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There Was A Caveman by Aamatniekss – a prehistoric action platformer where you get to relive beating up dinosaurs, a favourite human past time prior to dinosaur extinction.

[Vote on Greenlight]  |  [IndieGoGo]

December 23, 2014
  • games
  • obscure
  • pixel art
  • platformer

Manifold Garden (formerly Relativity)

developed by Willy Chyr


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A mind bending puzzle and exploration game set in an Escher-like world.  Switch gravity and turn walls into floors.  Check out these SIX (6) different perfectly looping banner gifs all in one place.  The brain smiles.

December 22, 2014
  • ps4
  • puzzle

A little addition.  A beautiful indie track by James Abels, which he composed while using the image below as inspiration.  

Image by Zellim on deviantART

The track is available on GameDev Market if you’re interested in using it, or contact @jamesabels.  Let me know, would you like to see more from indie game music composers?

December 22, 2014
  • gamedev
  • games
  • music

Bard to the Future by Battlebard Games – travel through time to discover a lost treasure in this side scrolling 2D platformer.  There are also pirates and cyborg ninjas.

[Steam]

December 22, 2014
  • gamedev
  • games
  • obscure
  • platformer
  • screenshot

Modulus : Phase One by Alexander Womack – a space RTS featuring custom fleets and dynamic destruction.  Lots of bullets and explosions.

[IndieDB]

December 21, 2014
  • obscure
  • rts
  • screenshot
  • space

Dr. Spacezoo by Smash/Riot – a space time attack shmup where you rescue SPACE ANIMALS from a SPACE ZOO.  Also, cats! 

Here’s last week’s screenshot caturday post.

[Vote on Greenlight!]  | [Gamejolt]

December 20, 2014
  • caturday
  • gamedev
  • obscure
  • screenshot
  • shmup
  • space

Shallow Space by mawhrin skel – a real time 3D RTS set in space, in the same vein as something like Homeworld.  Which…I still haven’t played.  Sshhhh.

December 19, 2014
  • 3d
  • gamedev
  • obscure
  • photogenic
  • rts
  • screenshot
  • space

Special Delivery by Play Em Games – a mobile game that takes the gameplay of Flappy Bird -WAIT DON’T GO – includes crisp art, and adds the concept of delivering babies.  Inspired by the dev and his wife’s experience with a difficult pregnancy, which I thought was really interesting.

[Google Play]  |  [PC Version]

December 18, 2014
  • gamedev
  • games
  • mobile
  • obscure
  • screenshot

Argentum Age by Frogatto, Fernando Angelo & Lu/Niko – a collectable card game that uses a strategic board, with deliciously creepy card art.

December 17, 2014
  • gamedev
  • games
  • obscure
  • screenshot

Neptune, Have Mercy by Octopodo – a procedurally generated submarine rogue-like.  Explore the depths, solving puzzles, upgrading your submarine, avoiding creepy hentai tentacles.   Really lovely animations that tumblr hates.

Monster animation high res gif.

Creepy touchy feely tentacles high res gif.

[IndieDB]

December 16, 2014
  • 3d
  • gamedev
  • games
  • obscure
  • roguelite
  • screenshot
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