Sea of Solitude

developed by Jo-Mei Games

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A beautiful exploration and adventure game, and yet still in very early development.

“This adventure is about Kay, who has turned into a black monster, and her journey to find out what happened to her.

“On her search to change, she soon finds out that her biggest enemies are not the huge monsters that she meets on her way through the Sea of Solitude, but something way more dangerous.”

[Visit the Website]

via Stephan Hövelbrinks

I made the gifs from a video interview with the developer, by Anthony Carboni

Spacejacked

developed by Rotten Mage

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“An arena-based shooter with elements of tower defense. Control Dave, a lone technician tasked with protecting the whole spaceship from being overrun by aliens while it prepares to warp into hyperspace.”

Releasing in early 2016 (soon!) for PC, Mac, & Linux. There’s a demo available that features the endless mode of the game, which you can download from below.

[Follow on Steam] | [Visit the Website] | [Download demo on Gamejolt]

via /r/gamedev

Night in the Woods

developed by Alec Holowka, Scott Benson, and Bethany Hockenberry

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“An adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.”

“College dropout Mae Borowski returns home to the crumbling former mining town of Possum Springs seeking to resume her aimless former life and reconnect with the friends she left behind. But things aren’t the same. Home seems different now and her friends have grown and changed. Leaves are falling and the wind is growing colder. Strange things are happening as the light fades.

“And there’s something in the woods.”

Scheduled to release in 2016, but you can play the two companion games on itch.io which you can check out below.

[Visit the Website] | [Follow on Tumblr]

Longest Night

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“Gather round the campfire and trace the constellations in Longest Night”

[Download on itch.io]

Lost Constellation

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“Lost Constellation is a Longest Night ghost story. Travel into the frozen woods in a folktale from the world of Night In The Woods.”

[Download on itch.io]

via itch.io

Tulpa: Imagination Games

developed by MIDERY

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A visual novel that’s an update to the original which was released in Russian. It has already gone through Steam Greenlight and is intended to be released for free when it’s completed.

“From the day you are born, society tells you what to think, what to believe, what to do… Society makes us who we are but all this is just meaningless! It doesn’t matter, who you really are – a schoolboy, an asylum patient, or a private detective.
It makes no difference at all who you are when you are insane.”

[Follow on Steam]

via /r/gamedev

Wrapping Up

This is the last set of gifs I made from Shangri La in Far Cry 4. It took a looong time to record (the tiger loved to run in front of the camera, grrr), then edit, and tweak. It was definitely a lot of fun though. I’m moving on to doing the same kind of thing in Journey, so if you’re playing with someone that suddenly stops and stares at random things it might be me. :)

The full Shangri La collection is here if you haven’t seen it.

Sights of Shangri La

Part of a collection of cinemagraphs I recorded from Far Cry 4 on PS4, you can see the rest of Shangri La here.

Reveal the Deep

developed by Lazy Monday Games

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“A short exploration-based indie game, where the user traverses through the wreck of a 19th century steamship. There is a heavy focus on piecing together the story of the ship’s past, through a variety of notes and clues.”

Recently released on Steam with pretty good reviews and only $1.

[Buy on Steam] | [Visit the Website]

via /r/gamedev

Monarch Black

developed by Mirrorfish Media

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“In Monarch Black players become a butterfly to explore changing abstract procedural environments filled with laser firing insects. Fly unconstrained through drowned cities and snowy forests to find glowing pollen grains. As you progress you’ll unlock new weapons and capabilities to evolve your avatar and fly deeper into this strange and beautiful world.”

In development for PC, Mac, & Linux, and scheduled to release in 2016. All game development, art, music, design etc. is done by one person.

[Visit the Website] | [Watch the Trailer]

via SteamStarterSaturday

Day by Day

developed by Maxi and the Gang

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A short story about a dog’s life after its owner leaves to go to war, and the deterioration of the town around it. Day by Day was made for Ludum Dare 34, so it’s a bit buggy and unpolished, but I liked the experience. It should take less than 10 minutes to complete, and might leave you thinking for a while.

“Thousands of men are enlisted to the great war. This is not a story about them, this is a story about those who are waiting for their return.”

[Download on Ludum Dare]

via Alpha Beta Gamer

Also some of the gifs were made using a playthrough on the Alpha Beta Gamer Youtube channel.

Happy New Year! I didn’t think many people would be around today, so no real posts. I decided to steal a gif from Mazeon, who you should definitely give a follow if you like pixel art.

Thanks for all the support over the last year. My blog doesn’t exist without awesome game devs and I’m hoping that we’ll keep improving together in 2016.

Stay safe everyone!