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GAF Indie Steam Group (For announcing votings, contests and Greenlight collections):
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/NeoGAFIndie

Older threads[ (which are by no means "outdated" and still contain awesome games to check out and/or look forward to):

IndieGAF recommends: The 50 Best Indie Games of 2013 http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=766928

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• Indie Games [January] 2014

As before, voting going to happen in the last week of the month.

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Post 1:
1. Header Information
2. Overview
3. Introductory Blurb
4. Voting Results "Best of March"
5. Indie Media Corner

Post 2:
6. Recently released Indies to check out!

Post 3:
7. Upcoming Indies to look forward to!

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Welcome to the second month in 2014, which is also the first month in which most of this thread has been automatically created by my program. A round of applause everyone because that saves me a shitload of time. \o/

Other than this, the current month has 44 games in the released section and 64 in the future section, so have fun guys with another month of Indies!

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If you want to suggest a game that has recently released or that looks interesting, but hasnt released yet, please follow the following formatting structure:

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Copy the appropriate content and add the proper information for the black writing. Please only include 1 link and 1 image. I tried making it a bit failsafe, so it should be able to deal with 2 links or images as well, but 1 is safer.

If the game is free, then put "Free" as the price, otherwise please use $ or € for the price. You can also include more than one game per post (like the Screenshot saturday posts), but please stick to the above format for every entry.

If someone posts a non-proper formatted post, I'd appreciate if you could repost the game with the same info in the proper format.


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Hey! I assume you are new in this thread series and want to see what we were up to? Or you didnt have enough time to play through all of the games from the last month but still want to catch up with the best ones? Then this list is for YOU! These were the games we enjoyed the most in the previous thread, voted on by the community (More thorough descriptions and impressions in the previous thread, especially the last few pages with the voting):

1. Vector - Free Demo/$6,99 (PC)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/248970/

A fast fluid auto-running platfomer. Don't overlook Vector because of its apparent simplicity; while it's true that the game isn't mechanically complex, Vector more than makes for its lack of complexity with its challenging gameplay, cool art style, and fantastic animations. Timing and learning the level is key to success here, and at least for me, the parkour animations never get old. The upcoming additions of Hunter Mode and a level editor means that Vector's future will only be bigger and better.
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1. Titan Souls - Free (PC, Browser)

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=7984

A game about defeating 4 titans that shines through its minimalistic approach, atmosphere and titan designs. Its a short game and has some repetition, but considering the developers hinted at announcing something bigger in the future, you really should check this out and see whether a full fledged version might something you want to get hyped about.
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2. Dungeon of the Endless - $12,99 (PC)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/249050

A game from the Endless Space devs that shares the same lore, but enters a completely different genre. It retains the glowing presentation, but the gameplay is a mix of roguelike, tower defense and management sim (parts of which are from ES). I think it works splendidly. This could end up being the next big thing if they do this correctly. The genre mix caters to a huge audience.
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2. Hexcells Plus - $3 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://www.matthewbrowngames.com/hexcellsplus.html

Hexcells Plus is really, really good. It's much harder and more intricate than the first, and the most complex puzzles easily takes 30 minutes (probably considerably more, I didn't time it) each to complete. It also fixed some of the other smaller nitpicks one might have with the first game. Highly recommended if puzzle games are your thing.
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2. Heroine's Quest - Free (PC)

http://www.crystalshard.net/hq.htm

I kinda expected a hardcore point & click title, reminiscent of King's Quest, Quest for Glory, etc. This is that with added RPG elements (combat, classes, stats). Probably the most ambitious (finished) game this month, very well fleshed out in every sense, right down to the campy voice acting, and I will certainly try and beat it at some point. I usually don't talk about prices (as they are irrelevant to a game's quality), but I do feel the need to say that it's very kind of the devs to offer this for free.
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2. Master Spy - Free Demo (PC, Browser)

http://masterspygame.com/demo/

Neat little flash platformer with a light puzzle touch that gets quite stressful as the difficulty ramps up and shows enough promise to make me look forward to it. I would play a "full" release of this.
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Samurai Gunn
Deadlock
Murder in the Hotel Lisbon
Outdoor Camping for Deboned Poultry
Tetrobot & Co
Quantum Party Crasher
Not the Robots
Hero Siege
Wayward Terran Frontier
Bass Blocks

Conspirocracy
Rodina
Moments of Paranoia
Fountain
See you on the other side
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I noticed there are a few noteworthy, and relatively unknown, projects that deserve a shoutout here because I feel that they share a common interest with the people in this thread. I talked to the guy from Pixabyte and MetaVendetta and both are very enthusiastic about the things they love and figured you might appreciate the shoutout as well. If you enjoy anything here or want to give feedback, let these guys know via their websites or also here in this thread. If you appreciate something, let people know. A heads up can sometimes very valuable.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/ii9XSD5.png[/img]
This is a [b]monthly podcast series that presents notable Indie Game soundtracks.[/b] A likeable host and guests, a fantastic track selection, interesting discussions and a focus for Indies will make this one a mainstay in my monthly threads.

[quote][url="http://metavendetta.com/"]Episode 8: New Indie Year[/url] 
[Valdis Story: Abyssal City | The Cave | Antichamber | The Stanley Parable | Samurai Gunn]
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BloodLust - Free Demo (PC)

http://www.lasthalfofdarkness.com/bloodlust/index.htm

Indie Vampire RPG with dynamic Inventory, stats and skills. Gameplay apparently provides infinite replay through randomized dungeons. Summon bats, leeches and spiders to do your dirty work and build your bloodline from a fledgling into a powerful vampire. During your journey you will find and use hundreds of weapons and items.

Consortium - $19.99 (PC)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/264240

Anyone with an internet connection can travel through this rift and awaken within an alternate dimension from our own - the "game world" - in the year 2042.

Dojo of Death - Free (Browser)

http://www.kongregate.com/games/nicotuason/dojo-of-death

"Nico Tuason's Dojo of Death is best described as a simplified arcade high score spin on Hotline Miami's unforgiving one-hit mutual KO... with ninjas. The game takes place on a single screen, in a single room, with a single objective... take down as many of the endlessly spawning enemies as you can before they take you down."

Donald Dowell and the Ghost of Barker Manor - Free (PC)

http://www.desura.com/games/donald-dowell-and-the-ghost-of-barker-manor

Donald Dowell and the Ghost of Barker Manor is an old-style point-and-click adventure game, inspired by the great Sierra and Lucas 90's classics. It has an old-fashion graphic style, totally hand-drawn. The drawings were scanned and colored with simple photo-editing programs. Game interface is old style too (maybe not like current games, but great fascination for old-gamers, inspired by old Sierra and Lucas games (such as Sam & Max). The dialogues, the characters and the situations have a sense of humor inspired by games like "Day of the Tentacle" or "Monkey Island".

Effing Dead - Free Beta (PC)

http://www.desura.com/games/effing-dead

A 3rd Person Shooter that seems rather intriguing but also looks very rough. I am interested in getting some imppressions, though.

Env - Free (PC, Mac)

http://www.indiedb.com/games/env

A short abstract first-person physics platformer which has you survive for 6 minutes against forces beyond your control that are tearing the world apart

Estranged: Act I - Free (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/261820/

Explore the rich environments and meet the curious inhabitants of the island as you find a way back to the mainland. Face both danger and intrigue in this perilous adventure, where you will soon find that not everything is as normal as it seems.

From Hell's Heart - Free beta (PC, Mac)

http://onemoreturn.biz/from-hells-heart.html

From Hell's Heart is a first-person, steampunk, sea hunting game. A great sea beast is roaming the ocean and you must use your tools to hunt it down and end your blood sport against the devil! Using your tools, you'll track and slay whales to collect oil to fund your ship's endeavor, collect lost journal pages of your past, and clash against the sea monster!

Gomo - €7,99 (PC/Max/Linux)

http://www.desura.com/games/gomo

A Daedalic published point and click adventure game is always worth a look, and this one has a unique and intriguing art style, cute animation and seems to have decent puzzles. Something worth taking a look into.

Heroes of a Broken Land - Free Demo/$14.99 (PC/Max/Linux)

http://wingedpixel.com/heroes-of-a-broken-land

Heroes of a Broken Land is a retro RPG, combining first person dungeon crawling and town building with procedural generation. It's a mix of some old school RPG and strategy games, with each game generated for unique experience each time. It will bring back memories of Wizardry, early Might and Magic, and even Heroes of Might and Magic.

Hyphen - Free demo, 2014 (PC)

http://www.farspacestudios.com/games/hyphen/

Hyphen is a must have addition to any puzzle/action game lover’s collection. Navigate a rotating stick through intricate and fiendish neon mazes while trying to avoid the walls and obstacles. Although it sounds extremely simple, it’s fun and infuriatingly challenging at the same time and has an awesome soundtrack.

Inexistence - Free Beta (PC)

http://www.desura.com/games/inexistence

Play as Hald in this 2D platformer with RPG elements and discover a strange world, filled with danger and mystery. Concealed in every level are various treasures waiting to be discovered by those willing to explore. The game is meant to reminiscence older, retro games.

Joe X - Free (Browser)

http://joex-game.com/

Joe X is a 2D arcade spectacle fighter. Blair and I started working on this over Christmas 2013 to support the development of Specter (Blair also wanted to make a gift for his little brother).

Kromaia - $19.99 (PC)

http://www.desura.com/games/kromaia

KROMAIA is a six degrees of freedom adventure shooter which takes action, speed, agility and immersion to a new level. Insane enemy patterns and swarms, giant god-like guardians, ancient temples, contraptions and treasures, visual ecstasy... All in a vast and unexplored universe only ruled by physic laws and an adapting AI.

Lemma - Free alpha (PC)

http://lemmagame.com/

Lemma is an immersive first-person parkour game. Every parkour move has the potential to modify the environment. Surfaces pop in and out of existence at will.

Lyne - $3 (PC, Mac, Linux, IOS, Android)

http://www.lynegame.com/

Deceptively simple, infinitely complex, LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul.Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE

Magicians and Looters - €5,49 (PC)

http://www.desura.com/games/magicians-and-looters

Is there no one to lead his troupe of apprentices on a sword-fighting, fireball throwing, acrobatic extravaganza of daring rescue? What will befall the forests and caves, the castles atop mountains, the big city underneath, if not under his watchful eye?Find magical items and combine them to overcome obstacles.Switch characters to discover new areas.Use the popup map to plan your routes.Good luck! We're all counting on you!

Magnetized - Free, $2.99 (PC, Browser, IOS)

http://www.cloud-macaca.com/2013/04/magnetized-available-on-gamejolt.html

Magnetized is an abstract physics adventure game, up to 80 levels! Activate the power of magnets and escape from neon maze!Chasing dreams is like walking alone on an endless road, direction is so clear but way too long, trying so hard but no one knows. Is it worth it anymore? Just carry on!

miniFlake - Free Alpha demo/$3.74 (PC)

http://www.desura.com/games/miniflake

This Alpha game is retro dungeon crawling at it's best. 8bit sounds and music bring you deep into a world of dungeon exploration where each game is a new experience!

Nidhogg - $14.99/sale $11.99 (PC)

http://www.nidhogggame.com/

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. IRL yelling and excitement may occur, in this ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks. Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way. Use a variety of fencing maneuvers while armed -- lunges, parries, and even dirty tricks like throwing your sword. If swordless, press forward with punches, sweep kicks, dive kicks, rolls, and wall jumps.

Octodad: Dadliest Catch - $14.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/224480/

Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan nature a secret from his human family.

Olympia Rising - Free Online Demo/ (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleozoic/olympia-rising

You are a chick named Iola who has to climb her way out of the Underworld. More often than not you will be fighting in the air, and what's cool about it is that when you kill a guy in the air your double jump resets, so you can keep chaining kills to keep "rising" to the top of the level. This is important too, because there is a pit of acid below you and you kinda need to keep moving other wise your soul gets sucked out of your body and you know what that means. They've got a Kickstarter up right now if you want to check it out. They've also got an online demo too.

Particle Mace - $5 (PC, Mac, IOS)

http://andymakes.com/particlemace/

PARTICLE MACE is an upcoming game for iOS/Windows/Mac by Andy Wallace about swinging particles into enemies in a hostile universe.Particle Mace is a game about capturing the thrill of classic arcade games with a new, physics based mechanic.Particle Mace is a game about trying not to die. But that's impossible.

Permutation Racer - Free (PC, Mac)

http://www.big-robot.com/2014/01/08/permutation-racer/

In Permutation Racer you race against the clock to reach checkpoints, collecting stars (you can jump, don’t forget) and avoiding barriers or red spikes. Because it’s all mathematically generated, every track is different. This is just a prototype, so it’s very simple, but we think you’ll enjoy it.

Rage Runner - $4.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://ragerunner.hypercanestudios.com/

Rage Runner is a fast paced 3D runner that will challenge your memory and your reflexes. Blast through miles of trench in the H-C-S Penetrator (the ship that did the castle run in less than 2 parsecs!) as you avoid an onslaught of fast and furious obstacles.Missile, Shield, Super Brake and Super Thruster powerups will help lead you to freedom and if you’re good enough, emblazon your initials on the high score server.

Rockets Fucking Everywhere - Free Demo/1.50+ (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://phobos001.itch.io/rfe

ROCKETS FUCKING EVERYWHERE is a top-down bullet-hellish dodge-em-up with vicious...erm...viciousness. Travel and explode entertainingly in over five stages while listening to the awesome chiprock tracks by Graham 'Pitfall' Baker.

simian.interface - Free/PWYW (Browser, PC, Mac)

http://www.vested-interest.co/simian/

"Vested Interest's puzzle game simian.interface is a simple concept that... gets a bit weird. As a monkey undergoing testing, your job is to move the mouse to align shapes and complete patterns. It starts simply enough by filling one square with another, but as the levels progress, you'll have to rely more and more by figuring out what you need to do as different colours and patterns come into play" (JayIsGames)

Sky Rogue - Free alpha (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://nihilocrat.tumblr.com/

A simple, accessible-yet-difficult, fwooshy, “feel good” flight sim. Blow things up on an infinite number of procedurally-generated islands, but watch out for volleys of missiles; when you die, you're dead.

Strike Vector - $19.99 (PC)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/246700/

With a distinct old school feel, reminiscent to games such as Crimson Skies, Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament, Strike Vector will let you test your reflexes and skills against your friends. Team flight and mutual assistance is required to fulfill your missions but individual aiming and piloting skills are also mandatory.

Sub Rosa - Free Alpha

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=95405750

Sub Rosa is a multiplayer FPS about tense deals, double-crosses and car chases. Set in an alternate laissez-faire 1980's city you join one of three corporations with one goal: making money.

Swap - $9.99 (currently on sale for $4.99 until 1/4) (PC)

http://swapgame.zxq.net/mediafiles/index.html

SWAP is a first person puzzle game, where the player must use a mechanic called SWAPPING to progress through each level. SWAPPING allows the player to select a object or colored tile then select another object or colored tile, and then the two objects or tiles will SWAP places. However not all objects are SWAPABLE, and each object has a purpose or a thing it can do.

The Banner Saga - $24.99 (PC, Mac)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/237990

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

The Castle Doctrine - Sale $8 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://thecastledoctrine.net/

A massively-multiplayer game of burglary and home defense. It's 1991, and things are bad.You're a guy with a wife, two kids, and a house. You're nearly broke, but you know that they'll be coming soon for what you've got left, hundreds of them. You must spend what you have to secure what's yours.But every wall can be cut through, and every window can be broken, so you'll have to be smarter than that. With doors, wires, switches, and dogs---building something perplexing is easy.Building something perplexing that still lets you get in and your family get out is much harder. After all, deadly traps aren't just deadly to intruders. Death through carelessness is quick and severe.

The Floor is Jelly - $8,99 (PC, Mac)

http://thefloorisjelly.com/

A game by Ian Snyder, with sound by Disasterpiece.Who hasn't dreamt, at some point, of filling a pool full of jello and swimming in it? In some of us, that dream never died. Some of us kept dreaming: what if the whole street was jello? Or the continent? The world!? The Floor is Jelly posits a universe made of jello, made purely for one's own amusement. No longer need we look to our walls and our floors and sigh, "How solid! How sadly immalleable! How I wish for a world consisting only of Non-Newtonian fluids!" That world has arrived, via the dark magic of videogames, as The Floor is Jelly.

The Rapture Is Here And You Will Be Forcibly Removed From Your Home - Free (PC/Mac)

http://gamejolt.com/games/other/trihaywbfrfyh/20342/

You’ve 20 minutes till the world ends. A great black disc fills the sky and looking at it fills your head with the sound of the void. It’s Lovecraftian in the simplicity of its horror. It is otherworldly power made real.

Trace Vector - $9.99 (PC)

http://vexelgames.com/vexelgames/?page_id=76

Hyperspace networks have hazards at every turn. Dead end paths, barriers, and worm holes that can send you back in time and space increase the danger; forcing you to think ahead and be prepared to deal with your previous route through the network. Hyperspace is a strange place. Go forth brave pilot. Keep your wits in order, escape the neon labyrinths, and scavenge enough fuel to return home safely.

Turbo Dismount - $6.99 (PC)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/263760/

Turbo Dismount is a kinetic tragedy about Mr. Dismount and the cars who love him. It is the official sequel to the wildly popular and immensely successful personal impact simulator - Stair Dismount. The highlights of this experience are multiple vehicles, an awesome replay system, (some) level editing features, high-speed physics and an indiscriminate sense of style.

Ultimate Space Commando - €6,99 (PC)

http://www.desura.com/games/ultimate-space-commando-usc

Ultimate Space Commando (USC) is an old-school turn-based strategy game that focuses on actual field tactics as a small group of elite commandos become engaged in a deadly conflict with a yet unknown, but rather ravenous species of aliens. Make relevant strategic choices, develop tactics and equip your soldiers as you see fit, try to survive and give the aliens hell in the single-player Campaign.

Urban Galaxy - Free (Browser)

http://www.urbangalaxyonline.com/

Urban Galaxy offers a unique world set never seen before in the MMORPG genre. Play as a mercenary, a carrier or a smuggler and set your path. Earn your battles as all the mobs that you fight will really fight you back! You will be chased and found in difficult situations when your enemies call for back up. In your defense you have a rich weaponry of special attacks, defense mechanisms and a hell of alot available items to choose from

Void Destroyer - Sale $11.99 (PC)

http://www.voiddestroyer.com/index.html

Cell shaded space flight sim with "Newtonian" flight model. Instantly switch ships from fighter to carrier starships. Combined with RTS to manage economy, build ships, build defenses, stations, and command ships all in real time in a tactical 3D interface.

XenoRaptor - $10/Free demo (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://xenoraptor.net/

In XenoRaptor, you play as a cyberdragon fighting against armies of rocket propelled chainsaws, bulldozer tanks and other demonic warmachines. The game is designed to be fast paced, responsive and challenging.You can build an enormous amount of distinct weapons by combining components dropped by bosses, making anything from an antimatter chaingun to a weapon which teleports attack bears into the cockpit of enemy ships.

Zenzizenzic - Free beta (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://www.zenzizenzicgame.com/

Zenzizenzic is a fast paced twin-stick shoot ‘em up. Weave through intricate bullet patterns and dodge enemies to rank your score among the greatest and beat various challenges. Play with up to two players and use a variety of weapons to blast thy foes to smithereens.Lots of weapons, varied and challenging patterns, pixel perfect controls, blasting beat, a mindblowing speed and an unique graphical style; that’s what it’s all about!

Zero - Free (PC, Linux)

http://www.freeindiegam.es/2013/11/zero-arturs-grebstelis/

"Zero is a bullet hell."This game is pretty cool. It's an endless bullet hell, no consequences for dying so it has this almost zen-like atmosphere as you evade bullets...forever. The text based projectiles and planes give the game a unique look

 

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A Crimson Searchlight - PC

http://www.indiedb.com/games/a-crimson-searchlight

A cyber-noir tale set in the near future, where artificial beings have become indistinguishable from humans. As an agent for the Department of Artificial and Robotic Control, you are tasked with investigating suspected artificials and determining their humanity. Illegal artificials are vaporized using an malicious device known as the URN - erasing them from existance in all but memory. A Crimson Searchlight is a short-form first-person narrative based on environmental storytelling and moral choice.

A Poison Green - ???? (PC, ?)

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.u...ejftemunqjj97skthr0d002&topic=48207.0;all

A point'n'click sci-fi/thriller game, built using the AGS engine (The Cat Lady, Gemini Rue, Resonance, Primordia)Environmental diseases are the norm due to an ever-decreasing air quality that forces people to wear a mask at all times. When all legitimate plans to make a difference failed and with a passive government that dares not listen, eco-terrorism became the only way to make one's voice heard. Such is the world in which three people's paths cross.These three characters and their shattered moral compasses are at the center of a story of espionage in a city of perpetual rain, sickness and misunderstanding.

A Tofu Tail - PC, Mac, Linux, Android, OUYA

http://alchemedium.com/?s=a+tofu+tail

A fairy tale of a man-turned-tofu by a deceptive kitsune, racing through the vivid, puzzle-filled maze realms of the foxes in search of a way to break his curse.

Anamorphine - ????

http://anamorphine.com/

A surreal story using unconventional first person game mechanics to navigate and unravel a narrative that is bled into the environments. Without cutscenes or narration, the game challenges players to interpret a story delivered through mechanics and environments

Another Castle - Wii U, PC, Mac, Linux, Android, OUYA

http://anothercastlethegame.com/

Current progress gifs for my game Another Castle. It's a platformer that incorporates roguelike mechanics.

Ashen Rift - PC, Mac, Linux

http://ashenrift.com/

Ashen Rift is a first person survival horror game which places you and your canine companion Bounder in a world barely recognizable as earth, which has been twisted and drained of almost all life, Together you seek to stop the remaining life from hemorrhaging earth by disabling the “Rift” rumoured to be the cause. You must find your own path, your own methods and get to the Rift alive.All around you are the twisted, barely recognizable still-live husks of what use to be men, now known as Feeders, bent on devouring every last living thing on earth, including you.You must learn to use the world around you against the feeders while depending on the senses and strength of your dog Bounder as he depends on you.

Automaticity - ???

http://automaticity-game.tumblr.com/

Automaticity is a near-future speculative fiction graphic adventure, set in the New York City of 2024, when the globe is controlled by a handful of megacorporations. The story focuses on Lila Morgan, an ordinary retail worker who gets pulled into the dangerous hacking underworld to uncover a terrifying corporate conspiracy.

B-12 - ???? (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=33970.0

B-12 is a first/third-person platform shooter with game-play inspired primarily by Mega Man X, featuring 3D platforming influenced by Mario 64, Papo & Yo, and Journey. It's being developed with Unity Pro, Blender, and Gimp and will be released for Windows/Linux/Mac and more hopefully.

Beatblasters III - 2014

http://chainsawesomegames.com/beatblasters-iii/

BeatBlasters III is an action platformer mixed with rhythm game mechanics.The player will play as Joey or Gina, two music fanatics, set on a journey to restore music to Acappella where an evil, music hater, butcher has taken over the village and forbids music to anyone. To achieve this mission, they will have to travel the land back to Acapella to defeat the butcher once and for all. Along the way, the player will encounter multiple challenge to overcome using his character’s musical abilities.

Big-B - ???? (PC, ?)

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=37889.msg980367

Big-B is a WASD + mouse shooter set in space.

Blackwake - PC, Mac

http://blackwake.com/

BlackWake: Dead Marque is a multiplayer naval warfare game with team focused elements. It features destructible naval ships, first person combat, boarding, ship sailing and potentially up to 100+ players (our goal is 300) per match.

Catcher in the Sky - IOS, Android

http://supersikegames.com/project/catcher-in-the-sky/

Discover an unusual Universe populated by strange worlds, extraordinary elements and gargantuan machines. Discover a whole new way to play. Upgrade your Rocket for a better chance of survival. Level up and see more. How much will you unearth? How long will you survive?

Deluxe Cart Jumping - 2014

http://leandercorp.net/

A game based on the Shopping Cart Hero series, but with various twists here and there.Jump your cart of the cliff, score big points for stunts, upgrade your cart, add crazy types of propulsion: everything from firecrackers to solid fuel boosters.Unlock special acessories by getting achievements, eventually buy new ramps like china wall or hardon collider for really far out jumps

Dungeonforge - PC, Mac, Linux

http://www.indiedb.com/games/dungeonforge

Dungeonforge is an Action-RPG in the spirit of classic D&D where you, as dungeon master, drive and shape the gameworld and everyone has a chance to weave their unique part of gaming lore.

Forward To The Sky - PC, Mac, Linux

http://www.magic-nology.com/#

Forward to the Sky is a fast paced action game, an adventure in the sky ruins.Balloon up into the clouds and dash forward! Explode the path, punch the enemies, break through the wall and beware of the traps.

FreezeME - ???? (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://www.indiedb.com/games/freezeme

FreezeME tries to resemble the platformers of the N64 era. There’s an apparent twist, however, as the player can freeze objects and enemies in time by taking a picture of them.

Frog Sord - PC

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=35723.0

World 3 preview

Greedy Guns - PC

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=36923.0

The game will feature a connected world, 2D platforming and shooting, local co-op, and a bunch of evil aliens and bosses to rip through

Heart & Slash - late 2014 (PC, Mac)

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=34470.0

Heart & Slash is a beat'em up roguelike-like (think Binding of Isaac meets DmC). Apart from permadeath and random level generation, roguelike elements will show up in enemy spawning (enemies are modular and hopefully I will obtain decent variety) and the random pick up system. Apart from 3 switchable weapons, the main character can equip and level-up up to four different pieces of equipment (head, arms, body and legs) which allow for new attacks and skills that I intend to heavily modify gameplay (for example, changing from a regular roll-evade to a Bayonetta style time stop).

Heart Forth, Alicia - PC

http://www.alonsomartin.mx/hfa/

An upcoming Story-Driven PLATFORM-RPG Adventure.

Hover : Revolt of Gamers - PC, Mac, Linux

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=219856897

Created and developed by 3 young independant developers, "Hover : Revolt of Gamers" is a free runner in a futuristic 3D open world. Between the crazy Jet Set Radio, the interactivity of Mirror's Edge and inspired by films like "The Fifth Element" or "Star Wars", Hover let you play as a Gamer Team from another world, appalled at the dictatorship in their city.

How To Be A Tree - ????

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=38310.0

"It's tricky to control, but if you know what you're doing you can start to really leap around.The movement also lends itself to shimmying through narrow spaces."

Human Extinction Simulator - in development

http://www.machine22.com/humanextinctionsimulator/

Prepare yourself for the inevitable alien invasion and see if you could save humanity from extinction.There's no time for exploration, expansion or exploitation. There is only time to survive with what forces are left.This turn-based strategy game will offer multiple survival scenarios from 30 minutes up to several hours.

Into this Wylde Abyss - ????

http://blog.richardwhitelock.com/post/57174540153/into-this-wylde-abyss-a-short-game-about

"Into this Wylde Abyss", a short game about struggling to survive on a freezing island and what happens in your final hours. Inspired by the dangerous sublime, Paradise Lost and AdamAtomic’s CapsuleOriginally conceived for Ludum Dare 26 and being further developed at this moment.

Jameson The Pilot - ???? (PC, Android, IOS)

http://jameson.rezoner.net/

"Jameson The Pilot" is a top-down space simulator with roguelike elements. The micro universe within the game lives its own authentic live. You - as a pilot can pick any career path ranging from being a pirate to a space bus driver.

Jazon And The Dead - PS3

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=38337.0

An Action-Adventure game, that combines Hack’n’Slash with exploration and puzzle solving. The scenario is a post- apocalyptic sci-fi world, where zombies walk restless around and technology looks like something from an 80’ties sci-fi film. The visual expression is dark and sinister, with black shadows, ink lines and clean colors. The game features zombies like they should be, slow, dumb and flesh-eating, life-threatening in groups and incredible persistent when their eyes are locked on fresh meat.

Kill The Bad Guy - 2014 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://www.ktbg-thegame.com/

Join a secret and mysterious society whose members have sworn to get rid of war criminals, former mafia members, and other criminals, going incognito among us. Hiding behind the appearance of a simple ‘man in the street’, the Bad Guys feel untouchable. They don’t expect you to track them and make evil plans. “Kill The Bad Guy” will stress and test your mental skills through a puzzle game where physics plays an important role.

Lakeview Cabin sequel - ????

http://hypnohustlergames.tumblr.com/

No details, play the first Lakeview Cabin <a href="http://gamejolt.com/games/action/lakeview-cabin/18469/" target="_blank">here</a>

Levity - late 2014 (PC, Mac)

http://www.levitygame.com/

Levity is a platformer, point n’ click, chamber based, exploration game!

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - 2014 (PC, Mac)

http://www.asteroidbase.com/dangerous-spacetime/

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is a frantic local co-op platformer-inside-a-shooter, in which players work together piloting a bright pink battleship to save planets, explore the galaxy, and fight evil robots. Players must dash back and forth between the ship’s control stations, manning turrets, lasers, shields and thrusters in order to dodge asteroids, blast enemies and liberate planets. The game could be described as Jumpman meets Asteroids meets Han saying “Don’t get cocky.”

Mass Prison Escape - Windows Phone

http://www.mogworks.me.uk/tablet/index.html

Mass Prison Escape - Coming soon!Lots of prisons to escape from with varying degrees of difficulty. 16 levels ready and more bonus prisons in development

Mazes - Browser

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/173356321/Unity/Mazes/Mazes.html

Only other info I got from the dev when I asked: "This game is in development"

Ninja Boxing 3D - ????

http://www.lcdninja.com/

Current in development

Nobu: Fat Revenge - PC

http://www.indiedb.com/games/nobu-fat-revenge

"Nobu: Fat Revenge" is a side-scroller action/platformer game inpired on the famous "Contra" (snes version) game ,on both difficulty and fun. The twist is that it uses hd cartoon hand-drawn art and it has a fantastic sound track, mixing japanese instruments with rock guitar, resulting in an odd but great to hear music and lots of cool habilities. Seeking for revenge, Nobu has to face danger throughout 4 stages filled with enemies, traps and bosses till he reaches his goal.

Office Management 101 - PC

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=37780.0

The game will put you in the shoes of a regional branch manager of a consumer electronics company and you will be responsible for designing and building the office, hiring the staff and starting different projects that will go through the cycle of research, development, design, testing and marketing to be put on sale on market. The game will feature weird and humorous characters, corny jokes and some unexpected unlikely events happening while you're playing. In addition to the staff that works on products, there will also be supporting staff like managers, human resources, accountants, lawyers, janitors etc. that might not be required, but still strongly suggested to keep the office working smoothly.

Once Upon A Time...There was a Movable Forest - ????

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=27464.0

Once Upon a Time… There was a Movable Forest is a perspective based puzzle game born out of Global Game Jam 2012. We’ve been in development off and on since then, hoping to expand on our game jam ideas, and eventually release a full game.The gameplay requires solving jigsaw-like puzzles using perspective. It's a little bit like Little Big Planet in that it is a platformer with multiple layers to platform upon. The main style of puzzle we’ve been working on requires dragging the puzzle pieces around until they line up from a specific point of view. Kind of hard to explain, it’s much easier to understand when you see it.

Only One - 2014 (IOS, Android)

http://www.rebelbinary.com/OnlyOne/

You arrive on a ancient sacrificial pillar in the sky where you pick up a magical sword and make a vow to become the only one thus unleashing a horde of enemies bent on overthrowing your placeDefeat your enemies by combat or take the easy way out and push them to their deaths down below. Gain powers and strength with a wide variety of abilities and upgrades. Fight over 70 waves and 7 bosses to ultimately become the only one left standing!

Paragon - ????

https://googledrive.com/host/0BzN5ZIZr-WtnVGgwNkZNaUw2LWM/index.html

Paragon is a PC game currently in production, more information coming soon!

 

[Toma]

Path To The Sky - PC, Mac, IOS

http://www.pathtothesky.com

A procedurally generated platformer/roguelike fusion. You are a force knuckle pilot and propel yourself towards the Sky through aerial combat. The higher you manage to climb, the harder the enemies and challenges will become. The world is being generated around you as you move, there are not doors or portals to higher "floors". I am trying to create a fun game for short but challenging rounds of arcade gameplay.

Pillow Castle - PC

http://pillowcastlegames.com/hamlet/

Hey! We're Pillow Castle Games from Pittsburgh, PA. We're a team of students from Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center developing a new First Person Puzzle game built around Forced Perspective - here's a demo of the technology at work. "The Museum of Simulation Technology" is our playground we're using to wrangle our brains around using your perception as a weapon. Think of it as a "proof of concept".

Project Sky (working title) - ????

http://magnesiumninja.com/

Each time you play, the world that you traverse will be completely different. Locations will yield different results, and raiders could attack at any time. You must always be on your guard for anything, because if you die the game is over.

Project Temporality - PC

http://www.defrostgames.com/thegame/

Project Temporality is a third person Action/puzzle game developed around streamlining the concept of single player cooperation. You still solve problems using multiple clones of yourself, but instead of starting over from the beginning or any other fixed position with each clone, you can spawn them at any time you like.

Project: Speed/Fragment - Browser demo

http://speedgraphx.wordpress.com/category/project-speedfragment/

Now you control the ship! Want to take a ride?Still in early development, tech demos on site

ProjectSword - ???? (PC)

http://www.strayrobotgames.com/

No good descriptions

Quadrant - 2014 (PC)

http://hkfiftyone.wix.com/quadranthorrorgame

Quadrant is a first-person survival indie horror game, taking place in 1979, inside a calssified NASA research center. The game is based off of, and inspired by, a note that was given to us by an anonymous source. It was ours to use any way we liked. Our imaginations started filling in the blanks, and thus, Quadrant was born.

Regret - ???? (PC, Mac)

http://revengegames.tumblr.com/

Reget is psychological survival-horrorRegret is similar to a Resident Evil/Parasite Eve/Dino Crisis style games or Survival Horror as its genre is called, where you have to solve puzzles, fight the monsters, boss fights, low ammo, being alone etc. So if you enjoyed those games, I&#8217;m sure you will like this one too and it&#8217;s in 2D and pixel art, so it&#8217;s like a Christmas in the middle of a July. Ehemm&#8230;

Relativity - late 2014 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://relativitygame.com/

Relativity is a first-person exploration adventure puzzle game set in an Escher-esque world with six different gravity fields. By turning on and off different gravity fields, you can walk on any visible surface and view the world from different perspectives. It's a mix of physics-based spatial puzzles (like in Portal), environmental/observation puzzles (like in Myst), and also more cryptic metapuzzles (like in Fez). M.C Escher's artwork is a huge inspiration for the game, so you can also expect lots of staircases, and plenty of mindbending visuals.

Retrobooster - 2014 (PC, Linux)

http://www.reallyslick.com/

Retrobooster is a high-tension survival shooter with an extremely nimble thrust ship, agressive enemies, speed flying challenges, puzzles, creepy worlds, and fiery death lurking pretty much everywhere. Can you make it through to the end?

Robot Quest - ???

https://twitter.com/Jaymusaraus/status/419536563727376384/photo/1

Made by Jaymusaurus, who I thought was only doing art and I can't wait to see this as an actual game.

Roundabout - 2014 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://roundaboutgame.com/

Roundabout is focused on the 1977 rise to fame story of Georgio Manos, the world's first revolving chauffeur. Players control Georgio as he spins passengers through the ridiculously twisty streets and back alleys that the town of Roundabout is famous for. Mechanically, Roundabout is a multilayered take on open world exploration, streak based scoring, and puzzle traversal. In English? That means we put games like Crazy Taxi, Tony Hawk, Kuru Kuru Kururin, and about a dozen other inspirations in a blender, then molded the delicious result into the shape of a constantly rotating '70s limousine.

Runers - ????

https://twitter.com/LGKGames

Runers is a top-down rogue-like shooter where as you advance you create more powerful spells and fight fierce monsters and bosses.

Shadow Lab - ????

http://www.sparkypants.com/

In Shadow Lab&#8482; is Jason Bourne meets Sarah Connor in an intense stealth game set in a bizarre underground research lab. Neither guns nor bows can help you in this dark place. You'll need to rely on quick wits and keen observation if you want to uncover the truth. Get spotted even once and it is game over. Thanks to procedural level generation you'll never play the same mission twice. When you never know what is around the next corner it is time to start improvising instead of just memorizing.

Shapist - coming soon (PC, IOS, Android)

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=35226.0

Shapist is a cross platform, Unity 3D based take on a sliding block puzzle. We have all levels done ( the game will feature 50 puzzles and 8 special web demo puzzles) and are now working on design, sounds, performance issues etc.

Shwip - PC

http://jamhammer.ca/games/shwip/

Shwip is a relaxing dual stick action arcade shooter with special weapons and traits never before seen in the genre. Your ship comes equipped with a Shwip ( It&#8217;s an incredibly awesome whip ) that can be used along with other weapons in the game to destory and incapacitate your enemies. Relax, sit back and enjoy the various game play modes ranging from relaxing to tense action.

Six Sides of the World - PC, Mac

http://www.cybernetikdesign.com/

This is a 3D - Puzzle - Maze game, where we have to help the main character, Maigo, to find an item (now is a star, but I'm in the way to change it for something related with the game plot). The levels are build in cube-shaped planets, and we have to move between faces to solve the puzles and find the level item. This adds some extra dificulty because you can't see all the planet faces at the same time an you have to remember where to go.Also, the levels can have more than one planet, and that creates more and interesting gameplay dynamics.

Somewhere - ????

http://www.indiedb.com/games/untitled-game-project

Somewhere is a first person exploration game.A player travels through the game by becoming other people.as you navigate identities, you realize that each person you become, is a figment of another character's imagination and a part of yet another story. Somewhere is therefore, most of all, a collection of stories, a collection that spawns characters through which a player might comprehend this town.

Survivors (working title) - ????

https://twitter.com/stevewoolcock

A tower-defence meets survival meets dungeon-crawler. Survivors is just a working title

Tesla Breaks the World! - 2014 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://www.indiedb.com/games/tesla-breaks-the-world

Tesla Breaks The World! (lovingly paraphrased as 'TBTW!') is a 2D platformer developed by Archetype Global for the PC, Mac and Linux. TBTW is a combination of platforming, puzzle solving, randomly-generating levels, inventions and of course, zombies!

The Cresting Rainbow - ???? (PC)

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=36919.0

This is a multiplayer turn based game involving fighting. In a bar. Using bottles. And chairs. And Fists, bodies, paintings, fire, table legs, and whatever else we can come up with.

The Forest - PC/Oculus Rift Support

http://survivetheforest.com/

Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

The Unravelling - ????

http://www.mutugames.com/the-unravelling/

The Unravelling is a side-scrolling platformer with a sketched art style that comes to life in this dark story of a boy that thinks he can fly.

Tim Cosmonaut - ???? (PC, ?)

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=37583.0

Tim is on his last journey to the cosmos. His spaceship gets invaded by alien robots, and he has to fix the machinery that they break in their way.Tim Cosmonaut is a voxel puzzle shooter (with a lot of platforming as well)

Time Rifters - 2014 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://www.protonstudio.com/p/time-rifters.html

Ever wanted to play a multi-player game where you control all of your team mates? Now you can!Time Rifters is a single player co-op shooter where 'time rifts' allow you to be your own team mates. Play as 4 independent time clones that work together to complete the levels. Customize each time clone by selecting and upgrading their weapon which allows you to strategically plan your attack with yourself in the past and future.

Unnamed - ???

https://twitter.com/blankthevidya/status/419538244062019585/photo/1

I have no idea what its actually about, but it looks like Zelda and that's gud.

Velocity Stream - 2014 (PC)

http://cavelight.se/games/index.html

In Velocity Stream, one player takes control of tha Paver, a spacecraft that leaves a trail of energy in its wake as it moves through the game world. On this track, the other players race each other.This brilliant game mechanic eliminates track memorizationTo make the game even more unique, the team is planning to, via the introduction of the Activator Mode, eliminate all shapes of downtime.

Xcylin - ????

https://twitter.com/Xcylin

The new sc-ifi Minecraft-like voxel game

 

[supernormal]

Hey there..

 

[Toma]

5th

You can start posting now. All the other posts above this post that are not by me will be deleted eventually.

 

[NeoGAF.]

Anything good this month?

 

[Toma]

Anything good this month?

We havent played most of the games in the second post of the OP yet, if you want impressions on these, its likely best to come back end of the month. If you are asking about january releases, no clue. We usually put releases of a month into the thread of the following month since it keeps down the work needed to maintain these threads with the wildly varying Indie release dates.

 

[Toma]

Alright, info is up. As always, if you see any formatting/linking/naming issues, let me know and I'll fix them.

And again, use the proper formatting for posts about games that should go into the next thread.

 

[More_Badass]

Noticed some issues
- Invisible Inc.'s post is all messed up
- Relativity should be in Upcoming
- Some posts have the <I> code symbols

Nice to see Vector take #1, great game
I highly recommend Not The Robots, that was my number one game for January voting and it's awesome

 

[One Foul Note]

Another fine opening post there Toma, good job man.

 

[Toma]

Noticed some issues
- Invisible Inc.'s post is all messed up
- Relativity should be in Upcoming
- Some posts have the <I> code symbols

Nice to see Vector take #1, great game
I highly recommend Not The Robots, that was my number one game for January voting and it's awesome

Corrected everything except the invisible inc post, will do that later. Also I didnt really like Not the robots. I appreciated the basic gameplay formula and how they added to it, but overall it felt rather... empty and not that engaging. Might need to revisit to formulate better articulated thoughts on it.

 

[supernormal]

OMG. Some nice stuff.

 

[daydream]

Another fine opening post there Toma-bot, good job man.

ftfy

Spoiler

j/k, good job, as always, my friend

 

[tastas]

I noticed some issues too. Ultimate Space Commando and Octodad: Dadliest Catch's titles have typos.

 

[Toma]

Well, doh. Took out invisible inc as its just Incognita and we already featured that as playable in the past.

 

[More_Badass]

"Toma-bot"
I think we found our name for the program

 

[Toma]

I noticed some issues too. Ultimate Space Commando and Octodad: Dadliest Catch's titles have typos.

And corrected.

"Toma-bot"
I think we found our name for the program

I cant have a love relationship with something called "Toma-bot".... or can I?

 

[PandaPedinte]

Yay new thread!

 

[tastas]

And corrected.

Thanks for these threads BTW. I am mostly a lurker but I always check indie games monthly threads.

 

[daydream]

I cant have a love relationship with something called "Toma-bot".... or can I?

Sure you can.

Btw maybe we should wait before including Painters Guild. It's not even halfway there (next version is coming this month), so I'd keep it in reserve. Up to you, though.

 

[flowsnake]

Corrections:

Donald Dowell seems to have the wrong description.
The Floor is Jelly was released (anyone played it yet? looks interesting)

 

[Toma]

Painters Guild - Free Alpha (Browser)

http://guildofpainters.com/

Even in the early state it is in, you can already tell that 'Painters Guild' is built upon a clever idea. You manage the workshop of the famous Italian painter Verrocchio who has decided to take a young talented artist with the name of da Vinci under his wing. Finish the contract work in time, pay the rent, watch historical events go by - and don't fall asleep on the job!

Excluded it from the OP because of daydreamings comment and because of character limitations. We'll include it next month.

Corrections:

Donald Dowell seems to have the wrong description.
The Floor is Jelly was released (anyone played it yet? looks interesting)

Corrected.

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

Holy crap, Robot Quest looks fantastic.

So many games here to keep an eye on. Thank you.

Edit: It's nice to own a surface pro. It's become a fantastic indie gaming machine for me. Especially being portable.

 

[Funky Functionality]

Bookmarking new thread. So many games!

I had a successful home going in The Castle Doctrine for two days. It recently took the 20th life of a would-be burglar and was finally sitting among the $10,000+ homes, growing steadily. After finally being able to access my home (the robbers never stop coming!) and making some small changes under the hood (to stump those on my security tapes who were making progress in figuring out how the house worked), I had to test it once again. Out of muscle memory or some pure fart of the brain, I ran through it as if it were the previous incarnation of the home, completely ignoring the small change I'd just made. I set out across my electric grates toward the vault with nothing to los... fried. Everything gone. LOL

 

[Messofanego]

I highly recommend Not The Robots, that was my number one game for January voting and it's awesome

I need to get on that

Yo, Wolfire are doing an AMA for Overgrowth right now. Got my question answered

Anything good this month?

JAZZPUNK (7th Feb)

 

[More_Badass]

Here's what I posted about NTR in my voting post:

Choosing between Not The Robots and Samurai Gunn as my number one game was tough, but in the end, NTR was my choice. While Samurai Gunn does many things very well, it's still quite bare bones at the moment, and while it offers frenetic adrenaline-pumping thrills, NTR offers a different but no less satisfying thrill. Behind the weird facade of robots, furniture eating, and heavily guarded office buildings lies a challenging stealth roguelike, a genre mix-up that I don't think has been attempted before. Between its innovative core mechanic of removing your precious cover to win, the randomized gauntlets of dangerous sentries and numerous other hazards, the tight controls, the mix of tense fast-paced stealth and tactical use of your limited abilities, the ever-looming threat of death, and the other modes like the hard-as-nails Challenges and Operations mini-campaigns, Not The Robots delivers a fun difficult experience with a hefty chunk of content and thrilling gameplay.

On The Floor Is Jelly, I played it and it's very enjoyable. On the surface, it's a standard platformer, run and jump over gaps, and dangerous spikes, wall-jump up narrow tunnels. The controls are responsive and simple. On that note, it isn't the most challenging game, certainly not in the spectrum of difficulty of games like Super Meat Boy or even Braid. But those points aren't negatives; The Floor Is Jelly is a fun game, and the difficulty comes not from frustrating challenge but from the gradual layering of new interesting puzzle mechanics. From flowers that bloom in rain and those only sprout without rain (because they're part cat of course) to switches that rotate entire levels, and then switches that rotate only singular platforms, and later Guacamelee-style dimension swapping, The Floor Is Jelly constantly introduces new mechanics that add to the core gameplay in fun ways.

As for what's coming February, prepare for the Kickstarter flood

Galactic Princess
Darkest Dungeon (Feb 10th)
Proven Lands ("early February")
M.A.V. (February)
Heart & Slash ("in February, I think")
Kill The Bad Guy (mid-February)
Mighty Tactical Shooter ("mid to late February")
Lemma ("End of February")
Ashen Rift ("Late February")

 

[Messofanego]

Here's what I posted about NTR in my voting post:


On The Floor Is Jelly, I played it and it's very enjoyable. On the surface, it's a standard platformer, run and jump over gaps, and dangerous spikes, wall-jump up narrow tunnels. The controls are responsive and simple. On that note, it isn't the most challenging game, certainly not in the spectrum of difficulty of games like Super Meat Boy or even Braid. But those points aren't negatives; The Floor Is Jelly is a fun game, and the difficulty comes not from frustrating challenge but from the gradual layering of new interesting puzzle mechanics. From flowers that bloom in rain and those only sprout without rain (because they're part cat of course) to switches that rotate entire levels, and then switches that rotate only singular platforms, and later Guacamelee-style dimension swapping, The Floor Is Jelly constantly introduces new mechanics that add to the core gameplay in fun ways.

As for what's coming February, prepare for the Kickstarter flood

Those are some sweet ass impressions, stealth roguelike sounds like my cup of tea. But part cat flowers? XD

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Just played the Arcane Worlds demo...

*swoon*

 

[More_Badass]

Junkcraft Armada - PC, Xbox 360

http://www.indiedb.com/games/junkcraft-armada

A modular spaceship game, build/design your ship while you play, explore, escort or help other ships, exterminate pirates and use the remaining modules as part of your ship or recycle them for parts for upgrades or repairs with more than 20 different module types, more than 10 different missions and many different environments that affect how you maneuver and survive, black holes, white holes and many other space anomalies, choose the power distribution of your ship between weapons, shields, thrusters, tractor beams, and many other modules.

iZBOT - Free beta (PC, Browser)

http://ruxar.com/blog/new-2d-platformer-izbot/

A fast 2D action platformer that is a bit of a homage to our good friend super meat boy.

Goo Goo Ghost Kitty - PC, Mac

http://www.indiedb.com/games/goo-goo-ghost-kitty

An arcade style shoot 'em up with a dead cat twist. A tail sure to end in happiness.

Pigvane - Browser

https://twitter.com/xxNxT

It&#8217;s an arcade action side-scrolling platformer. Un-finished version

The Wild Eternal - Late 2014 (PC, Mac)

[url]http://www.thewildeternal.com/blog/

The Wild Eternal is a first person exploration adventure game about flawed Gods, thick undulating blankets of fog, hella buffs, un-defeatable enemies, and conversations with a traumatized fox God who isn&#8217;t sure if you are the reincarnation of their lost lover.

Waldir's Inferno - ????

http://waldirgame.wordpress.com/

A roguelike-like beat'em'up RPG

Nice GIF showing off Waldir&#8217;s combat, looks pretty fun


Previously Mentioned
XenoRaptor

New item that makes you immune to collisions, allowing you to use asteroids as battering rams

Matador

New trailer

Mighty Tactical Shooter

 

[One Foul Note]

So just finished the Octodads. Like it, don't love it really. It started off grand but as it goes on it seems to focus less and less on the ' attempting mundane tasks with slapstick results' and more on awkward stealth and platforming elements which although were not awful at a 100 minutes long game I wish it stuck to its earlier game play style more. I still semi enjoyed it but it will be a very bad month if Octodad is in my top 3 this month.

On a related note, I would recommend Dojo of Death in the OP. That minigame gets a surprisingly enjoyable game out of a really simple concept. Definitely one of those 'I'll play it for 2 minutes, oh its 20 minutes later all of a sudden,' kinda games.

 

[Chainsawkitten]

I'm not surprised. Those were my thoughts of the original as well. Lovely first half and a kinda annoying second half where things got off the rails (which, ironically, is a lot less off the rails in this kind of game).

 

[More_Badass]

Mercury Shift 3D (working title) - ????

http://www.klonk-games.de/games/mercury-shift-3d/

Mercury Shift 3D is a two player coop focused platformer.
Play the original Mercury Shift here

Deep Space Settlement - PC

http://dss.stephanierct.com/

A real-time strategy game for PC, focused on empire building and grand-scale space battles
You are part of a multi-generational mission to colonize distant regions of space. Your journey brings you to a star cluster rich in resources and lightly populated. Or so it seems. Your goal is clear: setup a space settlement and thrive. Whether you choose to make allies or conquer through supremacy is up to you.

Black Shuck - ????

http://www.chromium-gamesroom.com/

Black Shuck is a survival horror game set in a 1700’s English town and its surroundings . You play as the mother of a child who is taken by the evil beast Black Shuck – a creature who is whispered about in folk tales and responsible for driving most of the towns denizens away. The aim of the game is to get your child back. The problem is, Black Shuck loves to toy with its prey, with the prey being you.

Crossing Souls - ????

http://www.fourattic.com/

“Our first approach to our brand new videogame. It will have a top-down view, be based in the 80s. It will be released soon on kickstarter”

Video Hero Story - 2014 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://vhstory.com/en/

Set in 80-90s, about a guy who likes to fight and wants to become the best in the world.

Ashen - ????

http://www.aurora44games.com/

Ashen is an an open world action-adventure game set in a harsh, unforgiving land.

The Foxy Journey - ????

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=38362.0

The Foxy Journey is a 2d platformer based on exploration and solve puzzles with some rpg touches.

Untitled Game - ????

“Atmospheric survival platformer”

Before Dawn - ????

http://uglyrobot.co.uk/

Previously Mentioned
Rymdresa

Jazon And The Dead

 

[Toma]

Man, so many games that could be interesting this month. Where to start, where to start.

 

[More_Badass]

Man, so many games that could be interesting this month. Where to start, where to start.

Free: I'd recommend the Hyphen demo, Matador alpha, XenoRaptor demo, and Zenzizenic
Paid: The Floor Is Jelly is good, Rockets Fucking Everywhere is simple but tough (has a demo too). And I'm enjoying Trace Vector, the visuals are stylish and it's fast and twitchy.

 

[Chaos17]

Oh, man!
Heart Forth, Alicia, catched my eyes!

Thanks for your hard work.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Bookmarking new thread. So many games!

I had a successful home going in The Castle Doctrine for two days. It recently took the 20th life of a would-be burglar and was finally sitting among the $10,000+ homes, growing steadily. After finally being able to access my home (the robbers never stop coming!) and making some small changes under the hood (to stump those on my security tapes who were making progress in figuring out how the house worked), I had to test it once again. Out of muscle memory or some pure fart of the brain, I ran through it as if it were the previous incarnation of the home, completely ignoring the small change I'd just made. I set out across my electric grates toward the vault with nothing to los... fried. Everything gone. LOL

Lol it was tragicomic.

 

[Wozman23]

Picking up The Floor is Jelly soon, anticipating Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, and adding The Unravelling to my radar.

 

[mrchampipi]

Happy to see a mention for Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. Been waiting for this game since such a long time: hope release is not too far away.

 

[MrWhitefolks]

After spending some time with The Rapture Is Here And You Will Be Forcibly Removed From Your Home, I can safely say it's not for me. Experimental? To be sure.

Spoiler

Running around a field for 20 minutes collecting readings of HP Lovecraft stories gave me no sense of dread, impending doom, wonder, or anything that I can only assume the dev was attempting. This felt pretentious, at best.

 

[daydream]

Man, so many games that could be interesting this month. Where to start, where to start.

The Banner Saga is an obvious recommendation. Magicians & Looters is pretty good from what I've played of it on 360. Will go back for more impressions.

Anyway, two interesting Flash games (hopefully not posted yet):

The Everloom - Free (PC, Browser)

http://www.kongregate.com/games/kajenx/the-everloom

There are two things this game shows well: The ambivalence of dreams, and how they eventually must end. Do they mean anything? Who knows.

Noir - Free (PC, Browser)

http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/minild-48/?action=preview&uid=16007

One man, one depraved city. 'Noir' lives up to its name, being surprisingly atmospheric for a flash game and definitely worth playing. After beating it, just leave it running in your browser for some background noise.

 

[Messofanego]

After spending some time with The Rapture Is Here And You Will Be Forcibly Removed From Your Home, I can safely say it's not for me. Experimental? To be sure.

Spoiler

Running around a field for 20 minutes collecting readings of HP Lovecraft stories gave me no sense of dread, impending doom, wonder, or anything that I can only assume the dev was attempting. This felt pretentious, at best.

Your impressions seem in line with Patrick Klepek's who was mostly bothered with all the tedious walking although that

Spoiler

alien ship sound

was cool.

 

[Quixzlizx]

Has anyone tried Ultimate Space Commando yet?

 

[MrWhitefolks]

Your impressions seem in line with Patrick Klepek's who was mostly bothered with all the tedious walking although that

Spoiler

alien ship sound

was cool.

For me it wasn't the walking itself, but rather that

Spoiler

it resulted in nothing. No sense of dread, forboding, wonder, or amazement. It did nothing, and you're not really 'experiencing' a "rapture" event, but just wandering around some field listening to excerpts of Lovecraft. I could do that right now with my phone and the local park.

.

The one thing this game DID do however, was make me wish someone had used the unity engine to build a game based off of the "tests" in SCP-093. Toss in a procedural/random element of enemy/location placement and you'd be good to go.

 

[PandaPedinte]

Dojo of Death is so simple but very rewarding to play, like mostly of the thread regulars must noticed I enjoy these kind of games with simple but adictive gameplay.

 

[More_Badass]

Dojo of Death is so simple but very rewarding to play, like mostly of the thread regulars must noticed I enjoy these kind of games with simple but adictive gameplay.

The developer plans to make an expanded iOS version of Dojo of Death sometime in the future

 

[More_Badass]

More Full Bore

Part two (which is a free update!) will show you a couple of locations hinted at in Part one

 

[More_Badass]

Daughters of the Void - PC, Mac, Linux

http://monocosm.net/daughters-of-the-void.html

Daughters of the Void is a methodical action platformer currently under development. The game will be released for Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
This game is supposed to offer some meaningful challenge inspired by older NES titles. I would like to find a balance between the gruesome difficulty of older games and a more modern time-conscious design.
The game was initially supposed to be a combination of the combat-platforming sections of Zelda II with the game-structure of Castlevania

Toryansé - ????

http://www.toryanse.co.uk/

Toryansé is a graphic adventure game about a woman in the midst of an existential crisis who decides to follow a mysterious stranger she meets on the train…
Using a point-and-click style interface you exert a gentle influence over the thoughts and actions of the protagonist, the characters she encounters and the environment that surrounds her. There will be plenty of items to collect, puzzles to solve, conversations to have and numerous locations to explore. The game itself is language-agnostic and all information is conveyed through illustrated thought and speech bubbles.

Adventurezator: When Pigs Fly - PC, Mac, Linux

http://www.indiedb.com/games/adventurezator-when-pigs-fly

The Adventurezator is an emergent adventure game about creating emergent adventure games!

Trish - Free (Browser)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2383513/Trish/index.html

Bullet hell shooter

Sole - PC, XBIG, Ouya

http://stickydpad.com/

Without going into detail on how Sole is going to play out, there’s two main focuses; Exploration and Survival Horror. Should mention though you cannot attack anything in the game. Meaning you are left to survive without a weapon. Pretty dangerous considering some of the characters that lurk the streets.

 

[More_Badass]

From the devs of 9.03m

Glitchspace - £1.99 (PC, Mac, Linux)

http://spacebudgie.com/games/glitchspace

Glitchspace is a first person programming game that's centred around a visual programming mechanic.
Set in a cyberspace world, you are trying to find a place known as Glitchspace - a by-product of cyberspace and its various glitches. A world that would allow for infinite possibilities, and access across all systems in cyberspace through exploitation.

 

[Noogy]

Another great thread, thanks Toma!