level warp went to the same secret level for instance) but Rova's Adventure is straight up Crash Bandicoot
the latest update on the Oliver and Spike website seem to be from 13 Feb 2013
e: the facebook page is still active and the game is now called Olivia &Spike
looks great
But the game page and Facebook still says Oliver and Spike.
Features a genderqueer protagonist confirmed
More_Badass
Member
A few more free ones, from the awesome student games of the Digipen Game Gallery.
Fragment - Free
Incandescence - Free
Inaris: The Cloud Temple - Free
Fragment - Free
Incandescence - Free
Inaris: The Cloud Temple - Free
ichtyander
Member
Very cool thread, subbed! Man, I feel like the 90s are coming back in a way, we're getting a space sim revival, VR is on the horizon and 3D platformers are coming back.
