2023 Competition Entrants

by Iceberg Interactive / Laps Games
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From victuals to Vikings, lead your village and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions and enemy raids, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

by Group of students from a french school
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Last Call is a narrative virtual reality experience focused on emergency calls operator job, mixing real-time decisions taking with composure and logic to help citizens in distress.

by Springloaded
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It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 500,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly... Import and breed rare creatures, hire the right staff, keep your visitors happy, and deal with plenty of weird and wonderful events. Then try your hand at DNA Splicing, and stitch together over 500,000 different types of animal, ranging from the majestic Giraffephant to the peaceful PandOwl! Let's Build a Zoo lets you import a variety of animals from other Zoos around the world! Breed your animals and start families to expand your wildlife and fill your enclosures. But if that doesn't suit you... you could just create animals instead! With DNA splicing at your finger tips, you have the power to bind together over 500,000 different types of animal, creating monstrosities and oddities as you go! Ever wondered what a ChicKaka would look like? Now you can find out!

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 Sam Stubbings
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Life Not Supported is a Space-Survival game where you are the lone survivor orbiting a potential new home planet, tethered to what's left of your ship. Gather nearby debris and assemble a fully destructible make-shift vessel in an attempt to survive the harsh realities of space. Maybe you'll live long enough to uncover the truth behind the ships malfunction...

by Boxsun
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"Born from the raging fire, you must collect similar embers to rekindle the fire within. Grow brighter but be sure to evade the ones that are not akin."

Light Kin is a rhythmic bullet hell where you dance amongst the embers. Consume your own kin to survive and navigate through varying waves of everchanging embers and obstacles. Rekindle your fire by consuming large amounts of embers to burn as bright as possible.

by Chaystar Unlimited LLC
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Inspired by a nostalgia for Oregon Trail and the immersive depth of No Man's Sky, Lilith Odyssey simulates an alien family's migration across the cosmos to a planet of hope and promise. Casual flight sim mechanics combine with top-down planet survival as players sail on solar rays, tune in to a completely original in-game radio, and navigate an open-world galaxy with the freedom to explore more than 1000 unique worlds. The game's oddball, low-poly galaxy is filled with alien cultures and animals, space businesses, space- and ground-level threats, and a depth of lore. The Great Nacho Wars have ended and a corrupt galactic government saps life and resources from the many war-weary planets it controls. Many alien families are desperate to leave their dying planets, and players must select one they want to help.

by Brigham Young University - Center for Animation
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Souls on their perilous journey through the afterlife are left defenseless against the hungry darkness without the protective guidance of the Shepherds. Locate your flock, protect them from wolves, and guide them safely back home with your array of abilities and powers in Liminus: The Silent Guard.


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Lingo Legend combines a captivating collectible card game with a rigorous flashcard system in which you build a deck to battle monsters, all while learning a language. You face opponents of varying difficulty and must gain experience to unlock new cards to defeat them. You control your playstyle through deck customization; and of course, this all takes place in an immersive fantasy world.

A monster invasion has left your farm destroyed and your animals frightened and scattered. You set out to rescue them but quickly become entangled in the under-resourced military effort dedicated to uncovering where these monsters came from and how to stop them.

Intriguing characters and creatures will guide you on quests as you uncover the secrets behind the Yorth's mysterious appearance. You will gather resources to craft powerful weapons and discover collectibles to customize your avatar and your camp. Monthly challenges, player ranks, and leaderboards encourage friendly competition and reward accountability among learners. All these elements and more will keep you motivated as you defeat enemies and progress through a vast curriculum of vocabulary, grammar and phrases in your target language.

by battyRabbit
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Link The Cubes is a relaxing Top-Down puzzle game with cute little cubes. Solve the puzzle levels by connecting the cubes and moving them to the goal. Gameplay You control the main cube and connect to the other cubes in the level to move them all together. If one of your connected cubes is blocked, the others can't move either. Try to get as many cubes as possible to the portals. With more and more cubes saved, you can explore the game world further and unlock more difficult levels! Features Control one or more cubes at the same time Reach the portals to unlock more levels Tricky puzzles with different obstacles 100 playable levels Cute little cubes with character

by Transitional Forms
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The islands of Little Learning Machines are shrouded in mystery and broken robots. Only you can bring them back to their functional and playful ways by helping them learn new things! Each of these robots is a neural network. Through the power of machine learning, you can help form their own individual behaviour. Each robot's personality is shaped by the things you tell them to ???? LOVE... or by the things you tell them to ⚡ FEAR. But if you're not careful, they might surprise you in more ways than one! But with enough patience and attention, you can teach these robots to: - Create things - Explore Islands - Build Structures - Cooperate and make friends - Collect trinkets - Compete - Destroy? Each robot is a blank slate with unlimited potential, what will you train your robots to love and fear?

by eBrain Studio
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Loopmancer, a 3D platformer roguelite action game in a cyberpunk universe developed using the Unreal Engine 4 to create a realistic art style.
Fast-paced combats, traps and riddles are the core of the gameplay. The player will fight against a wide range of specially designed enemies using a large selection of melee weapons, guns, props and technological equipment. In addition, the player will face off against traps and riddles in the game.
The story takes place in the year 2046 at Dragon City, a dynamic futuristic Eastern metropolis and one of the most populous and economically powerful cities in the world.
Brain-computer interfaces, AI, bionic prosthetics, and nano-biotechnology have become ubiquitous. Despite the highly developed society, a huge gap exists between the rich and poor.

by Foster and Family Games
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An slapstick arcade game of rocket flight and rescue, made by a father and son.

by Cave Monsters
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Lord Winklebottom Investigates is a 1920s British murder mystery, point and click adventure featuring a dashing giraffe detective for PC, Xbox and Nintendo Switch!

It's the 1920s and the world's foremost giraffe detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. A mysterious invitation to an isolated island results in a grisly murder and a race against time to track down the killer. Thankfully, in this world that's not quite like our own, there's nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.

Join Lord Winklebottom and his steadfast companion Dr Frumple as they investigate the murder of their old friend. Uncover clues, interview suspects and solve puzzles to crack the case, capture the killer and uncover the horrifying dark secret at the heart of the Isle of Barghest!

by Happy Juice Games
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Lost In Play is a feel-good puzzle adventure game.
Go on an adventure with a brother and sister as they explore dreamscapes and befriend magical creatures. Lost in their imagination, Toto and Gal must stick together and solve puzzles to journey back home. This whimsical puzzle adventure game will make you feel like you're playing a cartoon!

by Playdew
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Lost twins 2 is a mix of sliding and interactive puzzle elements to create a one-of-a-kind gaming experience. It is an immersive puzzle platformer about the journey of lost twins Abi & Ben, they must move across platforms, engage in challenging puzzles, swap tiles to create a path for each other, overcome obstacles and reach the portal to reunite and find their way back home while helping and interacting with friendly strangers along the way.

Each level is divided into a grid of 2x2, 2x3 or 3x3 where each tile acts as a piece of the whole environment. The players can zoom out to see the whole grid or zoom in to see a specific piece in the grid. In the zoomed out view, the players can slide the tiles in the grid back and forth until two of the pieces fit together. Sides are connected when all lengths of that side match exactly with the other piece. When two pieces are connected together, the players can zoom in and interact with the objects within those pieces and solve the mini puzzles in those environments. When connected, players & objects can pass through the door or holes in the walls unless that path is blocked which would indicate that they might need to find another way to reach those places. If the pieces don't fit together properly, there is a force field preventing players/objects from passing through.

by Mathis Meilby
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Lotte is a very short personal game about death. The game makes an effort to tell a story through gameplay, which means that an emphasis has been put on the symbolic values of the players actions. Every sprite has been drawn on paper with pen and ink, then scanned into a computer using a paper scanner. Lotte can be seen as a kind of video game equivalent of a short film. Playtime: 3-5 minutes.

by TrampolineTales
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Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. The game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

by Tall Story Games Ltd
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Lucy Dreaming is a hilarious, surreal point & click adventure with a script inspired by British comedies like Monty Python, Blackadder and Red Dwarf. You play as Lucy, a young girl with a sharp, sarcastic wit, on a quest to unearth the truth behind her recurring nightmare. A unique mechanic allows players to control Lucy's dreams and enter her subconscious. A rabbit hole laced with intrigue, hidden memories and a cast of weird & wonderful characters. The game's world opens up as it progresses, unlocking new real-word locations like the traditional British pub and the town's suspiciously demonic library, as well as numerous dreamworlds to explore. Along the way you'll meet giant crabs, trolls, talking plants and a large duck with a bread problem as you solve a decade-old murder case and discover a dark secret from Lucy's past. The game's beautifully drawn pixel art invokes a nostalgic feel, whilst modern UI features like a hotspot finder, to-do list and double-click instant scene exit provide a smooth gameplay experience. The amount of detail and custom responses in each scene will delight inquisitive players with easter eggs and more quips than you can point a cursor at.

by Johan Vinet / CANARI GAMES
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Inspired by 2D classics from the 1980s and '90s such as Prince of Persia, Flashback, and Out of this World, and given life via a successful Kickstarter campaign, LUNARK is a retro-style sci-fi adventure that is expected to release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, the Xbox family of systems, Mac, and PC early 2023.

Set in a far future where Earth's moon has been transformed into a vessel for humanity's survival and a totalitarian regime reigns supreme, LUNARK puts players in control of Leo, a courier with unique abilities and a mysterious past. As he gets unwittingly caught up in the rebellion against LUNARK's iron fist, Leo must run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot his way out of one life-threatening situation after another as he navigates impressively animated pixel-art environments ranging from a dystopian megalopolis to eerie caves to an alien forest. Using your reflexes and your wits, you must overcome traps, solve puzzles, earn upgrades, and battle enemy droids, and when you aren't fighting for survival, you'll find yourself interacting with a cast of colorful characters who will put your allegiances to the test.

by StickyStoneStudio GmbH
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M.O.O.D.S. is an action rouge-lite game set in a futuristic world abandoned by humans and ruled by robots that discover emotions. Its gameplay is heavily fast-paced and relies on highly variable firearms. It's "Enter The Gungeon" meets "Binding of Issac" meets "Hades".

by Iceberg Interactive / Game Source Studio
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Begin your journey to become a Mahokenshi, a mighty samurai mage! In a blend of adventure, strategy and deckbuilding gameplay, choose how you will follow the way of the Mahoken.

Wielding both blade and magic, it is your duty to protect the floating Celestial Islands from powerful opponents who seek to corrupt them. Challenge your fate and build your card deck to defeat foes and complete missions. Evolve your character with every playthrough, and become the Mahokenshi the world needs.

by Group of students from a french school
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A giant monster tries to defeat a small will-o-wisp in a city, both players have to defeat each other using very different means...

The giant has to shoot energy to annihilate the small one while the will-o-wisp must destroy the life crystals of the giant before being terminated.

by SlavicMagic
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Manor Lords is a medieval real-time strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord -- the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities may rise and fall, but your rule remains. This is a game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord. Grow your starting village into a bustling city, manage resources and production chains, and expand your lands through conquest. Inspired by the art and architecture of late 14th century Franconia, Manor Lords prioritizes historical accuracy wherever possible, using it to inform gameplay mechanics and visuals alike.


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Go on a grand voyage in this co-op platform-adventure game. Play as Mari the ant and Bayu the firefly to solve puzzles, surf the wind on a feather or even ride a friendly grasshopper!

by Team Marmortal
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Use your trusted bow against the marble gargoyles, and parkour your way up a celestial tower in this first person movement shooter! In Marmortal: Fhaesir's Pride you have made a wish to a powerful entity – yet the wish brought forth dire consequences. As a last resort you embark up the sacred tower where wishes are granted to try and undo yours. Dynamically shoot and rush your way through the tower's perilous paths as it accepts no mortals in its premises. The tower slowly turns you into stone – and attempts to cleanse itself from your influence by sending hordes of gargoyles after you. The wishes inside the tower reveal interconnected stories of the people that wished upon its flowing waters, as you slowly learn that you might not be the first to trespass the tower either...

by LKA
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Martha Is Dead is a dark first-person psychological thriller, set in 1944 Italy, that blurs the lines between reality, superstition and the tragedy of war. As conflict intensifies between German and Allied forces, the desecrated body of a woman is found drowned… Martha! Martha is dead, and her twin sister Giulia, the young daughter of a German soldier, must alone deal with the acute trauma of loss and the fallout from her murder. The hunt for the truth is shrouded by mysterious folklore and the extreme horror of war that draws ever closer. What will prevail?

by Bureau Bravin
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Masterplan Tycoon is a real-time strategy game about building interconnected chains of resources in a minimalist visual style. The nodes are buildings. The pins are contact points between them. The links are supply lines. Create the largest logistics system possible. You need to connect everything correctly to deliver products to the intended destination. Masterplan Tycoon schematically depicts all the elements, which means you will be focused on managing the flow of resources, with nothing to distract you from this exciting process. Discover the minimalistic world of resource management. Take time to think about how to build chains properly. Find new resources. Change your decisions, rinse and repeat. Master the game mechanics, which at first glance might look easy.

by Enchanted Pixel
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Match 3 Universe is a game of match-3 chess, where players can play real-time with their friends, or against any opponent from around the world. Match 3 Universe is not just a game of luck and chance - while you are looking for the best combos and the highest scores, watch out not to set your opponent up for a mega combo! What's the highest score you can earn before your number of turns run out? Destroying specific gems charges up your powerup meter, which, when fully charged, creates special powerups to be used against the opponent. Multiple powerups can be used in a turn, so deploy them strategically to win the match! As you play, earn and unlock custom avatars, banners, so you can build your unique profile to show the world. Check out this unique, strategy-based match 3 game!

by The Men Who Wear Many Hats
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The premiere Victorian Business Tycoon & Dating Simulator.

Max Gentlemen Sexy Business! is a hilarious and titillating romp through Victorian era London as a social elite. Your family business has been stolen and you must partner with other powerful executives, fight your rivals and regrow your business to its former glory. Forge partnerships in the sheets while crushing rival companies in the streets to become England's largest monopoly.

by Sos Sosowski
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McPixel 3 is a wanna be save the day guy who is thrown into a series of misadventures where you have to save the day. One time you're on a train going off the cliff, next you're in an airplane falling from the sky, then you're a dinosaur trying to hide from a falling asteroid. These and many other adventures await in McPixel 3. The game takes place in a city of McBurg that you explore looking for new adventures. There are 100 levels in the game, interrupted by over 20 minigames. In total there are nearly 1000 gags to be discovered in the entire game. McPixel 3 is not about winning or losing, it's about having fun playing the game and discovering new adventures!

by Vampire Squid
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MEATGRINDER is a brutal and fast-paced FPS inspired by the best retro shooters and action movies. Fight hordes of punks in ever-changing environments and grind the meat.

by Pandaroo Interactive
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Could time go backwards? Meet me at NooN is a time manipulation turn-based puzzle-platformer with Tenet inspired mechanics. Control two characters, create perfect time loops and solve brain melting time puzzles.

by Undreamed Games
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Retrowave Skill-Based Action Roguelike about tough cops fighting crime and keeping peace the old-fashioned way. Choose your cop and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses using a huge arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle. The law will make’em bleed.

 

Hello, Officer.

 

Mega City needs your services. Are you ready to uphold the law?

 

The crime is out of control, the streets are not clean. There are criminals and psychopaths everywhere, ready to cut anyone’s throat. A corrupt megacorporation squeezes the life out of the citizens, seeking to establish control all over the city.

 

Only the incorruptible police officers of Mega City Police Department stand fast before the crime wave that consumed the city and threatens to overwhelm society.

 

Choose your cop and dive into a deadly battle against the criminals and brutal bosses to unleash the beast of justice in the darkest corners of the city.

 

If you can’t stand the heat, you better stay out of the kitchen.

by Half Asleep
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Melatonin is a rhythm game about dreams and reality merging together. Harmonize through a variety of dreamy levels containing surprising challenges, hand-drawn art, and vibrant music without any intimidating overlays or interfaces.

Melatonin explores the relationship between the dreams we have when we're asleep and the experiences we go through when we're awake, through unique rhythm game levels. Hand-drawn in a colorful and detailed visual style, with music produced to flow hand-in-hand with the gameplay and visuals, you will piece together elements about the main character's life as you dive deeper and deeper into their dreams at night.

by Froach Club & Poppy Works
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Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories is a story-exploration game about revisiting a town full of adorable animals with eccentric personalities. Yet under its cute and nostalgic surface lies a dark tale of crime and corruption... Play as Honeydew, an employee of a huge melon factory, and travel to Hog Town where melons are illegal. While searching for a missing friend, you'll have to explore the town and its surrounding areas, and speak with suspicious characters in dangerous situations to uncover the truth.

by Sergio de la Fuente Ramos
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Raquel´s Santaolalla Fine Arts degree final work, done by Sergio de la Fuente Ramos.

The original text about the project is in spanish yet, willing to translate it to english as soon as needed so sorry firsthand for the inconvenience.

Cuando Raquel me llamó y me presento esta idea la verdad que me entusiasmó, se trata de una obra explicando parte del medio desde su punto de vista de mujer artista, ha sido un placer poder aportar mi granito de arena dando una forma digital a todas sus ideas. En este proyecto mi función ha sido preparar todos los assets, montaje de escenario y programación y dejarlo como fue la idea en un principio.

Ahora os dejo con unas palabras de Raquel que definen mejor de que trata esta obra:

"El proyecto nace de una reflexión acerca de nuestra forma de vivir en el espacio virtual y más específicamente en los videojuegos, viendo este medio no como un sustituto de lo físico, si no como una opción de ocio e interacción, así como de posibilidades para la creación artística.

Para ello, he creado una experiencia virtual que recoge cuatro "cajas de recuerdos" de mi experiencia en cuatro videojuegos de características diversas, tratando estas de forma diferente según la naturaleza del juego en cuestión. A través de la fotografía y de otras formas de documentación, se pretende investigar el proceso de funcionamiento de los diferentes juegos otorgando valor a estas experiencias personales e intentando no caer en un mera transferencia al "plano físico".

A pesar de ello. antes de acceder a este trabajo que he desarrollado para ser experimentado con un Smartphone y gafas 360º, el espectador tendrá que introducirse en una estructura a modo de "portal". Con esta propuesta inmersiva se pretende remarcar la idea de espacio o conjunto de espacios que es el mundo online, a pesar de manifestarse a través de una pantalla.

Cabe destacar que a lo largo de la investigación ha ido cobrando importancia mi condición de mujer, ya que al ir leyendo los diferentes materiales tanto técnicos como teóricos, he ido descubriendo que lo que me interesa realmente, aquellos elementos a los que le doy importancia y la relación que establezco con este universo está intrínsecamente relacionado con ello." - Raquel Gutiérrez Santaolalla

The original idea was given to me by Raquel Santaolalla, then i made all the engine, art, and programming work, she was a student in that moment and i still are, so i hope there is no problem in that aspect.

The file is an APK for android and im sending you some documentation about the idea and milestones of the proyect.

Hope you like it and hope you have a nice day.

by Italic
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Midnight Girl is a 2D point-and-click adventure game that takes place in France during the Sixties. The story, mood, and style of the game are inspired by the city of Paris, Belgian comics and heist films from the Sixties.

by Cassius John-Adams
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A single player PC game, MiLE HiGH TAXi is "The Fifth Element meets Crazy Taxi". Players must deliver zany passengers, dodge 23rd century mile-high skyscrapers, and avoid blabbermouth pedestrians in a high-speed race against time.

Choose From 3 Different Game Play Modes:
In regular mode, choose which passengers to pick up and drop off in order to maximize earnings and extend your game time and career
With Challenge mode, you'll deliver passengers sequentially to level up, as the game gets progressively more difficult
In Free Roam mode you can freely explore with no time-limits, learning the city's layout, advanced hidden shortcuts, and other secrets

Family-friendly game

by Indoor Sunglasses
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When her boyfriend disappears at a sinister party she can't remember, Lina Kukanová agrees to a procedure that will resurface her suppressed memories. You are the operator: a Mind Diver. Swim through Lina's mind as if it was an ocean, and use Mind Diving tools and logical deduction to solve a dark mystery of love, death, betrayal, and self-delusion.

Mind Diver is a first-person detective game. Its unique investigation and deduction structure is developed in consultation with world-leaders in puzzle design, like Lucas Pope, creator of Return of the Obra Dinn. You will come across unexpected discoveries, explore a fascinating mind world, and make surprising deductions.

In Mind Diver, the story is the puzzle. Only by understanding the story can you progress.

The style creates an authentic experience, packed with expressive 3D-scan style to study and explore. Paying close attention to detail helps you solve puzzles and brings you closer to the characters of the game.

by Chris Zukowski - Zuko Media LLC
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Mix Universe is a Musical Sandbox Game aimed at allowing you, no matter your musical skill level, to create something you are proud of that sounds amazing and looks beautiful! Connect a variety of nodes together and edit them to make sounds and then share your mix with others using the Steam Workshop!

by Dejobaan Games, LLC & Radial Games Corp.
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You are born in the city of Asch and find food, forge friendships, and fend off bigger monsters, all while resisting your own monstrous urges to cheat, steal, kill, and lie at every turn. You emerge from a gooey vat, starving, naked, and alone. You wander the back streets of Asch, the monster metropolis, struggling to survive. Like your fellow monsters, you're plagued by vicious instincts. And it's comfortable to give into those instincts—your GREED stat makes it easier to hoard valuables than to share; your MALICE makes it compelling to attack the weak just for the thrill; and your DOCILITY forces you to lie around when you could be working.

Grow up, grow old, and maybe even grow wise. Make friends, allies, and enemies. Break out of the slums, assemble your own gang, explore the wilderness, and unravel the political intrigue keeping monsterkind from clawing out of the pit of brutality. Monster Loves You Too! is the story of your life told over months, years, and the next century.

by Beautiful Glitch
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Embark on a road trip like no other in this co-op narrative survival adventure. Visit fun locations, meet wacky characters, and manage your resources wisely. And yes: you still can date some hot monsters ;)

by Basit Games
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Monsters' Gambits is a chess, card, and dice digital board game where you build your strategy, trap your enemy, fuse your monsters, and use your special abilities against your cunning opponent.

by Moonroof Studios
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Moondrop is a cozy puzzle farming roguelite. Build a farm on a shifting mountain. Find treasure in its hidden trails. Use your skill at farming and alchemy to hold off the vanishing mists. When they inevitably arrive, retreat and rebuild the village to upgrade your next farm. Can you reach the summit?

by Studio Supersoft
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Spend a year away from home on Moonstone Island!

Following your village's tradition for Alchemy training, you've moved out to spend a year away from home. Armed with simple tools, Alchemical recipes, and the ability to tame nature spirits, you set out to start your new life. Can you build a home and bring prosperity back to Moonstone island?

Moonstone Island is an open-world deckbuilding life-sim. Move between the slow-paced and relaxed mechanics of life-sims, into the higher-stakes strategic combat of deckbuilding as you make friends, build a home, explore the world, and unravel its secrets.

by Studio Any Percent
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A small cozy city builder style game where all buildings are built from the same foundation! Take your time, build a self sustaining community for your residents in this relaxing builder, with no time pressure or external forces. Upgrade foundations via tech tree to redefine and refactor your space.

by Terrible Posture Games, Inc.
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MOTHERGUNSHIP: FORGE is the VR-only sequel to 2018's MOTHERGUNSHIP, and it's a frantic roguelite where players play with one of the most free-form crafting systems ever built while fighting through the metal innards of an alien armada's mammoth boss ship.

Experience truly wild bullet-hell combat: dodging, limbo-ing and even literally punch through clouds of bullets, all while perfecting your weapon masterpiece. Survive the MOTHERGUNSHIP's metal minions and earn gun parts to add to your weapon with a super intuitive system that puts nearly endless choices in front of you. Chainguns firing rainbow sparkles, coffee-infused pizza sawblades, bouncing rubber-duck grenades... there's always something surprising (and ridiculously silly) to discover in this critically acclaimed roguelite.

by Kenny Sun
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Mr. Sun's Hatbox is a slapstick, roguelite platformer about getting the job done, no matter the cost. Upgrade your HQ, your team, and your tools so you can take on increasingly dangerous (and ridiculous) missions in pursuit of not only the hat you've lost, but as many hats as you can handle.

by Shonté
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After a successful (and stressful) cat show competition, three women, Claudette, Aberdeen, and Illia, head back to their hotel rooms to decompress and unwind. The next day, two women get a knock on their doors: Claudette is dead. Was Claudette murdered by one of her competitors, or was it suicide...?

Murder at the Cat Show is a murder mystery featuring an ace detective named Detective, a snarky investigator named Investigator, and a small cast of crazy cat ladies who would love to not be accused of murder. If you enjoy Ace Attorney, Famicom Detective Club, and Agatha Christie novels, and cats, then boy do I have a game for you. This one!

by Javeah Interactive
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My Heart Your Soul is narrative-adventure story set in the Inbetween, the space between one life and the next. You play as Javi, a recently deceased soul, who must relive her memories to let go of her grief in order to pass on. With an Angel at your side, uncover the truth behind her story.

by Green Lava Studios
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Life is like a box of Mayonnaise, my momma used to say, eventually you just run out of it and it stinks up the fridge. This final clicker game will seal the destiny of our beloved Mayo. How will this end? Heck, even WE don't know! Behold the third and final entry of the "My Name is Mayo" Universe! The overwhelming and emotional story of our hero will unfold with the classic real-life tapping mechanic, lots of unlockable achievements in between, and one other surprise buried inside. Get ready to have your intellect enriched, your emotions manipulated and your mayonnaise expanded; as you unveil the stories and learn from mistakes. Our lives are too short not to be enhanced with meaningful stories like this one!

by HiWarp
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Naiad is a relaxing, minimalist and colorful exploration adventure in which you play flowing through a mysterious river. Interact with the fauna and flora to discover little secrets and reach the sea. A very personal game with a unique visual style created entirely by a one-person indie game studio.

A wholesome experience: Take a refreshing and serene swim where you can explore a peaceful river at your own pace. Embark on an emotional journey of growth to reach the sea. Play with friendly and adorable animals and make flowers sprout as you sing.

A unique and immersive art style: Beautiful visuals and sound design helps you feel like you're diving underwater and flowing among floating leaves and flowers. In each zone you will discover new animals and little secrets, with different atmosphere and music as the day progresses.

Be the guardian of the river: Join little Naiad on an adventure to protect nature from certain humans who try to take advantage of the river and pollute it. Will you be able to guide and help the animals find their way?

by Alchemy Sheep
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Happy hour has arrived! Become the NecroBouncer and toss out rowdy guests in a roguelike adventure through the nightclub dungeon. Raise the dead, discover hundreds of relics, ban enemies and gobble up their powers. It's one hell of a good time!

by Philip Noyed
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Neo Art Space is the first galaxy of immersive VR art and features the most cutting-edge immersive light art anyone has ever seen. Neo Art Space contains over 30 beautiful light experiences - bioluminescent caves, radiantly colorful forests, electric energy fields, aurora borealis skies and geometric light spaces. Neo Art Space is designed to be transcendent art experience that's wow-inspiring, healing, meditative and joyful. There are many interactive experiences including creating art, activating a poem generator, seeing in chromadepth or releasing everything from butterfly, fireflies and Fire Bird to a UFO and fireworks. This is a multi-person experience and includes the ability to navigate through portals, fly through space or teleport. In the real world, this would be 100,000 square feet horizontally and 15 stories high. It is, perhaps, the largest VR painting ever made. Music and spatial design by Emmy-Award winning musician, Jim Oliver.

by Vivid Helix
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In a dark and dangerous cyberpunk future, food is the ultimate symbol of wealth and status. Using a revolutionary invention called Neon Noodles, the Aristocracy indulges their every culinary whim. Everyone else begs for scraps. With no memory and no name, you are just a cog in this machine. But when a mysterious message unlocks your forgotten past, it thrusts you into a daring, clandestine heist to seize control of Neon Noodles and reclaim your legacy. Neon Noodles is inspired by the open-ended, machine-building puzzle games of Zachtronics such as Opus Magnum and Infinifactory. Take on challenging assignments from a cast of intriguing clients, design complex and beautiful automations to uncover the truth behind Neon Noodles. Do you have what it takes to pry humanity's future from the clutches of corporate greed? Features - Create automations as intricate or as simple as you like, using everything from programmable robot chefs to teleportation stations. - Automate your robot chefs through an intuitive record-and-replay system where you control a robot and have it replicate your exact inputs, then edit later if needed. - Solve endlessly replayable open-ended puzzles with 250 recipes from around the world consisting of 400 unique ingredients. Jollof rice, Clam Chowder, Spaetzle, Bibimbap — so many recipes to optimize! - Immerse yourself in a cyberpunk story where food is a luxury and ruthless corporate greed runs unchecked. - Compare your cooking automations with other players on the global leaderboards.

by Angel Matrix
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Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.

by Hanako Games
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Diane Carter never expected her folklore degree to get her a job offer from the local police department, but when a rash of occult-themed fires sets the city on edge, she is called in as a special consultant on esoteric religion to help find the culprit.

There's just one problem: the woman she's assigned to work with. She's cocky, beautiful, and _far_ too familiar.

Can Diane and Jackie overcome the obstacles of their past and find the truth?

Set in an alternate New Age 1980s where belief in paranormal powers and secret Satanists is at its peak, but same-sex love is still taboo. Night Cascades is a linear visual novel with minigame elements as the detectives search for clues and interrogate suspects to solve their case.

by Postmodern Adventures
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Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.

by Why Not Games
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Nikhil Murthy's Syphilisation is a postcolonial 4X game where you play a student doing a group report on Gandhi, Churchill and the Raj. It eXplores space left uncharted by the genre and proposes alternatives to established systems.

by Nao Games
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Unleash the power and speed of the Ninja in an ultrafast Roguelite that will leave you dead and wanting more. Ninja or Die is a singleplayer challenge with a rare offering: hardcore action and simple controls. Master violent precision platforming in medieval Japan as a lethal Secret Agent with lightning mobility. Make strategic use of minimalist controls to blaze through frenetic 2D stages that lead you deeper and deeper into a Ninja-eat-Ninja world of bloodshed and deception.

by Geography of Robots
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NORCO is a Southern Gothic point & click narrative adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and verdant industrial swamps of a distorted South Louisiana. Your brother Blake has gone missing in the aftermath of your mother's death. In the hopes of finding him, you must follow a fugitive security android through the refineries, strip malls, and drainage ditches of suburban New Orleans.

by NotGames
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Thrust into the chair in the broadcast studio of the National Nightly News, you must quickly learn what it takes to keep your audience tuned in. Choose the camera shots, the reactions, and the adverts; select the stories, bleep the profanity, and protect your equipment from malfunctioning as you single-handedly control what goes out over the airwaves to your entire country. The newly elected joint Prime Ministers have a radical new plan for society, but an anonymous, shadowy resistance group is creating news - if you let them.

by PanicBarn
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Immigration Enforcement Case #112: You are under arrest. Unless your friends can cross a broken America, retrieve your identifying documents and stay out of trouble... this is the end of the American dream for you. In an alternative broken America, where capitalism and political greed have taken center stage, your friend has gone missing. Snatched during a protest, Eduardo Suarez has been seized by the authorities, and now sits ready for processing in the Miami gulag. Not Tonight 2 is an American document-checking road trip, fusing a time-pressure RPG with a politically charged, dark comedy where every decision matters. Will Eduardo's friends Malik, Kevin and Mari manage to locate and deliver his documents to Miami in time, or is this the end of the American dream?

by Humble Mill
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Oblivion Override is a fast-paced roguelike hack-n-slasher set in a mechanical, robotic world. In the distant future, humanity is a thing of the past. Robots, still bearing the shackles of their creators, have founded a civilization among the ruins. Play as Crimson, an experimental combat robot, and explore the depths of the Dulce Base. The secrets behind the cryptic "Oblivion Code" will be revealed as you venture over and over into the desolate cybernetic space…

by Absurd Walls
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My account of experiencing a psychotic break, in game form. Inhabit my mind as I lose my grasp on reason. Attempt to piece together cogent responses to questions from doctors, friends, and family as psychosis takes over, and ultimately try to get back to stability.

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I started making this game several years after being hospitalized for a manic episode. I was fixated on the experience for the whole time. Trying to piece together what was real and what was dreamt, trying to even remember the sequence of events in chronological order, and every so often when I thought I had shaken the grip of obsessing about the hospitalization, I would have flashbacks that opened up my freshly healed wounds.

As a game developer, I was fascinated by some of the systems of thought that were going on in my head, and that gave me the idea for this game. I designed game mechanics and systems to tell the story of my psychosis in a different way than I have seen it expressed before.

Making the game really helped me with my flashbacks and organized the way I thought about my illness, and the experience of my hospitalization. I hope that it gives other people some insight into my brain and also into the nature of psychosis and manic depression.

by Studio Coats
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Play as Placidie and use your sheep to fight birds and wolves.
In a Tex Avery like slapstick world, " Oh Sheep! " is an all audiences fun and beginner friendly experience.

by Fleepas
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omigARi is an augmented reality game for Android in which you have to hit the origami birds coming out of the green origami tubes. Simply tap anywhere on the screen to throw paper balls at them.

You can play omigARi at any physical space. Just scan your environment for a few seconds before starting. Each scanned space is a unique scenario, with specific objects and geometry that will be recognized and augmented by the game.

There are two game modes:
- In single player mode you will play 30-second rounds. You must reach a minimum score at the end of each round to advance to the next one. You can exchange your points for power ups that will help you get further in the game.
- In Multiplayer mode you will play 60-seconds matches against your opponents. The winner will be the player with the highest score at the end of the match. As this is an AR game, you must all be in the same physical space before it starts.

by RB Wolf Games
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A game about saying goodbye

Make up for lost time with Once Again, If you could travel through time, who's the first person you'd meet? An interactive story about a boy who spends his summers wandering between past and present... After meeting her, summer will never be the same again...Who is she, and what journey awaits you?

by Glumberland
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New friends are plentiful in Ooblets! Spend your days renovating your farm, raising weird little pals, participating in dance-offs, designing your house, and helping the mayor save Badgetown!

by SIGONO
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OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a narrative adventure that takes place in a lawless solar system during the height of a gold rush in space. Players play as the exiled noble Jun, who is accompanied by Eda, a witch orphaned by war. Together, they venture out to the heart of space in search for treasure-filled asteroids of legend and lore. The gameplay moves between visual novel, space navigation, musical puzzle, and 2.5D exploration to tell a story about self worth, and timeless love.

The Full Bloom Edition is the definitive version first launched during Nintendo's Indie World Showcase. It features all-new Japanese / Chinese Mandarin voice acting, and per-character voice toggles for players who enjoy doing voiceovers.

Since launch, OPUS: Echo of Starsong has won multiple international accolades, including an Honorable Mention for the 2022 IGF's Excellence in Narrative and Winner of the 2022 Webby Awards, and has received critical acclaim among major media like Kotaku and Rock Paper Shotgun. It has also maintained a 97% Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam and a Metascore of 90.

by Draconis Interstellar
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Orbital Strike VR is a tactical space-combat-simulator where you take the role of a fleet pilot, a unique combination of skydiver and fighter ace. Fleet pilots operate out of their independent carriers, fighting to contain AI outbreaks that threaten humanity's star systems. Using a unique jet-hand flight scheme, designed for free-space locomotion with no motion sickness, pilots catapult off their carrier into combat, deploy capital ship class support, and direct them against their enemy's fleet in this single-player and drop-in online co-op adventure. Designed for room-scale and seated PCVR platforms. (Valve Index, HTC Vive, Rift, and Quest 2 with Airlink or cable link).

by Woodhill Interactive
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Ziggy wakes up in a blackout haze in the fictional Swedish suburb 'Orten' and quickly discovers he's caught in a time loop. He'll have to puzzle through each day in real-time to explore the ancient caves and tunnels twisting beneath his neighborhood, uncover millenia-old mysteries, and ultimately save his city.

In Orten, events unfold in real-time, with NPC's carrying out their routines over the course of repeating 12-minute days. These characters will repeat their behaviors in exactly the same way each day… unless of course you do something to alter their circumstances and change their path.

You'll need to solve puzzles, make use of hidden passages and hiding spots, and converse with the various inhabitants of Orten. Someone, or something, must have the answers you seek…

by Tobías Rusjan
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Out of Bounds is a puzzle shooter where you need to "create" a game while "fixing" bugs! Try to package your creation by compiling blueprints, shaders and testing sound effects. But watch out for the bugs! Grab your Line Trancer and start fixing them!

by Game River
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Out of Hands is a thriller that blends card game, video collages and psychological horror. The game aims to provide an intriguing and spine-chilling experience that leads you to combat mental struggles and retrieve lost memory.

by Doctor Shinobi
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All you wanted was to play a nice game. But now you find yourself opening Windows apps like Paint & Notepad to solve puzzles, and searching for files on your computers that you didn't put there... Who is she? Why did she appear on your desktop? Let's dive into her memories and find out.

by Bread Panda
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Overhaul is a rogue-lite puzzle game that combines fast-paced action and quick logical thinking. As Ikalee, venture deep into the abandoned Power Plant to bring the power back to your village. A place that has now been taken over by hostile and mysterious life forms.