Category: Games

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Lost Ember

developed by Mooneye Studios  |  Platform: Windows, PS4, Xbox One

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“A story-driven 3rd person exploration adventure for PC and consoles. With a wolf as your main character and a determined companion on your side, you will unveil a story of loyalty, despair and betrayal that led to the fall of a whole world.

“On your journey you are guided by a companion that used to be part of the old Inrahsi culture and witnessed the fall of his world. For thousands of years he was seeking and finally found you. Through his memories you will see what happened to the old world and learn to understand him, to finally help him on his mission.”

[Back on Kickstarter]  |  [Follow on Steam]  |  [Visit the Website]

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via PixelProspector

Beglitched

developed by Hexecutable (Jenny & AP)  |  Platforms: Windows, Mac

“A game about insecurity, in our computers and ourselves. In a pastel world of networks where nobody truly knows what they’re doing, hacking is a magical art and the notorious Glitch Witch is the most premium archmagi of the net.

“Through what appears to be nothing more than random circumstance, YOU are her new apprentice. You must use your wits and cunning to unravel the mechanisms of an alien computer and survive amongst a veritable web of clowns, leftclickers, and filedraggers.”

[Buy on itch.io]  |  [Buy on Steam]  |  [Visit the Website]

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via The Co-optional Podcast

Thrive

developed by Revolutionary Games  |  Platforms: Windows, Linux

“A free open-source game for PC and Linux about evolution, in which the player guides a species from their origin as a microbe to the space age and beyond. Gameplay is split into seven stages – Microbe, Multicellular, Aware, Awakening, Society, Industrial and Space. Through each of these you will guide your creature towards intelligence, sentience and the stars. Our team seeks to accomplish two major goals: create engaging, compelling gameplay that respects our players’ intelligence, and remain as accurate as possible in our depiction of known scientific theory.”

You can read more about it over on KillScreen.

[Download Thrive]  |  [Visit the Website]

Retro-Pixel Castles

developed by Raymond Doerr  |  Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

“A godlike village simulator designed to bridge the gap between the complexities of village simulation with the simplicity of classic 1990s real-time strategy.”

“A major part of the game is village management, and trying to discover new and creative ways to use the tools at your disposal to keep yourself alive as long as possible. In this game, you will lose frequently, but with every failure you learn a little bit more about how to survive, and apply that knowledge to your next attempt.”

[Buy on Steam Early Access]  |  [Visit the Website]

via /r/gamedev

Unhappy Ever After

developed by Warped Tales Games  |  Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

A character driven RPG.

“Enter into a land of dark fantasy as Sophia, an eighteenth-century librarian’s apprentice to Queen Anne of England, and help her find a way back home.

“Discover a world filled with political intrigue as a power-hungry Emperor seeks to wrestle control of the Twelve Duchies by use of his magical Affinity Guards, and get swept up in a rebellion where your choices will help decide the fate of the strange, monster-filled world into which you’ve been swept.”

[Back on Kickstarter]  |  [Follow on Steam]

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via /r/gamedev

Clockwork

developed by Gamesoft  |  Platforms: Windows, PS4, Xbox One

“A time-bending puzzle-platformer that tells the story of Atto, a lonely mechanical boy in the great city of Watchtower. Explore the city, discover its mysterious past, control time and fight terrifying boss battles.”

“The city has survived for four hundred years, longer than most of its citizens can remember. A few whisper about the time of the great plague; a time when the desperate survivors grew so afraid for their fleshly bodies that they encased themselves in metal ones – bodies that would rust and break down, but never sicken and die. Since then they have waited, counting the days as the city falls into ruin.”

[Buy on Steam]  |  [Visit the Website]

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via The Co-optional Podcast

GoNNER

developed by Art in Heart  |  Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

“A tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world—a giant landbound whale named Sally—by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.”

“With Death as his mentor, supplying both a multitude of abilities and arsenal for Ikk to use, Ikk traverses an ever-changing land full of unwieldy creatures who don’t appreciate his trespassing or his friend Sally. Several different environments, arduous bosses, hidden secrets, multiple endings, and more await Ikk on his journey to make one person happy even if it kills him—which it certainly will.”

One of the developers (Ditto) has some really cool game projects which you can see on their itch.io page.

[Buy on Steam]  |  [Buy on GoG]  |  [Visit the Website]

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Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

developed by Witching Hour Studios  |  Platforms: Windows, Mac

“Navigate the masked deceptions and deadly magic of a vividly Venetian city in this fully voiced pause-for-tactics RPG.

“In the turmoil-ridden Citte della Ombre, religion holds no sway. Only the songs sung of one’s deeds will carry an Ombrian’s legacy beyond death. Those who hold even the smallest morsel of power will make every effort to ensure their songs live on. Enter the Mascherines – masks that grant their wielders the power to channel the elements and cast destructive magic.”

[Buy on Steam]  |  [Visit the Website]

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