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Lil Gator Game was released today, by the person who made A Short Hike. I've played about an hour and am really enjoying it so far.
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Dec 15, 2022 02:49
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moosferatu posted:Lil Gator Game was released today, by the person who made A Short Hike. I've played about an hour and am really enjoying it so far. From what I understand A Short Hike was by Adam Robinson-Yu with music by Mark Sparling, and from his website https://adamgryu.com/ he's working on https://adamgryu.itch.io/paper-game right now, so I don't think he's involved in this However I look forward to the future forum arguments what is and isn't a hikelike
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Dec 15, 2022 05:44
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moosferatu posted:Lil Gator Game was released today, by the person who made A Short Hike. I've played about an hour and am really enjoying it so far. You might have confused "is like" with "made by" there. although you weren't the only one: https://twitter.com/devtesla/status/1603284310567649281 fez_machine fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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Dec 15, 2022 08:24
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Oh wow. Yes, I got confused. I remember looking at his real next game before, which also features alligators, and got confused. Lil Gator is very much a hike-like too. To the point that I was a little surprised that they'd make some things so similar to the first game. But, it turns out it's just someone completely different making an extremely similar game... Regardless, it's fun and sweet.
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Dec 15, 2022 12:45
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fez_machine posted:You might have confused "is like" with "made by" there. I've seen one other game using the A Short Hike art style, Paradise Marsh. It's practically becoming a sub-genre like "Sonic-like" and "Portal-like"
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Dec 15, 2022 17:20
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River City Girls 2quote:The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more! 56% out of 75. Seems to have some performance issues, so wait for a patch unless you really need to play it now.
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Dec 15, 2022 17:21
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galenanorth posted:I've seen one other game using the A Short Hike art style, Paradise Marsh. It's practically becoming a sub-genre like "Sonic-like" and "Portal-like" are they true roguehikes or merely roguehites
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Dec 15, 2022 17:25
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Hwurmp posted:are they true roguehikes or merely roguehites Cozyvania / zelderps.
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Dec 15, 2022 17:27
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Jarvisi posted:High on life is on gamepass. It has mediocre gunplay and the humor is what you'd expect. There's also no way to skip dialogue! the main issue imo though is the lack of options for FOV and turning off CA. Really dumb to still have devs not considering these essentials. Otherwise I guess its what been expected, 7/10 shooter or something, not particular bad and nice visuals. Melatonin came out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlqqhXBVEU quote:Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on beat without any intimidating overlays or interfaces. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music.  and Bots Are Stupid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOYJwXfsPG8&t=10s quote:An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast. haldolium fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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Dec 15, 2022 19:58
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BLACKTAIL https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532690/BLACKTAIL/ https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256921360/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1671100619 quote:Forge the legend of Baba Yaga, a girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from her home. Live out the origins of the Slavic myth in this one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world.
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Dec 15, 2022 21:51
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External Organs posted:Cozyvania
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Dec 15, 2022 23:42
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I've played a little more of Lil Gator Game now. While it is charming, the actual gameplay is no where near as engaging as A Short Hike nor is the music as good.
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Dec 16, 2022 13:22
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moosferatu posted:I've played a little more of Lil Gator Game now. While it is charming, the actual gameplay is no where near as engaging as A Short Hike nor is the music as good. It is good if children do play them, because there does need to be more games for younger children so there's more options than just Roblox. though I don't know how you can really market an indie game to parents or kids... no indie dev's gonna have the money to advertise on Nickelodeon or anything. i guess you'd have to rely on collabing with streamers that are popular with kids?
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Dec 16, 2022 21:31
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The 7th Guest posted:the trailers struck me as "this should be a game solely for children but it's being marketed to adults for some reason" which is sort of how I feel about a lot of games that present under the "Wholesome Games" moniker This seems accurate. It reminds me of Alba, which is another wholesome, charming game that I played a few hours of but I'm not sure if I can bring myself to finish because it's really for kids.
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Dec 16, 2022 22:03
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moosferatu posted:This seems accurate. It reminds me of Alba, which is another wholesome, charming game that I played a few hours of but I'm not sure if I can bring myself to finish because it's really for kids. I liked Alba a lot and while it's VERY simple, kid-friendly gameplay, I think I just really enjoyed zooming around the island and completing the animal guide. Sometimes it's nice to just take pictures of birds and confound an evil real estate prick.
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Dec 19, 2022 04:04
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My daughter and I 100%:ed Alba together and it was a real fun ride with some pretty charming dialogue. I can totally recommend that game, especially on a sale.
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Dec 19, 2022 22:58
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The 7th Guest posted:the trailers struck me as "this should be a game solely for children but it's being marketed to adults for some reason" I skipped like half a second through the steam trailer and everything from the games visual design, animation, font choice, music choice, actual phrases used are for kids. Don't see how you can get from that one to "marketed to adults"? Have not seen other trailers though, maybe they're different. Alba is in an different place here as it is a Serious Game promoting environmental care and real world knowledge about animals and how most birds sound terrible and not just entertainment.
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Dec 22, 2022 16:20
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Sail Forth https://store.steampowered.com/app/1031460/Sail_Forth/ quote:Sail a fleet of customizable ships across an ocean whose ancient depths have swallowed the key to the mysterious past. Befriend fishfolk to expand your boat crews, take up arms against petulant pirates, and chart a course across an expansive watery world. Will you answer the call of High Adventure? I had this one on my wishlist for the longest time hoping it would be a sailboat version of Sky Rogue, and it finally came out. I'm not sure the world is actually procedurally generated in this one, but that doesn't matter as it's plenty varied enough. The sailing mechanics are really relaxing, and the game is only as hectic as you want it to be. You can totally avoid the enemy pirate ships if you want to. Upgrades and fleet expansion come rapidly, both from boarding and taking over enemy ships and from accumulating spare wood (the in-game currency) to spend at the boat-upgrade stores. I'm less than 6 hours in and already have the biggest ship available from the initial upgrade list, and probably could have gotten it sooner than that if I had focused. There are a few rough edges; the companion ship AI is not great and doesn't always have your back in a fight. If you have excess crew "below deck," sometimes their stats will disappear and they will become unselectable (and so far, there's not a great variety in crew stats anyway). You can treat it like an open world, but there will be brief loading screens when transitioning between island areas. This is bad because it briefly breaks immersion, but also good because it resets your companion fleet into position right next to you; otherwise they will oftentimes get left behind if you are sailing directly to the next island instead of fast-traveling. I'm glad I picked it up and hopeful that the dev will invest additional effort post-launch. I can see myself coming back to this one for a long time to come. How do I embed the videos from Steam?
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BABBDI https://store.steampowered.com/app/2240530/BABBDI/ https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256919851/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1670511564 It's a first-person exploration game where you can pick up and hold one item at a time. Your goal is to get a train ticket and leave the city of BABBDI. Your real goal is actually to look around and find all of the different secret items/collectibles hidden everywhere around the map. Items range from a flashlight to a trumpet that doots depending on how high or how low you're holding, to a pickaxe that lets you scale any vertical surface to a  motorbikeIt's not very long, it's not very deep, you can probably beat it all in an hour or two. But it is free 
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Dec 26, 2022 05:44
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bawk posted:BABBDI sweet
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Dec 26, 2022 16:47
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haldolium posted:IXION got released today and looks pretty neat Thanks for sharing this one. It’s nice and chill, but it also has an awesome sci-fi horror vibe. I’m defrosting hundreds of random people I’ve found and forcing them to eat bugs.
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Dec 26, 2022 17:37
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Red Rox posted:Thanks for sharing this one. It’s nice and chill, but it also has an awesome sci-fi horror vibe. Just a word of warning the game progression is not very flexible. You either do it the right way or you bleed out quite quickly. I dont mind trying and failing and trying again. I do like the story part and aesthetics.
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Dec 26, 2022 17:54
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This is basically a 1 for 1 clone of rhythm heaven. Rhythm based mini games, followed by remixes that combine them. It would be impossible to be any more of a clone. But that's a good thing.
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Dec 26, 2022 23:50
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istewart posted:Sail Forth I enjoyed the demo of this earlier this year, found it to be pretty chill, glad to see it's released.
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madfury posted:Just a word of warning the game progression is not very flexible. You either do it the right way or you bleed out quite quickly. I dont mind trying and failing and trying again. I do like the story part and aesthetics. lol yup I had to start over quite early in my first game cause I built a whole bunch of buildings facing the wrong way so they weren’t connected to any roads and everyone starved to death.
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Dec 29, 2022 11:17
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Hwurmp posted:are they true roguehikes or merely roguehites Now I want to play a roguelite hiking game where you just walk through a pretty forest and discover different neat scenery each time
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Jan 6, 2023 07:42
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deep dish peat moss posted:Now I want to play a roguelite hiking game where you just walk through a pretty forest and discover different neat scenery each time I think you just described life
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victrix posted:I think you just described life 
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victrix posted:I think you just described life I can't believe how outrageously expensive the DLC is e: and they never put the pre-order DLC up for sale Cool Kids Club Soda fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jan 6, 2023 |
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The Shadow Peoplequote:The Shadow People is a retro point and click horror adventure game with a minimalistic aesthetic. As a student cramming for finals, you drive all the way to school, sit through class, and try to slog your way back home. But fatigue sets in, and dark creatures dance in the edge of your eyesight. 80% out of 10. Free. Corpse Box Racers quote:What if, when people die, they do go to heaven... only they're still dead and their bodies are now used as competitors in tournaments? 100% of 11. Antivine quote:Do plants feel? A unique boy from the village and a girl lost her memory stay together for the adventure in the Chengying plain, a breathtaking place but fulfilled with bushy vines. Through changing viewpoints and the way of thinking, solve puzzles and move towards the source of the Treeman. 88% of 18.
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I too am a unique boy from a village
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madfury posted:Just a word of warning the game progression is not very flexible. You either do it the right way or you bleed out quite quickly. I dont mind trying and failing and trying again. I do like the story part and aesthetics. I found a dog!
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bawk posted:BABBDI Just tried this out. If you skip it you aren't missing much but you can waste a totally enjoyable hour on it. or in my case more because I keep breaking outside of the map.
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Atrio: The Dark Wild came out of EA as it looks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdz83FL8OUU quote:Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.  has anyone played this already? Looks like a very interesting take on the automation game genre
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I've had my eye on that game for a while, I might give it a try now that it's fully released.
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Children of Silentownquote:Children of Silentown is a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon here, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks. 100% out of ~10. I played the prologue a couple years ago and thought it showed promise.
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Jan 11, 2023 18:09
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Kandriaquote:Explore a ruined open world of caverns and settlements. Hack and slash your way through missions: patrol, repair, scavenge - choose your quests and dialogue. Or go fishing, forage mushrooms, and race the clock! The old world is gone - the future is up to you. 100% positive on ~15 reviews. Some comparisons to Celeste and Breath of the Wild, which is certainly an intriguing combo.
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Jan 11, 2023 23:09
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Kandria is goon-made as well I believe.
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Mode 7 posted:Kandria is goon-made as well I believe. It is, heres the dev's thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3938111
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ultrafilter posted:Kandria I got my hands on a pre-release key last week for streaming/review, and I can vouch for it being really solid. It's fun!
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