Hello my fellow gamers and welcome once again to another releases and indie showcase post!
There has been some great releases via steam this week so prepare yourselves a drink and get comfy as there is a lot to get through!
At the end the usual Indie Showcase will appear and for this and the next 2 weeks after I have some great games lined up for you so be sure to keep an eye out!
Although there have been more releases than there are shown below, the games listed here are games I either find interesting or I think that you guys will enjoy :)
NOTE: All prices displayed were correct at the time of publishing
18/05/2015 Releases
Steredenn [Early Access, £5.99]
Developer Description: “Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.
Steredenn is at the crossroads between a shmup and a rogue-like. Enjoy the infinite replayability of the game with its unforgiving gameplay, intense boss fights, (almost) randomly generated environments, twisted space events and a surprisingly large arsenal of weapons.”
Feature List:
- Beautiful art and spaceships.
- Awesome boss fights.
- Addictive, ruthless.
- Endless arcade gameplay.
- Quick and intense sessions.
- INFINITE REPLAYABILITY: levels are (practically) randomly-generated.
- SCORING: beat your friends and be the best!
- CHALLENGES: Try to pass all the hard hand-made challenges.
- ARENA: Unlock a boss by defeating it in the normal mode. Then, train against it in a 1 to 1 duel. Your guns, your laws, your fight.
Official Video:
19/05/2015 Releases
The Curious Expedition [Early Access, £9.89]
Developer Description: “Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures. Put on your pith helmet and khakis and make your way through a lush, procedurally generated world full of wonder and mystery. Now go explore, adventure awaits!”
Feature List:
- Experience your very own adventure through a procedural story which makes every game unique.
- Explore procedurally generated worlds, each with its own distinctive set of challenges for the ambitious explorer.
- Plan and equip your trek. A good explorer is prepared for any eventuality.
- Manage your resources to keep your trek alive and sanity high. Balance your needs with the desire to carry all that precious treasure back home.
- Visit and interact with the land’s natives. Enter villages, trade and communicate with local tribes and civilizations that are unknown to mankind.
- Loot mysterious temple ruins to gain fame and treasures, but watch out for deadly traps and curses that will compromise your trek and the world around you.
- Equip and utilize miraculous treasures to gain advantages, but be wary of unforeseeable side effects.
- Fight and defend your trek against a wide range of wild animals, mystical creatures and even dinosaurs.
Official Video:
H-Hour: World’s Elite [Early Access, £18.99]
Developer Description: “H-Hour: World’s Elite™ (H-Hour) is a tactical, team-based military shooter in which cooperation among players is required for success. The game uses a third person perspective to enhance the player’s situational awareness. Players can see where they are in relation to the world. This battlefield perspective allows for more strategic game play. A run and gun lone wolf approach very quickly results in death; only by cooperating with the team can a player hope to achieve victory. The design philosophy is simple: bullets are lethal and any character not working with their teammates will not last long, just as it is in the real world.
All characters and locations are presented in a plausible, authentic manner. The game is inspired by real world events—the personal stories of Special Operations Forces—repurposed and staged in new and equally deadly locations for the purposes of preserving national security. The art style is hyper real—photorealism is the foundation but is exaggerated to a level of vivid, dramatic tones, grittiness, and dramatic lighting in which the color palette tells as much of a story as the mission briefings. Environments emphasis all the filth, chaos, and visual disruption that is common to many of the places where savages plot and launch their insurgencies or terrorism campaigns.”
Official Video:
20/05/2015 Releases
Lethal Tactics [Early Access, £13.49]
Developer Description: “From the developers of Age of Empires II: The Forgotten and Age of Mythology Extended Edition, SkyBox Labs presents Lethal Tactics.
Lethal Tactics is an online multiplayer, turn-based tactics game in which player turns are resolved simultaneously. Take control of a squad of armed units, each with their own specialized weapons and strategic advantages.
Matches play out on visually stunning maps that are custom designed for tense showdowns, surprise attacks and quick getaways. Learn the different character types and special abilities to formulate traps and coordinated attacks – use The Shotgunner to breach walls to launch a sneak attack, or choose the The Gunman’s Scout ability to track opponents behind walls to avoid an ambush.
Predict, plan and execute orders to outwit your opponent.”
Feature List:
Create a squad of combat experts:
- 4 distinct character classes work as a team in squads of up to 6 units
- The Gunman – Quick on the trigger and master of the mid-field. Scouting abilities make it hard for opponents to launch a surprise attack.
- The Bomber – Launch devastating grenades to flush opponents from fortified positions and deny key positions.
- The Sniper – Strategically lock-down open lanes from key line of sight positions.
- The Shotgunner – A master at close-quarter combat in closed off areas. A good choice for front line assault tactics.
Choose Special Abilities to match your strategy.
- Each match is an opportunity to alter your strategy by choosing Special Abilities for each unit.
- Create coordinated attacks by pairing units with complementary skills and abilities.
- Special Abilities such as Breach allows you to break through walls to open paths for your teammates or to attack from unexpected locations.
3 Unique, Custom Designed Tactical Maps
- Rich, detailed locations that highlight the dramatic cat-and-mouse armed encounters
- Destructible environmental objects – Destroy doors and cover objects to change the balance of the match.
- Learn the maps to formulate strategies to find ideal sniper locations, quick getaways and lanes to lead your opponent into an ambush.
Competitive Online Multiplayer Play
- Jump into a match or create a custom game
- Play Head to Head matches asynchronously – submit your turns at your own pace.
Skirmish Mode
- Play full matches versus AI
- Practice your tactics and test out unit combinations
More To Come in the Full Release Version of Lethal Tactics
- Additional Modes of Play
- Additional Custom Designed Maps
- New Units and Abilities
- Additional Character skins
- Steam Achievements
- Leaderboards
- Steam Notifications when it’s your turn to submit orders.
- Steam Friends
Official Video:
Vagrant Hearts 2 [Full Release, £3.49]
Developer Description: “Published by Aldorlea Games (Millennium, Moonchild, Asguaard etc.) and developed by Warfare Studios (Valiant), this game is the direct sequel to Vagrant Hearts.
Azulel can once again enjoy a peaceful era, after Valmor was defeated the Brotherhood has restored it’s reputation and the Kingdom has never been so praised. However, difficult times are approaching in lands not too far away… Weeks after disappearing Scarllet and Wyatt are found in Dark Azulel, a land forgotten by the government, separated islands governed by no one. A mysterious and dangerous sect called Black Scepters are pursuing Scarllet for unknown purposes… could it be related to Scarllet’s new found gift?”
In-Game Screenshots (Sourced from the steam page):
21/05/2015 Releases
Interloper [Full Release, £7.19]
Developer Description: “Interloper is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game with matches that take only 5 minutes. Instead of destroying your opponent, you win by claiming domain. By predicting your opponent’s movements, you corner them to claim the entire map.
Interloper distills RTS mechanics to their essence, bringing a focused, stripped down, fast-paced, and accessible strategy experience.”
Feature List:
• Fast-paced strategy that’s easy to learn, hard to master.
• Short, intense matches taking no longer than 5 minutes.
• Compete in online multiplayer, or against AI of various difficulties.
• Extensive singleplayer content revealing the depth of the game.
• View replays of other player’s matches and upload your own.
Official Video:
Drive Any Track [Early Access, £9.34]
Developer Description: “Inspired by some of our favourite games like Wipeout, Trackmania, Vib-Ribbon and Audiosurf…
Drive Any Track is a high octane music based racing game where we create racetracks from the songs in your music library.
Action on track is synced to the audio, you literally have to race the music to stay in time and score points.
You’ve seen other music powered games, Drive Any Track takes the concept to the next level with our innovative MEGA engine. It takes any song, analyses it down to its core components and creates a unique racing experience from it.
Verses, choruses and drops become checkpoints, and the environment and cars are styled to the genre of music you’re playing.
Experiment with your music collection and find out which songs make the best racetracks!
- Be the first to ‘create’ a race-track from a song and have your name forever enshrined on the track’s leaderboard.
- Multiplayer features – Challenge your friends’ ghosts to your favourite tunes and beat their high-scores on the track!
***Please note DAT does not support live multiplayer / split screen at present during Early Access*** - Score big for staying in sync, whilst performing stunts, jumps, drifts and rolls!
Drive Any Track is currently in Early Access
There are currently three genre styles already included (Dance, Rock, Urban), and a selection of unique cars and liveries (and some secret cars you have to work out how to unlock!)”
Official Video:
22/05/2015 Releases
Pixel Star [Full Release, £1.79]
Developer Description: “Pixel Star embodies arcade philosophy; brutally challenging, fun and rewarding. With a focus on progressively intense fast-paced action, player freedom, and solid gameplay, Pixel Star reimagines the shoot-em-up genre. From black holes to space centipedes, nebula storms to stray satellites, there is always something new to discover.”
Feature List:
- Loads of power-ups and customization options
- Unique, varied enemy AI
- Merciless boss battles
- Progressive difficulty and intensity
- Open-space environment
- Gorgeous particle effects
Official Video:
Indie Showcase
Rubber and Lead by Omega Point Games [PC, in development with playable demo]
Developer Description: “This game is an homage to AutoDuel, a fantastic game from 1985 that didn’t age very well, on the 30 year anniversary of that games release Rubber & Lead is here to show that its gameplay can still be fresh and exciting! ‘A Mad Max style RPG’ is a decent way of describing it.”
Game Details (sourced from developer)
Price: Not set but will be somewhere between £8.99-£12.99 Platforms: PC, will be ported to other systems after initial release (assuming it doesn’t completely flop) Engine: Unity Release: August 2015 Feature List:
- Fight In Arenas
- Run Missions
- Level Your Skills
- Buy A New Car
- Upgrade Your Car
- Buy Perks
- Earn Traits
- Blow Raiders Up
- Have A Lovely Day
In-Game Screenshots (sourced from steam greenlight page):
Gameplay Footage from Gamescroller
Game Links
Website: www.rubberandlead.com
Steam Greenlight Page: Steamcommunity.com
IndieDB Page: Indiedb.com
Developers’ Twitter: @OmegaPointGames
