Tag: exploration

ABZÛ

developed by Giant Squid | Platforms: Windows, PS4

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“A beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.”

“Perform fluid acrobatics as the Diver using graceful swimming controls. Discover hundreds of unique species based on real creatures and form a powerful connection with the abundant sea life. Interact with schools of thousands of fish that procedurally respond to you, each other, and predators”

[Buy on Steam] | [Visit the Website] | [Follow on Tumblr]

The Solus Project

developed by Sjoerd De Jong & Grip Digital | Platforms: Windows, Xbox One

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“A single player exploration adventure with survival elements.”

“Earth has been destroyed and mankind lingers on in a small fleet of ships near Pluto. As humanity’s last hope, you are sent to scout a distant planet as a potential location for a colony. After years of space travel disaster strikes however, and your ship is destroyed when approaching the planet…”

“Survive through exploration, and unlock the mysteries of Gliese-6143-C.”

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

via /r/IndieGaming

ADR1FT

developed by Three One Zero, published by 505 Games | Platforms: Windows, VR

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“An immersive First Person Experience (FPX) that tells the story of an astronaut in peril. Floating silently amongst the wreckage of a destroyed space station with no memory and a severely damaged EVA suit slowly leaking oxygen, the only survivor struggles to determine the cause of the catastrophic event that took the lives of everyone on board. The player fights to stay alive by exploring the wreckage for precious resources, and overcomes the challenges of an unforgiving environment to repair the damaged EEV and safely return home.”

Out on Steam today. They’ve talked about entertaining the idea of including a mode where you can hang around in space and just chill. That would be really cool, I’d looove to make some space cinemagraphs.

[Buy on Steam] | [Visit the Website]

DownWind

developed by DownWind Team | Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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“A game about a leaf who must brave the forest it once called home in search for a way to leave. Using the wind to glide and using forest ladybugs to soar higher, the leaf must overcome the many threats the forest presents.”

“With a sizable narrative spanning multiple, beautiful locations, this is the story of a little leaf on a big journey.”

[Vote on Steam Greenlight] | [Visit the Website]

via /r/gamedev

The Flame in the Flood

developed by The Molasses Flood | Platforms: Windows, Mac, Xbox One

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“A rogue-lite river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

“Travel by foot and by raft down a procedurally-generated river as you scrounge for resources, craft tools, remedy afflictions, evade the vicious wildlife, and most importantly, stay ahead of the coming rains.”

It’s out on Steam and Xbox One today. Love the art direction.

[Buy on Steam] | [Buy on Xbox Store]

Fan art by Patrick Macchi

Deliver Us The Moon

developed by KeokeN Interactive

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“A survival/exploration adventure where a rogue astronaut from the WSA embarks on a do-or-die mission to the moon to save mankind from a rapidly depleting earth.”

“During your adventure, you will encounter a small flying robot called ASE. This little fellow will accompany you throughout your lunar endeavors. ASE will help you get through hazardous zones and help you face the dangers the moon has in store for you.”

Deliver Us the Moon is an episodic story driven game and will consist of 5 episodes, the first of which will be released in August 2016 (and the last one a year later). If you’d like to take a peek, you can download the space station and explore various in game exhibits from the link below.

[Back on Kickstarter] | [Follow on Steam] | [Download WSA Space Station]

Firewatch

developed by Campo Santo | Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, & PS4

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“A single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness.

“The year is 1989. You are a man named Henry who has retreated from his messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Perched high atop a mountain, it’s your job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe. An especially hot, dry summer has everyone on edge. Your supervisor Delilah is available to you at all times over a small, handheld radio—your only contact with the world you’ve left behind.”

Firewatch is out today! I’m going to start playing through it tomorrow and put together a nice set of gifs like I did for Journey. Unfortunately I pulled my back (getting old) so it might be slow going for a while before I get everything organized. Can’t wait to dive in though.

[Buy on Steam] | [Visit the Website] | [Follow on Tumbr]

Jenny LeClue – Detectivu

developed by mografi | Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, PS4

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“A handmade, 2D, exploration based, adventure game with a focus on story, character, and mystery.”

“Jenny LeClue is a coming of age tale. Sometimes funny, sometimes scary, always mysterious; it’s a story about finding our strengths, accepting our weaknesses, and the blurred lines between what is right and wrong.”

“This is a game about your choices and how they permanently affect the story. We want to deliver a rich narrative experience about relationships with delightful surprises and interactions. The story also deals with mature themes, complex characters, and an epic tangled mystery. We want you to help guide the direction of Jenny’s journey, within the game itself.”

[Follow on Steam] | [Visit the Website] | [Play teaser demo]

via itch.io

Some gifs made from TheSparrowsJourney let’s play.

Medusa’s Labyrinth

developed by Guru Games | Platform: Windows

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“A first person horror game with stealth elements set in Ancient Greece. Inspired by the mythos of old, we have created a dark world populated by mythological creatures.”

This is a short adventure intended to be released for free in early 2016 in order to gauge interest in a full game.

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via SteamStarterSaturday

Desolus Title Screen

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I really liked the colours, so decided to make a short looping gif. I’ll be doing a full post of Desolus in the future when it’s a bit further along. :) You can take a look at some gameplay in the video below.

“Desolus is a first person puzzle and exploration game where you control a powerful black hole to absorb and redirect energy from elemental stars.”

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