I'll take it and write some stuff :)
I'm a lurker in this thread but it's one of my favorites.
I'm a lurker in this thread but it's one of my favorites.
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Indie Games | August 2018: Ganbare! Ghostly Guts!
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I started a Steam Curation (sorry, brazilian-portuguese only) a couple of weeks ago for -- mostly -- indie games and I use this thread daily as a source for it. I would like to give a look at the game and write a mini-review based on my impressions about it if possible.
re: Land of Glass--while I usually give a fair shot to games, the animations are lovely even if the massive bloom is a headache, but I couldn't make it past one battle. Real-time card game tactics, which seems to amount to spamming attacks/defends when you can? Not for me.
Oldies: I've been playing rogue-like deckbuilders such as Dream Quest, Card Quest, and Monster Slayers, and having a blast with those.
And I quite like the look of Long Gone Days from its Kickstarter. I'm not a big EA guy either, so I'm not sure if I'll give it a shot, but it looks sumptuous. Not much else on my radar this month besides that--Pathfinder: Kingmaker beta in a few days, Battletech later, then PoE2 after.
Oldies: I've been playing rogue-like deckbuilders such as Dream Quest, Card Quest, and Monster Slayers, and having a blast with those.
And I quite like the look of Long Gone Days from its Kickstarter. I'm not a big EA guy either, so I'm not sure if I'll give it a shot, but it looks sumptuous. Not much else on my radar this month besides that--Pathfinder: Kingmaker beta in a few days, Battletech later, then PoE2 after.
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Today's highlight is a surreal but endearing Taiwanese production (also on iOS)
螢幕判官 Behind the Screen - $8.99 (currently $8.09) (PC)
In "Behind the Screen", Players will excavate deep into the memories and life of a murderer in order to dig up the real truth. The whole story is about his twisted life, and through his story we can know how media destroys a person under the help of audiences. By using a surrealistic picture book art style, intriguing plots and actions such as solving puzzles and hiding from enemies, players can live out the life of this murderer while uncover the truth behind the screen.
螢幕判官 Behind the Screen - $8.99 (currently $8.09) (PC)
In "Behind the Screen", Players will excavate deep into the memories and life of a murderer in order to dig up the real truth. The whole story is about his twisted life, and through his story we can know how media destroys a person under the help of audiences. By using a surrealistic picture book art style, intriguing plots and actions such as solving puzzles and hiding from enemies, players can live out the life of this murderer while uncover the truth behind the screen.
Epic Dumpster Bear: Dumpster Fire Redux - $4.99 (PC)
An evil corporation destroyed his forest, now it's his turn to take out the trash
Revenge of the Headless - $3.99 (currently $3.39) (PC)
A brick adventure game. Every time will change the dungeon, use your head to kill a blood road, Durahan.
Fatal Stormer - $9.99 (currently $8.99) (PC)
Fatal Stormer is a classical "kill'em all" scrolling arcade game, featuring modern graphics, sound and hardcore gameplay.
Kartong - Death by Cardboard! - $13.99 (PC)
Kartong - Death by Cardboard! puts you up against wicked experiments inside the miniature city of Kartong. You have been shrunken down to the size of a guinea pig, trapping you in a home-built cardboard maze of evil toys & traps. Your goal is now to escape! But beware, "Sven" is watching you.
Zombie Office Politics - $4.99 (currently $3.99) (PC)
Battle Zombies, save your co-workers and earn that promotion you've always wanted in this hilarious new Zombie RPG with a difference.
Tile Battle - $7.99 (currently $6.39) (PC)
A local multiplayer mix inspired by Warcraft III and Lemmings. Play with factions, spells and tiles to outwit your friends in this chaotic new take on the RTS genre.
Paper Shakespeare: To Date Or Not To Date? - $8.99 (PC)
Welcome to Elsinore Academy, a proving ground for young royalty; where people from all over the globe come for higher learning, and the cheerleaders are literal witches. Are you ready to enroll? Maybe get with Othello? Eh? EH?
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '97 GLOBAL MATCH - $9.99 (PC)
KOF '97 is the final entry in the Orochi Saga, the original storyline of the KOF series, which is still played by enthusiastic fans around the world. KOF '97 makes a return with new features such as online matchmaking, a new gallery mode, and custom menu BGM settings!
Acute Art VR Museum - (PC)
The VR Museum offers exclusive access to original VR works by the world's leading contemporary artists. The premiere of our subscription-based museum features an original VR artwork by Olafur Eliasson and soon by Anish Kapoor, Jeff Koons, Marina Abramović, Nathalie Djurberg and more.
Night of the Shrub Part 1 - $1.99 (PC)
Night of the Shrub Part 1 is a short, visual novel, with a single storyline full of October surprises - A boy named Shrub, and his three friends, go looking for adventure in a creepy, abandoned house, and find a whole heap of odd happenings.
Welcome to the Game II - $9.99 (currently $8.99) (PC)
Welcome to the Game II is an atmospheric horror / strategy / puzzle game that takes you into the world of the deep web in search of the shadow web. Play as an investigative reporter trying to solve a case of a mysterious woman broadcasting for help as masked men are on the hunt to kill her.
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I really trying right now to create thumbnails for my entries in OP, but I need a specific format I need to follow.
Do you have any suggestion Toma?
One of the solutions I found is Imgur, but the quality of the pics become a mess after the upload....
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Thank you. I'll let you know when I publish some kind of material about it.
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And thank you a ton for your purchase! :) <3
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Looks like a fun list of new releases in the OP! There's a bunch I haven't heard about before and just added to my wishlist. If you guys have any insight or first-hand experience with 'em, hope you can share some impressions with me. Here's the ones I'm interested in:
- Abyss Crawlers Plus - I'm not super big into roguelikes, but I really dig the atmosphere of this one.
- Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure - Chess with story-based missions? Haha, sure, I'm in. Curious about how much of the gameplay stays true to traditional chess.
- Dungeon Gambit Boy - Looks to be a fun twitch-platformer. Looking for a good one to turn the brain off and just play.
- Earthlock - I haven't played a turn-based RPG in awhile. The aesthetic of this one draws me in for some reason. Feels pretty nostalgic to me.
- Exorder - I'm planning to play Into the Breach soon, but this also looks to be a fun turn-based SRPG. I can never have enough of those.
- IIN - I could use a relaxing puzzle-platformer. This seems like it'll scratch that itch.
- Loyalty and Blood: Viktor Origins - Oh man, something about a good dash/dodge move really turns me on, haha.
- The Long Reach - This one sounds familiar. I'm loving the horror vibes. Great change-of-pace from the other games I got lined up.
- Q.U.B.E. 2 - Do I need to have played the first one to enjoy this?
- Visual Out - Trippy as hell. Pretty interested to experience it at 2AM in the morning sometime.
- Abyss Crawlers Plus - I'm not super big into roguelikes, but I really dig the atmosphere of this one.
- Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure - Chess with story-based missions? Haha, sure, I'm in. Curious about how much of the gameplay stays true to traditional chess.
- Dungeon Gambit Boy - Looks to be a fun twitch-platformer. Looking for a good one to turn the brain off and just play.
- Earthlock - I haven't played a turn-based RPG in awhile. The aesthetic of this one draws me in for some reason. Feels pretty nostalgic to me.
- Exorder - I'm planning to play Into the Breach soon, but this also looks to be a fun turn-based SRPG. I can never have enough of those.
- IIN - I could use a relaxing puzzle-platformer. This seems like it'll scratch that itch.
- Loyalty and Blood: Viktor Origins - Oh man, something about a good dash/dodge move really turns me on, haha.
- The Long Reach - This one sounds familiar. I'm loving the horror vibes. Great change-of-pace from the other games I got lined up.
- Q.U.B.E. 2 - Do I need to have played the first one to enjoy this?
- Visual Out - Trippy as hell. Pretty interested to experience it at 2AM in the morning sometime.
Sling Ming - $11.99 (currently $9.59) (PC)
Hook up to the Oxylane, a transit system that lets you fly through the air, swing around corners and defy gravity. Embark on an intergalactic adventure, solve physics-based puzzles and save your kingdom from the never-ending earthquakes!
Plug Me - $2.99 (PC)
Plug Me is a tricky puzzle platform where the timer is a physical object in the game world!<br />
You are able to walk on the green parts of this bar as a platform, but you must be careful not to fall off as the power is drained.
War Of The Zombie - $12.99 (PC)
War of the Zombie brings together the best of turn-based simulation and real-time strategic gameplay action across the entire world at the very start of a mysterious undead outbreak.
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Sling Ming - $11.99 (currently $9.59) (PC)
Hook up to the Oxylane, a transit system that lets you fly through the air, swing around corners and defy gravity. Embark on an intergalactic adventure, solve physics-based puzzles and save your kingdom from the never-ending earthquakes!
squirrelwide, can I ask you which program you use to make these gifts?
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I notice that snide remark and raise you your dwarven population, who probably need more guidance than you gave them :p
And a heads up squirrelwide that your links are broken today. Looks like they got formatted with a space at the start of each of them.
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http://indiegames.com/index.html
Still the best as they also cover older and obscure stuff frequently.
My man says that Q.U.B.E. 2 is better than the first game. Sounds like the story is not relevant to your enjoyment of the game.
We use giphy. Giphy has a neat gif creator tool that accepts youtube links.
http://notablereleases.com ;)
No. What exactly are you trying to do? I thought some people above recommended services like abload where you can upload images that won't be compressed. Is that what you need?
I am trying to do something similar like your gifs, having all pictures the same size, but be still images.
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Not from a video, but from existed good-quality pictures of a game.
In other words, I want a quick method which take the url of a photo and using an online site to resize images.
One solution was Imgur, but the quaility become very terrible...
Ah ok. There are some edge cases that might give you trouble due to differing aspect ratios but I would suggest finding a high res image and then either cropping or resizing to something fairly standard like 1280x720. You should be able to do this for most images on the Steam store page for a given game.
One more Steam tip. Some games have a "Visit the website" button. From there many games with a website have a "press kit". That press kit comes with press images usually in fairly standard sizes. Hope that helps.
EDIT: For resizing and cropping I just use Paint .NET. It's super simple, free and has a toolset somewhere between mspaint and photoshop so it's good for someone like me that doesn't want to break out a really robust editing tool but can't just use mspaint.
Indie gaming taking a backseat to Far Cry 5 right now.
Might take Battletech to restart the hype at the end of the month.
In the meantime, firing up Into the Breach or SYNTHETIK, and keeping up with the They Are Billions weekly challenge map.
HOLY CRAP I just realized that I have yet to build an inn. I saw its requirements, and I was like NOPE! Forgot to even try and build one. Got distracted by nearly losing to a witch rush losing my southwest base expansion. lots of space gone to waste means less efficient, but effective.
There comes a certain point in the game where you build what you typically make for an end game and then you just stop like, "I have enough." The top scorers never stop building.
Might take Battletech to restart the hype at the end of the month.
In the meantime, firing up Into the Breach or SYNTHETIK, and keeping up with the They Are Billions weekly challenge map.
HOLY CRAP I just realized that I have yet to build an inn. I saw its requirements, and I was like NOPE! Forgot to even try and build one. Got distracted by nearly losing to a witch rush losing my southwest base expansion. lots of space gone to waste means less efficient, but effective.
There comes a certain point in the game where you build what you typically make for an end game and then you just stop like, "I have enough." The top scorers never stop building.
Very good site with good sections as well. Bookmarked!
IndieGames? Nice! Very good website as well. Also bookmarked.
Yes! Definitely a very good one. Good suggestion!
Thank you all :)
Fixed, new month new macro problems. (it appended an extra http:// in the front, which isn't helpful)
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Today's update is an action platformer with lovely pixel art. Also Cefore!
Sacred Stones - $11.99 (currently $10.19) (PC)
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Sacred Stones - $11.99 (currently $10.19) (PC)
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Cefore - $9.99 (currently $8.99) (PC)
CEFORE is a physics-based puzzler in an abstract simplistic art style in which you get contracted to bring down different structures in the most creative ways possible. Try not to cause too much destruction, of course.
Nemesis Realms - $14.99 (PC)
Be the massive raid boss in VR, smacking heroes around with your awesome powers. Be a multi-headed dragon spewing fire, or an arcane entity wielding the power to tear down worlds. Only possible in the ultimate VR bossfight game: Nemesis Realms!
Bump Bump Bump - $3.99 (currently $3.59) (PC)
Bump Bump Bump! A minimalist puzzle about bumping into stuff.
Band of Defenders - $13.99 (currently $9.79) (PC)
A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.
Elude - $0.99 (PC)
Elude is a simple, yet challenging endless survival/arcade game. It will test all of your abilities to escape from the enemies or lead them intro traps.
Lá Camila: A VR Story - (PC)
When the storms of nature threaten her very existence, the viewer must help a young shepherd girl take on the responsibilities of her deceased papá.
YEARN Tyrant's Conquest - $9.99 (currently $8.49) (PC)
Take control of tyrants in this party strategy game. Plan, flank and witness the fun chaos that is simultaneous turn based combat!
Galactic Orbital Death Sport - $12.99 (PC)
Do you like to crush your enemies? Disintegrate them, reducing them to the simple state of pixel? Welcome to G.O.D.S!<br />
G.O.D.S is a sport game taking place in space with different game modes.
Fleets of Ascendancy - $4.99 (PC)
Meet allies, foes and aliens on your trek across a solar system. Plan layouts, coordinate attacks, balance resources, manage fleet facilities and take on many different kinds of enemies in numerous encounters along your journey.
Today's update is an action platformer with lovely pixel art. Also Cefore!
Sacred Stones - $11.99 (currently $10.19) (PC)
Retro sidescrolling action and adventure greet you in Sacred Stones! The indie atmosphere is easy to immerse yourself in. Have a great time as you explore, run/jump & fight your way to victory. This game is perfect for both hardcore and casual fans alike seeking that nostalgic-indie fix!
Sacred Stones look like a good wild ride.
However I want to ask for another game, Castle Agony
http://store.steampowered.com/app/827830/Castle_Agony/
Does anyone knows if it is any good?
Nice. I am following you now, you got some nice game recommendations over there.
Picked up this cool action roguelike
http://store.steampowered.com/app/509570/In_Celebration_of_Violence/
A ton of items and weapons and spells and whatnot, slower combat that reminds me of Unexplored's. and some cool interactions like fire spreading and electricity traveling through a water. You can set an entire forest ablaze and watch the fire travel from grass to trees. If you swipe a wooden sword through fire, then you'll have a flaming wooden sword for a while. Stuff like that
http://store.steampowered.com/app/509570/In_Celebration_of_Violence/
A ton of items and weapons and spells and whatnot, slower combat that reminds me of Unexplored's. and some cool interactions like fire spreading and electricity traveling through a water. You can set an entire forest ablaze and watch the fire travel from grass to trees. If you swipe a wooden sword through fire, then you'll have a flaming wooden sword for a while. Stuff like that
Back in 2016 I did a preview article for Copy Kitty:
http://www.cubed3.com/preview/613/1/copy-kitty-pc.html
It looks like the game is going to be leaving Early Access in a couple weeks.
If you haven't already picked it up, I totally recommend doing so.
I guess I'll provide a link to my Steam curator as well:
http://store.steampowered.com/curator/31410492-PepsimanVsJoe/
I hate to advertise, but it feels weird having 200+ reviews and only 5 followers.
http://www.cubed3.com/preview/613/1/copy-kitty-pc.html
It looks like the game is going to be leaving Early Access in a couple weeks.
If you haven't already picked it up, I totally recommend doing so.
I guess I'll provide a link to my Steam curator as well:
http://store.steampowered.com/curator/31410492-PepsimanVsJoe/
I hate to advertise, but it feels weird having 200+ reviews and only 5 followers.
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