2019 Competition Entrants

by Karolis Dikcius
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A surreal narrative focused roguelike text adventure. Play as a man stuck in the same day who has to get to the top floor of an office building to find his loved one. Each floor is a perilous mystery to unravel. Each time you die the day resets.

by Mighty Coconut
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Walk, dodge, crouch, hide, squeeze, and dance your way past deadly lasers in this revolutionary AR/VR puzzle game. Laser Mazer is played by moving around in the real world. Outdoors is ideal, but a simple lock button makes the game playable in any-sized space. Put your mind and body to the test with 40 challenging levels and 12 new survival modes!

by Bloom Digital Media
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Introducing Later Daters, Bloom Digital Media's new romance game!

Some people seem to think that over the age of 40 life is boring and romance is dead. Well, we don't believe it.

Through a deeply romantic and sexy interactive romance set at a seniors residence Later Daters offers players new ways to think about time and what they want to make of their lives. The characters in Later Daters aren't always straight or married. They are not (necessarily) grandparents, and don't subscribe to stereotypes of hemorrhoid cream, sensible shoes and daytime bingo.

Later Daters is an existential antidote to ageism and the fear of death, suggesting that our capacity to love one another deeply and generously is the only true limit to our lives. Later Daters is exciting, sexy, hilarious and true. Maybe life really does begin at 60.

by Simona Maiorano
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A young girl escape from her hometown, leaving friends and family.
After many years, she returns to her place...
Why does she come back?
What was behind her escape?
With the help of her stream of consciousness, she will try to remember feelings, things, people and what was left behind.

In Leaves, your actions will reveal hidden memories and, at the same time, you can influence the environment to depict a specific moment of your story.

Leaves is a contemplative game set in a no time place you visit to find yourself, and recall memories, but most of all you will wander, experiencing multiple feelings anytime you play.
Leaves is about coping with our own mind's stasis, fragility, loss, and memories.

by SEMISOFT
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LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the Fatebounds is a love letter to our all time favorite JRPGs with a fresh take on classic turn-based combat and tactics. Welcome to Legrand, a beautifully hand-drawn world riddled with curious creatures, devastating wars, and intriguing tales of vengeance and redemption. Embark on an epic adventure through this sprawling fantasy universe and fight alongside the Fatebounds as they attempt bring peace to Legrand! But be careful who you trust because everyone has a secret to hide…

by Universe Worth Experiencing
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Lems is a VR Reverse Platformer for HTC Vive & Oculus. May very well be the first of its kind!

In this game, players have to save little creatures called Lems.
They are on predefined paths known to the player and filled with obstacles and traps.

In order to succeed in his task, the player utilizes little platforms attached to his VR controllers that will follow their every movement. These platforms have unique properties (there are 4 different types of platforms currently in the game) and the player must use them in order to carry the Lems and make sure they arrive to destination.

There can be up to 4 spawners in a level and up to 4 Lems in a single spawner. It's a game about agility and analysing the level design in order to make the best out of each level.

All the levels are contained in an area of 2m². However, there is a scaling system in order to make the game accessible to everybody -- no matter the size -- and ensure they have a similar experience. Warning : the scaling system is here to ensure that people of different size (from approximately 1M50 to 2M20) enjoys the same experience. You should not play this game if you don't have a playable area of 2m².

There are currently 50+ Levels available, with 3 different modes to activate individually or together to spice things up!

by 5am Games
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Letters - a written adventure is a 2D adventure game with a narrative focus and a word-based mechanic. It tells the coming of age story of Sarah, our protagonist, told through letters she sends to her pen pal.

Players can move through these letters and use words from the text to change the drawings that are scattered throughout. By picking up and throwing a word at a drawing, it transforms accordingly which will then influence the rest of the letter and change the course of the story. Often, however, the correct word has to be created first by removing single letters from an already existing word.

Finding the right words is not always easy so players will need to read between the lines and start to look at words in a whole new way.

by solimporta
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a game about capturing time through the contemplative gaze of long exposure photography. it is finding beauty in an ever-changing space where time passes with you and through you.

by MerryBerries
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Light Balloon is a casual arcade game in which you must guide a light balloon with limited visibility as high as you can.
It's not all smooth sailing as you dodge planes, rockets, and other obstacles set to knock you out of the sky as you soar upwards through a world that changes from delightful blue hues to purple shades, while ambient music accompanies your journey into the unknown.

by Numizmatic Games Corporation
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What do skulking thieves do after a night of procuring shady spoils? They gather at a favorite tavern and wager it away on a friendly game of Light Fingers!

Played on a magical clockworks game board, this turn-based multiplayer game has real-time action and devious opportunities for misdirection, all in the pursuit of securing more loot than your opponents.

After all, bragging rights for the most deft are the greatest steal of all!

Light Fingers launched September 20th, 2018 on the Nintendo Switch.

by Lost in the Garden
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Lightfield is an omnidirectional blend of classical racing, parkour style tricks and free flying. A racing game at its core, Lightfield might be reminiscent of the classics, but in some aspects it is more Tony Hawk's than Wipeout or F-Zero. It is like nothing you have ever played before.

You are piloting a small spaceship through abstract cities and environments, and with the press of a button you can align and 'snap' your ship to any nearby surface spinning the ship around and giving you a speed boost. You are jumping and spinning through the abstract levels in true 6DOF fashion, always trying to find new and exciting racing lines.

This combination of free flying, parkour tricks and snapping makes this game completely omnidirectional and this is where Lightfield truly stands out. Lightfield HYPER Edition includes not only a new campaign mode, trick system and photo mode, but also features splitscreen local multiplayer as well as on online multiplayer.

by Cipher Prime Studios
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Lineweight is a game about emotions, and the stories we tell when they become too much to bear. Through joy and sorrow, fear and anger, take a moment to reflect. And if you stumble across a puzzle or two? All the better.

by God As A Cucumber
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It's Lost Vikings meets Sin City, where you guide a monkey, horse and a rhino through challenging puzzles, and discover the roots of their relationship through a full-blown comic book backstory.

Each character has several abilities, and by combining their powers with one of their allies, they create a second tier of abilities. These will be necessary to get all three characters through the levels.

by Buddy System Games
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Nyah is walking home from school when she's suddenly cast into an uncanny world where dangerous spirits linger restlessly in bottomless canyons, icy caves, and moonlit deserts. Play as Nyah and her spirit light in tandem as you immerse yourself in this foreboding, atmospheric landscape.

Simple Controls, Complex Gameplay: Nyah can walk on the ground and collect treasures while her light can fly in any direction - you control them both at the same time. Forming a telekinetic beam between them, you'll create a powerful connection that can swing Nyah to new heights, destroy barriers, thwart spirits and light the way to secret locations. Your coordination with these two characters is key, as disembodied spirits can appear without warning and hurt Nyah or her light. You'll learn their unique play style intuitively and quickly as fresh challenges emerge to test you in the wilderness.

by Local No. 12
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Losswords turns classic literature into an addictive word puzzle game. Players unscramble passages from famous works, and as they advance, they unlock new puzzles and add books to their library—from Pride and Prejudice to Pygmalion. Losswords lets you curl up and play your favorite books.

Losswords includes hundreds of literary classics from public domain book collections like the Project Gutenberg library. There are dozens of different kinds of word puzzles, from filling in blanks to rearranging lines of text. As far as we know, this is the first game where you can dive in and play with the actual written words from so many classic books.

And it's fun! After playing a prototype of Losswords, Michelle Ehrhardt of Kill Screen wrote, "As novel as the game is, it plays with the same confidence as a 100-year old classic."

Losswords is the latest creation of Local No. 12 - the folks responsible for The Metagame.

by Mooneye Studios
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A breathtakingly beautiful world holds the secrets of
its past for you and your companion to uncover.
Play any animal you meet to see the world from new perspectives in the exploration adventure Lost Ember.

by Curiobot
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Reunite two newly dead zombies as you scour the globe in search of the only thing that matters after the apocalypse: your beloved pets. With a whimsical, light-hearted approach to the zombie genre, Love is Dead is a fun and funny puzzle game for everyone that believes true love lasts forever... even beyond the grave.

by melessthanthree
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Lucah: Born of a Dream is a semi-autobiographical action-adventure game that uses the languages of character-action games to present a singular vision of self-discovery through struggle.

Cursed to have their personal demons come to life as vicious Nightmares, Lucah embarks on a journey to achieve Purification and overcome the Corruption consuming them. Players must master a deep combat system to lay waste to the Nightmares in a quest for self-acceptance. Through its style and systems, Lucah presents a personal narrative centered around trauma, Catholic guilt, and identity. All these themes are expressed through the player's gradual mastery of the expressive combat system as they develop confidence and a personal fighting style over cyclical playthroughs.

by Peter Stock
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Lucifer's Atoms is a physics-based construction game where players have to build and control objects to complete various challenges.

The simple building primitives can be combined to form interestingly complex things like cars, walking robots, and aeroplanes. It's an open-ended creative sandbox.

by Luminawesome Games
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Possess, jump and think your way through this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer with vivid visuals and quirky characters. Play as Lumote a squishy bio-luminescent creature on a quest to overthrow the Mastermote. Take possession of the Motes and use their abilities to solve a world of puzzles.

by Lazarus Studio
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Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a first-person survival horror game in which you seek the truth behind your family's horrific murder. Investigate the history behind your ancestral home and the town of Saint Rhodes, while fighting to survive what haunts it. Uncover your family's troubled past as you descend further and further into insanity.

Lunacy: Saint Rhodes is a truly terrifying experience, featuring a detailed world that tells the story of what happened in the haunted town of Saint Rhodes. Frightening creatures roam the town, guided by the Author, as you explore Saint Rhodes in search of clues to help you survive. No single visit to the town will be the same, with multiple non-linear paths that lead to different outcomes.

by T.I.C
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An atmospheric puzzle-platformer game explores the story of Lynn and her attempt to find ways to fix her aging robot caregiver, AX. Lynn breaks into a factory and find parts to repair him. She will have to sneak her way into a dangerous facility, hack into other robots and find her way within this factory before AX stops functioning permanently.

Will she be able to save her only companion in time before it's too late?

by gamebra.in
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macdows 95 is an absurd puzzle game based on an imaginary operating system. The main purpose of the game is to fulfill these absurd tasks. On the other hand, when solving puzzles, someone communicates with you from a secret spot.

by Iordan Hristov
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MadDomino is a domino effect game with a circus theme. It has stunning, hyper-realistic 3D graphics and insane camera angles. The player pulls a deer's tongue to draw a domino path while trying to eliminate some ornery clowns which would sabotage the domino effect.

by GIFT10 INDUSTRY.K.K
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Solve the puzzle with pen & paper!
You are taking a role of staff of a real estate agency which has many haunted rooms.
We solve the puzzles and find out the magic spells to beat the ghosts.
The player should download PDF and print it out before the gaming.

by Supyrb
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MΔRBLΘID (Marbloid) is an addicting 3D tilt & tap marble platformer for iPhone and iPad.
The player's goal is to collect one billion points and reach the golden exit to a better life. He accomplishes this by controlling a marble trough a randomly generated 3D world collecting points and emojis, pass missions, rank up and level his multiplier.
Marbloid is an unseen mix of classic mobile gaming genres and uses the power and precision of modern cell phones accelerometers. The intuitive controls of Marbloid fuses the easy to use single axis control with the fun of a one tapper. The increase of the multiplier during the meta gameplay results in a pure rush of points.
Marbloid is all about Vaporwave: Marble meets Windows95, Emojis meet Monstera Deliciosa, Greek busts listen to down pitched elevator music. Vaporwave with its fresh and unseen aesthetics draws all eyes on Marbloid.

by like Charlie
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Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey and have come back to a room packed up in boxes.
Kelsey has one goal - get Marie's journal. When she picks it up, the memories come flooding back. Because twenty years ago Kelsey and Marie shared this room. They spent days in it working on projects, nights talking about boys, pizza and sparkly shoes. Dreaming about the future, planning their life. Until that ghastly night. When it was all shattered to pieces.

What happened to Marie and Kelsey twenty years ago?

Search Marie's room and join Kelsey in her trip down memory lane. Open drawers, pick up objects. Learn what Kelsey remembers, read what Marie thought about it. As you puzzle the pieces together, you uncover the secrets of their friendship.

by Ali Medadi
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A breakout clone about suicide and ignorance, inspired by Frantz Kafka's Metamorphosis and some suicidal thoughts that came to me on a subway.

this is not a puzzle game,

but there are some puzzles to be solved.

have you ever asked your self:

"how Gregor Samsa transformed into an insect?"

by Mr.Purple
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Master of Rogues – The Seven Artifacts is a Dungeon-Crawler, Rougelike-like RPG.

Every Game is different, with randomized Levels, enemies, three different characters and over 130 Unique Items to find.

Game Features:

generates every time you play an unique labyrinth full of items and monsters
four different acts and level layouts
masses of monsters
rougelike style game
permadeath or softcore mode
three different character classes – the orc, the undead and the human
each chracter class have unique special attacks

by Juno Morrow
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Mastering Tedium is a tongue-in-cheek laundry simulator. A text adventure in the spirit of games such as ZORK (1980), Mastering Tedium uses the regular chore of laundry to juxtapose life's necessity of action with the futility and impermanence of acting for those aware of their own mortality. Mastering Tedium draws upon the prose of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa and his musings on the tedium of everyday life.

Excerpt from Fernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet:

"It is said that tedium is a disease of the idle or that it attacks only those who have nothing to do. But this ailment of the soul is in fact more subtle: it attacks people who are predisposed to it and those who work or who pretend they work (which in this case comes down to the same thing) are less apt to be spared than the truly idle.

Nothing is worse than the contrast between the natural splendour of the inner life, with its natural Indias and its unexplored lands and the squalor [...] of life's daily routine. And tedium is more oppressive when there's not the excuse of idleness. The tedium of those who strive hard is the worst of all. Tedium is not the disease of being bored because there's nothing to do, but the more serious disease of feeling that there's nothing worth doing."

Can the task of laundry, with its unending pressure—forever looming, ever truly be completed?

by Jolly Crouton Media Ltd.
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Match Point is a frenetic couch competition game for 2 - 4 contenders. Tether, kick, block, and counter the ball into the opposing team's goal as you hop around in the newfound gravity of this modern take on a familiar arena.

Test your talents on a bunch of stages, and fiddle with the laws of the game universe to keep it boopin'.

XBOX, Playstation, and Switch controllers are supported.

by B# Games
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Match-Ride Rescue is a side-scrolling arcade game. You play as an insect rescue ranger named Wick and bravely pilot a tiny match-powered hot-air balloon. Your goal is to save other bugs from a flood.

You adventure through a forest, avoiding thorns, water droplets, and other obstacles. You must conserve the balloon's fuel to successfully traverse the landscape, collecting matches to refuel. Drifting above pools of water and riding through gusts of wind, you must save all the bugs you can and deliver them to safety.

by Juan Barba
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You suddenly find yourself in an unknown declining advanced citadel of an unknown planet. Without weapons or resources​, the only thing you've got to survive is a device that generates matter, but what if the sole usage of this device unleashes an unknown dark ancient power? Help this lost explorer to reach the way out of this powerful darkness in this abandoned citadel.

With this matter device as your only way to survive, deal with challenging puzzles and dangerous enemies, find hidden places to discover the dark story behind this doomed citadel or to discover hidden power-ups for the matter device.

by Orenji Games
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"Max and the book of chaos" is an arcade 2D action game with elements of run and gun and shoot ´em up classic video games, focused on giving to the player a true arcade feeling experience. The game also offers mechanics of upgrading equipment and some features for Max. And all of this mixed with and interesting and funny story to create a unique narrative lore with a cool cartoon graphic style.

The story take place in an old castle that has become a summer school. But the castle hide a lot of secrets. A legendary old book that has the power to open portals between dimensions and times lies there. This book is imbued with the power of the dark matter and has been hidden for millennia. But now Someone has unleashed its power. The portals has been opened and our world has been invaded by hordes of strange, fun and chaotic enemies. And YES, Max Racoon is our only true hope.

by VRGEN
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Mech League Smash is the arcade sports game you didn't know you needed. It's every time you scored a clutch goal playing air hockey against your friends—but with teleporters, fire geysers, pinball ramps, and other insane gameplay elements that simultaneously add tactical depth and frenetic chaos. If you have any love for games like Rocket League and Mario Tennis, Mech League Smash is the game for you.

by Senior Students of Animation & Game Development, Utah Valley University 2018
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Mechazoic is a multiplayer VR battle arena featuring 4 different species of "Mechasaur" all bent on dominating the battlefield. Created by the Senior cohort of the Utah Valley University Animation and Game Development Program, the game art and design were made in conjunction with an upcoming animated short film. Using the film as an inspiration springboard, the cohort set out to create a game with both brutal melee combat and long range "run-and-gun" gameplay. Under the guidance of a few team leads, the 10+ students in the cohort provided both art and technical functionality to the game. This is the tangible outcome of their willingness to push VR to a new level within their program.

by Kang Song Tan
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MechCorp. is a turn-based-tactics/strategy game where you take command of a mercenary mech squadron in space. Decide which battles to fight and what contracts to pursue while managing every aspect of the squad including mech lineup, crew management, research and production.

- Manage your own mercenary squad and engage in turn-based mech combat.
- Explore a randomized world and encounter various random events, each play-through is different.
- 18 type of mechs from 3 base classes each with unique class abilities.
- Customize the mechs with different weapons and items to suite your tactical needs.
- Research advanced tech and build your mechs and equipment to survive your adventure.
- Manage your crew to maximize the effectiveness of your squad.

by Seth S. Scott & Jess Kostelnick
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Membrane is a creative-action puzzle game in which you build, bend and break the world around you while experimenting to create your own solutions. Bendy bridges, wobbly ladders and shaky structures are just the beginning of what you'll make to test the limits of this weird, day-glo world!

Membrane was designed to allow creative space for the player to interact and build their own unique solutions. The puzzles are NOT designed to rely on deception or a single solution, lock & key approach to test players. Instead the game was built to reward creativity and experimentation from the player.

Get your creative, thinking cap on friends!

by Owen Bell
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Mendel is a chill game about growing weird plants with alien genetics. Pilot a probe on a far away planet, gathering samples from the strange native flowers and breeding them together to make new hybrids. Watch their genes merge and mutate, just like those of our own world, producing bizarre, beautiful new creations to grow in your alien gardens.

by Ovid Works
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Metamorphosis is a first-person mytery where puzzle-platforming, stealth and exploration merge with an extraordinary story about a tiny bug on a heroic quest to save his human soul.

Journey through a surrealist universe on a strange and captivating adventure to discover the true nature of your metamorphosis.

by Windy Games
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You follow Lesath, a bookish dragon girl who has taken up the family business of treasure hunting to help reinvigorate her village, Radiant Ridge. As Lesath, you venture into the caves, looking for treasures while avoiding the natural environmental dangers. There are many secrets hidden in the caves and treasures that you can appraise to learn about the lore of the treasure and the world. A day of adventuring ends with you bringing back your treasures to town to sell so you can resupply, upgrade the village, and catch up with the locals before you head back to the caves to get even deeper!

Miasma Caves is a single-player treasure hunting game focused on exploration in a third-person action style through randomly generated 3D voxel cave systems. The gameplay focuses on exploring the caves where you search for treasures that hold lore and jokes, to fund your expedition and upgrade the town. The caves contain many different secrets and treasures to find. All the dangers are environmental, including cave-ins, poison gases, and time itself.

by Creative Logics
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Construct Factories! Destruct Towers!

• 10 concealed Valleys to discover, 10 Bosses to fight, and an infinite supply of Minions to pummel!
• 30+ different ways to destruct! Build your deck and creatively demolish towers!
• 10 factories to manage and 90 resources to craft!
• 300+ Physics-based Towers to destroy!
• Unique gameplay controls that feature a blend of clicker and resource management elements!
• Beautiful aesthetic design with amazing high-res visuals!

by Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio & Dominik Johann
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Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time. Journey outside the comfort of your home to help unusual folk, uncover countless secrets, and overcome dangerous foes, all in hopes of lifting a rather unfortunate curse that ends each day after just one minute. Minit is a collaboration between Kitty Calis, Jan Willem Nijman, Jukio Kallio & Dominik Johann.

by Ian Lilley
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Mirror Drop is a psychedelic 3D puzzle game where you maneuver a reflective sphere in a world full of mirrors, over-saturated colors, and infinities. Each level contains three puzzles and a hidden exit, set against 100% raytraced alien geometry.

by Radiobush
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Mislead will be the most interesting puzzle game you play this year. The game is designed in a way to make the player think of a consequence before an action takes place. There are 2 parts to the game, the board area with carefully placed blocks, and the directions panel at the top. The directions panel has a list of arrows after the player removes a block the character Bu, will move the direction of the next arrow. This is what makes Mislead different to other puzzle games on the App Stores. The player thinks they know how they are going to move around the board because the arrows are showing them, but they will probably get lost. The player can only remove one block at a time and blocks have different abilities (bouncing, sliding, spike). Bu the character will get moved to different positions that the player might not expect him to move to. Mislead is something puzzle lovers of all ages(10+) will be absorbed with because of the unique game play. It is not at all hard to play but will challenge you to think differently.

by Sillysoft Games
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Mission Me: The mobile game that levels up your real life!

Improve your health and wellness while having fun. Get inspired to do new things and take positive action in your life!

Connect with your friends in playful ways (and make NEW friends too)! Create hilarious fun with an entertaining excuse: "Mission Me made me do it!"

Don't be a robot. Make your life a true reality, that exudes passion for an authentic real life.

WARNING: Known side-effects include self-growth and happy relationships!

"The range and diversity of the missions was stunning and I was consistently engaged. I drew huge inspiration from Mission Me... Each mission has the potential for so many positive sparks of connection and fun"
- Gabriel McCay, Shambassador

by Spooklight Games
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Cursed to be a ghost forever, your only hope to break the spell is the four monster girls who volunteered to help you. Choose between a werewolf, a witch, a slime girl, and a medusa. Make the right choices and perhaps you'll find true love along the way.

by Beautiful Glitch
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There's only 3 weeks left before prom and you haven't got a date yet..and you're a monster. But that's okay 'cause at your high-school everyone else is too! These are the stepping stones into the world of Monster Prom, a one-to-four player competitive dating sim that has you thinking: I never knew I was into that!

by Arnaud Millot
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Monstrüous is an animated puzzle game in which you have to figure out the correct combination for the 8 actions to kill the monstruous creature.

by Alpheratz*
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Nero, who was working as a "Moonlight thief," a thief to helping poor people, finds clues to discover who killed his parents.
And he realizes that there's a behind-the-scenes incident and a connection with his parents.

by Polyarc
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Moss is a single-player action-adventure puzzle game and new IP tailor-made for the VR platform. It takes classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—and combines them with the exciting opportunities of virtual reality.

In Moss, players meet Quill, a mouse with dreams of greatness. While exploring the woods, she finds a mysterious Glass Relic and an ancient magic is awakened. With her uncle now in danger, Quill must embark on an epic journey—and she needs you there by her side. Together, you'll travel to forgotten realms, solve challenging puzzles, and battle menacing enemies. Alone, no one can conquer what you're up against. But united, you just may defeat even the darkest of villains. Immerse yourself in the world of Moss to help write the story of a hero in the making.

by Nicolas Frois and Juan Meriño
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MOUSAI is a first person PC game that can be played with a real musical instrument through detection of tones and melodies. (if you dont have an instrument, you can use your keyboard as a piano!)

Using an special object called "Bonango" you have to write melodies for in game characters.
They are the ones that will judge your melodies based on their own personalities.

The preferences of every character can be changed completing a 5 question personality test for each one of them, each question adds some complexity to the character personality and makes it harder each time you play a song to them

Make your friends take the test and write melodies for them in the game!

by House Pixel Games
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Mowin' & Throwin' is a multiplayer game in which individuals or teams of two compete as lawn gnomes in a race to mow their yard while throwing items at the opposing team to sabotage them. Teams must work together to keep their mower fueled while throwing items like rocks or fertilizer on to the other team's yard. At the end of three minutes, the team with the most trimmed lawn is the winner! There are multiple lawns to choose from, each with a unique mechanic such as shifting terrain, water hazards, or even a giant totem.

Mowin' & Throwin' is currently available on Steam Early access. The core game is completed and can be played locally or online using Parsec. During early access we plan to release a 1 vs. 1 game mode and expanding online functionality. We plan to leave early access and release on Switch, Xbox One, & PS4 in April of 2019.

by Hidden Fields
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Mundaun is a lovingly hand-pencilled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of the alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory and solve a variety of hand-crafted puzzles.
After learning of his grandfathers mysterious death in a fire, the protagonist travels to Mundaun for the first time since childhood. He will soon discover that something old and diabolical is haunting the remaining inhabitants. The quest to find out the meaning behind these sinister events takes the player on an odyssey up Mundaun mountain: From steep meadows across stony fields and to the snow-covered peak.

by GameChanger Studio
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My Lovely Daughter tells the story of Faust, an amnesiac alchemist and father, who found himself in his deserted house alone, only accompanied by the corpse of his daughter and the remnants of his work. Players will control Faust as he tries to grow a soul that will bring back his daughter.

To grow the soul, Faust will need to create dozens of homunculi, raise them accordingly as his artificial daughter, and kill them to feed their souls to the real one. Creating and raising the homunculus will require Faust to assign them to many kinds of jobs, leveling them up in the process while getting the income to buy more materials to create another homunculus and buy enough balm to prevent his real daughter from decaying.

The game features:
- Dozens of homunculus to raise with their own traits and characteristics
- Hand-drawn art to accompany the dark theme of the game
- High replay value with multiple endings and secrets to unlock
- Gothic-inspired tracks that will bring the players to the immersive world of My Lovely Daughter

My Lovely Daughter is developed by Gamechanger Studio, published by Toge Productions, and will be available for PC, Mac, and Linux.

by Pathea Games
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Developed by Pathea Games in Chonqing, My Time at Portia is a 3D simulation RPG that takes place in a post-apocalypse setting. Humans are few and relics from the past are everywhere. You're trying for a new start in a town on the edge of civilization called Portia. You'll arrive to find a workshop left to you by your Pa – a place where you can begin to craft a new life, using the relics from the past to improve Portia.

There're tons of ways you can gather materials from Portia's stunning open world: cut down trees, forage for herbs, mine in the ruins, fish at the shore, battle monsters in dungeons, grow your own farmland, and breed livestock. You'll need the resources to craft and complete the commissions to grow the workshop into the best in Portia.

The world of Portia will feel alive as the villagers have their own unique behaviors and will go to school, do their jobs, work out, have fun and have their own hobbies like fishing, playing chess, painting, barbecure... You can interact and befriend with them, explore their stories, romance the villagers, and even get married within Portia.

by Rhino Games
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Welcome to Mythgard, a CCG of boundless depth and strategy. Dragons vie with jets for control of the skies, and valkyrie bikers tear through the streets, as mortals rise to challenge creatures of myth. Experience a unique card game with fast and fluid tactical action. Unleash spells, summon minions, and master unique tactical enchantments to control the magic of Mythgard. Every play could mark the difference between victory and defeat.

by Daniel Kallin
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Adventure in space! Upgrade your ship, complete quests, explore the Nebula and be a hero.

You embark on a great adventure. Start with a simple ship and earn better equipment and more powerful starships in treasure hunts, battles, and quests. A turn based story driven sci-fi adventure where you can make first contact with strange aliens, negotiate peace between warring factions, investigate (or participate in!) the activities of the mafia.

by Route 59
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Maddy is an apprentice Necromancer running the Terminal, a Melbourne cafe where the dead mingle with the living for one last night. But when she cheats Death one too many times, Death itself comes for a visit.

Inspired equally by anime and film, Necrobarista is a unique take on the visual novel medium.

by Short for a Knight
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Nectar Vector is a non-violent competitive game about pollinating flowers. Infused with late-60s psychedelic rock, this fast-paced local multiplayer game of risk and reward has players maneuvering and activating flower powers in a race to collect pollen. It may be non-violent, but it's anything but easy-going! Whoever wins, just remember to love each other.

by Monkeyface Studios
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It was 2091 and world had been long abandoned by humanity. The seas were overrun with smart-tech - nanobots created by tech giant Render-X to bring the resources of the ocean to the people. The nanobots however evolved into a hive mind and formed into hostile entities which controlled the oceans through force.

And then, in a quick flash of light a new Neon Diver is spawned.

Remembering nothing, the diver knows only a deep desire to bring harmony to the oceans and discover the secrets of his past.

by Rocket Juice Games
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Neon Tail is an open world roller skating game where you follow a young girl's adventures and save the streets of Bluepulse City from dimensional disaster.
She will meet many colorful characters and explore many fantastic locations of the city, from its various districts (shopping, business, residential etc) to its subways and sewers, to the unknown planes of existence.
Neon Tail has neons, cute girls, zombeanies, cross dimensional invasion, sadist mayor, cool customizable drone camera, shopping and delicious ice cream.
Perform tricks and combos under the awestruck gazes of pedestrians to gain crazy reputations that will serve you well as a rising star on the local roller skating sport scene SFS Pro!
Befriend the gossip groovy grandma, fight back dimensional invasion, learn and master mysterious power growing in you! Uncover mysteries beyond your universe!

by Dennis Carr
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Nerve Damage is a glitch-punk first person shooter with hyper fast arcade-style gameplay, distorted visuals, and loud music. The player quickly progresses through a series of semi-randomized levels, defeating enemies and scoring combos in order to earn a high score.

The game is equally influenced by experimental visual art and the immediacy of classic action games. I want to create an experience that is visceral and overpowering while still being enjoyable to play. The visual distortion also serves to complicate the player's relationship with the virtual world, highlight the screen as an essentially flat plane rather than a window into a 3D environment, and make the player aware of the process of projecting themselves into a game.

by Massive Monster
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Never Give Up is a face-smackingly hard platformer about one stickman's adventure to find himself. Break free of the testing environment, roam across the land, battle bosses, and die over and over and over again. Each level gets harder by layering in more challenges and obstacles whenever you succeed, and you'll need quick reflexes to keep from getting splattered all over the scenery repeatedly. Of course, if you can't take it, you can always just press the tantalizing Give Up button.

by Humble Hearts, LLC
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Never Stop Sneakin' is the newest title from Dust: An Elysian Tail creator Dean Dodrill, a love letter to the chunkiest polygons and zaniest plots that 90's video games had to offer!

In this fast-paced arcade-comedy, you'll pit your sneakin' skills against the nefarious villain Amadeus Guildenstern and his time-traveling plot to kidnap ALL THE PRESIDENTS (even the bad ones).

Dash through dynamically-generated enemy bases, take out enemies quickly and quietly to build up insane combos, and earn perks to get an edge on your opponents. And above all, remember to NEVER STOP SNEAKIN'.

by Redseed Technologies
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Niara: Rebellion Of the King Visual Novel RPG is set in a world where gunpowder and magic goes hand in hand. The land is vast and is under control of kings. Kingdom of Kruuthvaal is under unrest as one of its port cities have been attacked by one of the mightiest nations in history, Udrela. Peace on the continent was maintained by the Ansark Alliance but it had lost much of its influence due to heavy corruption among kings. Blood of thousands of people is on Udrelean commander's hands who ordered the attack. Kruuthvaal wants his head. The Alliance forbids it. What will happen when a surviving soldier(with a conscience and will to defeat the unbeaten army) finds his countrymen and loved ones being crushed in this political warfare resulting in their blood being spilled?

This game features turn based battles and exploration of the game map using in game choices. There is an inventory, quest and merchant system as well. All effort has been done to make sure that all the necessary RPG elements are included in the game alongside the immersive story telling features of a visual novel.

This is a demo of the game. The full version will be released tentatively by April 2019. Subscribe to our mailing list to get updates about the actual release date. Go to our site to find the subscription link http://niara.redseed.cc

Our Team:
Soundtrack: Anish Gupta (https://instagram.com/constellations.illusoires)
Character Art: Serena Susan Abraham (https://instagram.com/ahoytherem8ey)
Programming, story and background art: Ayush Raj (https://instagram.com/ayushraj1024)

by Ellada Games
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Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of finding well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighboring lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla.

by Stray Fawn Studio
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Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor is a procedurally generated action simulation game. Build space drones out of hundreds of different parts and explore a fully destructible galaxy. On your journey you will face deadly challenges on exotic planets and research groundbreaking new technology.

by Diego Cánepa
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Nine Witches - Family Disruption is a 2D pixel art action-adventure game during World War II against a mysterious SS division who is using an evil curse in a desperate attempt to change the course of war.

In Nine Witches, the player will be able to control two special agents (Professor Alexei Krakovitz and Akiro Kagasawa) who works for a secret agency known as The Institute of Supernatural Affairs. Mixing each one's unique abilities to overcome all the challenges and obstacles ahead of them. Explore the Village of Sundäe, solve puzzles and fight against the Nazis to save the world from their evil hands.

by Digital Creators Club traP
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Ninja Flicker is a new-sense action game that you flick the background and move tiny ninja.
Use a ninja sword, "Ninjutsu" and lot more ninja skills to run all the stages and earn a treasure!

by NEXT Studio
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Nishan Shaman is a rhythm game. The story line follows an ancient tale passed down by ethnic minority groups in Northern China. Our protagonist, the Nishan Shaman, is a female shaman who delves into the underworld to rescue the soul of a young boy. The paper-cutting art style is complemented by the traditional Chinese music. Her perilous quest, your musical journey.

by Multivarious
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No Mercy is a side-scrolling brawler that follows the stories of five unsuspecting heroes (and Kevin) as they fight being swallowed by the chaos of the Corruption. Using their different weapons and powers to crush anything that stands in their way, they struggle against an unstoppable force to recover what they have lost.

Bursting with vibrant hand drawn art and branching narratives, No Mercy draws both you and the characters deeper into the heart of a forest under attack. Your only hope lies in each other, but everyone has something valuable to lose. In a story of love, trust, and probably a few too many puns, you must work together to save the forest, your friends, and ultimately, your life.

by Nolla Games
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Noita is a magical action rogue-lite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've crafted yourself.

by Chimeric Games
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Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth of an action RPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.

* Create a unique build every run. Games are quick, allowing for rapid experimentation, iteration, and advancement.
* Cunning and creativity are rewarded as you chain upgrade modules for powerful synergies.
* Access over 100 weapons and mods as you progress and expand your arsenal.
* Build to play how you want. Snipe, command a drone army, discharge your shields, charge up, burn enemies with your thrusters, or smash right through them. There's a way to make it work.
* Unlock modular challenge modes, providing greater risk and rewards. The stakes are high, as death is permanent!
*Every game is randomly generated, keeping the fight intense and unpredictable. Fight through the campaign or play endlessly.

by Zachariah Chandler
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A ghost catches the bus home.

by Neurodio
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Numbala is more than an engaging adventure game in which you roam the galactic islands in search of your friend. It is a cognitive training designed and tested in accordance with scientific standards.
Our game was created as a result of joint work of psychologists, neurologists and computer scientists from the Neurocognitive Laboratory of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and game designers from the Neurodio Games. The aim was to combine the fun of playing an action game with the effects of cognitive training. We have conducted research on its efficacy in training selected aspects of learning mathematics.

by Magic Chopstick Games
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Words are your weapons!

Obliteracy is a word game set in a utopian future where energy is generated from language itself. Word-warriors pilot enormous mechanized robots in a tournament to prove themselves worthy of the title of Champion--and to earn the chance to craft the future of the world.

Obliteracy's core gameplay mixes the familiar mechanics of tile-based word games with a variety of bonuses, board configurations, and contenders to create a fresh, dynamic challenge in every match. Players choose from one of eight different playable challengers, each with distinctive strengths, weaknesses, skills and play styles. Battles are fought using wildly varying tile sets, each with its own configuration of powerup tiles that can boost damage and energy gain. Each character has their own unique set of special attacks which, properly used, can instantly turn the tide of a pitched struggle.

In Story Mode, players face increasingly challenging opponents in eight distinct and engrossing story arcs, all culminating in battles against the Codexicron, the enigmatic curator of all humanity's knowledge. Multiplayer lets you challenge friends and strangers from across the globe in single-match play, and Quick Play drops you into a randomly generated encounter that adapts over time to match your skill level.

With dozens of board configurations and character matchups, Obliteracy demands quick wit and constantly evolving strategies to ensure victory.

by MobGe Ltd.
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Follow Oddmar on his adventure through the mythical world of Vikings. Explore vibrantly crafted Nordic lands in this action-adventure platformer.

Oddmar's story, beautifully illustrated as a motion comic, is narrated by Julian Casey (​We Happy Few,Assassin's Creed series) and written by Frank Gibson (​The Amazing World of Gumball comic book series).The game's music, composed by Pär Svensson, incorporates Nordic folk instruments to complement its hand-animated visuals and Viking theme.

Oddmar is the winner of Apple Design Award 2018.

by Ali Medadi & Mohammad Sajjadi (aka Lonely boys in a gamejam)
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A Snake clone about clinging on memories and... being stuck in them.

by Last Life Left Game Studio
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Start your career as a game censor and make inappropriate things right.

OIC: Obviously Inappropriate Content is a story-rich adventure game sets in a fictional Eastern-bloc country, where the player, as a game tester, must censor a developing game under government regulation. Developed by Shuaiying 'Shane' Hou with inspiration from 'Papers, Please', 'Metal Slug', and real-life experience, OIC explores the origins and development of video game censorship, and how it might affect the video game industry and our society.

OIC is trying to explore the issue of game censorship through story-telling, while not making it too preachy to people. The game attempts to bind different game mechanics/story-telling techniques together to serve the narrative and create a unique atmosphere of a fictional historical idea that The Soviet Union still existed in 2008.

by James Knudsen
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I used to deal with a great amount of depression. Through time and help from others, I was able to overcome that. I wrote the poem in the game to try and describe the best I could what my experience was like. Allow me to share that experience with you.

by Atmos Games, Serenity Forge
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Upon waking from a coma, Pete's best friend Lilly is nowhere to be found. Investigate the screams coming from the heart of Never Wood, the increasingly violent behavior of the grown-ups, and the strange truth about Pete's past in this hauntingly dreamlike fable. Indie auteur Thomas Brush, creator of Pinstripe and the original Flash game "Coma", invites you beyond the doorbell in this strange tale that started almost a decade ago in his childhood home.

-From Red Wind Field to the misty peaks of Ashcliff, explore ten haunting, illustrative levels.
-Fight your way through hordes of spiders, monsters, and bloodthirsty grown-ups with your trusty barber's blade.
-Immerse yourself in a breathtaking piano-centric soundtrack.
-Join your quirky child-hood pals and trusty pet bird on an adventure to discover the truth about your recent coma.

by Jonathan Flook & David Flook
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You're surrounded, outnumbered and have to use any weapon you can get your hands on to dismantle your opponents in a flurry of kung fu. That's the essence of OFDP2, the world's fastest brawler. It features the original OFDP's unique two-button mechanics which my brother and I have spent the last five years perfecting. Speed and precision are key in this whirlwind fighting frenzy, as players maintain control over the 26 different unlockable skills, frenetic gameplay, and over 1000 classic kung fu-inspired animations.

We want to show that a fighting game can be complex without cumbersome button combinations. Simple design doesn't mean a simple game. Once players complete the tutorial levels and learn the basics, they'll see that this is the most intense two-button game ever made. Mobile games in recent years have brought simple control schemes to the forefront of game design. Simple control schemes are not necessarily best on mobile devices and we want to highlight that point by bringing OFDP2 to PC and consoles.

by Bad Dream Games
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One Hand Clapping is a unique 2D puzzle platformer that invites you to sing into a microphone to solve musical puzzles. Players enter a world full of the potential for music, and couple their exploration of the environment with an exploration of their own abilities – their voice. One Hand Clapping is the first game to push the player to sing freely while analyzing their pitch to create a new form of interaction between player and computer. It is an unprecedented call and response in which the player must react to the game with deliberation from both their mind and body.

One Hand Clapping is a game about self-discovery in which the player develops better sense of who they are throughout the experience. While many games seek to empower their player, One Hand Clapping is unique in that the character's power – their voice – is coming not from the game but literally from the player themselves. The player starts without confidence in their voice, and with slow prompting and ramping challenges, gains confidence enough to sing without inhibition, ultimately realizing the influence their voice holds.

by Zachtronics
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Opus Magnum is an open-ended puzzle game where players design and build machines that carry out alchemical processes using a variety of components.

by SIGONO
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In an age of cosmic worship, far in the future, those who pass away are launched into deep space so they may return to the stars.

OPUS: Rocket of Whispers is a single-player third-person adventure set in the snowy post-apocalyptic wilderness of an unknown world, far in the future. Players will play as the last survivors of a nation that has an ancient tradition of cosmic worship, and belief that by launching space burials, those who've deceased will be able to return and rest among the stars.

Throughout the game players will travel the snow covered landscape, scavenging for rocket parts and remnants of the past, so they may help the last surviving witch - religious figures who conduct the rituals of space burials - to launch one final burial. The game explores themes of purpose, pursuit and loneliness.

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* STORY
An emotionally-driven and heartwarming adventure written by IMGA nominated writer of OPUS: The Day We Found Earth. Explore an atmospheric world full of mysteries and rich narration.
* EXPLORE
Travel through a post-apocalyptic winter filled with ruins and remnants of a once prosperous land. Explore the unknown for antiques and artifacts, and find out about their past.
* BUILD
Prepare for countdown by gathering the materials needed to build a rocket, and craft tools that will help you reach greater distances.
* ART
Over 100 items to find and inspect, each beautifully drawn with a story to match, including rocket material backed by careful research on rocket science.
* MUSIC
Over 30 beautiful atmospheric soundscapes designed to immerse you in the snowy wilderness. Composed and recorded by indiePlay nominated composer Triodust.

by David Chomard
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Orc Dungeon is a turn-based strategy game with RPG-style heroes and dice, on iOS and Android.
Play as an orc Prince rejected by his father and explore dungeons to amass a full suit of armor to be allowed to return to your kingdom.
Unique battle system: Roll the dice to match your hero's weapons dice to trigger your attacks and defenses. Choose how to distribute the rolled dice across your armory. Build your unique heroes with weapons, shields, special abilities, skill points, magic dice, dice chest, etc.
Gather a team of heroes and enter the online tournaments to compete with other players in PvP mode. Join a guild and explore cavernous dungeons together. Only the guilds with the bravest adventurers will reach the top of the guilds leaderboard!

by Osmotic Studios
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Inspired by the rise of fake news, social media echo chambers and the displacement of truth, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength takes on a darker tone than Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You. With the power to both uncover and play with "the truth", players must decide for themselves how far they will go in the service of their country and whether the truth is sacred or ignorance is strength.

Inducted into "The Office", a top-secret department of the government's Orwell security program, players take on the role of an investigative agent during a time when civil unrest threatens a major political crisis between the Nation and neighboring country Parges.

Reporting directly to Orwell adviser, Ampleford, players are immediately tasked with uncovering the truth behind the escalating political tension and delving deep into the lives of Raban Vhart, editor of The People's Voice and self-proclaimed guardian of truth, his wife, Karen, and his brother, Ilya, to uncover their potential involvement.

To assist with their task, players are given more agency through additional tools and mechanics, providing opportunities to control and impact the narrative. A new "time of day" system puts the player in time-sensitive situations, making who they chose to investigate and when, more important than ever. Players can also research more widely and dig deeper into citizen's lives, gathering additional information they can use to influence the way events are reported and perceived by the public.

by Lightbulb Crew
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Othercide is a horror-themed tactical turn-based game about the sacrifices you must make to prevent reality from shattering. Learn to master predicting enemies' moves to execute flawless tactical plans. Are you strong enough to face what lies on the other side?

Key Features

-Breaking the turn-based standard:
Introducing the Initiative Sequence system, you will experience a new way to predict enemies' moves and execute a flawless tactical plan. Foresee danger and set up attack interruptions, devastating delayed actions and lethal reactions. You will have to wisely time attacks and defenses to overcome your adversaries.

-Brutal gameplay:
Including roguelite features, deadly missions, limited resources, and permanent death, every decision counts and comes with a sacrifice, of resources, or in blood!

-Memento mori:
As you confront the deadly creatures of Othercide, awake your Daughters and unlock memories of a mystery past. With those mementos will come incredible powers or terrible traumas for your Daughters. What will you be ready to sacrifice to ensure victory?

-Never ending war:
Survive, protect and defend reality from shattering, try to endure as long as possible while facing terrible and sometimes deadly choices. Even in defeat, new truths are learned, and options arise as sacrifices bring you closer to success.

-Striking art style:
Othercide invites you to dive into an ethereal horror dimension, in-between two realities, brought to life with a dark and twisted monochromatic style, with a touch of vivid red.

by Diego Ramirez
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A fast 2D shoot em up, from a small ship that handles a person who goes through different emotions and feelings through different mechanics in the levels.

by randomnine
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You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don't.

OVERWHELM is intense. Enemies come from every direction. One hit and you're dead. Even if you make it to one of the hive's bosses and defeat them, their abilities are spread to your enemies - so every success makes the world more dangerous.

Choose the order you fight bosses to change the upgrades the hive will receive.