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Boba Pearl
Dec 27, 2019

by Athanatos
One thing about Mindustry, it's pay what you want on itch.io, and itch.io takes a much smaller cut than steam, so it would be better to download / buy it from them. Here's the link.

https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry

Always support your local game-devs, especially the ones who are giving their game away for free.

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Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !
Chaos Galaxy demo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1184840/Chaos_Galaxy/

Jarvisi
Apr 17, 2001

Green is still best.

Is this...advance wars?????

Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !

Jarvisi posted:

Is this...advance wars?????

In...SPAAACE
..
On a serious note the first game Chaos Sector is really really good. All one dev too
https://store.steampowered.com/app/943810/Chaos_Sector/

BaldDwarfOnPCP
Jun 26, 2019

by Pragmatica

Morpheus posted:

I'm loving that soft art style, gotta say.

If you like that I’d highly recommend Creeper World

Apparently Steam just got CW4 so it’s thread relevant but the older 2d versions were the most intense tower defense I ever played.

I say this because I’m still trying to unravel mindustry from the aforementioned garbage tutorial.

E: n/m disregard steam it’s not actually out

BaldDwarfOnPCP fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Feb 21, 2020

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
https://molleindustria.itch.io/democratic-socialism-simulator

Democratic Socialism Simulator, play as Bernie after being elected the first socialist president of the USA

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


bowmore posted:

https://molleindustria.itch.io/democratic-socialism-simulator

Democratic Socialism Simulator, play as Bernie after being elected the first socialist president of the USA

Why would I play a game where everything just works and there are never any problems :confused:

bowmore
Oct 6, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

KillHour posted:

Why would I play a game where everything just works and there are never any problems :confused:
haha yeah if only

staberind
Feb 20, 2008

but i dont wanna be a spaceship
Fun Shoe

bowmore posted:

https://molleindustria.itch.io/democratic-socialism-simulator

Democratic Socialism Simulator, play as Bernie after being elected the first socialist president of the USA

Oh, does it have a decent gulag building sim?
Also, Thanks Palpek, due to this thread I found The Outer Worlds.
Its fun, sorta space steampunky. but with less fat people.

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

staberind posted:

Oh, does it have a decent gulag building sim?

no but ICE's got you covered

ZiegeDame
Aug 21, 2005

YUKIMURAAAA!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/940140/Project_AETHER_First_Contact/

Goon-made twin-stick shooter just released today.

OwlFancier
Aug 22, 2013

Actually a very old game but it has just been pushed to steam for easy acquisition and I absolutely recommend the hell out of it, one of my favourite RTS games of all time. Also it's free.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1241950/Warzone_2100/

Also the soundtrack is awesome too.

Sjs00
Jun 29, 2013

Yeah Baby Yeah !
stayed up way too late playing this just now
https://store.steampowered.com/app/978520/Legend_of_Keepers_Career_of_a_Dungeon_Master/

ShiroTheSniper
Mar 19, 2009

I see dead arrows.
Lipstick Apathy

OwlFancier posted:

Actually a very old game but it has just been pushed to steam for easy acquisition and I absolutely recommend the hell out of it, one of my favourite RTS games of all time. Also it's free.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1241950/Warzone_2100/

Also the soundtrack is awesome too.

Ms Adequate
Oct 30, 2011

Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling



OwlFancier posted:

Actually a very old game but it has just been pushed to steam for easy acquisition and I absolutely recommend the hell out of it, one of my favourite RTS games of all time. Also it's free.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1241950/Warzone_2100/

Also the soundtrack is awesome too.

You are in contravention of the New Paradigm.

Return to your designated area or be destroyed.

thehoodie
Feb 8, 2011

"Eat something made with love and joy - and be forgiven"

This looks cool but hasn't been released yet?

Mandatory Assembly
May 25, 2008

it's time to get juche
Lipstick Apathy

thehoodie posted:

This looks cool but hasn't been released yet?

There’s a demo

Lodin
Jul 31, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
Lair of the Clockwork God is out and easily the funniest game I've played in a long time. You play as Ben and Dan who finally return from the ancient adventure games Ben There, Dan That and Time Gentlemen, Please. Since all those years ago Dan has decided to become the new darling of indie platformers like Meat Boy. Ben on the other hand still wants to be and old school point & clicker.
What this means is that you switch between the two morons to either solve puzzles with your inventory and brain or jump around on various stuff like a mad bastard. This works well since the puzzles are clever and the action frantic with good controls.
Also, it's once again really funny and well written. I can't recommend this enough if you're a fan of both genres. For some reason it also comes with a free dating sim about the first time our heroes met at school and it's awful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC7X3Ur7l-Q

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1060600/Lair_of_the_Clockwork_God/

Tombot
Oct 21, 2008
This game upfront has a "Store" similar to the typical microtransaction fare you get in ubisoft games, but its "not open yet". I think its probably some kind of joke that'll make sense later on in the game so I won't worry about it.
Its pretty good, It does a lot to blend the platformy stuff with the object puzzle stuff so they work together properly. I havent got too far into it yet but theres a lot of intrigue already.

ymgve
Jan 2, 2004


:dukedog:
Offensive Clock

Tombot posted:

This game upfront has a "Store" similar to the typical microtransaction fare you get in ubisoft games, but its "not open yet". I think its probably some kind of joke that'll make sense later on in the game so I won't worry about it.
Its pretty good, It does a lot to blend the platformy stuff with the object puzzle stuff so they work together properly. I havent got too far into it yet but theres a lot of intrigue already.

Completed the game and can confirm that the store is a joke. Though it will become relevant during a playthrough, but of course you are not spending any money there.

The platforming felt a bit too imprecise and sluggish related to other platformers, though.

Carecat
Apr 27, 2004

Buglord
https://store.steampowered.com/app/912570/BEAUTIFUL_DESOLATION/



A 2d isometric adventure game from the people who made dark sci fi horror Stasis.

It's not quite Disco Elysium, with the quality level swinging between polished and budget jank but it's one of these rare examples of the combat free* isometric adventure genre at a low price

*or at least, not the gear and character stats kind of combat of Fallout/Baldurs Gate

Carecat fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Mar 1, 2020

Tombot
Oct 21, 2008
Its definately got a Fallout era aesthetic about it. I don't know if it's possible to avoid conflict entirely, but that'd be neat.

Hav
Dec 11, 2009

Fun Shoe

Tombot posted:

Its definately got a Fallout era aesthetic about it. I don't know if it's possible to avoid conflict entirely, but that'd be neat.

Doesn’t seem to be any so far. Kinda linear. But pretty.

Fatty
Sep 13, 2004
Not really fat
I don't think I've seen a game live up to its name better, its genuinely beautiful with surprisingly good and frequent CGI for an indie; but entire map areas can be completely empty, with a single NPC to talk to or one thing to interact with. Problem is I've literally had to comb every area, because pick ups are invisible to the naked eye and the icon for them only appears when your character is near them.

I understand they did this so you had to stare at the art for longer, but man is that annoying.

Cardiovorax
Jun 5, 2011

I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.
There was a similar game released just recently, but held more in the 2D sprite style of classic Fallout games. It had something to do with big meat monsters that want to be more human, or something of that nature. Does anyone remember what it was called?

doctorfrog
Mar 14, 2007

Great.

Cardiovorax posted:

There was a similar game released just recently, but held more in the 2D sprite style of classic Fallout games. It had something to do with big meat monsters that want to be more human, or something of that nature. Does anyone remember what it was called?

? https://www.gog.com/game/urtuk_the_desolation

Cardiovorax
Jun 5, 2011

I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.
No, I'm afraid that's not the one. It was really very reminiscent of the early Fallout titles, it even had that dialogue window. I remember a screenshot involving a big blobby Cthulhu thing poking out of what looked like a bunker entrance or a mine and a female PC talking to it. Sorry I can't really give any more detail than that.

itry
Aug 23, 2019




The only recent-ish games that are really similar to Fallout are:

ATOM RPG - What if Fallout but in USSR.
whoops apparently this released Dec 2018. But they're still updating it, and recently they updated the engine to Unity 2019.2.

Encased - Kickstared game, now in Early-Access.

Neither are sprite looking, but the first one is almost clone-like.

Twilkitri posted:

There's a few screenshots on Death Trash that seem to match what you're describing here, but I don't know about it having the Fallout dialogue window. It's also not out yet.

On the upside - it looks pretty neat.

itry fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Mar 4, 2020

Twilkitri
Feb 23, 2013

Cardiovorax posted:

No, I'm afraid that's not the one. It was really very reminiscent of the early Fallout titles, it even had that dialogue window. I remember a screenshot involving a big blobby Cthulhu thing poking out of what looked like a bunker entrance or a mine and a female PC talking to it. Sorry I can't really give any more detail than that.

There's a few screenshots on Death Trash that seem to match what you're describing here, but I don't know about it having the Fallout dialogue window. It's also not out yet.

Cardiovorax
Jun 5, 2011

I mean, if you're a successful actress and you go out of the house in a skirt and without underwear, knowing that paparazzi are just waiting for opportunities like this and that it has happened many times before, then there's really nobody you can blame for it but yourself.

Twilkitri posted:

There's a few screenshots on Death Trash that seem to match what you're describing here, but I don't know about it having the Fallout dialogue window. It's also not out yet.
Yes, that's the one! Apparently I was mixing things up in my memory, because one of those screenshots is exactly what I was thinking of. Thank you very much.

Iverron
May 13, 2012

itry posted:

The only recent-ish games that are really similar to Fallout are:

ATOM RPG - What if Fallout but in USSR.
whoops apparently this released Dec 2018. But they're still updating it, and recently they updated the engine to Unity 2019.2.

Encased - Kickstared game, now in Early-Access.

Neither are sprite looking, but the first one is almost clone-like.


On the upside - it looks pretty neat.

Underrail’s expansion was fairly recent.

Alamoduh
Sep 12, 2011
Just want to say that I got Urtuk after the chatter in this thread and it is absolutey phenomenal.


It’s a 2D Xcom, the art is amazing and I can’t believe it was done by one person. Even though it’s in early access on steam, it seems finished to me- you can play the whole game without crashes or bugs, thought they balancing is still up in the air. But If you play the beta branch with the code on the steam beta forums, most of the balancing concerns seemed to have been worked out. This game is great, ya’ll!

Maybe it’s a lot like battle brothers, but I could never get into BB and bounced of it a few times- maybe the new DLC make it worth trying it out again?

KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


itry posted:

The only recent-ish games that are really similar to Fallout are:

ATOM RPG - What if Fallout but in USSR.
whoops apparently this released Dec 2018. But they're still updating it, and recently they updated the engine to Unity 2019.2.

Encased - Kickstared game, now in Early-Access.

Neither are sprite looking, but the first one is almost clone-like.


On the upside - it looks pretty neat.

Wasteland 2? Probably not but it's a good game. Also Krater.

Minister of Chance
Apr 6, 2011
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140290/Murder_by_Numbers/

A Picross and visual novel crossover. I somehow feel compelled to buy it.

an owls casket
Jun 4, 2001

Pillbug

Minister of Chance posted:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140290/Murder_by_Numbers/

A Picross and visual novel crossover. I somehow feel compelled to buy it.

It's pretty good! The writing is surprisingly solid so far, but I'm only at the end of the first (of four, I think) cases.

Wiltsghost
Mar 27, 2011


Minister of Chance posted:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140290/Murder_by_Numbers/

A Picross and visual novel crossover. I somehow feel compelled to buy it.

Same dev that did Hatoful Boyfriend? Looks good to me.

itry
Aug 23, 2019




It's also available on GoG now.

Lodin
Jul 31, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

KillHour posted:

Wasteland 2? Probably not but it's a good game. Also Krater.

Wasteland Remastered released on February 25th. While I do like the new graphics and sound work I still find it incomprehensible. They haven't really done anything with the gameplay or interface so it feels really archaic. I wish they would at least have added a few QoL changes and a tutorial, but that would have obviously made the original fans mad as hell. They could have created a secondary mode that's actually user friendly.
If you're a fan of the original you'll probably dig this but otherwise I really can't recommend it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/875800/Wasteland_Remastered/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6KF4xc-cd4

SirSamVimes
Jul 21, 2008

~* Challenge *~


Ori and the Will of the Wisps just came out, and from what I've played it seems that as well as fixing the first game's terrible combat, they've also mixed in a bit of Hollow Knight.

A pogo hop ability, a mapmaker who moves from zone to zone, estus-style healing that consumes the same resource as damaging attacks, oh and this is literally the charm screen.



Really enjoying it so far.

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Dackel
Sep 11, 2014


SirSamVimes posted:

Ori and the Will of the Wisps just came out, and from what I've played it seems that as well as fixing the first game's terrible combat, they've also mixed in a bit of Hollow Knight.

A pogo hop ability, a mapmaker who moves from zone to zone, estus-style healing that consumes the same resource as damaging attacks, oh and this is literally the charm screen.



Really enjoying it so far.

The combat feels so good now! Up + sword juggle feels great.

Too bad about the audio issues, that *bzzzzt* sound really gets on your nerves

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