indie games

AARU’S AWAKENING, ALPHA DEMO

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Aaru’s Awakening is a fantastic 2D action platformer with a beautiful hand drawn art style inspired by 70s animation films.  You play as Aaru, the champion of dawn, a muscular beast who must travel through the domains of Dawn, Day, Dusk and Night and defeat the Night deity who has upset the balance in the world of Lumenox.

The big draw of Aaru’s Awakening is … Read More

EXOGENESIS, PRE-RELEASE DEMO

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Exogenesis is a point-and-click visual novel adventure game inspired by Ace Attorney and Zero Escape games. The story follows Yu Sayashi, a former wasteland “treasure hunter” on a quest to revive his dead sister.

Fitting with the visual novel style, most of the screens in Exogenesis are static, showing of some beautiful anime-style artwork.  As you progress through the game, each section is a self … Read More

WIZARDWIZARD, PRE-RELEASE

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WizardWizard is a challenging indie platformer with tight controls and a great soundtrack.  Similar to Super Meat Boy, it’s got short but tricky levels and the ability to restart quickly.  It’s an enjoyable little game with plenty of charm, thanks to the beautifully crafted pixel-art graphics and a nice sense of humour.

With only 25 levels, it’s a short, hard, precision platformer.  Your wizards … Read More

GANG BEASTS PRE-ALPHA DOWNLOAD

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Gang Beasts is a a very silly fighting game with an odd control scheme, reminiscent of Surgeon Simulator, that features some adorable, comically animated characters.

Bearing in mind that this is a very early build, as a fighting game it’s (intentionally) technically pretty terrible, with an awkward control scheme and clumsy characters that make the game extremely entertaining.  There are a selection of interesting environments … Read More