2014 Competition Entrants

by Heather D. Freeman
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"Denisovan" is a fictional imagining of a girl who died 40,000 years ago, published as an animated and interactive artist's book for iPhone/iPad and Android mobile devices.

The story was inspired by the genomic mapping of a contemporary of early humans and Neanderthal, the denisovan hominin. A tooth and finger bone from a single individual were found in a cave in Siberia, and paleogeneticists were able to determine that they had discovered a whole new hominid. We know that the denisovan girl had brown hair and eyes, but we can only speculate about her relationship to her family members, and how parent child relationships may have evolved in the last 40,000 years.

by Zoe Quinn, Patrick Lindsey, Isaac Schankler
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Depression Quest is an interactive fiction game where you play as someone living with depression. You are given a series of everyday life events and have to attempt to manage your illness, relationships, job, and possible treatment. This game aims to show other sufferers of depression that they are not alone in their feelings, and to illustrate to people who may not understand the illness the depths of what it can do to people.

by Digital Confectioners + Depth Team
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Depth is a competitive multi player game which blends heart pounding hide-and-seek game play and visceral action in a dark aquatic world.

Divers must explore the dark, deep oceans for valuable treasure while fending off attacks from a ravenous shark. The shark hides and bides its time to find an opportune window of attack.

by Loren Bednar
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You are controlling a research craft currently in orbit. Using the craft's various systems, you will gather resources, survive a variety of hazards and hopefully land on the Planet's surface.

It is a fast-paced pseudo sim where your reflexes determine the craft's success or failure.

by Nerd Monkeys
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An adventure game inspired by the classic point and click adventures from the 80's and 90's. It adopts these eras characteristically design and it is built using only the pixel art technique. The game itself runs at a native resolution of 256x192, the same resolution used by the old ZX Spectrum 48k and most recently by the Nintendo DS.

A strange murder has occurred in the Hotel Lisbon, a man committed suicide with 14 stabs to the back while at the same time he peacefully drank his coffee. This case with contradictory facts was too complex for Policeman Garcia to solve, so he decided to hire the only detective duo in town capable of solving it: the mythical Detective Case and the unmistakable Clown Bot.
Together, they will solve a network of love relations so complex and so intricate, that it would take at least 14 clairvoyants, 5 apocalyptic sect prophets who can predict the end of the world and 3 of those gypsies that can read the palm of your hand just to guess the final outcome.

by SFB Games
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A brand new mystery adventure game.
Hunt through the beautifully hand-painted swamp for clues, interrogate the cast of fully voiced and animated suspects, solve puzzles and uncover the secret of the swamp!

Detective Grimoire is a charming and mysterious adventure, featuring a variety of strange and unique interactions with the bizarre residents of the swamp, a compelling and challenging murder mystery to solve, and an original award nominated soundtrack.

by Simogo
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A surreal thriller in which the written word is your map, as well as your narrator.

DEVICE 6 plays with the conventions of games and literature, entwines story with geography and blends puzzle and novella, to draw players into an intriguing mystery of technology and neuroscience.

Anna wakes up in a castle on a remote island, with little recollection of how she got there. All she remembers is an unusually unpleasant doll.

Why are there two identical castles on the island? Who is the mysterious man in the bowler hat? And above all, what is the purpose of the tests Anna is put through?

Read, listen and peek into three-dimensional photographs to solve the strange riddles of DEVICE 6.

by Secret Base Pte Ltd
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Devil's Dare is a multiplayer retro 2D arcade zombie beat'em up, complete with beautiful 8bit pixels. A love letter to the classic 90s goodness, the game features parodies of classic games heroes fighting against classic horror movies monsters.

Unlike many of the modern beat'em up that goes in the casual / grinding direction, Devil's Dare focus much more on combat, drawing inspiration from classic Capcom beat'em up or Sega's Streets of Rage.

by Beau James Games
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As Chomp, eat creatures smaller than her and grow larger and larger in size in a frenetic vertical free-fall to attain that coveted high score. Two gameplay modes and a variety of powerups allow for a unique arcade experience with no single playthrough being exactly the same. The audio and visuals were created as a marriage between blocky retro and a crisp, colorful modern style that really set the mood for the casual all-ages gameplay.

by Dan FitzGerald & Lisa Bromiel
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A well fed dog is a fast dog.
Remember this, and your team will be unstoppable.

With a dogsledding team of your very own, enter randomized races to earn money so you can climb to higher leagues, buy new gear, build reputation, and hire dogs, whose skills will grow if they're treated right.

Dog Sled Saga has simple, pick-up-and-play interaction, but also deep systems for dedicated players to uncover. Race with your unique team of dogs. Each dog's speed is hindered by hunger. Lob a limited supply of food to them to keep at full speed. Hazards on the track await.

Dog Sled Saga was funded by 1,021 backers on Kickstarter in May 2013. It is set to release for desktop and mobile devices in December 2013. It is made with libGDX.

by Brain&Brain
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Doggins is an iPad adventure game following a dreaming terrier's battle of wits with a monocled squirrel bent on reversing human progress. The game features a fresh art style with hand-crafted animation, minimal intrusion on the player's experience, and classic gameplay re-imagined for the iPad's touch capabilities.

Doggins is the debut game of husband and wife team Brain&Brain, set to release by the end of the year.

by Deirdra Kiai Productions
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Dominique Pamplemousse is an interactive musical comedy in stop motion, in which the titular protagonist is a down-on-their-luck private investigator of ambiguous gender only one rent payment away from homelessness. When the CEO of a major record company shows up asking Dominique to locate a missing pop star, taking the job appears to be the straightforward thing to do. However, as things are never quite as they seem in these kinds of stories, Dominique winds up framed for a crime they didn't commit, bringing to surface their mysterious past and the events that led them to take up shady detective work in the first place.

by Oooweeooo Inc.
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Face off against friends in this fast-paced action/strategy game. Draw back on your cannon to aim, release to fire, and tap to detonate. Use explosions to push your opponents off ledges and into holes. But be careful, every detonation can send you sliding! Watch for the plane that drops fun power-ups – and a few nasty surprises. Last one standing wins!

Don't Fall in the Hole was developed by a team of 3 with the goal of creating a game that could bring friends and families together around a tablet. Built from the ground up for large format touch screens, Don't Fall in the Hole features same-screen multiplayer for up to 4 players.

by Silverware Games
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Your bullets are your worst enemy in Don't Shoot Yourself!, a unique new puzzle shoot-'em-up for iOS devices with an original game mechanic. Use one finger to move the hero around the screen while constantly firing bullets, avoiding your deadly ammunition to stay alive! Sounds easy right? Think again: you'll need quick reflexes and some creative strategy to reach the next fiendishly designed level.

by Klei Entertainment
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Don't Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic.

You play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.

Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land.

by Backpedal Games
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"Don't Wake the Bear" is a multiplayer game designed to be played on a single gaming device by up to 8 players at a time. The game can be played with friends and family, young and old, in any social space -- ideally, at a party.

It's a strategic "hot potato" game, where you must take turns passing around the device and dropping items on a sleeping bear. Some items agitate the bear, while others soothe it. If the bear wakes up during your turn, then you will be eaten. The last one remaining is the winner.

The story: You and your friends have gone camping and become trapped in a cave. The exit is blocked by a ferocious sleeping bear. Who will get out alive? You, your friend or the bear? It's survival of the fittest.

by Mike Karklin
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This is a prototype game based on my experiences sleepwalking, It's a 2-D HTML5 platformer. You play as a man struggling with his own mind and a heavy addiction to soda. Avoid enemies or kill them with the dash attack in order to get to the exit at the end of the level. One soda can gives you one dash attack, with a maximum of five at once. They don't carry over to the next level.

Visit http://mikekarklin.com for more content and check out more of Dana Fowler's music at http://danafowlerandthe.bandcamp.com/

by Petit Fabrik
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Help Dr. Math to reach his number by picking up the right mathematic operations with his robot-car.

by Grimm Bros
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Dragon Fin Soup is a spicy RPG that blends together roguelike elements & deeply flawed characters with tales of murder, madness and a splash of dark humorous libation.

Dragon Fin Soup Key Ingredients:
- Gorgeous HD Characters and World
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Tactical Decision Making
- Deep RPG Combat systems
- Unique storylines per Character
- Fairy tale inspired world and setting

Planned additional features Include...
- Variety of scripted and randomly generated missions including rescue, escort, and other roguish adventures
- Fishing & Digging
- Extensive Crafting
- Various Magic and Abilities
- Tons of new dungeons and foes
- Interactive elements, triggers, keys
- Shops to buy and sell items
- Cool pets and NPC for hire
- Consumable items, potions, food, meds

by Tianyu Wang
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Go on a daring adventure with your team of dragons to compete against other dragon forces while exploring an uncharted island. Collect new cards to set up teams to take advantage of the weaknesses in your opponent and raise your power level, then use the bones you've collected to purchase upgrades to help you defeat your tougher foes.

by East Side Games
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Ancient destiny? Or lazy witch? Whatever the reason, you have been tasked with rebuilding a Legendary Dragon Roost and unlocking the secrets of the Forbidden Door of Mystery!

Hatch, feed, and entertain delightful dragons to build your legendary dragon roost! Send happy dragons on trips and they will reward you by barfing up gold coins or even a rare treasure. Equip dragons with treasures to send them on bigger and better trips! More features include:

● Play with dozens of unique dragons like the Grim and Fat Dragons
● Enchant Dragon Eggs to hatch the perfect Dragon!
● Collect colorful foods from villagers and grow your Dragon Roost!
● Over 100 magical treasures to collect and craft!
● Equip dragons with their favorite treasures for bigger and better rewards!
● Free trapped Dragons from behind the Mysterious Door of Mystery and raise your dragon family!

So hatch a Hippy Dragon, play catch with a Commando Dragon, and if you're lucky, maybe even pet a Pug Dragon…in Dragon Up!

by RobotHydra Pty Ltd / Stephen Wheadon
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DreadChase is a 6 degrees of freedom combat/stealth game set in space. You are protecting your warp-capable base from a massive hostile armada that is searching for you. If the hostile fleet gets close enough and detects your base then they will lay siege to it. To survive you must stay ahead of them, disrupting enemy outposts, stealing crucial supplies and trying to outrun their ships. Survive long enough and you may be able to identify vulnerabilities in the pursuing fleet!

DreadChase is balanced by consequences instead of scarcity. Attacking hostile forces and structures in a direct assault can prove effective yet will provoke a dangerous response. Sneaking around with minimal thruster correction and disrupting subsystems can be equally effective though difficult to execute. DreadChase accommodates a wide range of playstyles in catering for both full covert and overt gameplay.

by Digital Happiness
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DreadOut is like playing game inside Asian Horror Movie, When a group of high school students stray from their vacation trip, they discover an old deserted town. They begin to realize that something sinister is happening as soon as they enter the town. Linda, as the main protagonist, feels the stirrings of a strange and mystical power within herself. This spiritual power just might be the only way to save herself and her friends from an unknown evil.

Linda has lots of modern gadgets at her disposal including smartphones, digital cameras, and digital video cameras. With these instruments she can interact with and capture the various kinds of unique South East Asian Ghosts that you will have never seen before, and also solve the many varied puzzles of the deserted town.

by Cat Nigiri
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An action game that relies on precision skills to get you into a breathtaking journey to outer space and beyond.

Flipping out from the waterfall's edge into an air jump is the starting line to this delightful experience. Get challenged to travel far away into the sea of imagination. Meet a multitude of funny and weird creatures that will help you to go even further into the stuff dreams are made of.

by Beatshapers/TeamA
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DreamBreak sends us to alternative reality cold war USSR vs USA times and its spy games. The truth is really out there.


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DreamEscape is a 2D platforming game where the player plays a child in his dreams. The controls of the game are as follows:
left/right arrows: movement
shift + left/right arrows: run
space: jump
A: hug

The overall goal of DreamEscape is to explore the concept of alternative conflict resolution. If you don't have to kill the enemies, then could you find a way to befriend them? We have worked hard over the course of the past month to make this as feature complete as possible. We hope that you enjoy all the effort that we have put into this.

Thank you,

Roland Jarvis & Jacob North

by Etter
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Three builders have to work together to build a tower. Drei is a game about skill, logic and collaboration. It connects players across the world, to help each other in the battle against gravity.

by Celsius Game Studios
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Drifter is an open-world sandbox space trading game with a procedurally-generated galaxy 100,000 light years across made up of tens of thousands of star systems to explore and features an original soundtrack by composer Danny Baranowsky. Take on the role of a spaceship captain attempting to eke out a living among the stars by trading goods between star systems, hunting pirates for bounties, mining asteroids for valuable ore, or even becoming a pirate yourself. The choice is yours!

by Instant Kingdom
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The beautiful, enchanted world of Driftmoon trembles in the shadow of a forgotten evil, for the dark King Ixal is again gathering his forces.

Hope lies in an unlikely alliance: A young man joins forces with a little firefly dreaming of stardom, a panther queen with the ego of a moon whale, and a very determined fellow who's lost everything but his bones, and still hasn't given up. Knowing nothing of the amazing adventures and the fearsome foes that await them, the party embarks on a journey like no other.

Driftmoon is an adventure-roleplaying game, full of exploration, smiles and surprises, captivating stories and quests, charming characters, and countless delightful details.

by Soldak Entertainment
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Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.

by Kumobius + Tim Shiel
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Duet is a hypnotic mobile action game with a mesmerizingly beautiful soundtrack by Melbourne composer and
Gotye multi-instrumentalist Tim Shiel.

Enter a mesmerising trance of co-dependence in a minimalist experience that will expand the limits of your perception and radial dexterity.

by CHUDCHUD Industries
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Dumpster Dive! is a mobile game about pizza, punks, trash, and tapes. You play as a 'pixel punk' gathering pizza while avoiding trash and broken bottles on your descent into a procedurally generated bottomless dumpster. The game features bratty tunes by various DIY punk/metal/crust/garage bands that you unlock by gathering cassette tapes on your dive.

by Sebastian Wolfram (Company Pending)
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Dungeon Colony is a 2D fantasy real-time strategy game in which you take control over a Dungeon Lord and his loyal Minions to explore and build a Dungeon and save your colony from the brink of extinction. Command your Minions to dig out tunnels and rooms, craft items from resources they collect, and set up traps to defend your new home against greedy heroes. The mountain harnesses powerful magic that has the potential to give you control over the lands around you. But it's up to you to uncover its secrets before you are overrun by your enemies.

by Jigxor
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Dungeon Dashers is an action packed, turn-based, co-operative dungeon crawler, bringing the enjoyment of a tabletop board game with friends to the PC. Dungeon Dashers streamlines the core dungeon crawler experience to its essentials, for an intense, loot-grabbing adventure.

While Dungeon Dashers is primarily a turn-based game, it's designed so that it can be played at quite a fast pace.

by Cube Roots
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Dungeon Hearts fuses the strategy and pattern matching of puzzle games with the kinetic pace of action games. Align magical runes as they flow along the Fatestream to attack, defend, and conjure magic in frenetic battles against a bestiary of fantastic creatures out to use those same runes against you. Chain together multiple attacks and unleash powerful combos or call upon each hero's special attacks to devastate your enemies to survive the twists and turns of Dungeon Heart's evolving gameplay. Strike down all that stand in your way and level up your brave warriors as each foe grows more powerful than the last, culminating in the final battle with The Dark One himself!

- Puzzle/RPG Hybrid – Quickly align runes within the rapid match-three puzzle system to wield devastating attacks, defend against enemy offensives, and unleash multi-hero combos.

- The Fatestream – Plan your strategy under pressure with dozens of different runes linked to each hero and defend against powerful attacks and dreaded hexes cast by enemies against your heroes.

- Four Unique Heroes – Balance the individual skills of each hero and level them up to unlock and unleash a dozen different special powers for new attacks, healing magic, and time-altering spells.

- Limitless Adventure – Face a randomly generated battle sequence with every new adventure and battle against a bestiary of over 40 creatures and 7 bosses lurking around ten unique environments.

- Brimming with Secrets – Each defeated enemy reveals a sliver of the world's lore and the heroes' history.

- A Vibrant Soundscape – Unlock 4 bonus soundtracks, each in a different musical genre.

by Amplitude Studios
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Dungeon of the Endless is a fresh mix of Rogue-Like and Tower-Defense, with a pinch of Dungeon Keeper and RPG : it's a Rogue-Like Dungeon Defense!

The player and its team must protect the generator on their crashed ship while exploring, conquering and defending an ever-expending randomly generated dungeon. The heroes will have to deal with their conflictual pasts while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out.

Prepare to die and retry!

by Games With Dragons In
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Oh, no! Dragon's girlfriend has been kidnapped by the mean king and it's up to you to help him rescue her! Fight your way through knights, scholars, and experimental soldiers to save the day in time to get home for Dragon's favorite TV court show.

dʒrægɛn - A Game About a Dragon is an exploration-adventure masquerading as a platformer RPG. There are mooks to fight, levels to gain, and bosses to conquer, sure, but really it's about searching through the levels and using your different breath types to find and reach hidden treasures. Enjoy a relaxing experience in a completely hand-drawn world with a soundtrack composed by the brilliant Zack Parrish.

by DigiPen Team Doppelgangers
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Echo Knights is an arena-style shoot 'em up game where up to 4
players compete against each other to be the last one standing.
Echoes of player's past will either assist or hinder them at the
start of each game. It is up to players to plan ahead and make full
use of their past to influence their future.

Chng Shi Rong - Game Director (Game Design, Level Design, Artist)
Tan Weisheng - Lead Game Designer (Player Mechanics, Echo Mechanics, Physics)
Soh Yi Heng - Producer (Level Editor, Object Manager)
Lionel Lim - Assistant Producer (Collisions, Picking, Physics)
Andre Pong Yu Xuan - Art Director (Artist, Game Design)
Tan Zhe Xing - Technical Director (Engine Architecture, Debug tools, Graphics)
Andrew Ang - Lead Programmer (Graphics, Animation)
Yee Zong Han - Test Manager (General Game Logic, UI Design)

by Quad Arrow
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EF-12 is a fully modifiable 3D fighting game engine that allows you to replace almost every aspect, from characters to stages to UI elements.

by Minor Key Games
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Eldritch is a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

* Unearth ancient secrets and find your way to freedom!
* Sneak, fight, and explore strange worlds!
* Invoke mystical powers to augment your play style!
* Randomly generated levels provide fresh challenges and opportunities!
* Unlock shortcuts to jump directly to deeper dungeons!

by Michael Todd Games
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Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles. Described as "The Unholy merging of Super Meat Boy & Super Hexagon!"

by Dejobaan Games (with Popcannibal)
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They sent a poet.

The scientists, historians, and statesmen never arrived.
Three worlds, each home to a long-dead civilization.
You must be the speaker for these ancient peoples.
Write whatever you are moved to by their landscapes.
Write to share the joys and sorrows buried in their rubble.
Write what you can imagine of their origins, existence, and fates.

Your word is all that keeps these worlds from being forgotten.

by I-Illusions
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Element4l is an immersive and experimental platform game, with a strong focus on flow and smooth gameplay, wrapped in an exceptional soundtrack by MindTree.

In Element4l, you control four elements who are bound together on a journey to shape life. Your only hindrances are nature and the sun. It takes a different, experimental approach to classic platform games and challenges you to rearrange your reflexes.

Element4l is a challenge. The first time you play it, you will struggle... just like the first time you've learned how to ride a bike.

by Aaron Steed
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Ending is a single player turn based puzzle game about movement and death.

by Bigpants
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Smash through an ever changing, ever twisting, concrete tunnel.
Prison... or protection?

by Mahdi Bahrami and Moslem Rasouli
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Engare is a game about movement of objects.

by Metal Dragon Entertainment
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Imagine being forced to marry the man that might have killed your parents 15 years ago. This is the main premise of our Visual Novel Enigmarella. Set in 1899 Europe, it is a story about coming of age, murder and mystery all with a steampunk flavor.

Enigmarella is an interactive novel (visual novel), where you (the player), embody the protagonist of a series of events that present decisions to make affecting both, the outcome and the body of the story.

by The Domaginarium
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Enola is a horror/adventure game about love, hate, and death. You play as a young girl on a mysterious place, looking for her missing girlfriend. However, as you explore this world, you find there is something dark and evil lurking in the shadows.

As you uncover the secrets, you learn the game is driven by its story and characters, and that survival is only one of its elements. Enola is not the kind of game that 'frights' you; we want it to emotionally hurt you and stick with you.

by SemiFormal Studios
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An MMO, sandbox, strategy RPG in the browser. Collect resources, build cities, make allies, capture territory, and corner the economy.