That's a bad link for Awe in the OP, here's the better link
http://oddly-shaped-pixels.itch.io/awe
Awe
Not much game here, but certainly an enjoyable meditative experience. Essentially you're presented with a revolving globe and by tapping different patterns of colors, you can spawn various environmental items - a tree here, a mountain there - thus offering new colors and new items to spawn. Each tile has its own musical tone, so your exploratory taps are accompanied by a gentle soundtrack of your design. Not many items in this jam build, but I definitely see the potential for a bigger game. An interesting feature is that you can play solo or with a random anonymous player.
Cavern Kings
Cavern Kings isn't coy about its inspirations. Risk of Rain, Super Crate Box, even a little Spelunky, the influences are clear but Cavern Kings doesn't feel like a ripoff or derivative. I lost an hour to the beta; this is a fun challenging action platformer with a lot of potential and promise.
In Cavern Kings, you have one destination: down. Armed with randomly selected ranged and melee weapons, you tunnel your way through the ground into increasingly difficult arenas, filled with enemies and hazards of all kinds. Collects gems and gold from crates and defeated enemies allow you to unlock chests, maybe granting you a new power up or a new weapon to the overall armory. Similar to Risk of Rain, power-ups stack, so an especially successful run might end with your guy able to triple jump, fire missiles at random, be protected by a shield, or countless other permutations. Take too long, and a massive grinder begins descending from above, forcing you to move on or die.
Gameplay is fast paced and frantic, as you desperately evade and shoot the enemies encroaching from all sides, blast flying worms out of the air, decimate the arena with TNT, jump over saw blades and spikes. Your arsenal is varied and satisfying to use, from the blade-throwing Sawdriver and Nailgun to the ground-pounding Kinetic Fist. Even the Shovel is an effective weapon; each feels different, requires different strategies, and the power-ups only allow for more diverse play styles.
Copy Kitty
This is a pretty interesting game, feels partially inspired by BLEED and Aces Wild. You get transported to a virtual world, where you face off against an array of varied enemies across levels and endless arenas. You're pretty acrobatic, able to dodge roll, double jump, perform powerful melee attacks. But your main ability is to be able to copy enemy attacks and combine their effects. There are dozens of projectiles type and countless combinations, each with their own unique name, Up to three attacks can be combined, so for example tornado + split + bounce unleashes an upward blast that fires splitting projectiles in all directions that ricochet around the level. Lightning + bomb + plasma fires a chaining explosive blast that destroys the environment. The combat is pure visual spectacle, as you fire your numerous screen-filling attacks while dodging your enemies' bullets, bombs, and rushes.
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1. Cavern Kings
2. Copy Kitty
3. Awe