You all know the trope; you’re exploring the dystopian world and there’s terminals you hack in all the levels that have text based lore dumps. There’s tablets scattered around the sci-fi environment that have world building junk telling you how the old civilization got drunk with power. Notes scrawled on pieces of paper from people that lived in the huts you’re exploring in present day.
So which ones were good? Which ones bored you to death? Why were they compelling?
The best examples that come to my mind are Control and Prey (2017).
Control had really cool world building that was easy to digest, and it lent itself well to the office document descriptions. I found myself actually interested in what the little vignette stories were.
Prey was for pretty different reasons. Prey’s terminal emails were all office banter. It created almost a story within a story, where you got to know the office drama and how everyone handled the alien encounter as it …
More can be read in the thread made by the developer on twitter: https://twitter.com/COWCATGames/status/1563957983884845056
TL;DR: Developer of BROK the InvestiGator which was released this week knew beforehand that a lot of emails they’d get requesting a key would be from key resellers and decided to give them a Prologue key (Incomplete game) and give them a full game key if they messaged back telling them it was not a full game key and couldn’t continue playing.
After getting only positive curator recommendations (and universal user acclaim), they find out that a few of them changed their recommendation to negative and voila, there are already keys in gray market sites and also that all these curators have striking resemblances.
Some information I gathered about the curators. I’ll hide their names and emails to prevent witch hunting. The list includes all curators giving negative recommendations:
Curator | Creation date | Followers | Total negative reviews …
Happy Indie Sunday! We just released our 18th all-new, retro, turn-based RPG, Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor. We did an AMA for it, the other day, early sales are strong, and we thank r/games for giving a tiny developer a chance to get a little attention.
You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adventure. Freely explore a huge world, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose.
Our Steam page is at …
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1947750/Queens_Wish_2_The_Tormentor/
Our trailer is at …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3LbLXkFCDw
Hope you like it!
Game Title: Islets
Platforms:
Trailers:
Developer: Kyle Thompson
Publisher: Armor Games
Review Aggregator:
OpenCritic - 77 average - 75% recommended - 9 reviews
God is a Geek - Mick Fraser - 8 / 10
Islets is a gorgeous little indie that’s definitely worth checking out if you’re a Metroidvania aficionado.
Nintendo Life - Kara Phillips - 8 / 10
Islets promises a surprisingly wholesome story while featuring a lot of classic Metroidvania mechanics, and it certainly delivers. The beautiful landscapes and island inhabitants create an unforgettable journey. Filled with monstrous rivals, tense, timing-based platforming, and some well-hidden puzzles, this title is much more than a run-of-the-mill Metroidvania. Outside the eight-ish-hour campaign, there are enough collectibles scattered across …
Many of the bigger, more recent farm/ management-type games are going by a pretty set formula these days, with various settings and themes layered on what’s become pretty standard gameplay. I mean, I’m not blaming them, they have a lot of money on the line - but I think this is exactly where indie games can shine - in the ability to try out new things. So, our two-person, husband-and-wife team has been doing exactly that the last few years: Working on a Farm Sim for grown-ups (and grittier teens lol) called Veil of Dust: A Homesteading Game.
Broadcasting live from Gamescom 2022
Genres: RPG, Interactive Fiction
Platforms: Steam
Release: Q3 2023
Developer: eNVy softworks, 1sickpuppy
Languages: English, Japanese (with voice acting)
Hey r/Games!
Thank you for the opportunity to present our first ever game!
Dimday Red is an Interactive Fiction RPG based on a tabletop RPG rule system that utilizes eight-sided dice and cards. It is set in the politically divided city of Neu Bonn, in a dystopian future ruled by corporations, fanatical religions and powerful mutants. Every choice you make impacts the world around you, but most importantly your own personality. Who will you choose to be in a world doomed to end in 52 years? Will you fight for those in need, or will you take a front row seat as the world around you burns?
It’s inspired primarily by Disco Elysium, Powered by the Apocalypse TTRPGs and the political and environmental …
More can be read in the thread made by the developer on twitter: https://twitter.com/COWCATGames/status/1563957983884845056
TL;DR: Developer of BROK the InvestiGator which was released this week knew beforehand that a lot of emails they’d get requesting a key would be from key resellers and decided to give them a Prologue key (Incomplete game) and give them a full game key if they messaged back telling them it was not a full game key and couldn’t continue playing.
After getting only positive curator recommendations (and universal user acclaim), they find out that a few of them changed their recommendation to negative and voila, there are already keys in gray market sites and also that all these curators have striking resemblances.
Some information I gathered about the curators. I’ll hide their names and emails to prevent witch hunting. The list includes all curators giving negative recommendations:
Curator | Creation date | Followers | Total negative reviews …