Click here for a sneak peek at Urbansquall's next multiplayer game, Little Ice Breakers.
Femo Duo Entertainment is currently developing Combat of the Quests using Blitz Basic. Responsible for the AGI-style adventure game Enclosure, their latest project features plenty of characters from earlier Sierra's Quest series in a fight to the death.
Tikiballs: Curse of Tane is an interesting Flash offering from Urbansquall, creator of the popular online Advance Wars clone called Battalion.
Lethal Application is another platformer from Japan that introduces a unique gameplay system for moving your character around each stage. Instead of a jump button that most players are accustomed to, we have here a weapon so strong that it's recoil effect can propel the protagonist in the opposite direction.
Endless Fire is a shooter inspired by Kenta Cho's games, where enemies are generated based on several generic rules resulting in different enemy patterns for each playthrough.
Eets to be released on March 27th.
Nearly Departed demo now available. [GotNext interview]
Sky Puppy is an updated version of the original Retro Remakes' One Switch Competition entry, in which it earned a respectable sixth place finish.
Mighty Rodent is the latest release from Jagged Blade Software, which plays pretty much like PopCap's Heavy Weapon. The percentage completed indicator shown at the top of the screen is a welcomed change, and no longer do you have to struggle with hitting ground units.
Switchball is basically a remake of Crazyball, both from Atomic Elbow but using different engines. The original was pretty impressive in terms of graphics but amazingly everything looks even better in the sequel, partly thanks to the capabilities of a new engine and reworked textures.
Steam Brigade updated to version 1.0.2.
Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth demo to be released soon.
Mosaic: Tomb of Mystery is the latest puzzler from Reflexive Entertainment featuring tile-laying elements made popular by Puzzle Lab's Inlay series.
Kaorin Fight is a beat 'em up from Rectangle, developer of the Raiders Sphere series. Your character's moves are limited to punches and a mid-air kick. A combo can be executed by tapping the Z key repeatly.
Feeding Frenzy 2 is the all-new sequel to Sprout Games' biggest hit. The first few stages will be awfully familiar to most players but things change rather quickly as the game progresses. For example, your fish can now jump out of the water to gobble up insects hovering above sea level. Consuming poisonous fishes will cause your controls to be reversed for a short moment.
Treasure Tower is a game by David Newton that mixes a bit of WarioWare gameplay with platforming elements. Guide a noble knight through twenty rooms to reach the top of a tower and collect the treasure.
Barfer Sickmess Online is an updated version of the Christmas-themed horizontal shooter by Zapper that feels more like a shmup from Japan thanks to it's difficulty and bullet pattern similarities.
After impressing Ludum Dare competition judges with Jackie and the Beanstalk, DrPetter is back with Shmester 5000, a horizontal shooter slightly influenced by the cartoony sprites featured in Alien Hominid.
Grid Assault is another PC version of the popular Xbox 360 game, Geometry Wars. Made by Wiebo de Wit, this release is much more similar to Bizarre Creation's surprise hit than Mark Incitti's GridWars, although both versions are fun to play in their own way.
Reaction III is an interesting effort by nihilyst made using the AGS engine. In the game, your objective is to guide a grey dot to the exit while pressing the keys highlighted on the left side of the screen.
Cave Jumper is a superb platformer featuring over a hundred levels, as you guide an explorer on a quest to gather lost treasures and precious gold from an underground network of caverns.
The Elf Brothers is an excellent freeware RPG that manages to resist the temptation of including too many collectible items and pointless side quests, yet retaining all the charm of turn-based battles.
Santasm 2 is a decent platformer by Radix featuring character customization, that is if you manage to collect enough coins to purchase the required parts. Elves are preparing to take over the world, and there's nothing that Santa can do about it as he is turned into a toy right before strangling Phil the mastermind.
Santa Hanta is a shooting game where the player gets to throw snowballs at santas on diet as an act of revenge for skipping your house last year.
Barfer Sickmess is a Christmas-themed horizontal shooter by Zapper that feels more like a shmup from Japan thanks to it's difficulty and bullet pattern similarities.
Alfa Dream is an AGS adventure by Poroksy about a man who finds himself unable to wake from his dream state. He must embark on a journey to seek answers in an unfamiliar dreamworld, meeting and conversing with many of it's strange denizens along the way.
Gothic Blocks is a pretty addictive mini-game by Dylan, made using the Torque 2D engine. Like the developer says, there's nothing more gothic than ferries. Similar to Free Lunch Design's Icy Tower, you guide a character going by the name of Ionesco who must reach the highest altitude possible in ninety seconds.
Titan Attacks is the latest release by PuppyGames, developer of Ultratron and Alien Flux. Essentially a Space Invaders game featuring sprites made out of glowing pixels, your objective is to blast every single enemy to smithereens in each level and occasionally engage alien motherships during boss encounters.
In Tino's Fruit Stand, you guide a monkey named Rikki on a job to gather fresh fruits for the fruit stand's customers. Grab the correct fruits to match a customer's order, but watch out for crates that hinder your movement and fruits that go rotten if left for too long. Either click on an adjacent square or press an arrow key to move your helper around.
The White Chamber: International Edition is a new version of Studio Trophis' debut effort. Smaller than it's predecessor, it includes four new endings and voice acting as well.
Dragonfly is an overhead shooter from Blue and White featuring freedom of movement around the battlefield. The helicopter can be controlled by using the W, A, S and D keys. Shots can be fired by holding down the left mouse button. Use sparingly as your ammunition supply is limited, indicated by a blue bar on the bottom left of the screen.Labels: bluewhite
Blue Sabers Operation Orbital Hammer is the 3D sequel to Blue and White's earlier arcade shooter with the same name. All of the ships from the original are retained here with an updated look, plus one new support aircraft. Some ships have more firepower while others have a higher mobility and maneuverability in the sky.Labels: bluewhite
Blue Sabers is a shooter from Blue and White featuring three ships to choose from, each with it's own configuration of primary and secondary weapons. You can swap weapons by pressing the X key, although secondary weapon supplies are in limited quantities and will run out if used repeatedly.Labels: bluewhite
CloverWing and Iincho are two excellent shooters from Eikyuu Loop featuring a dash system not unlike Suguri. The objective of the game is to earn enough points and meet the target in order to progress from one level to the next.
CloverWing and Iincho are two excellent shooters from Eikyuu Loop featuring a dash system not unlike Suguri. The objective of the game is to earn enough points and meet the target in order to progress from one level to the next.
Thwart Poker is a surprisingly low-key gem from Mind Control Software, developer of the excellent Oasis. A poker game much like TellTale Texas Hold'em, the character you select will travel around the world and pit their bluffing skills against a myriad of opponents.
Atomize from Buried Alive Interactive is a tricky game to describe. A mix of Quantum and MCF: Huntsville, your task in each level is to draw a circle around a set of objects that matches the one shown in a bar at the bottom of the screen.
Mu-cade is the latest release from Kenta Cho that plays quite differently from all his other efforts. A bit of Robotron: 2084 and Snake, your objective is to stay on the rectangular platform and knock other enemies off it by shooting at them repeatedly using the Z key.
Pirate Poppers is the product of a collaboration between Playfirst and Mystery Studio, the latter responsible for Betty's Beer Bar and Wild West Wendy. Gameplay as usual involves matching three or more balls of the same color to remove them from the playing area.
Samidare is a vertical shooter by Project Blank featuring fairly bland sprites yet imaginative use of bullet patterns. The demo only showcases one level but there are two boss encounters to test your bullet-dodging skills.
Balls of Steel: Creature Attack basically has all the features of the original that it was named after but only showcases two tables.
Fatal Fake is another doujin fighting game featuring characters from TYPE-MOON's popular visual novel. This version is graphically superior than the rest of it's cousins, partly due to the use of cel-shading process to render the fighters.
Much like Daniel Remar's Hero, Super Juno is a platformer that uses only two colors throughout the entire game. A mix of N, Lode Runner and Prince of Persia, your protagonist is thrown out of a trapdoor into each level and must navigate his way out by reaching the UFO.
Cosmic Stacker is the latest effort from Puzzle Lab that plays unlike any other matching games released, but still one nonetheless.
In Kutar End Roll, the objective is to ride your bike and gain television audience ratings while avoiding mines along the way. Fortunately for us who don't understand Japanese, the subtitles are nothing more than a minor distraction.
In Kutar the Deepest Cave, your character equips himself with a gadget that allows him to fly into a dark cave in search of apples. As indicated by the bar at the bottom, the only way you can earn points is by getting as close as possible to the right side of the screen.
The Kutar's Tabipero is a collection of four mini-games from Giga-Rensya which can be played in any order. Starting from the top of the world map in a counterclockwise direction, we have a game set in Egypt. The objective here is to dig for treasure by left clicking on any of the nine spots while avoiding the guards. To move the cat around just right click on any of the spots.
In Kutar Sword Master, your task is to hit enemies with a sword by pressing the left and right mouse button. The game ends immediately if you swing wildly and miss. A boss battle ensues after you have taken care of a few enemies.
In Kutar Manu, you have been assigned the task of a worker in a burger manufacturing plant. Your supervisor will watch over your shoulder as he inspects the quality of the burgers that are being sent out for delivery. He is easily identifiable by his distinctive yellow hair and light blue cap.
Kutar's Powder and Kutar T-shirt are two mini-games from Giga-Rensya with the same controls but slightly different gameplay. Your character can be moved around by using the left and right mouse buttons.
Kutar's Powder and Kutar T-shirt are two mini-games from Giga-Rensya with the same controls but slightly different gameplay. Your character can be moved around by using the left and right mouse buttons.
In Kutar Concert, your task is to push the crowd back behind the line or be crushed under the feet of adoring J-pop fans. Click on the first cat in queue to get them back in order.
Playing the part of a hairdresser in Kutar Shampoo, your task is to wash the foam and shampoo off your customer's head before the bubbles spill out of the screen. There's a period of inactivity as the customer is seated, and once the shower head is turned on the fun begins.
Spooks is an excellent AGS adventure by Erin Robinson, where most of the sprites and backgrounds were drawn using MSPaint and nine shades of gray. The story begins as Mortia finds herself in possession of a goldfish on a day out at the carnival. The prize she won from a game of darts is the catalyst of her adventure to seek the meaning of life.
As 1213's journey comes to an exciting conclusion, Yahtzee holds nothing back to deliver the promised end barely days after releasing the second episode.
New Metal Slug is basically a one level remake of SNK's famous arcade platformer with updated graphics. The knife has been replaced with a pan which can be used to knock out enemies, although we probably will never find a use for the five empty slots at the bottom of the screen.
The New Satan Sam released. Thanks to svrman for the info.
Base 2 is a new game by Sim which play a little like Every Extend and the current hot favorite, GridWars. The player controls a bit with the mouse, using the left button to activate the shield. Coming in contact with enemy ships when your shield is up will cause them to explode.
Destraction Desire is an excellent fighting game made by Yew using Enterbrain's 2D Fighter Maker 2k2, so the usual control option applies.
Speedy is a card game with a racing theme, where each player is dealt a set of cards to place on either discard pile. To play a card on a pile, it has to be next in sequence up or down.
Pronouncing Liens des soeurs will probably leave you tongue-tied, though it actually means 'bonds of the sisters' in French.
Yahtzee continues to impress with 1213 Episode 2, a platformer made using the AGS engine. Our clueless protagonist can now be made to run by holding down the shift key, and the environment is no longer limited to a grayish shade.
Here's the story. In Umbrella, you play the role of a man who jumps out of a plane and has to float to the ground safely using his handy apparatus. Apparently the developer was too lazy to draw the entire thing so we're left with just the shade.
I'm O.K. development team interviewed by 4 color rebellion.
Al Lowe, Aaron Conners and Telltale team interviewed. [Bone: Out from Boneville review]
AGS Forums' third Release Something competition is underway. Plenty of screenshots for upcoming AGS games to plunder.One week, back in 1988, 3 of the top 10 selling games were adventure games: Police Quest, King's Quest 3, and Leisure Suit Larry. I still have that Top 10 list hanging on my home office wall since I programmed all 3 of them. - Al Lowe
Warning: Contain scenes of violence, strong language, blood and gore.
Theseus - Return of the Hero is a game by Sigma Team that uses an updated Alien Shooter engine. The first thing that most players would notice is the inclusion of weather effects. Eye candy such as day and night cycles, plus the occasional rain works pretty well.
Axel City is an excellent fighting game made by Atsuki Koitabashi using Enterbrain's 2D Fighter Maker 2k2.
Flatland is an inspired effort by Brent Silby featuring sprites that resemble vector graphics, commonly seen in classic arcade shooters. But the innovation doesn't stop there.
A mix of Gyruss and Galaga, your task in Swarm is to protect the central matrix from marauding bugs bent on polarizing all of your energy cells. Your ship will always target the middle of the screen, and the action breaks for a boss battle every few stages.
Dark Age is an arcade game developed by Brent Silby with Atari's Gauntlet in mind. Coded with DHTML, it doesn't really need any installation or additional software whatsoever besides a working web browser.
In Mirror Magic, the player is presented with two pictures and must find five differences before time runs out. The developers have attempted to add a little variety to the gameplay by introducing several types of picture quality degradation.
First look at Fairy Tower, LittleWing's latest pinball simulator. [Monster Fair review]