2019 Competition Entrants

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by Ninja Bear Studios
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H is a fast-paced local multiplayer arena brawler where the only way for the players to interact with each other is by manipulating the grid all players are standing on. The grid will be a player's best friend as well as their worst enemy.

Dodge each of the stages obstacles while also avoiding being hit by other players in order to be crowned King of the match!

by Below The Game
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Are you fond of fantastic universe? Be sure to experience Haimrik's innovative and thrilling medieval adventure. As you inmersive yourself in the game you will discover that Haimrik's uniqueness resides in its interactive storytelling and innovative gameplay.

Get ready to embody a young scribe trying to make a living in a medieval town full of warriors, sorcerers, dragons and dragon-riding sorcerer-warriors. But one book changes his whole life. With the help of Masamba, a hungry lioness who will protect him while constantly trying to eat him, he'll venture out to take on the evil king and his elite generals, the Word Warriors.

Make words come to life in this adventure unlike any other! Haimrik blends gameplay with the narrative of its story. Combined with crisp humor and rare visual style, Haimrik's journey is sure to entertain.

by Evil Empire
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A resident suffering from psychosis and depression has lost his touch with reality and is now going on a murderous rampage.

by RocketPunch Games
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HARDCORE MECHA is a high-quality mecha-themed 2D side scroll action shooting game designed to deliver an amazing gaming experience to every player. It contains two big parts: Single-player story mode and Multiplay mode(Local & Online) which allows up to four players to play together.

In single-player story mode, HARDCORE MECHA has many high-quality interactive cut-scenes, diverse roles and hardcore fiction story that mostly based on reality, it offers an immersive story experience to let players fight both by mecha and pilots.

In Multiplay mode, as a 2D battle game, its control is very friendly to players. Also, considering the diversity in mecha design, the traits of flying freely and the ejection function of pilots, HARDCORE MECHA offers more tactical possibilities for players. The distinctive attractiveness of HARDCORE MECHA's Multiplay Mode is the combination of the low threshold of operation and the deep possibilities of tactics. It offers awesome features such as different styles of mechas, diverse roles, elite weapons, unique items, stunning skins, smooth gaming control, and hardcore combat feelings. Deadly unique combination of fighting styles are completely controlled and created by the player. Through various combinations, the player can create their own exclusive fighting styles.

If you are a mecha fan, DO NOT miss HARECORE MECHA!!!

by climou
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Haxor is a 2D platform game with a retro vibe, pixel art graphics, and an excellent chiptune soundtrack.

by Unbound Creations LLC
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Short media bias adventure where YOU control national news and its impact on your career, society, and family. Control the News, Control the Truth. Share your story, and see what the Headliner before you did.

Genetic sickness plagues Novistan. Conspiracy brews among people. You are chief curator of national news channel. You are the HEADLINER. Public opinion rests in your hands.

by IguanaBee
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Hold onto your head with Headsnatchers, a stupidly hectic up-to-4-player local and online multiplayer party-game where you snatch your friends' heads to come out victorious. Because, let's face it, you'll do anything to win.

by Nicolas Gonzalez
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An Arkanoid like game for PC proposed on Steam created by Nicolas Gonzalez featuring 100 stages of color madness with blocks, hearts and cute girls mixed in! Include a level editor as well as the ability to play randomly generated stage.

Meet and play with lots of different girls on stage. While certain are cool with you destroying the blocks, others will try to stop you or even destroy you!

Learn to use and master powerful permanent bonus to help you against this madness of color! Be sure to avoid malus as they will only make your life harder.

by Studio 831
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Hearth is a survival game where the player must feed their life-sustaining fire. How the player uses fire has trade-offs: it can be a weapon and a light source, used for crafting, or fed to the hearth to regain energy. With limited daylight and energy to find fuel, players must carefully manage what to preserve and what to sacrifice.

by Digital Punch
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A retro-inspired beat 'em up adventure game set in a city riddled with crime and corruption. Welcome to Heaven's Point.

by Steady Mushroom Ltd.
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Waste disposal simulator. Operate a questionable waste disposal business.

You have just started your new waste disposal company, but seems that something unusual is happening around you. Bury junk and waste without causing serious environmental disasters. Out of sight, out of mind... or is it?

Features:

● Horrible people
● Dynamic insanity
● Terrible waste management
● Physics-based puzzles
● A narrative story
● Original hand-drawn art
● A game inspired by real-life waste management scandals

by Cogwheel Software (an one-man software house)
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2D action / adventure sci-fi thriller inspired by Aliens & The Thing movies, also Half-Life, Another World games. You command group of explorers deep under the bottom of the ocean. Some strange things are going down there...

by Corey Martin
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Hiding Spot is difficult puzzle game about isolating yourself. It's a 3D grid-based game with a simple goal - build a safe place, huddle up and get cozy.

Things you can do in Hiding Spot:

• Cope your way through dozens of elegant puzzles
• Push and pull your furniture around
• Manage your anxiety
• Make a judgment call about whether you're depressed or just in need of some alone time

Features a relaxing ambient synth score and minimalist voxel art.

by grapefrukt games
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Dig deep underground by shooting balls and breaking blocks, traversing your way to the planet cores. With limited shots per round and some blocks fixed firmly to the wall, thoughtfully strategize and aim for maximum impact. Knock down as many blocks as possible while collecting crystals for upgrades and getting deeper beneath the surface.

by Madowl Games
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Ever wanted to control a bloodthirsty horde of zombies and wreak havoc on cities around
the world? Well now you can! In Horde: Zombie Outbreak the player assumes the role of the
zombies and must overthrow the world by infecting the humans! Each person you infect will
become part of your horde. As your horde grows stronger so to does the human resistance,
the player must use abilities that are linked to certain zombie types to help them fight
through the police, swat and army!

Your infecting journey will start small, but quicker than you can say "brains!" your horde
will be a terrifying un-dead force! Most humans will flee, some will fight and some will even
ram their cars through your precious zombies! Almost everything can be destroyed, smash
peoples homes, total their vehicles and rip apart their favourite hot spots from the inside out.

by AppoxGames
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Hungry FIN is a ocean adventure puzzle game with focus on individual skill.
The idea is to adapt to your environment and progress through a living underwater world where the creatures have their own personality and act their own unique way and solve puzzles to get a better score.

by Jay Tholen, Mike Lasch, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Corey Cochran
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Sleeptime Computing, a new technology allowing users to browse the internet while they sleep, has captured the world's imagination. Hypnospace is the first and most popular Sleeptime service, and they've accepted your application to serve as an Enforcer. As the uncertainties of a new millenium consume the bustling digital metropolis, will you use your new post to help your fellow Hypnospace Citizens or slam them with violations to amass a HypnoCoin fortune?

by Mutant Entertainment Studios
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Do you love opening loot crates, but hate the tedious gameplay sessions in between?
Our marketing department has the game for you!
Unbox random items!
Get stuff, but not what you really want!
Skate legal and ethical lines!
Remember kids, its only a video game, so grab your parents credit card!

I Can't Believe It's Not Gambling skips the boring gameplay part of your game and takes you straight to what you really care about: Opening lootboxes!

Experience the thrill of never getting the thing you really want while getting duplicate loot of the thing you don't really care about!

Features include:

Complete Loot System! Set of trash, common, uncommon, rare, epic, and legendary loot boxes and loot! 6 full tiers of loot boxes in development, with more on the way! Usually we just change the tint!

Massive Collection System! Collect them All! We'll constantly remind you of the fact that your collections are incomplete. Don't worry, you can solve that with more purchases!

Customize it! Loot boxes contain boxes, skins and hats. Boxes unlock... moar boxes! Get hats for your Customized Loot Box Loadout!

by Kate Smith
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I WAS HERE is a first-person narrative game where players get a voyeuristic and intimate look into the lives of others. The player finds themselves in the consciousness of Skye Lockwood, a woman taking a retrospective look into her memories of her high school relationship with her roommate at their all-girls boarding school Greybrook Academy. Players walk through Skye's dorm room and interact with the various objects scattered around the room. Doing so, they recover short audio scenes depicting memories attached to Skye and her girlfriend Olivia's possessions in the room.

by Moregames Entertainment / Gameplay First
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I, Dracula: Genesis is a rogue-like isometric twin-stick shooter, set in a rather unusual universe which combines magic and post-apocalyptic ultra-modern weapons and devices. The main idea is having an awful lot of different weapons and devices and switch between those in real-time.

Procedural generation, lots and lots of upgradeable weapons, spells, perks, gadgets, devices and stuff, enemies, traps, special events and mystic shops. Permadeath – sure. Different playable characters – definitely.

by Joakim Sandberg
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Robin just wants to be a mechanic and help people, but without a license she's a sinner in Mother's eyes. Ever since picking up her wrench, the world has been going nuts and she's wanted to bolt it back together. Now Penance is raining down on everyone she loves and One Concern agents are after her.

But something big is going on – bigger than droughts of Ivory fuel and personal conflicts – and Robin's in the thick of it.

Iconoclasts is the work of indie developer Joakim Sandberg, over seven long years in the making. Iconoclasts delivers awesome action, hilarious hijinks and an emotional rollercoaster of deeply personal storytelling.

by ub4q
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if not us tells the story of five legendary heroes who reunite to go on a heroic quest, years after their previous journey saved the world at the cost of their leader's life. This new quest claims four of their lives.
The fifth will decide what comes next.

Players navigate a collection of five interactive short stories from five alternate timelines, each providing unique insight into an overarching intertwined narrative of loss, guilt, and tragedy. What would a hero do? What would constitute success?

by Deusald Studio
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Ignis is a skill-based game of the battle arena category. The core mechanic is the ability to control trajectories of projectiles. There are also multiple spells of all other sorts: AoE, summoning spells, battle cries, curses.

by Up at Night
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Imposter Drawster is a party game of deceitful drawing! Everyone sitting around a table gets the same prompt for a picture they're going to draw collaboratively. Everyone, that is, except for the one player who's only told they are the Imposter. Using a single mobile device, players draw the picture together by painting a portion and passing along the canvas. The Imposter tries to blend in, and everyone else tries to find the fake. Either way, you and your friends produce a unique work of art and a suspiciously good time.

by Shanghai YiXing Network Technology Co., Ltd.
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escape+puzzle+horror game
The story is about a traumatized little boy, who's from a broken family and hasn't received enough love and care, grew up in loneliness and sadness. The cruel reality turned him into a closed-up person. He fell into deep sleep. But there's still a little bit of hope for love left deep down in his heart, which led him to his own dream world to confront the fear in the past and to relive the desperate experience to find clues. And at last, he found the proof that his parents actually love him deeply, and thereby saved himself.

by Impeller Studios
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Impeller Studios' debut project, In The Black®, is a free-to-play hardcore multiplayer space combat sim for PCs. Created by the designer of Crysis, Jack Mamais, and the gameplay and story lead of the X-Wing & TIE Fighter series, David Wessman, the game is set in our solar system 200 years from now. Megacorporations ruthlessly compete to exploit offworld resources and engage in shadowy, covert wars for commercial advantage. Players are the hired guns sent into battle, and it's up to them to select the best ship, weapons, and tactics needed to fulfill their contract.

The game is exceptional in its respect for science and strives to make everything as realistic as possible. Our "hard science" portrayal of space combat has been recognized by renowned Dartmouth physicist Marcelo Gleiser, and In The Black® is one of only 7 games to have been awarded the coveted Atomic Rockets "Seal of Approval". All of the ships, weapons, and deep space infrastructure could actually be built. The physical environment, the physics of space combat, even the special effects and narrative elements are all designed to maximize player immersion and provide the most believable and exciting space combat experience ever.

by Dotoyou Games
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Elaborate Environmental Puzzles: Explore 7 radically different levels each filled with dozens of puzzles. Every puzzle is built on top of the unique environment settings in one level. To solve the puzzles, you need to harness the knowledge learned in reality and the in-game environment to find the right way.

Outwit Your Foes in Boss Fights: Use your wisdom to stand 8 compelling boss fights. The most important rule is: Don't try to beat them by force. Each boss has its weaknesses. They're easy to spot, but knowing when and how is the key to effectively overcome an enemy much stronger than you.

by Bilge Kaan
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A haiku platformer.

I made many games as a freelancer, and they were all casual mobile games. I wanted to make something different this time. So, I started "Indecision." as a personal side project. It isn't for everyone, but you are welcomed to try it. The game won't take too much time to finish.

- It's short and vague.
- You won't feel like you achieve anything.
- You just push left, right and sometimes jump.

by Peter Brinson
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Infinite Children is a science fiction audiobook video game about life extension. You play members of a family questing for life extension treatments for their children - the great inheritance innovation of the age. Long-dead relatives as well as yet-to-be-born descendants alike send you messages through time, hoping to shape your way. In this American dream about the fear of being left behind, you too will choose to give your child a very long life indeed.

by Caustic Reality
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Infliction is an interactive nightmare, a horrific journey through the dark secrets of a fractured home. Unstuck in time, players wander through the heartbreaking remnants of a once-happy family, piecing together clues and struggling to atone for past sins. All the while a malevolent force follows close behind, seeking nothing but violent retribution.

by Team Kaon
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You are an innocent two-tentacled alien who has been abducted into an alien research facility by the evil human.

Crawl, swim, and glide your way out of the underground research complex, or you will be killed by the human.

by NEXT Studio
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Iris.Fall, a puzzle game with an extraordinary art style, has "light and shadow" as its core concept. With a combination of graphics that have a strong black-and-white contrast and an imaginative storyline, Iris.Fall gives players a gaming experience full of wonder.

by Action Squad Studios
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Iron Danger is a story-driven, turn-based, tactical RPG with simultaneous turns and time manipulation mechanics. A never before seen combination, which brings new level of depth into tactical combat.

It is a streamlined, action-packed single-player game in which repetitive grinding is kept to a minimum and every moment advances the story.

In this fresh fantasy world of warrior shamans and machine fumes, you take on the role of Kipuna, a simple village girl, who becomes imbued with a cosmic power that grants dominion over time and death. The player controls Kipuna and one of two individual companion characters in tactically challenging battles against a variety of different threats. At center stage in combat is the unique time shifting mechanic that represents Kipuna's magical influence over the flow of time. It gives the player the ability to rewind at any point with fraction-of-a-second precision, pinpointing strikes to enemies' unguarded moments, deflecting and dodging attacks exactly when they happen, synchronizing magical and physical attacks to overwhelm difficult enemies, and overcoming impossible odds through trial and error.

Iron Danger challenges you to think of combat and puzzles from a different perspective: you may be an experienced gamer, who knows all the tricks, but you've never played a game like this.

by Ironhide Game Studio
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Iron Marines is an RTS game in a Sci-Fi setting.
Whether in the midst of a meteor storm or exploring a base invaded by alien creatures, the Iron Marines have what it takes to achieve victory. Protect your bases with the most advanced defense towers while spraying your enemies with bullets, missiles and laser rays.
Recruit and train the greatest heroes in the galaxy, lead them into dangerous missions against near impossible odds and unleash their mighty powers and abilities. Adapt your strategy by changing the role of your troops even in the thick of the combat, from ranger to sniper, from flamethrowers to missile launchers. Turn the tide of battle with bomb strikes, intelligent mines, support troops, turrets and a wide range of special weapons.
Countless enemies, adrenaline, tactics and silly humor await...

by Aaron Oldenburg
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This is an exploration of a hypnagogic state. Hypnagogic hallucinations are those that play on the inside of your eyelids as you are going to sleep. This is an attempt to capture the ephemeral visuals of the experience and explore this state as a semi-persistent world.

The moving entities in the game world were drawn from observation, I shined various patterns of light into my eyes, closed them and observed the patterns, then drew them. The player explores the space through two-dimensional movement through a generative environment. The coded behaviors attempt to recreate the flickering morphing of these hallucinations.

by Paper Team
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Feel-good game for children of all ages, It's Paper Guy! invites you to explore a world entirely made of paper, full of life and cuteness, and to cut it as you please!
Discover the cute hand-drawn aesthetic of Paper Guy's lively world, solve simple puzzles, and enjoy the innocent pleasure of cutting paper!

by Glass Revolver
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The world is big. Dangerous. Surreal. And you are alone. Or... almost. As Itta, you wake up to a nightmarish sight, surrounded by the bodies of your family. With only a mysterious floating cat by her side, Itta takes up her father's old revolver and sets out across a broken world. Featuring challenging bullet-hell style gameplay and a thoughtful narrative steeped in otherworldly mythology, ITTA will test your skills and your resolve.

As Itta travels, she'll encounter people desperate for her help, powerful new weapons to master, strange beasts determined to block her path, and the truth at the heart of the post-post-apocalypse. ITTA weaves a personal and compelling narrative that asks you, at the end of the world, when there's no one left to lean on, who can you rely on but yourself?

by Cipher Prime Studios
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Jawns is a reimagined classic strategy boardgame right out of Philly. Play your friends online in one of our five modes, or remix the rules to create over 1.5 million different ways to play. If you like the speed of checkers and the depth of chess, try out these Jawns!

by Clockwork Acorn
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Jetstream is an elegant and relaxing puzzle game where you soar amongst the clouds. Play through dozens of sculpted levels as you guide your plane to its destination. Jetstream has been designed to be a frictionless experience - it's just you and the puzzles!

by Space Mace
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Joggernauts is a cooperative switching game for 1-4 players where you try NOT to kill your friends. Try to coordinate a team of auto-running characters through deceptively difficult color-coded platforming puzzles. Help the Joggernauts find all of C.O.A.C.H.'s missing trophies. Challenge yourself to play two characters at once, or gather your friends and family for some frantic fun.

by Ian MacLarty
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JUMPGRID is bullet-hell speed-Pac-Man on a 3x3 dance floor.

by Berzerk Studio
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Just Shapes & Beats, the game about shapes, and beats. Once nominated for the most self-explanatory game title of all time, and didn't win.

It's a quirky 4 player coop musical bullet hell. The entire gameplay revolves around the music, as all the geometrical enemy patterns are orchestrated to it. It's what it says it is, just shapes, and beats.

Basically, it's a love letter to all the awesome chiptune musicians out there, an homage to their work in videogame form.

by Team Lantern
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Kaisuo is a virtual reality puzzle game about opening Chinese puzzle boxes that unlock surreal worlds. Chinese puzzle boxes are wooden boxes that can only be unlocked through a series of discoveries and puzzles. In Kaisuo, the puzzle boxes are tied to the environments they are in. Slide open panels to move entire walls, insert keys to push obstacles from your path, and change the world around you. Our game has a focus on fine motor controls in VR, as we want players to use precision and dexterity to interact with the puzzles in the world. Use the Oculus Touch controllers to precisely interact with the world via complex puzzles and tools that deliver fine haptic feedback and alter your surrounding with your fingertips.

by Askiisoft
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Katana ZERO is a fast paced neo-noir action platformer, focusing on tight, instant-death acrobatic combat, and a dark 80's neon aesthetic. With your trusty katana and your ability to manipulate time, fight your way through war-torn New Mecca to discover the secret behind your mysterious past.

by Jason Chisolm + Hailey Williams
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Inspired both by 'walking-sim' games like Firewatch and What Remains of Edith Finch and point-and-click adventure games from the 90s, Keeper lets the player explore a retro lighthouse that is powered by a Native American fire spirit. Players will move through the captivating environments of the lighthouse and perform maintenance tasks to make sure everything is operational with only their trusty clipboard to guide them.

From here, players will have to complete a night shift of watching the bay for roaming earth spirits in a "missile control" like mini-game. Use the mouse to control the lighthouse's beam to banish wandering spirits before they sink any of the ships!

by Axel Sonic
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keyg is a game with very unique controls.
Your keyboard is a level. Each key is a room on that level.

Solve puzzles, avoid enemies, discover the mystery of this strange world and befriend its inhabitants.

by Liquid Bit, LLC / BumbleBear Games
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Killer Queen Black is an intense team-based online action strategy platformer. Hop on the snail, hoard berries, or wipe out the enemy's queen to claim victory. Killer Queen Black is the acclaimed arcade phenomenon redesigned from the ground up for PC.