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Archimed3 Oct 11, 2024

Tra gli #indiesegreti (2023) che vanno sul pesante lato umano con allegato l’invito a non giocare in caso di sensibilità agli elementi violenti presenti (elenco all'inizio del video sotto) c'è #Decarnation che fatico a definire “gioco”. Per il breve tempo della prova è stata un'esperienza di pixel capace di raccontare una vicenda drammatica con pochi elementi e trasmettere le sensazioni della protagonista. Una delle più forti capitate in zona #videogiochi horror (post sotto link a steam e video)

Nindie Spotlight Sep 19, 2024

The latest hot sales on #IndieGames for #NintendoSwitch: #SpaceOtterCharlie, #TOEM, #CozyGrove, #Tumblestone, #FreshlyFrosted, #Venba, #SailForth, #BeatSouls, #Brotato, #Roundguard, #FRACTER, #JadeOrder, and #Decarnation...

https://nindiespotlight.com/steals_and_deals.cfm

J M Berntson Jun 20, 2024

D#11 (2024-06-20) #Decarnation #demo

Yeah, there's a lot of tough stuff going on in this game, and the demo probably only scratched the surface.

29-year-old Gloria models for a statue, finds someone molesting the statue as she visit the museum with her girlfriend (Joy), is asked to step down from her cabaret dancing role to become a full-time coach instead. And Joy breaks up with her.

Cue the horrible nightmares/hallucinations.

Niels Weber Jun 12, 2024

Un jeu qui parle de trauma et de résilience en jouant avec les codes de l’horreur, plus violent dans son propos que dans son visuel. #Decarnation

Mon article à lire pour plus de détails: https://www.semperludo.com/anatomie-dune-jupe-decarnation/

Anatomie d'une jupe [Decarnation] - Semper Ludo

Notre test de Decarnation, un jeu surprenant d'horreur psychologique. Vivez une plongée dans l’inconscient d'une jeune femme des années 90.

Semper Ludo

Finally got around to **Decarnation (2023 Steam)** and yeah it is as good as I hoped it would be. So happy that a game's narrative tackles female aging for its body horror, the twist works and ending sincere. Despite the puzzle and horror somewhat lacking, it is definitely a short indie gem that deserves attention.

Also, the hide-and-seek minigame was a fun inclusion. And F the sculptor.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/dv8nCY4yB3Y

#Decarnation #SteamDeck #gaming

Decarnation | Official Release Trailer

YouTube

電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読ん Mar 26, 2024

『サイレントヒル』に影響を受けたホラーゲーム『Decarnation』の現実と悪夢の狭間を漂う体験が不気味すぎた。おぞましくもありながら、映画や芸術作品を鑑賞したあとのような満足感が得られる
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/240326a

#denfaminicogamer #Decarnation #デカーネーション #レビュー #SINSI #PR

『サイレントヒル』に影響を受けたホラーゲーム『Decarnation』の現実と悪夢の狭間を漂う体験が不気味すぎた。おぞましくもありながら、映画や芸術作品を鑑賞したあとのような満足感が得られる

恐ろしいのに不思議と惹かれてしまう世界から目が離せない。おぞましくもありながら、映画や芸術作品を鑑賞したあとのような満足感が得られる

電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？

電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読ん Mar 14, 2024

『サイレントヒル』に影響を受けて制作されたホラーゲーム『デカーネーション』正式リリース。主人公のダンサーであるグロリアは、悪夢と現実を行き来して正体不明の怪物や謎解きパズルに挑む
https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/240314e

#denfaminicogamer #デカーネーション #Decarnation #ニュース #Nintendo_Switch #Tsushimahiro #PC_Steam

『サイレントヒル』に影響を受けて制作されたホラーゲーム『デカーネーション』正式リリース。主人公のダンサーであるグロリアは、悪夢と現実を行き来して正体不明の怪物や謎解きパズルに挑む

舞台は1990年代のパリ。主人公のダンサーであるグロリアは、悪夢と現実を行き来して正体不明の怪物や謎解きパズルに挑む。美麗なピクセルアートで“狂気”が描かれる

電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？

SetSideB Oct 25, 2023

Double Reviews of Decarnation and Nocturnal
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ODvs9WWrn9A

This is a double indie game review of Decarnation and Nocturnal, both played with press keys provided by the developer.

0:00 Intro00:14 Decarnation4:05 Nocturnal
https://setsideb.com/double-reviews-of-decarnation-and-nocturnal/
#indies #decarnation #indie #IndieDev #IndieGames #nocturnal

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lebibou Aug 30, 2023

Passer de #Mother3 à #decarnation, ce grand écart d’univers

I recently heard of **Decarnation (2023 Steam)** and watched a playthrough of it to check if it is holds water. Got to say it is looking pretty good and actually takes its time to build on its points. For a game of its style, it is above and beyond. Can't wait to play it myself to actually experience it but it should definitely needs more spotlight.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/nQQZfW41BC8

#decarnation #gaming #steam

Decarnation - Official Release Window Trailer

Decarnation will be available on Nintendo Switch and Steam in May 2023. Get a peek at the unsettling world of this upcoming psychological horror narrative ad...

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J M Berntson Jun 20, 2024

D#11 (2024-06-20) #Decarnation #demo

Yeah, there's a lot of tough stuff going on in this game, and the demo probably only scratched the surface.

29-year-old Gloria models for a statue, finds someone molesting the statue as she visit the museum with her girlfriend (Joy), is asked to step down from her cabaret dancing role to become a full-time coach instead. And Joy breaks up with her.

Cue the horrible nightmares/hallucinations.

J M Berntson Jun 20, 2024

D#12 #FlowstoneSaga #demo

Flowstone Saga is another #JRPG adjacent game, but this one basically has a battle system that is basically #Tetris. You shift targets with the shoulder buttons and try to interrupt enemy attacks by completing one or more lines with said enemy selected.

Not sure what the story is about, though. For the duration of the demo, our girl Mirai is searching an island for her friend, Gon, and once she finds him she also finds out about PIRATES! The End.

J M Berntson Jul 18, 2024

#2 (2024-06-24) #FinalFantasyXIV #Endwalker (patch story)

Despite Endwalker being the first expansion I actually finished the main story for in good time, the arrival of the Island Sanctuary initially distracted me from the patch story and then I got busy with school.

It's really, really good, though: starting with a treasure hunt and leading to a rescue mission for Vrtra's brood-sister (Azdaja), which of course leads to a bigger conflict with the Voidsent of the World of Darkness/Thirteenth.

J M Berntson Jul 18, 2024

#3 (2024-07-16) #FinalFantasyXIV #Dawntrail

Some hilariously bad luck with the in-game weather aside (just like when I played Shadowbringers), Dawntrail was one hell of a ride.

The format isn't unlike that of the previous expansion's patch content: open with a promise of light-hearted adventure, but then transition into darker subject matter and further exploration of FFXIV's limited multiverse.

Part South American adventure romp and part super-heavy Final Fantasy IX homage.

J M Berntson Aug 13, 2024

#4 (2024-08-14) #KitsuneTails

I managed to tear myself away from Final Fantasy XIV for long enough to play through Kitsune Tails. Super cute and queer #platformer game featuring at least one #FoxGirl and other people and things inspired by #Japanese mythology.

Had a lot of fun with act 1, but upon starting act 2 I first felt like it was kinda of a chore... until I suddenly just got in the groove and kinda blasted through it and felt great! Surprised by how much better my platforming was, too!

J M Berntson Aug 29, 2024

D#13 (2024-08-29) #DateTimeMelissaMorrisAnna #demo

I have 15 demos installed on Steam, so I'm back to playing some now that I have some of my Responsibilities™ (and my #FFXIV subscription) out of the way.

Anyway, "Date Time: Melissa, Morris, Anna" is a #PsychologicalHorror #VisualNovel... about playing dating visual novels? With characters based on real-life computer viruses?

It gets kinda weird, and I want to know more. Plus, heartstrings successfully tugged at.

J M Berntson Aug 30, 2024

D#14 (2024-08-30) #TheLastExterminator #demo

Didn't get any action/enemy screenshots because I'm bad at multitasking, but anyway...

Had a lot of fun with the demo of The Last Exterminator. It's a very blatant homage to #DukeNukem3D, but with a #FemaleProtagonist and seemingly none of the misogyny.

You play as Parker, who (I believe) is an exterminator who lives in her van. Suddenly, Earth's invaded by alien bugs and it's her time to shine with her bad attitude and pop culture references! #fps

J M Berntson Aug 31, 2024

D#15 (2024-08-31) #Dustborn #demo

I didn't even know that #RedThreadGames made a new game until I saw a #PCGamer article about it. (The comments section was filled up with conservative weirdos as it's apparently their latest #CultureWar target.)

Tried out the demo and apparently this "worst game ever" is a very solid Telltale-esque #AdventureGame with #RhythmGame and #brawler portions.

And, yeah, it contains all those things brainworm'd regressives hate: #PoC, #queer and #BodyDiversity rep.

J M Berntson Sep 3, 2024

D#16 (2024-09-03) #Midautumn #demo

A roguelike where the protagonist, Robin, has just moved in with their grandmother in a small town and was given some sort of guardian of the spirit world role to pay rent.

You fight spirits in arenas by absorbing green blobs of energy they can fire at you and send it back before it rots and hurts you.

I wasn't sure if I should create an entry for this one, given that it didn't really vibe with me and I ended up not finishing the demo, but... here it is.

J M Berntson Sep 5, 2024

D#17 (2024-09-03) #QuantumWitch #demo

The demo doesn't feature much on the choice side, but this is a narrative and choice-driven #platformer #adventure, as advertised on the Steam page. It's mostly a fetch quest to collect some escaped sheep while learning about the town of Hus.

The pixel art is cute and soothing, and the dialogue entertaining. Also, everyone's a #lesbian, which is pretty great. Reminds me of a thing I've written for a possible future game, actually.

Full game next year!

J M Berntson Sep 5, 2024

D#18 (2024-09-05) #SlayThePrincess #demo

I've been pretty nervous about playing Slay the Princess as I've wondered how terrible it would make me feel. I've had the demo installed for 4 months and finally gave it a shot.

It's a dark and intriguing narrative game, for sure. With a nice sense of (dark) humor, and beautiful but unsettling art. The ending splash screen also advertises 10 paths and 1 ending, so that leaves me wondering if that one ending will be slaying or saving the princess.

J M Berntson Sep 5, 2024

D#19 (2024-09-05) #PrincessFarmer #demo

#Match3 type games aren't really my jam, but bunny girls flirting with each other are significantly more that?

It was all very cute and pretty enjoyable despite that I'm not into this particular puzzle genre. When you're not doing Mass Effect-style dialogue stuff you're pulling up and pushing down vegetables in the ground to do that whole Match 3 thing that is the focus of the game.

Got to know a bunny named Garlic, a bear, several cows, and...aliens!?

J M Berntson Sep 6, 2024

D#20 (2024-09-06) #ScarletDeerInn #demo

Okay. So this is a #narrative #platformer with maybe a touch of #Metroidvania to it, what with the puzzle-like exploration.

The art is apparently #embroidered before being turned into assets for the game, and you can see clear #StudioGhibli (i.e. Miyazaki) influences in the designs. Importantly, though, it's all based on #Slavic folklore.

You play as Elise, medieval mother of two, who runs an inn and falls backwards into a terrifying murder(?) mystery.

J M Berntson Sep 8, 2024

D#21 (2024-09-08) #MinuteFighter #demo

I tried out two other demos yesterday, before board game night, but meh'd out of both of them because they were clunky and kinda uninteresting. Best not to name names, I guess. 😜

Minute Figher was more interesting. It's basically a #FirstPersonShooter controlled entirely with the mouse. Hold MOUSE2 to control movement, click on items to pick them up, click the gun to fire or cock the hammer, etc.

Interesting but kind of a pain to play, tbh.
#VideoGames

J M Berntson Sep 9, 2024

D#22 (2024-09-09) #Supplice #demo

Supplice is a GZDoom-based #FirstPersonShooter. Assets are made from scratch rather than recycling from other #Doom engine games, but you can still very much "feel" that it's #GZDoom. Has freelook but no jumping.

The game takes place on a people's co-op space colony that comes under attack from bio-mechanical zombies, and it's up to the #FemaleProtagonist to rescue off-screen civilians and blast through the attackers with some fun weapons.

#videogames #FPS

J M Berntson Sep 16, 2024

#5 (2024-09-16) #Dustborn

Pax and her friends travel across a post-apocalyptic and alternate timeline America where JFK turned the country EXTRA authoritarian after his wife was assassinated in 1963.

Doing concerts under the band name The Dust Born as a cover story to get to Nova Scotia, the gang are on the run from both Pacifica's creepy Puritans and the Republic's militarized Justice.

Make choices and play rhythm games! Solve mysteries! Fight disinformation!

#AdventureGame #VideoGames

J M Berntson Sep 17, 2024

#6 (2024-09-17) #DepressionQuest

It's free, I know I've had it installed before, and I probably should have played it a decade ago.

Some weirdo GamerGator on YouTube felt the need to shit on the game after I mentioned Zoë Quinn, though, so that gave me the jolt I needed to finally give it a try.

So it's a text-based adventure game about a guy with depression. Mechanically, the depression manifests in the form of disabled choices. And... I can relate to a lot of this, to some degree.

J M Berntson Sep 20, 2024

#7 (2024-09-20) #TheLegendOfZelda #ALinkToThePast #randomizer

Not something I've put in my "finished games" thread before, I believe, but I started a new seed/run of the old ALttP randomizer two days ago and have played when I've had the opportunity.

I've learned a bit from watching streamers recently, but I also found I'd forgotten some item locations since it's been so long since I last played.

Finished at just under 4 hours.
#TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast #ALttPR

J M Berntson Sep 25, 2024

D#23 (2024-09-25) #ColossalCave #demo

An adventure game discussion not too long ago reminded me that this remake of #ColossalCaveAdventure exists, so I gave the demo a try.

Not much demo in that 2.6 GB download, to be honest, but enough to get a feel for the controls, which were functional enough. You look through a well house for items, unlock a grate at the end of a stream, climb down, and then the game ends as you try to proceed further.

#VideoGames #AdventureGame #RobertaWilliams

J M Berntson Sep 26, 2024

#8 (2024-09-26) #TheLegendOfZelda #DungeonsOfInfinity

Fanmade Zelda #roguelike made in #GameMakerStudio by #JustinBohemier over the duration of 4 years. It's using #ALinkToThePast assets, but as I'm typing this it hasn't been DMCA takedown'd by Nintendo yet.

https://justinbohemier.wixsite.com/portfolio/game-design

The moment to moment gameplay is almost entirely faithful to the original, and it's a very cool concept... although it definitely has room for polish & some expanded mechanics.

I can't beat Agahnim. 😢

GAME DESIGN

Game Design by Justin Bohemier

portfolio

J M Berntson Oct 2, 2024

#9 (2024-10-02) #TheLegendOfZelda #EchoesOfWisdom

Funko Pop aesthetic, "borrowed power" gimmicks, and unnecessary dialogue about Link being "the hero" while Zelda is "the priestess" aside...

I had a mostly great time. Too many monsters for a game where fighting is less than straightforward, perhaps, but there were some great combat puzzles.

The game also expanded #ALinkToThePast's map in interesting ways, with neat puzzle and obstacle designs.

#VideoGames #TheLegendOfZeldaEchoesOfWisdom

Suburban Timewaster Aug 31, 2024

@jedimb I like the design of this game.

J M Berntson Aug 31, 2024

@suburbantimewaster Yeah, it's giving me Telltale's The Walking Dead vibes but with more attitude.

I immediately wishlisted the game and will buy it shortly.

Suburban Timewaster Aug 31, 2024

@jedimb Great idea!

rollspelosofen Aug 30, 2024

@jedimb Det ska jag testa.

J M Berntson Aug 30, 2024

@rollspelosofen Gör det!

Har inte hittat så mycket om utvecklarna utöver deras hemsida som inte har uppdaterats på 9 år, men det känns som att det finns mycket passion bakom spelet.

Bara att hoppas på att det inte fastnar i development hell eller nåt sånt.