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ISSUE #29 Cover - ar_Tekko Hello and welcome to Indiepocalypse! Indiepocalypse is a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the indie game scene.  Each month features games by 10 different developers, including a newly commissioned game exclusive to the bundle-zine. The games cover a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes as they fight against any definition of "indie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indiepocalypse #29.

Rest Era is an audio soundscape in first-person perspective, open for wandering and exploration. In-between worlds, you're lost in a strange territory of audio bits of memories and are offered guidance by a lone wolf howling in the distance. Use arrows to move around (no strafe, left and right arrows rotate ; no other controls). The game was originally designed to be played without screen, only a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rest Era.

VCUarts Spring 2020 BFA Virtual Capstone After launching, CLICK inside the viewer to activate navigation. Use your MOUSE to control the viewing angle.  Use your ARROW KEYS or WASD to control player movement. Use SPACEBAR to applause at theater, and for higher view at KI rooms. X, F, Esc provide additional in-game functions when prompted. *** PLEASE NOTE: The "Art Foundations" portal, located in th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VCUVirtualAnderson2020.

Dystopian, abandoned, industrial space. What you hear: war speeches from Yugoslavia. What you see: TV screens with retro Yugoslavian music videos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yugowave.

Controls: This game is controlled only with the Up or W key. "Walk" forward through the scenes and events in the story! This project is a linear environment piece - enjoy the journey :) This game is a gift for CommunistSister as part of the Bitsy Secret Santa Jam! The prompt words were: Radio, Ruins, Map Game made in Bitsy 7.2 with use of Borksy Hacks Special thanks to Adam Ledoux for Bitsy Cephal… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distress Signal.

WHAT IS HACKVENTURE? Hackventure is a quirky surreal RPG about a normal boy and multiple worlds fusing into each others creating chaos. To stop this chaos, Mike and the allies he'll befriend along his journey will face powerful enemies, explore different realities and live horrifying nightmares.  However, it seems like fate has different plans for Mike, and is preventing him from fulfilling his mi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hackventure.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

98% User Score Based on 91 reviews

Explore Dodd's local museum in this short and sweet, casual and relaxing side-scroller adventure! Visit various exhibits within the museum's four wings and talk to various characters along the way! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dodd Goes to the Museum.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

59% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Created for the Arab World Institute (Paris, France) exhibition “Age-Old Cities: A virtual journey from Palmyra to Mossul”, this immersive VR experience brings six iconic monuments back to life. Put on your headset, and wander around a lifesize reproduction of Palmyra’s Temple of Baalshamin and Aleppo’s souk in Syria; Leptis Magna’s basilica in Libya; the Al-Nuri Mosque, the Nabi Yunus tunnel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age-Old Cities VR.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

77% User Score Based on 30 reviews

"why would the government keep an eye on an ordinary person like me?" said some people when PRISM published in 2013. Yes they have no interest and no effort in listening to everyone only by human, but how about AI? In this game you would be an AI, you'll know how AI could do this by doing your job. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Big Brother Is Shaping You.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, atmosphere

96% User Score Based on 45 reviews

The Virtual Exhibition makes it possible to visit a gallery from the comfort of your own home and behaves like a real gallery, which is curated by me. The first photographers to be exhibited are Flo Slomka, Robert Krenciszek, Christian Thiele Fabian Reiche and Kersten Glaser. Besides other photographers and also galleries, the Virtual Exhibition will be regularly extended by new functions as a lo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Virtual Exhibition.

91%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

91% User Score Based on 82 reviews

This virtual exhibition has one goal: In half an hour, it will drastically alter your understanding of what time is. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shape of Time.

** 2019 Honor Recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children's Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award ** ** 2019 Special Mention for Education in the BolognaRagazzi Digital Award ** "Explore Lexi’s World, an enchanting app that provides a gentle introduction to letters, words, animals, and actions. The playful landscape allows young children and caregivers ample opportuni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lexi's World.

About: This is a simple short 2D pixel-art platformer with a premise that fall damage now exists and in game it is explained by your character having glass-like fragile knees. Your goal is to get out of the cave you are in by traversing a number of levels you find. Each level was hand created and holds a special feature about it. What is that feature? Is it shortcuts, punishing routes or misdirect… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Knees.

SCENARIO Clicky click the dolphin has found a coffee shop where they can show their artwork. The only problem is that the coffee shop is in a working dungeon! FEATURES Multiple choice your way through the dungeon looking at art and meeting characters.Not really any puzzles but you can take a wrong turn.Short! It takes about five minutes to go through and maybe a couple of trips to max out all it h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to clicky clicks dungeon of hand drawn computer graphics.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

100% User Score Based on 24 reviews

In this click & click adventure you will have a single button to advance in the story: a virtual routine of a content consumer who lives their day through different platforms that harvest their data. This data will end up reflected in a garden, the Data Garden. A growing garden where everything endures. A reflection of your digital self that knows more about you than yourself. Data Garden is a pr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Data Garden.

Made by the young game designers of the Ruined Project (with Claire Morwood x National Galleries x Tinderbox Collective) Huge thanks to Claire Morwood for helping us to make this game and teaching us all about Bitsy!  Check out her work as shimmerwitch - Controls Use the arrow keys to explore and answer the riddles! - Useful Bitsy resourcesMain Tutorial: https://www.shimmerwitch.space/bitsyTutor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape the Labyrinth of the King's Treasure.

A few years ago, computer genius phanna went missing. It was in the news for a while, but then people forgot. You've just purchased a used computer and when you turned it on, you realized that it hasn't been wiped. Very quickly, you discover that this computer once belonged to phanna. Explore her computer to discover what became of the woman who once ruled computer science circles. This game is a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to .GHOST.

Amanda meets Marian, who describes herself as a friend of her father's. And follow her to the mansion. A number of events that hit her while looking around the mansion. Can Amanda escape from the mansion? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unknown.

Explore a virtual gallery of submechanophobia in a retro computing environment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Submerged Gallery.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

100% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Imaginaria is both a night watch and the night watcher. It's a military term, supposedly coming from Latin, Imaginarius: relative to a mental figure. Perhaps because under Imaginaria duty the mind likes to wander too. Here in Antarctica we do them since the incident. And tonight I am Imaginaria. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Imaginaria.

20%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

20% User Score Based on 54 reviews

A deep roguelike colony RPG inside a dead god's corpse. Procedurally generated events, branching narratives, species with unique traits, and meaningful choices that shape your colony's fate. Every playthrough tells a different story of survival and evolution. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Carcass.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, monetization

94% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Play as Emily, drawn to a remote Mayan ruin after her brother insists it’s safe, amazing and beautiful. Explore an ancient Mayan site spanning jungle, temple, and catacombs as it becomes clear that he didn’t understand what he uncovered. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MITNAL.

VIDEO CHAPEL is a collaborative project by Jonathan Turner and Marsia Alexander-Clarke exploring the possibilities of experiencing art in virtual space. Within these seemingly peaceful chambers users will find a selection of works by Alexander-Clarke amid a continuously expanding and compressing audiovisual architecture. Shifting the venue to virtual space gives us an opportunity to experience the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VIDEO CHAPEL.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

69% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Hail Britannia is a text-based game with lite RPG elements set in an alternate 1944 where the Central Powers won World War 1. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hail Britannia.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

84% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Virtual Towers Online, a passion project with over 10+ years in development from a very small team, is a replica of the Alton Towers theme park, designed to be as close to realism as possible allowing players to explore the park, ride and operate the attractions from anywhere across the world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Virtual Towers Online.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

72% User Score Based on 58 reviews

Critic Score 73%Based on 2 reviews

Uncover a long forgotten garden, and help it grow anew to attract vegetable inhabitants and curious animal travelers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Garden Path.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics

68% User Score Based on 25 reviews

BlueSuburbia is a haunted world where you explore poems through immersive environments. Seek out dark secrets, confront your demons, and delve deeper into a dream that dances between beautiful and terrible. Explore forgotten dreamscapes and open worlds on your quest to find hope. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BlueSuburbia.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

72% User Score Based on 65 reviews

It is an interactive virtual art installation. Utilizing Virtual Reality or First Person modes, users are encouraged to explore at their own pace. Users will experience an unfolding landscape of architecture, spatialized sound and digital phenomena. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Becoming: Apartment.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

67% User Score Based on 429 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 5 reviews

Transference is a psychological thriller. Meet a troubled family and solve their riddle through a multi-branching narrative by experiencing the limits of techno-psychology and escaping a maze-like puzzle concealing a corrupted truth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Transference.

A breath-taking RPG. In a winter, a studious villager, Holder, leave his hometown and go aboard to find his missed lover. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Winter Story.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

80% User Score Based on 50 reviews

Critic Score 62%Based on 6 reviews

Finding true love is hard enough when it’s in person! Build a relationship through the screen as a couple copes with lockdown life by staying connected online! Will their love be loud and clear, or will their signals fade away? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

78% User Score Based on 119 reviews

a Museum of Dubious Splendors, is a storybook from the world of Somewhere. A quiet game about prosaic objects and spurious histories, it is an irreverent rumination on the nature of an archive and forms of recollection. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to a Museum of Dubious Splendors.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

84% User Score Based on 184 reviews

An atmospheric first-person journey were you’ll wander through the dreams, memories and fantasies emerging from a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandchild, immersing yourself in places you’ll feel you’ve already visited. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Promesa.

CONTROLS This game should be played with headphones, as music is an important part of the overall atmosphere! Move with WASD keys (ZQSD for French keyboards) or arrow keysThis also allows you to select dialogue options when promptedLook around with your mouse pointerInteract with objects (when prompted) using the F keySkip through dialogue using Spacebar, F or left mouse clickSelect dialogue optio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Night Before (3D).

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

88% User Score Based on 74 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Tree Trunk Brook is a tiny adventure game about hiking during the pandemic. Follow trail blazes, take photos, make friends, and find lost items. The visitor center is closed, but the trail is... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tree Trunk Brook.

28%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

37% User Score Based on 27 reviews

Motherland (A sad fairytale for adults) is an indie-game that allows you to immerse in the atmosphere of a provincial town during the epidemic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Motherland.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 19 reviews

Come play the new-and-improved version of Dust to Dusk on Steam! Game Overview: Set in a modern Japanese office, this horror-inspired adventure title employs the unique Zapping system, which allows you to play the story from the point of view of multiple characters. Although zapping isn't required to reach the game's true ending, it does fill in plenty of gaps and will help you better under each … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dust to Dusk.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

77% User Score Based on 930 reviews

Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The 39 Steps.

When a letter from your recently deceased grandfather beckons you back to your family home in Silesia, you aren't sure what to expect. By exploring the space and the relics in it, learn the complicated past of a man you never fully knew. This is a story about hardship, tenacity, soul, and the people of Poland. This game was made for the Dialogue of Civilizations: Poland in Pixels program. It wa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Silesia.

Nursery Slime Story Stranded in space, a giant mother slime lands on an unknown and uninhabited planet. Too weak to take care of itself, it sends forth one single, tiny slime. This slime is you. Provided with the mother slimes' core, you need to take care of your mother. Serve her various savory resources to help her recover. But look out - she will get weaker as time continues, so make… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nursery Slime.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story

87% User Score Based on 16 reviews

Discord About the GameOtaku Engine is not a game development engine. This is more like a toy box to build wacky maps with your images.  "Its like hammer editor, but not useful in the real world" - anonymous reviewer Play random workshop maps and/or enjoy the campaign. EXPORT AND SHARE Showing off your creations is just a zip file share away! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Otaku Engine.

The Blitz Spirit is a turned-based strategy simulation game, made for Historically Accurate Game Jam 12. Help London survive through 6 waves of air raids and fires, managing personnel and redirecting people to bunkers as an ARP Warden, during the Blitz of London in 1941 IMPORTANT NOTE: Units may "flee" (totally not a bug) the British streets at times, when you're trying to move them. Please rese… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Blitz Spirit.

Waveforge is a 2D physics-based puzzle game where players manipulate water waves and emergent physical phenomena to guide a rubber duck to the goal. Set within a meticulously crafted pixel-art physics world reminiscent of Noita, it invites players to experience uniquely engaging physical interactions. Featuring over ten thoughtfully designed levels, the game delivers about 1 hour of delightfully c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Waveforge.

Seven centuries in the future, humanity is collapsing. In an attempt to spare yourself the same fate as the rest of the system, you flee to the furthest away place you can feasibly survive: Pluto. Survive the downfall of humanity in a centuries old survival bunker, or at least the first week. Uninhabited for centuries. You crash land on Pluto, it's the furthest away place you could reach that… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seven Days Until Morning.

Unravel the Mystery of Xi-Portal Xi-Portal is a horror game where the player transfers to a new school and tries to make friends. And then things unexpectedly take a dark turn as the player has to uncover hidden secrets and face terrifying consequences.  The game features multiple storylines and choices, making each playthrough unique. The player must navigate intricate puzzles and solve riddles… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xi-Portal.

Game Summary Passage of Grief is a first-person narrative-driven exploration game that immerses players in a surreal journey through the mind of Henry as he navigates a series of liminal spaces. Inspired by "PT" and "Amnesia," this game features randomized, infinite looping environments and physics-based interactions, creating an unsettling and immersive experience. Story After experiencing a p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Passage of Grief.

●SynopsisYou are finished and the protagonist comes home, tired, and falls asleep. You wake up in the middle of the night and as you do the housework, you feel “something”. ●Play timeApprox. 15 - 20 min. ●Game Information It is produced to provide an experience similar to that of a short horror video from overseas. This title focuses on graphics, allowing the player to become more immersed in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightfall House.

Game Summary Passage of Grief is a first-person narrative-driven exploration game that immerses players in a surreal journey through the mind of Henry as he navigates a series of liminal spaces. Inspired by "PT" and "Amnesia," this game features randomized, infinite looping environments and physics-based interactions, creating an unsettling and immersive experience. Story After experiencing a p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Passage of Grief.

Featured on: Best of Edtech 2016 - Common Sense Media; 10 Children's Apps for Summer Road Trips - The New York Times; Best Play and Learn App 2016 - Teachers with Apps "HangArt gives kids practice with 200 sight words through three types of activities.The combination of guided games and open-ended activities gives kids a great opportunity for digging deep into words." ~ Common Sense Media "Rich… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HangArt: A Literacy App.

Produced as part of an art exhibition asking for prototype monuments that might better respond to our current moment, Dissensus is a sketch for a hypothetical app. The imagined app would use geo-fencing to send text messages to users' phones about things other users wish to memorialize throughout the city—whether moments of trauma, joy, human connection, or alienation. Users would have no preexist… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dissensus.