Hm, yeah. There doesnt seem to be a fix for that. You could make the icons differentiate themselves more with a UI mod, but the size would still be the same.
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Hm, yeah. There doesnt seem to be a fix for that. You could make the icons differentiate themselves more with a UI mod, but the size would still be the same.
More_Badass
Member
Icy is supposed to be pretty cool, and Cavanagh's Copycat is a fun roguelike
SerTapTap
Member
I think devs don't realize how significant marking your game as full gamepad support is. There are far too many games listed with "partial controller support" and these no longer show up in the "gamepad support" section of big picture. I love big picture mode (but it still has some flaws) and really wish valve/devs would take it seriously and make sure to get full controller support listed whenever possible.
I almost made my own "controller support" category but with over 400 games it's just not feasible
More_Badass
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Places - Free (PC)
http://jlv.sdf.org/pub/p/places/
Places are a series of 3D paintings featuring small and atmospheric places where one can walk around and spend a couple of minutes.
More_Badass
Member
Well that was fast
Parallax is the current IGS deal
https://indiegamestand.com/deal/
The game released in March
Parallax is the current IGS deal
https://indiegamestand.com/deal/
The game released in March
PandaPedinte
Member
Sunset, the newest Tale of Tales game is out.
One Foul Note
Member
Damn, that was quick. Not really bothered though to be honest, I had fun with it. I recommend it if you like your spacial awareness type 3D puzzles. It is a bit of a one trick pony compared to more complex games like Portal, but it does the trick well enough that I think the price is well worth it for a few hours at least.
Ahh, thanks if you do that. That would be top although don't feel forced to by any means. I've also working my way through Europe Universalis 4 and Crusader Kings 2 so I am not lacking in complex games I need to put time into learning.
More_Badass
Member
Wow
Joar is a wizard.
Joar is a wizard.
One Foul Note
Member
Are their any actual previews of the gameplay feel of Rain World? I want to love it from the mad way it looks but I worry it might be similar to the experience I had with Apotheon where I never really enjoyed the way it actually controls and bounced off it pretty quick despite it looking good in gifs and the like.
More_Badass
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http://indiegameenthusiast.blogspot.com/2015/03/sitrep-rain-world-pax-build.html
I might be a tad biased...
There was also a Kotaku video/interview of the PAX build
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG00aW50UkI
SerTapTap
Member
Love stuff like this and Megasphere, really shows there's way, way more to pixel art than "retro"
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Oh my goodness, I need that game.Took me six hours to beat the first level of Volgarr. Hard as nails is an understatement
Dev of Intrusion 2 is working on a new game: Jetpack Squad
All Things Go Boom looks awesome as well. It reminds me of a 3D Deathtank with a Worms aesthetic. Plus, destructible environments send me to my happy place.
I hope E3 has some indie presence. It's typically not a PC heavy event though.
More_Badass
Member
Well that was fast
Parallax is the current IGS deal
https://indiegamestand.com/deal/
The game released in March
Jeez, pricing for indie games these days is nuts.
More_Badass
Member
To be fair, I'm going to assume the game wasn't doing well sales-wise so a discount like that is to gain some exposure. Most other IGS deals are older games. I can't recall any other games being featured so soon after release
More_Badass
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If I didn't know better, I'd think this was concept art
More_Badass
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Tetrapulse - 2015 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Luman - ????
Starship Command - Free beta (PC, Mac, Linux)
Gerty - 2016 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Baby - PC
The Light Inside Us
Previously Mentioned
Slain
Mighty Tactical Shooter
http://www.tetrapulse.com/
Coordinate, combine, and conquer in this high-action co-op game for two to four friends. Explore the vast reaches of your world eliminating invaders along the way. Play as one of four classes in this Spelunky meets Diablo style cooperative brawler.
Luman - ????
https://www.facebook.com/lumangame
Luman is a stylised, fast-paced platformer about an irritatingly cheerful, luminous lad and a bad, broken bayonet bulb. In the game you will play as Luman, a jovial light bulb who unwittingly ends up with the difficult task of bringing the once proud Uncandescent to justice. You will meet amazingly deep two-dimensional characters and sentient light emitting objects, you will face psychotic broken bulbs, troubled celebrities and the most fearsome obstacle of all the ordinary wall (seriously you will die if you run into walls. You are made of glass).
Starship Command - Free beta (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://www.evglabs.com/starshipcommand/
Starship Command is a persistent-world, massively single-player, real-time tactical starship simulator wrapped in an AI-driven 4X game. Starting with a lowly shuttle, you will trade and battle your way to victory, amassing a gigantic fleet customized to your liking!
Gerty - 2016 (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://www.gerty-game.com/
Gerty is a top-down rogue-like shooter game. It features action packed combat and fully destructible environments mixed together with a time-limit. With this unique blend of time and resource management, Gerty forces players to think on their feet and make snap judgements if they are to survive the countless monsters and traps lying in wait for them.
Baby - PC
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=431011576
Baby is a metroidvania platforming game. You play as Baby, a creature on a quest to find her missing mother. Work your way through a dangerous maze-like world inhabited by vicious creatures looking for their next meal. Dodge the hazardous environments and face the many bosses that this game has to offer.
The Light Inside Us
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=47812.0
The Light Inside Us is an action game set in an abstract isometric world. You the player are plagued by pesky enemies that come after you and try to destroy you. You can defeat the enemies by equipping yourself with different weapons and shooting them
Previously Mentioned
Slain
Mighty Tactical Shooter
HellBlazer
Member
Hey, Yonder by GAF's own taku is looking awesome. A gorgeous co-op exploration adventure game currently in development:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=47721.0
http://yondergame.com/
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=47721.0
http://yondergame.com/
Nabs
Member
0hn0 (http://0hn0.com/) is a pretty cool distraction. I'm enjoying it.
More_Badass
Member
Wow, gorgeous is right.Hey, Yonder by GAF's own taku is looking awesome. A gorgeous co-op exploration adventure game:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=47721.0
PandaPedinte
Member
Hey, remember Slayin'?
It was featured on September 2013 thread, I was browsing the play store and for my surprise I discovered that is a mobile version.
Edit: Looking back on that thread, so many good games were featured.
It was featured on September 2013 thread, I was browsing the play store and for my surprise I discovered that is a mobile version.
Edit: Looking back on that thread, so many good games were featured.
PandaPedinte
Member
Campfire - Nice novelty, need to people to play one doing the chords on the acoustic guitar and the other one playing the percussion. I had some fun with my younger brother but there's not much to it.
BitGun - The controls felt too sloppy so I didn't get so far and since you only shoot in one direction I don't know why that action was mapped to mouse.
Copycat - Cavanagh new game and a very neat idea, as mostly of his games the visuals are very simple but works well. The mechanic of killing an enemy and stealing it's ability until you kill other is interesting as you need to change your approach depending of the weapon you have.
Flail Rider - Fun game once you get the controls and it may take some time, the music is catch and the gameplay is simple just drive your car destroying everything in your way while dragging a flail.
Heavens Below - One of the best games I played this month. Regarding the controls the game is pretty simple but nails the atmosphere of an underwater place, even the store page evokes that feel and the music contrasts well with the levels.
BitGun - The controls felt too sloppy so I didn't get so far and since you only shoot in one direction I don't know why that action was mapped to mouse.
Copycat - Cavanagh new game and a very neat idea, as mostly of his games the visuals are very simple but works well. The mechanic of killing an enemy and stealing it's ability until you kill other is interesting as you need to change your approach depending of the weapon you have.
Flail Rider - Fun game once you get the controls and it may take some time, the music is catch and the gameplay is simple just drive your car destroying everything in your way while dragging a flail.
Heavens Below - One of the best games I played this month. Regarding the controls the game is pretty simple but nails the atmosphere of an underwater place, even the store page evokes that feel and the music contrasts well with the levels.
Didn't want to make a new thread, so I thought I'd ask here: Has anyone heard anything about the next Kentucky Route Zero episode? Looked around their pages, Facebooks and Twitters but couldn't dig up any info on its status.
I understand it's a creative process and only three folks are making it but c'mon, I bought this in July 2013 and two years later there are still two episodes MIA.
I understand it's a creative process and only three folks are making it but c'mon, I bought this in July 2013 and two years later there are still two episodes MIA.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Nothing more than "It's coming along, we like the direction it is headed in but we still need some time."
Ugh. I wish they'd just be a bit more open and proactive in all of this. The last update to their company's page was like a year ago. :/
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
They've admitted this has been a weak point for them and have sent out a few newsletters rapid-fire lately just to maintain contact with fans. They originally were being quite open with teasers and dev progress during the making of Act 2, but fans claimed they didn't want the surprises ruined so they decided to stop. They've put themselves into a bit of a hard place since, if people say they don't want the game to be talked about, what can they talk about?
Frustrating for everyone involved, but I'm more than happy to give them the time they need to keep pushing out at the level of quality and polish they've had.
More_Badass
Member
Pillars of Eternity or Divinity Original Sin, which do you guys think is the better game?
PandaPedinte
Member
I'm partial to Pillars but keep in mind that I haven't played D:OS
Pillars. Divinity is quite fun to mess around with and a good game in its own right, but PIllars is much, much more polished and overall better in my opinion.
More_Badass
Member
A Box Full of Joy - Free (PC, Browser)
The Magic Circle - $19.99 (PC, Mac)
Goetia - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)
Crosscode - Free demo, $19.99 (PC)
Neon Struct - $17.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Steredenn - $8.99 (PC, Mac)
Dustbowl - $8.99 (PC)
Courier of the Crypts - $11.99 (PC)
Technobabylon - Free demo, $14.99 (PC)
http://gamejolt.com/games/adventure/a-box-full-of-joy/67266/
A Box Full of Joy is black dirty grim wtf smoky foggy adventure game. Making it was a pain in the ass. I think its a good tribute to David Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
The Magic Circle - $19.99 (PC, Mac)
http://www.magiccirclegame.com/
In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game - and your designers have failed you. Trap their creations. Swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Steal the power of creation, to either ship the game from the inside ... or cancel it.
Goetia - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://sushee.itch.io/goetia
Goetia is a point-and-click adventure game and, as in any adventure game, you'll be seeking out clues, finding objects, and figuring out how to use or combine them in order to progress through the different areas, puzzles and encounters. However, there is one major difference compared to other adventure games that you might be used to. In Goetia, you play the part of Abigail, the ghost of a young lady. And as a ghost, you can walk through walls and fly through ceilings, you can explore everywhere as you see fit. But to manipulate objects, you'll have to possess them, just like a real poltergeist would.
Crosscode - Free demo, $19.99 (PC)
http://www.cross-code.com/en/home
A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.
Neon Struct - $17.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://neonstruct.com/
You are Jillian Cleary: an ex-spy on the run, framed for treason and hunted by your former agency. You must move in secret, survive off the grid, and find a way to clear your name. Old friends and new allies will lend their support; but with the eyes of the world upon you, who can you trust?
Steredenn - $8.99 (PC, Mac)
http://steredenn.pixelnest.io/
Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Dustbowl - $8.99 (PC)
http://www.dustbowl-adventure.com/
A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world where the player must search for food, water and essential supplies to survive. Discover a world filled with colourful NPCs, quests and secrets.
Courier of the Crypts - $11.99 (PC)
http://www.courierofthecrypts.com/
Courier of the Crypts is a 2D action adventure game where you have to survive as a courier on his first errand to the ominous crypts. Your main tool to achieve your mission is a magic torch which you use to illuminate your path, defend from evil spirits and solve puzzles.
Technobabylon - Free demo, $14.99 (PC)
http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/games/technobabylon/
A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.
They're both great. If you haven't played either, though, the answer's easy: Play Pillars now and wait a few months for the enhanced edition of Divinity.
One Foul Note
Member
That isn't an easy choice really which speaks to the quality of both games. Divinity is more of a new radical concept while Pillars is an existing idea with extreme levels of polish and care taken over it, so that might be something to consider. Although overall I would say Pillars of Eternity, especially since Divinity is getting a mega reboot patch sometime within the year (hopefully) so it is likely better to play that later.
More_Badass
Member
iPad Mini 2. IMO an iPad is too big to hold comfortably, especially if I'm playing for an hour or two, and of course a phone is just too small. Mini is the perfect size for me
If I didn't know better, I'd think this was concept art
This is great, was it posted in the previous pages? Can't believe I missed it.
What's that about?
More_Badass
Member
I found a decent deal for a mini but one of the more recent user reviews said it struggled a little on the new iOS which would be a real bummer. I imagine that the Mini 2 is more robust?
More_Badass
Member
Yes. Better specs and supports Metal for better graphics/effects in the more visual-intensive games
Amazing, thanks alot!
More_Badass
Member
Actually I'm not sure. Seems like it if the specs are the same.
Phawx
Member
Hey, Yonder by GAF's own taku is looking awesome. A gorgeous co-op exploration adventure game currently in development:
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=47721.0
http://yondergame.com/
Holy shit that animation!
The Mini 2 was the first to feature a retina display. The Mini 1 is basically an iPad 2. If you were going to get any iPad mini, I'd suggest getting the Mini 2 at a bare minimum. The Mini 2 is a slightly lower clocked cpu of the iPad Air.
More_Badass
Member
Magicka 2 - $14.99 (PC)
http://www.magicka2.com/
The worlds most irreverent co-op action adventure returns! In the next chapter of Magicka, players ascend from the ruins of Aldrheim to experience a Midgård almost wiped free of Wizards after the Wizard Wars, with the few that do remain having either gone mad or extremely hostile toward all...
Phawx
Member
Here's my Quick Look at Galacide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlGsLVMNOKc
Quick Impressions: Horizontal Shmup meets Columns. If you are unfamiliar with Columns, it was a simple match-3 game to be a competitor for Tetris. Sega bought the game from Jay Geertsen and bundled the game with the Game Gear to have their own must-have puzzle game on a handheld. It looked like this:
So rotate the Columns into Rows and you have the same idea but in a shmup. Enemies drop different colored pieces that you then have to append to other structures creating 3 or more of the same color in a pattern to remove those obstacles.
You start off with three ships that have varying degrees of Health, Power, Speed and each have their own unique ability. The starting ship has a tractor beam for pulling in colored gems faster, but cannot store any colored gems. The second ship allows you to store colored gems for later use and the third ship allows you to create a clone of your ship that attracts enemies while you are now freely allowed to go through any of the blocks.
It's really interesting in that the third ship plays more like a traditional bullet hell shmup because you don't need to worry yourself about the puzzle element of the game.
Right now, the game is still in early access and the first two ships play against the meat of puzzle aspects of the game. I think it needs to be tweaked a bit. Right now, the game can slow down tremendously with very long sequences of bricks to break. I tend to prefer the third ship at higher difficulties to get a more traditional sense of the shmup genre.
Still I look forward to seeing this game progress as it's an interesting mash-up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlGsLVMNOKc
Quick Impressions: Horizontal Shmup meets Columns. If you are unfamiliar with Columns, it was a simple match-3 game to be a competitor for Tetris. Sega bought the game from Jay Geertsen and bundled the game with the Game Gear to have their own must-have puzzle game on a handheld. It looked like this:
So rotate the Columns into Rows and you have the same idea but in a shmup. Enemies drop different colored pieces that you then have to append to other structures creating 3 or more of the same color in a pattern to remove those obstacles.
You start off with three ships that have varying degrees of Health, Power, Speed and each have their own unique ability. The starting ship has a tractor beam for pulling in colored gems faster, but cannot store any colored gems. The second ship allows you to store colored gems for later use and the third ship allows you to create a clone of your ship that attracts enemies while you are now freely allowed to go through any of the blocks.
It's really interesting in that the third ship plays more like a traditional bullet hell shmup because you don't need to worry yourself about the puzzle element of the game.
Right now, the game is still in early access and the first two ships play against the meat of puzzle aspects of the game. I think it needs to be tweaked a bit. Right now, the game can slow down tremendously with very long sequences of bricks to break. I tend to prefer the third ship at higher difficulties to get a more traditional sense of the shmup genre.
Still I look forward to seeing this game progress as it's an interesting mash-up.
More_Badass
Member
Audiosurf 2 is finally out of Early Access
http://store.steampowered.com/app/235800/
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Badland: GOTY Edition - $9.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Stones of Sorrow - $9.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
Quadrant - $12.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/235800/
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Badland: GOTY Edition - $9.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://badlandgame.com/badland-goty
With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, you get to experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before. Redesigned for Steam, BADLAND: GOTY Edition builds on the stunningly atmospheric, hand-painted graphics of the original BADLAND with enhanced, above Full-HD visuals, completely redesigned controls, over 15 hours of single player campaign and awesome multiplayer fun for up-to-four players with both local co-op & battle modes.
Stones of Sorrow - $9.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/373290/
Real cave paintings. Brutal executions. Procedural Death Labyrinth. Your closest blood brother has betrayed you and tricked you into a cave labyrinth. Restore your honour by brutally crushing his skull with one of the STONES OF SORROW.
Quadrant - $12.99 (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/365320/
The year is 1979. A secret, final lunar mission has retrieved hundreds of moon rocks, carried out by order of high-level overseers at the Aether Research Facility. The more we begin to understand about our universe, the more deadly it becomes. Overtaken by curiosity, researchers delve deeper and deeper into the unknown, only to find what we think we understand about the cosmos, is terribly incorrect. The research and experiments reach a tipping point, specimens begin to escape, and researchers scramble to leave the secret base. Most leave unscathed, while others lose their lives in an attempt to flee from the deadly forces that lie within.
In the panic, fear, and confusion of countless emergency distress signal codes, help is requested.
The distress signal is unintentionally received by the government's haz-mat cleanup division. A small team of three is sent to carry out what they believe to be a simple routine clean-up. They are sorely mistaken.
Voting May!
RULES THIS MONTH IN SHORT: Up to 10 games, at least 4.
Why?
Because we want to offer people who first step into the thread an easy go-to list for great games. Plus it gives more attention to the titles that really deserve it.
How?
Everyone votes on his top 10 games out of the ones that already have been released AND are mentioned in the OP (So everything in Post 2). I'll tally the results and put the best 5 in the next thread. A minimum voting count of 4 is required. Feel free to vote for games that you deem "important" or the ones that you enjoyed the most. Since this is a rather communicative thread, feel free to include a short description why these games ended up on your list. Every list entry gets 1 point for the overall ranking.
When?
This thread is still open until the end of the month, so you can drop your list in here whenever you want. You can also change your list up to the last day. I wont start the count before the last day of the month, so everyone has still time to revise their lists and play some games. Speaking of which, if you dont even KNOW 7 games to vote for, there are plenty free games in the OP to check out. Most of which are rather short too. Use the remaining week to catch up with 1 or 2 titles you didnt get around to yet!
Which?
Since the list got rather long, here is the complete list of games to vote for for this month.
RULES THIS MONTH IN SHORT: Up to 10 games, at least 4.
Why?
Because we want to offer people who first step into the thread an easy go-to list for great games. Plus it gives more attention to the titles that really deserve it.
How?
Everyone votes on his top 10 games out of the ones that already have been released AND are mentioned in the OP (So everything in Post 2). I'll tally the results and put the best 5 in the next thread. A minimum voting count of 4 is required. Feel free to vote for games that you deem "important" or the ones that you enjoyed the most. Since this is a rather communicative thread, feel free to include a short description why these games ended up on your list. Every list entry gets 1 point for the overall ranking.
When?
This thread is still open until the end of the month, so you can drop your list in here whenever you want. You can also change your list up to the last day. I wont start the count before the last day of the month, so everyone has still time to revise their lists and play some games. Speaking of which, if you dont even KNOW 7 games to vote for, there are plenty free games in the OP to check out. Most of which are rather short too. Use the remaining week to catch up with 1 or 2 titles you didnt get around to yet!
Which?
Since the list got rather long, here is the complete list of games to vote for for this month.
Fathom: The game seems quite accomplished in a lot of areas but the core gameplay idea is only neat in theory. The fact that you're basically moving through molasses while having to redirect bullets (which you do a lot) lends the gameplay rhythm an irksome quality which should have been avoided. Since you're quite fragile and bullets come flying at you all the time, simultaneously giving you no real time to react, you're inclined to slow down time more often than you need. But then again you have to preempt projectiles so there's no easy solution here. While trying to look up the dev's portfolio, I read a small post-mortem on the game in which he addresses these issues so it seems he's well aware and hopefully working on a revision.
I felt the same way about Fathom but put it down to my slow reaction skills and not enough play time. Still would recommend giving it a go and keeping an eye out for an updated version!
Badass Inc. - Free (Browser)
Blink Gun - Free (PC, Mac, Linux, Browser)
Copycat - Free (Browser)
Fathom - Free (Web)
Iridescent - Free (Browser)
Thought all these were worth giving at least a look so far - will hopefully be getting some more gametime this week.
Badass Inc. - Free (Browser)
Blink Gun - Free (PC, Mac, Linux, Browser)
Copycat - Free (Browser)
Fathom - Free (Web)
Iridescent - Free (Browser)
Thought all these were worth giving at least a look so far - will hopefully be getting some more gametime this week.