A short game about exploration, Let’s Go Somewhere New takes inspiration from the 2D Zelda games of yesteryear. It tasks players with solving riddles and puzzles in a watercolor-styled world. With atmosphere being core to the game, players will talk to local residents as they…
While controlling like a Mega Man game and being structured in a classic metroidvenia style, Ambrosia hopes to win players over. It offers a large and changing world, a focus on frantic combat, and many weapon customization options. This 2D side-scroller takes place on an…
Lifeforms evolve based on their environment, and in Ecosystem, you get to control that environment. By making small changes you’ll prompt the creatures within to evolve over time. Want a more hands on approach? Take direct control, breeding creatures with the traits you like. The…
Billed as equal parts shooter, platformer, stealth exploration, and puzzle game, AREA has high aspirations for itself. But take even a cursory glance at gameplay clips and it’s easy to see that this very unique experience could actually bring all of those elements into one…
Seemingly combining Guitar Hero and Fruit Ninja, Bailey Snyder’s first game, Katto, takes a different approach to the rhythm game genre. In Katto, players wield two katanas as a number of objects fly toward them to the beat of a song. The player must destroy…
The first trailer for The Italianeer is here, and this side-scrolling brawler charms its audience with the nostalgia of a pixelated art style and a 1980’s setting with a bit of comedic writing. Even more charming is the 10-year-old protagonist, Luciano, that gamers control in…
Set in a magical world, Unleashed wants to be more than your typical 2D RPG. With features such as crafting, housing, and farming, set against a darker story created with a mature audience in mind, Florent Goumot-Labesse is hoping the grandeur of his idea will…
With a focus on art and music, Queen Bee Games last week announced Spinch, a side-scrolling platformer with colorfully psychedelic elements. Spinch itself is a hyper-agile organism players control while trying to find its missing offspring. In a dangerous side-scrolling world, that’s often easier said…
Polymorph Games is looking to bring the city-builder genre to medieval times with Foundation, a gridless simulator focusing on organic city development. Featuring resource management, city building, and monument building, players start as the lord of a region untouched by man. In this position, players…
The newly announced Lost Land Metanoia is only about 20 percent complete, according to solo-developer Gen Afanasev of Pointerix Studios, but he’s trying to make the abstract puzzle-adventure game worth the wait. Short and Emotional Metanoia is a Greek word meaning to change one’s way…
After buying the rights to 2006’s The Ship: Murder Party, Blazing Griffin’s attempt to Kickstart a sequel failed, so instead of a direct sequel this March we’re getting a spiritual successor. Much like its predecessor, Murderous Pursuits is a competitive multiplayer game set on an…