Monthly Archives: October 2012

Atticus and Boy Electronic (Bloomengine)

A person once said this:
“But there can be no dramatic irony in videogames, because dramatic irony depends on a knowledge differential between spectator and protagonist — yet in a videogame the player is both spectator and protagonist at once.”

This is an experiment to see if it could be done. It cheats a little because there are two protagonists.[Author’s description]

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PANIC! (Astrid Bin)

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Mothhead (Massive Black)

Mothhead is an interactive art demo built in Unity by San Francisco-based industry art studio Massive Black. Explore the beautifully dark and whimsical underground grotto as a moth, meet a new friend, and find your other physical half. – [Author’s description]

[Windows Download]
[Mac Download]

(via rockpapershotgun)

Walking Story (Michael Brough)

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Katabasis (trsnell)

 

Katabasis is about enigma, exploration, and myth. It is about a father, a son, and ancient gods. The player possesses a father who has taken his estranged young son on a trip into the Russian wilderness. – [Author’s description]

 [Windows Download]
[Mac Download]

Towa Towa (Aaron Oldenburg)

Bird racing is a sport played in Guyana and Trinidad as well as in the immigrant communities in Queens. It is actually more like bird-debating, as they sit two birds next to each other and see which one can tweet the fastest and angriest…It’s a weird, macho subculture centered around tiny birds. – [Ingame text]

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[Windows Download]
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TRASH GYRE (antibesnice)

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Pilgrimage (Loren Schmidt)

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[Windows/Mac/Linux Download]

Super Original (Casper Friis Farsøe)

Survive for as long as possible! But the enemies get stronger and faster, and you get slower as time passes.

14+ seconds is okay.

17+ seconds is a good time.

18+ seconds is great.

19+ seconds is superb. [Author’s description]

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[Windows/Mac Download]

Blockage (John Nesky, Gabo Gaete, Ashley Zeldin)


Blockage is a little like a isometric Snake variant, except your task is simply to get from point a to point b without crashing into a wall.[Reviewer’s description]

[Play online (Flash)]

(via Oddities)