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Overland
Strategy 19 September 2019
Overland is a survival strategy game developed by Finji. The game takes place in a not-so-distant future where an unspecified cataclysm devastated the North American continent. We lead an constantly changing group of survivors who, traveling by car, are trying to reach their destination. Gameplay focuses on survival. We will be forced to make many difficult decisions as we play.
Human Resource Machine
Puzzle 15 October 2015
Another game by Tomorrow Corporation, combining the mechanics of logic games with a rather serious topic (rarely occurs in the genre) and unique visuals. The player assumes the role of a corporate worker who begins their long way to the top, having taken up the lowest job position on the 1st floor. Each in-game level represents a year of work in the corporation, when the protagonist has to complete a certain task from their superior.
Standpoint
Puzzle 05 March 2015
Standpoint is a first-person logic game developed by Unruly Attractions, inspired by the movement mechanics of Xenomorphs in Alien vs. Predator. In Standpoint, we will explore the game's location and solve logic puzzles and riddles using the aforementioned mechanics. Each surface can become the floor, and each obstacle can turn into a useful object if we just change the orientation of the scene in the right way. A mysterious narrator leads us around the rooms.
H. P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Adventure TBA
A horror adventure based on H.P. Lovecraft's famous prose 'The case of Charles Dexter Ward'. We play the role of a mad character who discovers that he is in a straight line a descendant of the infamous Joseph Curven - an alchemist and cabbalist who came with Salem and made a pact with unclean forces.
Drive!Drive!Drive!
Racing 13 December 2016
A unusual racing game by Different Cloth. In Drive!Drive!Drive!, you participate in drag races taking place on various tracks and featuring various drivers, with the option to switch between the races whenever you want to. When you drive a car, the other drivers are controlled by the AI. However, they are a bunch of idiots with poor skills and a tendency for making the worst of choices.
Xeodrifter
Action 11 December 2014
A typical example of a metroidvania game. It was developed by an independent American studio Renegate Kid. The player assumes the role of a lone astronaut who is tasked with exploring the surface of four dangerous planets. Although the player can visit each planet from the beginning of the game (by using a spaceship), it is quickly revealed that, in order to reach hardly accessible places, they must first obtain various upgrades.
Event[0]
Adventure 14 September 2016
A first-person science-fiction adventure game focusing on the relations between a human being and a machine. Due to an unspecified course of events, the protagonist finds himself alone aboard the Nautilus - an abandoned space vessel which is heading in unknown direction. With the help of the on-board Artificial Intelligence, the protagonist has to survive and find out what really happened here. However, cooperation with the AI is bound to cause some problematic situations.
Eco
Simulation 2024 (early access since 06 February 2018)
Eco is a sandbox game developed by Strange Loop Games. The title features an advanced ecosystem simulation. The players' actions have direct impact on the environment and unwise exploitation might lead to the collapse of the whole biome.
Trapped Dead: Lockdown
RPG 20 March 2015
Developed by Bigmoon Entertainment, Trapped Dead: Lockdown is an action RPG with a top-down perspective and is a continuation of the 2010 tactical RTS - Trapped Dead. The game takes the players to a small American town overrun by hordes of the living dead. The player assumes the role of one of the five available characters tasked with getting into the city before it is locked down by the army. Upon reaching the town, one literally has to hack his way through all the zombies that cross his path.
The Coma
Adventure 19 October 2015
A survival horror action adventure game and the debut production of Devespresso Games. In The Coma, we assume the role of a high school student by the name of Youngho who falls asleep during his final exam and having woken up, he discovers that it’s nighttime and everyone has long since left the classroom. It turns out that some sinister force has overrun the school and won’t stop until the student is dead.
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China
Simulation 29 May 2017
An arcade flight simulator set in Southeastern Asia during the Second World War. It was developed by Ace Maddox - a Swedish game-making studio. The plot is based on historical events and the game tells a story of a secret combat squad of volunteers standing up for China against Japan's aggression. The game is characterized by arcade flight physics, focusing on spectacular aerial acrobatics and shooting in the TrazerTime mode which slows down the passage of time.
Fort Meow
Puzzle 25 June 2015
An original hybrid of a logic and arcade game, developed by Upper Class Walrus. In Fort Meow, the player assumes the role of a red-haired girl that visits the residence of her mysterious family. In one of the rooms, the girl finds a journal kept by her grandfather, who used it to describe his adventures. After his death, grandma has begun to feed and shelter numerous cats – for some reason, the animals are persistent on not letting the girl read the journal.
Fingered
Puzzle 18 August 2015
A two-dimensional logic game developed by Edmund McMillen (in cooperation with James Id) - the creator of such acclaimed titles as Super Meat Boy or The Binding of Isaac. The player takes on the role of a police officer and their goal is to point to the person who committed the crime, based on inconclusive testimony.
A Boy and His Blob
Arcade 19 January 2016
A re-imagining of a 2D platform puzzle game for Wii and NDS, which is a remake of a classic hit originally published in 1989 for Famicom (NES). The game tells the story of a boy and his bizarre, jelly-like fella called Blobert. He needs to find a way to save his planet Blobolonia from an evil emperor, who imposes an unusual diet on his people - composed entirely of sweets.
Prune
Puzzle 23 July 2015
A minimalistic logic game developed by the independent studio Polyculture, led by Joel McDonald. Gameplay comes down to trimming a tree branch and shaping it so that it can reach the sunniest spot. To make matters more difficult, you will come across a number of obstacles and dangers, so your priority is the plant’s safety, not its high growth rate. 2D visuals of Prune are kept in a neat, minimalistic style accompanied by calm, ambient music. The title features simple, intuitive controls.
God's Trigger
Action 18 April 2019
A game that combines shooter and hack and slash mechanics. It was created by One More Level - a Polish developer popular for Warlocks vs Shadows. The protagonist is called Zoran and he is a veteran of the Balkan Wars, who escapes from war atrocities to New York. To serve his penance, he becomes a local priest. Unfortunately, once it turns out that ruthless mobsters have become a threat to the people he serves, Zoran decides to bring justice the hard way.
Hyper Void
Arcade 10 February 2015
Hyper Void is an arcade shoot’em up game inspired by the classics like Gradius, Salamander, Nemesis, Xeon 2: Megablast and Tempest. The game was developed by two brothers from the independent studio IN|Framez and is their first big production. We play as a spaceship pilot who travels through subspace tunnels. Our ship, which constantly moves forward, is presented from a third-person perspective. Controls are limited to steering right or left as we face numerous enemies.
Nova-111
Adventure 25 August 2015
An unusual adventure game by Funkatronic Labs, combining elements of platformer and turn-based strategy productions. The plot of Nova-111 revolves around the effects of an experiment conducted by 111 ingenious scientists from an alternate world, where time flows in turns. The result of their actions is an anomaly that merged both worlds. As a pilot of the research vessel Nova, we have to find and rescue the scientists and to remove the anomaly to separate the dimensions.
The Endless Cylinder
Adventure TBA
The Endless Cylinder is an independent project of Carlos Bordeu, one of the founders of the ACE Team. In this surreal adventure game we play the role of a small and helpless creature who travels through a dangerous planet.
Gunpowder
Puzzle 31 March 2015
Gunpowder is a puzzle game set in the Wild West where players have to carefully plan and create an explosion. The game's plot loosely refers to the legend of Robin Hood. A rich businessman called Grimshaw intends to build a railway all the way through a small town, not caring about the fate of its citizens. A lone vigilante Incendio, equipped only with a barrel of gunpowder and his cunning, stands up for them. The game offers 150 diversified levels, each of them being split into 5 chapters.
N.E.R.O: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure
Adventure 15 May 2015
Developed by the debuting independent studio Storm in a Teacup, an unusual first-person adventure game, the visuals of which are strongly connected with the plot and mechanics. The action of N.E.R.O. takes place in a surreal world that is projected in a little boy’s mind. The uniqueness of the title comes from omnipresent bioluminescence – dark sceneries are lighted up by bright, phosphorescent objects that at the same time serve as a kind of road signs.
Party Hard
Strategy 25 August 2015
A brutal action game in retro style, developed as a commercial edition of a project for Global Game Jam. The title was created by an independent studio PinoklGames from Ukraine. During the game you assume the role of a man who is clearly dissatisfied with his neighbors disrupting the quiet night hours and decides to seek revenge against them. Instead of calling the cops, the protagonist joins one of the night parties in order to brutally murder every guest.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
RPG 23 April 2015
The work of a one-man Canadian studio Brace Yourself Games in the form of a unique independent production that combines features of seemingly contrasting elements of a roguelike RPG and a dancing game. Crypt of the NecroDancer lets us play as a girl named Cadence, who sets on a journey to find her missing father. It leads her to the mysterious crypt ruled by an evil demon known as NecroDancer. It casts an unusual curse on the protagonist, making her heart always beat in rhythm of a music.
Divide by Sheep
Puzzle 02 July 2015
An original arcade logic game with a bit of mathematics and dark humor, created by a duo of Russian developers. The player’s objective is to save herds of sheep from flooding caused by The Grim Reaper. We have to throw the sheep across a series of small islands so they can reach rescue dinghies. Each of the islands can only hold a certain amount of animals, so to use them efficiently, some basic mathematics will be needed.