More_Badass
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New Frozen Synapse 2 dev update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTq5-lc7-Z4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTq5-lc7-Z4
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Indie Games 2016 [June] Lets play some Indies!
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More_Badass
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Sigh. that rare time when two games you want are coming out on the same day and you can only get one. Steamworld Heist is assured to be great, but watching House of the Dying Sun footage on Youtube and it looks so good
This guy has gameplay of the tutorial and the first three missions
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYaE25NVBTwj1AGWMJYjWIc6lrqNsQy5
This guy has gameplay of the tutorial and the first three missions
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqYaE25NVBTwj1AGWMJYjWIc6lrqNsQy5
Been waiting for both for a long time. Figure I'll just go for it.
Frozen Synapse 2 looks so good. So, so good. I wasn't a huge fan of X-COM Apocalypse but its premise was fascinating. Nice to see a developer that agrees.
More_Badass
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SteamWorld Heist - $19.99 (PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, PS Vita)
Ghost - $12.99 (PC)
House of the Dying Sun - $19.99 (PC)
http://imageform.se/game/steamworld-heist/
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts. Inspired by classics like XCOM and Worms, SteamWorld Heist is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
Ghost - $12.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/463270/
"Ghost" is a metroidvania where two super hackers hire a mysterious agent in order to infiltrate the Nakamura Space Station and steal the greatest electronic secret ever. Of course, the space station will defend itself, which is where the fun begins: the station's defences, with their never-ending arsenal of weapons and artifacts, will have to be destroyed. But the story gets more complicated when the hackers find out about their agent's hidden ties...
House of the Dying Sun - $19.99 (PC)
http://dyingsungame.com/
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Execute the Emperor's final edict: hunt the traitor lords, and bring ruin to their people
House of the Dying Sun is a tactical space shooter that puts you in the cockpit of the Empire's most deadly interceptor and in command of the Harbinger Fleet. Hunt down the enemies of your dying empire and upgrade your warships with new weapons and abilities earned during your campaign of terror.
Wok
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Ghost 1.0 is a great metroidvania, full of humor, hard challenges, and plenty of upgrades and stuff.
SteamWorld Heist is a great port. I was expecting a game like Angry Birds and Peggle, but it turns out to be more RPG and tactical fights. I mean, the skill shots are not so relevant so far.
I have some trouble with the camera movements in SWH which are very fast when switching between characters, or ending a turn. I am more on the Ghost bandwagon because of this. Otherwise, quality-wise, very impressive HD graphics.
Icyflamez96
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Super excited for this. Looks amazing.
We're currently running another beta test for Road to Ballhalla, a rhythmic ball-roller with bad puns. This time it covers the full campaign. Here are a few keys (quote to reveal): (I think it's okay to post this here?)
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Please only take one if you really intend to play it.
Also, would be awesome to get some feedback afterwards, either via PM or the Steam forums. I really want to get the bal(l)ance right.
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Please only take one if you really intend to play it.
Also, would be awesome to get some feedback afterwards, either via PM or the Steam forums. I really want to get the bal(l)ance right.
Icyflamez96
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Ah you guys changed the name. Last time I saw it, it was called "Roll Playing Game" lol.
Not interested in playing the beta but really looking forward to the game when it releases.
Not interested in playing the beta but really looking forward to the game when it releases.
More_Badass
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Mugsters is looking really fun
More_Badass
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Copper Dreams needs to happen
Just look at those features
- An isometric 3d world, where every floor in every building can be seamlessly entered, from basement to rooftops
- Utilitarian black-market augmentations like chainsaw or harpoon arms, coiled legs, cloaking rigs, mobile scouting eyes
- Melee weapons and fully-customizable weapons, ranging from stocks and silencers to emp or incendiary rounds
- A deep complex stealth system that takes into account: line of sight and vision cones, noise, shadows, distance, height, crouching, cover, enemy patrols, distractions, hiding spots, last known position, alert levels, taking out lights and cameras, disabling/hacking security systems
- Turn-based combat with abstracted time (ie a thrown grenade takes time to travel its arc)
- Hands-off quest design revolving around intrigue and corporate espionage
- Day/night cycle and passage of time, which influences guard patrols, if you have time to rest, where a mission target will be, etc.
- A keyword-based dialogue system that dynamically creates queries based on information you know and items in your inventory
- Progression system that completely removes XP for actions, instead revolving around mission milestones, finding/buying better hardware, equipment, and cybernetics, and learning new skills from trainers
- A health system with no HP, instead using a combination of Lesser, Greater, and Mortal injuries (bullet graze, melted femur, pierced lung, etc.) that affect your stats, movement, and status of individual body parts
Just look at those features
- An isometric 3d world, where every floor in every building can be seamlessly entered, from basement to rooftops
- Utilitarian black-market augmentations like chainsaw or harpoon arms, coiled legs, cloaking rigs, mobile scouting eyes
- Melee weapons and fully-customizable weapons, ranging from stocks and silencers to emp or incendiary rounds
- A deep complex stealth system that takes into account: line of sight and vision cones, noise, shadows, distance, height, crouching, cover, enemy patrols, distractions, hiding spots, last known position, alert levels, taking out lights and cameras, disabling/hacking security systems
- Turn-based combat with abstracted time (ie a thrown grenade takes time to travel its arc)
- Hands-off quest design revolving around intrigue and corporate espionage
- Day/night cycle and passage of time, which influences guard patrols, if you have time to rest, where a mission target will be, etc.
- A keyword-based dialogue system that dynamically creates queries based on information you know and items in your inventory
- Progression system that completely removes XP for actions, instead revolving around mission milestones, finding/buying better hardware, equipment, and cybernetics, and learning new skills from trainers
- A health system with no HP, instead using a combination of Lesser, Greater, and Mortal injuries (bullet graze, melted femur, pierced lung, etc.) that affect your stats, movement, and status of individual body parts
They are 3k short of their goal. It will happen.
Haha yeah, I still love that title, but it was awful from an SEO perspective, e.g. Google always automatically corrected your search to "role playing game". And some people complained that the title was misleading.
It launched yesterday as well (along with every other indie game ever) - steam reviews are positive at least!
I might get... one game this month, but I'm torn. Downwell on Vita, Humble Narrative Bundle, Ghost 1.0, House of the flying sun... that's just the tip!
I believe I read it's fine to post such things here - if not, I'll remove them - but I simply had to share the start of my greenlight campaign, both because of the excitement, and because I need your help to pass the word if you think the word ought to be passed!
Here's the link to the greenlight page:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=699660225
And a link for the associated trailer:
https://youtu.be/c9ndJ_-35JI
And, uh, that's about it. Again, I'll remove if this is inappropriate, and I'll answer if you have questions or remarks!
Here's the link to the greenlight page:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=699660225
And a link for the associated trailer:
https://youtu.be/c9ndJ_-35JI
And, uh, that's about it. Again, I'll remove if this is inappropriate, and I'll answer if you have questions or remarks!
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
As per Roll7's Twitter, they will unveil their new game on either the 21st or the 27th.
I hope it's Not A Hero 2
Snkfanatic
Banned
Really interested in Ghost 1.0. Anyone put some time into it yesterday?
Yes, I'm playing and enjoying it quite a bit right now. It's really good from what I've seen so far, but beware that it starts out very harsh and frustrating and you may flip your desk a few times before you get some upgrades going and the game eases up. Good controls (with 360 pad), fun upgrade selection from what I've seen so far, good secrets and I like the bodysnatching mechanic even if it isn't exactly a new idea.
Also beware of crappy internet humor. Memes and references ahoy!
Snkfanatic
Banned
All sounds great except for that whole memes part lol...but that won't stop me. Thanks
Hi folks,
Yesterday I made a post over on the Steam Community thread about the launch of our game, The Solus Project (which I've been helping with for about 9 months). It has has finally launched!
The game is a singleplayer wide-linear exploration adventure - with a bunch of survival and puzzle elements thrown in. You're alone on a deserted alien planet, and must scavenge for food and keep yourself warm while pressing ahead through a strange world, avoiding dangers when you can and uncovering secrets. There's a big old sci-fi story which I had a big part in writing - but I'll let you discover that for yourself. Enjoy being alone on a truly alien planet with lots at stake
In a 'Premature Evaluation' of the game, Rock, Paper Shotgun published the clause: 'The Solus Project is absolutely incredible'. That quote may or may not be taken out of context.
It would be beautiful if somebody could make an OT, I don't think it's even on the OT radar (and obviously I'm out).
Please note: The game includes functional VR implementation, but has not finished development or optimisation for VR yet. It is still in-progress. However, it is possible to have an amazing VR experience depending on your set-up and fortitude, so we feel it's appropriate to share with VR options active. It works best as a seated experience. We've only implemented VR in about the last month or so, so Vive controllers and roomscale (hardest to design) are very rudimentary and may cause issues. Don't buy it just for roomscale VR yet.
We had excellent positive reviews on Steam a week ago but that rating is currently being hammered by Vive users going in expecting a finished VR product
Yesterday I made a post over on the Steam Community thread about the launch of our game, The Solus Project (which I've been helping with for about 9 months). It has has finally launched!
The game is a singleplayer wide-linear exploration adventure - with a bunch of survival and puzzle elements thrown in. You're alone on a deserted alien planet, and must scavenge for food and keep yourself warm while pressing ahead through a strange world, avoiding dangers when you can and uncovering secrets. There's a big old sci-fi story which I had a big part in writing - but I'll let you discover that for yourself. Enjoy being alone on a truly alien planet with lots at stake
In a 'Premature Evaluation' of the game, Rock, Paper Shotgun published the clause: 'The Solus Project is absolutely incredible'. That quote may or may not be taken out of context.
(Lucky for us it
is not.)
It would be beautiful if somebody could make an OT, I don't think it's even on the OT radar (and obviously I'm out).
Please note: The game includes functional VR implementation, but has not finished development or optimisation for VR yet. It is still in-progress. However, it is possible to have an amazing VR experience depending on your set-up and fortitude, so we feel it's appropriate to share with VR options active. It works best as a seated experience. We've only implemented VR in about the last month or so, so Vive controllers and roomscale (hardest to design) are very rudimentary and may cause issues. Don't buy it just for roomscale VR yet.
We had excellent positive reviews on Steam a week ago but that rating is currently being hammered by Vive users going in expecting a finished VR product
Nabs
Member
Congrats on the release, the visuals look great. Wishlisted.
I'm liking how much more polished it is so far. I'll try to play some more tonight and send some actual feedback.
We're currently running another beta test for Road to Ballhalla, a rhythmic ball-roller with bad puns. This time it covers the full campaign. Here are a few keys (quote to reveal): (I think it's okay to post this here?)
Please only take one if you really intend to play it.
I'm liking how much more polished it is so far. I'll try to play some more tonight and send some actual feedback.
Phawx
Member
Hi folks,
Yesterday I made a post over on the Steam Community thread about the launch of our game, The Solus Project (which I've been helping with for about 9 months). It has has finally launched!
The game is a singleplayer wide-linear exploration adventure - with a bunch of survival and puzzle elements thrown in. You're alone on a deserted alien planet, and must scavenge for food and keep yourself warm while pressing ahead through a strange world, avoiding dangers when you can and uncovering secrets. There's a big old sci-fi story which I had a big part in writing - but I'll let you discover that for yourself. Enjoy being alone on a truly alien planet with lots at stake
In a 'Premature Evaluation' of the game, Rock, Paper Shotgun published the clause: 'The Solus Project is absolutely incredible'. That quote may or may not be taken out of context.(Lucky for us itis not.)
It would be beautiful if somebody could make an OT, I don't think it's even on the OT radar (and obviously I'm out).
Please note: The game includes functional VR implementation, but has not finished development or optimisation for VR yet. It is still in-progress. However, it is possible to have an amazing VR experience depending on your set-up and fortitude, so we feel it's appropriate to share with VR options active. It works best as a seated experience. We've only implemented VR in about the last month or so, so Vive controllers and roomscale (hardest to design) are very rudimentary and may cause issues. Don't buy it just for roomscale VR yet.
We had excellent positive reviews on Steam a week ago but that rating is currently being hammered by Vive users going in expecting a finished VR product
Unfortunate news about the Vive reviews souring things. Congrats on launching, hope the best for you guys.
The game is a singleplayer wide-linear exploration adventure - with a bunch of survival and puzzle elements thrown in. You're alone on a deserted alien planet, and must scavenge for food and keep yourself warm while pressing ahead through a strange world, avoiding dangers when you can and uncovering secrets. There's a big old sci-fi story which I had a big part in writing - but I'll let you discover that for yourself. Enjoy being alone on a truly alien planet with lots at stake
This looks and sounds really cool. I also like that it's singleplayer focused, as there's far too many multiplayer survival games. And thumbs up for controller support.
Bought
More_Badass
Member
I'd say the ones focused on single player turn out the best. The Long Dark, Subnautica, Neo Scavenger, etc.This looks and sounds really cool. I also like that it's singleplayer focused, as there's far too many multiplayer survival games. And thumbs up for controller support.
Bought
All of those (and Solus Project) look great. Survival games are one of those genres I've seen just whizz by me on the path to massive popularity, and as someone who prefers games single-player, I'm glad there are a few great ones to get to down the line.
I think it depends on what you're looking for. Minecraft, Terraria and similar can be quite compelling in groups, though personally I prefer singleplayer experiences.
More_Badass
Member
Oh definitely, but a single player game can have tighter mechanics since it only has to worry about affecting one person, rather than needing to have mechanics that can suit a bunch of people at the same time. Slowly dying from hypothermia while getting lost in a blizzard probably wouldn't be very fun for other players, nor as effectively atmospheric when you can see the markers of your other friends in the distance and have their voices in your ear
True, but you can just as easily turn that argument around. Working together to take down a boss or overcoming an obstacle, can result in a variety of different approaches, where everyone contributes with their input and have different roles during an instance. Some of the things my group did in Terraria, the arenas we constructed to overcome bosses, reach the bottom or even going for the harder light/chaos world achievements, would be impossible to replicate in singleplayer. Not that I'm argueing that multiplayer is better than singleplayer, just different and hopefully there's room for both in the survival genre.
Just wondering where you guys go for your indie news. Indiegames.com used to be my homepage but has gone downhill in recent years, and freeindiegam.es is no longer running. Even @gameswecareabout doesn't post anymore
There must be some good blogs or sites out there, any recommendations?
There must be some good blogs or sites out there, any recommendations?
More_Badass
Member
Don't worry, indiegames.com is making a comebackJust wondering where you guys go for your indie news. Indiegames.com used to be my homepage but has gone downhill in recent years, and freeindiegam.es is no longer running. Even @gameswecareabout doesn't post anymore
There must be some good blogs or sites out there, any recommendations?
I'm writing there now
But for me, my main places are:
RockPaperShotgun
PC Gamer
TIGSource forums
#ScreenshotSaturday, #gamedev, and #indiedev on Twitter
r/gamedev and r/indiegaming on Reddit
Cool! I didn't mean to say it has bad content or anything btw, just fewer updates than before.
Thanks for the suggestions! I really need to force myself to use twitter more.
WaterAstro
Member
Man, Redcon had really bad controls. Hard for me to recommend it without some control tweaks.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Can anyone remember the name of the indie game about a group of teenagers who unleash a ghost portal on an island? I saw the thread on here a while ago but can't remember the name.
More_Badass
Member
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Thanks!
I liked the atmosphere I was seeing from some of the screenshots. I'll definitely check it out.
Cool! Looking forward to it
Weltall Zero
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Fabular, what seems to be a pretty odd and awesome cross between Star Control and medieval fantasy, is on its last Kickstarter week, and unfortunately seems like it won't make it. Crossposting here for visibility, although it probably won't be enough. :/
Shamelessly ripping some pics from More_Badass' posts; sorry mobile users, it's for a good cause:
Shamelessly ripping some pics from More_Badass' posts; sorry mobile users, it's for a good cause:
So they patched the aforementioned harshness out of Ghost 1.0... In the release build, there was basically no way to properly heal (aside from buying a skill with your hard-earned and limited skill points), but now you can heal at save points. It's like night and day.
A little miffed that I bought the skill they rendered fairly useless with this. Yesterday, the skill was absolutely vital for survival. Today, it's just a shortcut to save you from having to run back and heal at the save point... No respec option either.
A little miffed that I bought the skill they rendered fairly useless with this. Yesterday, the skill was absolutely vital for survival. Today, it's just a shortcut to save you from having to run back and heal at the save point... No respec option either.
Sweet, my GF and I are looking for something with a good story to play.
Will buy.
This looks and sounds really cool. I also like that it's singleplayer focused, as there's far too many multiplayer survival games. And thumbs up for controller support.
Bought
Thanks pals!
We're almost ready to push some new VR/Vive stuff which will hopefully stem the flow of raging super-hyped Vive users.
Graphics Horse
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More_Badass did you (I think it was you) recently make a thread or post about turn based stealth games? I started reading it earlier but can't find it anywhere now even after much searching.
Appreciate if anyone knows where I'm not looking properly.
Appreciate if anyone knows where I'm not looking properly.
Graphics Horse
Member
Thanks! Not showing up on your created threads for me (mobilegaf)
PandaPedinte
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More_Badass
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Tweets from late May and early June
No dates we want to talk about just yet, but it will be 2016 that's for sure
We are working super hard at the minute and will show more soonish!
...Things are going well, we have our heads down and working hard
Pro-tip: always check Twitter
More_Badass
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Picked up Ghost, it's pretty fun so far. The enemy possession mechanic is cool. The aesthetic has more little touches and details than I had expected
Also a belated Screenshot Saturday coming up when we get to the next page. Don't want to make the thread completely unreadable for 100ppp'rs
Also a belated Screenshot Saturday coming up when we get to the next page. Don't want to make the thread completely unreadable for 100ppp'rs
woah thats gorgeous, love the shading effectFabular, what seems to be a pretty odd and awesome cross between Star Control and medieval fantasy, is on its last Kickstarter week, and unfortunately seems like it won't make it. Crossposting here for visibility, although it probably won't be enough. :/
Shamelessly ripping some pics from More_Badass' posts; sorry mobile users, it's for a good cause:
it actually seems pretty close to making it? kickstarters usually spike in the last few days, wouldn't be surprised to see this make it
More_Badass
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Fabular's style is gorgeous. I love the ship designs and environments.