The City Goes Dark: Litterally is a first-person parkour simulator game. And yes, it’s spelled that way. It’s a submission to Brackey’s Game Jam 2018.

It has you running nonstop automatically through the city as you try outrun a darkness that’s eating up the city. You need to run away from the power outage by running (duh), sprinting, jumping, wall-running, and even double jumping as you try to not get eaten up by the darkness. The game is laid out in a way that almost feels like a VR experience (it’d be pretty cool if it were) and it’s like a parkour simulator in first person.

Let’ get one thing straight. I can’t beat this game. It’s very difficult and timing is everything. At first, you’ll think how do  you possibly get through that part? Or that obstacle? It’s freaking’ impossible at some parts and will take a lot of trial and error in order to beat. If you’re up for a difficult platformer, try out this game. It’ll test your patience.

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Xtraction Royale is a new VR battle royale game powered by the Unreal Engine. But there’s a twist.

Other than being a VR battle royale game, players will earn cryptocurrency for playing. It’ll be compatible with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift and offers some intense battle royale gameplay similar to pretty much any other game in the same genre- but it has VR support. Players can arrange squads or play solo and use real-life weaponry with accurate stats.

There are also plenty of equipment, armor, traps, and even scraps to collect during matches which allow players to upgrade their gear at upgrade locations throughout the map (which are obviously going to be hot spots) and change up the game. Players must reach the Xtraction Zone within the time limit and only players that get inside the helicopter will survive. The game is a little different from other games where you must reach a specific point rather than kill everyone else. Character customization is a big part of the game and nearly everything can be customized with the marketplace which has lots of gear.

Players will rewarded with a virtual currency called RVR. It’s their own cryptocurrency which can be used to buy stuff in the game or traded for real cash.

The game is still very early in development but players can sign up for beta. VR and crypto are what makes this game stands out form the sea of battle royale games.

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Seedlings is an awesome, relaxing puzzle platformer sidescroller.

You control a small seedling (hence the name) and you’re trying to guide through the game’s multiple levels of puzzles and platforms. You can only roll yourself left and right through the sidescroller, but you can possess other small twigs which then can allow yourself to jump and climb and even launch yourself through the air like a slingshot from Angry Birds itself! It’s like you have no abilities of yourself unless you use various vehicles in the game.

So far, you can just play as a few different vehicles, but later on, there should be more added. It’s currently in a very early demo build so only takes a few minutes to play through. If you’re going to play it, try it for the awesome artwork. It looks almost like you’re actually in nature and feels extremely relaxing- just look at the screenshots depicting it for yourself!

Try out Seedlings using the link and get outside! It’s probably the most realistic platformer indie game I’ve played recently these days.

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Infliction is a dark and scary adventure game powered by UE4 for realistic presentation.

The game has you investigating an abandoned household that’s been run down and dilapidated over time. You’re trying to figure out what happened to it and put together the backstory behind it. There are plenty of objects you can interact with and read in order to understand what exactly happened.

As you explore this horrific household, you start to wonder if you’re really alone. That’s all I’m gonna say. The game is basically an interactive nightmare. The visuals create a very tense atmosphere that’ll give you chills faster than you can say “holy S!$T!” It’s a very scary game. Seriously.

The current build offers about 30 minutes of horrifying adventure and has some really nice artwork which makes it that much more scary than your typical indie pixelated horror game. Try out Infliction if you’re up for some realistic horror.

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Beware is a horror first-person sandbox horror game that has you going through the trails at night while being chased by a few monsters.

The game starts with you sitting in your car alone in a dark park at night. Why are you there exactly? Who knows. It’s dark. You’re alone. Maybe you just like to go around and sit at parks at nighttime. Your ride is pretty old. It’s a beat-down car with some crappy suspension and horrible turning.

The game lets you do what you want. You can drive around the car park and screw around to your liking- run into things, do donuts, drift around the park. Do whatever you want. It’s a horror sandbox, after all.

Then when you leave the park, you’ll find that you’re out in the country roads. You’ll start to get chased by these evil-looking things in a car who want to just kill you by ramming your ride off the road.

Your job is to avoid them for as long as possible.

The game uses a physics engine so there’s no rubber-banding or anything. You have to dodge their pit maneuvers and speed up/slow down in order to avoid their attacks. You’ll see them coming at you in your rearview mirror and every time you see the bright headlights, you’ll get a sense of pure terror.

Beware is freakin’ scary just for that fact. You get the constant chase feeling the whole time. It combines driving, stealth, and horror into one game. It features some detailed graphics and an older audio track that’ll remind of you the early horror movies. This one’s for any horror fan.

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Session is an awesome skateboarding game powered by the Unreal Engine 4.

At first glance, it looks like a very modernized version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Everything from the graphics, physics, and even motion blur all look stunning. The game aims to deliver an experience that brings out the freestyle side of skateboarding and make these type of games relevant again.

But is that even possible?

Back then, skateboard games had a ton of eye-candy, timers, combo multipliers, and score trackers. In Sessions, it aims to eliminate all that and keep it simple and realistic.

Now, this may be a good or bad choice, because some of us grew up with those fancy combo counters that give you that satisfaction when you pull off a huge rail grind. Aggressive Inline and Pro Skater both did it right.

If you’re a skateboarding fan, you’ve played these games and you know how good it feels to nail that Ollie and chain it into a grind followed by getting “air” and then successfully landing it for that huge number bonus. It feels amazing.

Session kind of delivers the same thing, but in a grown-up kinda way. You get to skateboard freestyle and “express” yourself however you’d like. It’s very similar to Skate and Steep by EA. These games deliver a realistic approach to the sport and offer freedom rather than trying to get the best score possible.

The game is currently available as a demo and it looks super good. The environment has shading, textures, and even weather effects. Your character’s animations are near-perfect. The physics system works just as you’d expect it to. Everything is delivered with complete realism- even when your character wipes out!

There are even a day/night cycle and a balance system. You need to balance your character with enough weight so you don’t fall off and lose your trick or overdo it and “pop out” with a wheel bite.

The lighting from the day/night cycle looks amazing. Lights, sunlight, and sunset all look realistic and the city responds to it. You’re free to explore the city at anytime you want. Tear up a pool at midnight or nail a rail gap during the day.

The world is a living place and is completely available for you to skate it. It’s based on real-life cities with accurate scale and reproductions.

It also features a character progression system. If you keep doing a single trick, you’ll get better at it. You can also completely customize your character’s appearance.

And it’s also got multiplayer options as well- feel free to skate with friends online or even on the couch.

Some of these features are planned.

The only issue is the control.

They’re seriously in need of some improvement because you currently have to use some awkward button mapping in order to skate. However, this should be improved with future updates.

Session is perfect for any Tony Hawk or skateboarding fan. It’s worth a play even if you don’t like skateboarding just for the fun of it. Skate around and ragdoll your character like crazy. It’s fun either way you take it- seriously or just for the giggles.

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The Free Ones is a platformer game with a twist.

You play in first-person only and you use physics to your advantage. In other words, it’s like first-person parkour.

You’re armed with a grapple gun you use sort of like a hookshot from the Zelda series. You use it to grab onto objects and pull yourself to them, or you can use it to grab other objects.

Of course, being a physics-based indie platformer, you can’t expect the physics to be perfect. They’re going to be clunky and awkward, which is what makes these games so awesome. If they were perfect, it’d be boring.

This game is all about physics. You need to escape the island, but to do that, you’ll have to overcome all the puzzles and find all the secrets to get out. Your grappling hookshot is your main way of transporting yourself around the island. You can attach yourself to wood and other objects. You can even jump from object to object a la Spiderman, but you’ll have to recharge it and land eventually.

The goal of The Free Ones is to escape from the island you’re on. You need to solve puzzles and jump platforms to escape. The creators of this game also helped make FarSky. You may know them as Farsky interactive. They also made Sky Break. The game is pretty much recently announced so there’s not much information about it online. You can expect an awesome physics-based platformer as info starts to surface about The Free Ones.

The game will begin alpha testing soon on the 8/14/17. You can sign up and be one the first to play the game. Sign up using the link below and try it out.

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Absolver is a third-person MMORPG with a focus on fighting.

It’s an online melee brawler.

You play as a “Prospect” and you’ve joined a group of other fighters. Together, you’re called the Absolvers. You’ve taken a vow and you must secure stability in the open world amongst other players.

The combat system is very unique. It’s very fluid and intuitive. How it works is you choose a series of attacks. You form a unique attack flow by combining different attacks, defensive positions, and other positions. You can choose your weapons and change or swap out different weapons or attacks. Each attack flow can be unique in a fight against an enemy. There are different combinations you can use.

You can test out your attacks when you encounter enemies in the world.

There are also quests and dungeons as well. The game plays like a traditional MMORPG but with a realistic look and very nice combat system in a 3D plane.

The graphics, sound, and gameplay are all very well done. Absolver is now in beta for you to play for yourself.

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Greetings is a cinematic experiencing featuring the Unreal 4 Engine.

It’s a first-person atmospheric walk trhough the insides of a spaceship. It’s a quick game (if you can call it that) so be prepared to look for your next game.

You can finish it it under 5 minutes even if you look around and explore. The visuals and audio are very well done. You could make a horror game out of it. There’s a sense of creeping horror as you walk through the craft, but you don’t really have any objectives other than to explore.

You find out your purpose at the end of the game. But it’s hard to say without spoiling it. You’ll have to play Greetings by yourself and find out.

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Islands of Nyne: Battle Royle is another survival game where you need to be the last man standing.

You’re placed into a battle arena with up to 100 other players. It looks and plays very similar to PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds, but it’s not quite the same. In fact, it was in development for a longer period way before PUBG was announced.

The storyline goes as aliens have pitted humans against each other and watch them battle it out. The battle arena shrinks just like any other battle royale game and puts players in close proximity.

In IoN:BR, there are key differences compared to PUBG. For instance, the game is only in first-person, which means you can’t use the camera to peek around corners and windows. The game also takes place in an environment that’s alien. They have things like antigravity and even teleportation. The environments are what keep this game interesting. you can play in pirate-themed levels, medieval villages, ruins, and even modern levels. Unlike PUBG, you don’t only play in a rural, ransacked city.

You get a variety of weapons to utilize to your advantage that fit the environment, such as medieval-theme weaponry like swords. This is also a distinct feature that keeps Islands of Nyne a standout battle royale game.

Here are some features from their press kit:

• First-person-only gameplay
• A full competitive ranking system
• Persistent stat tracking
• Massive arenas featuring weapons and locations that span time and space
• Teleportation, anti-gravity mechanics and other unique Sci-Fi elements

Some other planned features are multiple game modes, a betting system, and even no microtransactions. Before you knock this game off as a just another battle royale trying to cash in on the trend, give it a try. It has amazing graphics due to the Unreal 4 engine and looks very promising already.

You can follow the development of the game using the links below. It’s worth checking out.

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