Too hot to play but what the **** . Time for some Indie - Signs of Life !

WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT ENTERTAINING AND WELL DONE

Independent Game ( Sweet Dog Studios )
Early Access (yikes)
"We are a tiny team with no budget, so Early Access will allow us to think longer-term, and ultimately deliver a better game." - Sweet Dog Studios

They actually call themselves Studios. Well. Tiny Team, no Budget, buuuut Studios. Good. Seems like that's part of the underdog, or should I say, sweet dog, imaginative lunacy you need to survive in this business.

Clearly, this game belongs in the trendy Mesh'N'Run. You jump, you run, you mine, you craft, you build, you explore, you learn, you fight, you die.

Signs of Life is imo more computer gaming art (not art) than a computer game, it's animations are stiff, it's gameplay unorthodox, it's game menus refreshingly uncoordinated. It's inventory graphics are clean but ridiculously minuscule, its key mapping strangely random and the sarcastic computer helper wristband is funny unsympathetic but not really helpful.
But nevertheless, there is A LOT to explore and it is refreshingly different from other games like
Terraria etc.

Vanished Post or How I started to enjoy Saints Row IV.

GET LOST FOR A BIT IN THIS "SIMULATION" IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE

Dude. This game is still over 20 bugs everywhere.

I can not remember where, but I bought it for 5 bugs *somewhere*.

Well. I even did a small post here (I Could swear) and said how disappointed I was.

But I played it again. And I must say. It more fun than expected. It helps to be stoned I guess,
but that's no option for me. So. Here's my stone-cold sober report of a game obviously made
for stoned GTA fans who also like space-invader parodies and a very funny implementation of a suppressive regime propaganda.

I like the name - but thats about it, sry. - Indie Mesh'N'Run Game "Windforge"

IT IS INDIE, BUT IT IS UGLY AND FEELS WRONG

Since Terraria I like games, well, I call the genre Mix'N'Run, or sometimes Mesh'N'Run. Why ?

Cause they are a mixture of RPG, Ultima Online Crafting, Minecraft, Classic 2D-Jump'n'Run and most of the time a genre like Cyberpunk, Steampunk or Phantasy.

Since Terraria ****** my brain, I was instantly interested in Windforge.

Well. Its DRM free, that's good and I got it cheap in a Humble Bundle Sale.

But. No. Thank you. Windforge has no consistent style, it is full of bugs, it plays inorganic and looks ugly. The only reason I discuss it here : It is a (very funny but sad) style of it's own. And it should remind every developer out there HOW NOT TO DO IT *fgs*. Oh Yeah.

And since you can't make screenshots using PRNT, I can not show you the graphical reason for my opinion so far.

Humble Bundle 2k - yes we are stupid and we do not need to enhance our infrastructure.

Humble Bundle. They are sympathetic. But they are not smarter than Steam.



They do a 2k humble bundle, where even I got my wallet out and payed at ONCE. Normally I wait a few days and research the games and ponder about it.

But, the complete Bioshock series, The Bureau XCOM Classified, Spec Ops TheThin Line and a few more. So wtf. Even if you only trade them, you win. ( Somebody told me today you can actually trade Steam Games !!! )

And then - their email server (one?) breaks down. WHAT a surprise.

Germany beats France in Worldcup. I rather go and test "Killing Floor".

OK FOR CASUAL ROUNDS, GOOD IF YOURE FAN OF THE GENRE

Where are my little Monsters ? Come to DADDY !

Yes, I know. No Zombie Blog ? But is it a zombie game ? It was on sale, I liked the name, and in the television highly paid zombies were chasing a leather things, thus I will try it.

So time for a survival game. At least its not DayZ (which ruined Arma somehow) or The Forest (which is so early access that you can see the source code) !

I'm just getting a coffee, then I will start it up without bias.

Uhhh ! Its from Tripwire. They made I think Red Orchestra 1&2, a realistic tactical WW2 FPS I really liked ! Well, let's go !

Are headache and bad mood good basics to get a first impression of a F2P FPS ? Warface.

CURRENT RATING : BORING LINEAR FPS (FREE TO PAY TRASH)

Who wants to pay for fresh old clothes ?

Yes I have a terrible headache and I am in a really bad mood (cause of the headache and the bad software that Samsung makes for its tablets). And yes, probably not the best scenario to get a first impression of a fresh beta FPS.

While the whole world except Crytek thinks Crytek is broken, they release a free to p(l)ay FPS over Steam. Warface. The trailer looks nice. The story is that about our world gone totally openly neo-cyberpunk-fashism-money-dicatorship-capitalism BUT you of course are playing those who fight against the capitalist bastards. (That's why Crytek broke ??)

Short Interlude : Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians - Indie Arcade Jump'n'Run

FIRST IMPRESSION

While I still **** my brains out with Terraria, btw. really awesome game if you're into that kind of thing, but, I thought, a coffee morning interlude with Beatbuddy couldn't harm the diversity.

I bought Beatbuddy sometime ago in a Humble Bundle for .... not much. More precisely the Humble Bundle German Edition for 11 €. Now I see Beatbundle alone is, uh, 8.99 € on Steam. OK. All praise to Humble Bundle. Well. Money saved ?! Hurray.

Beatbuddy is made with Unity. Since I am still convinced to use Unity for my Owl Game I am a bit more motivated to look at this game.  How do I know ? Apart from Intel and two other splash screens it shows the Unity splash. And it was a winner of the German Developer Award 2013.

TODO: What exactly is the German Developer Award ?

Hmm.The music in the white start menu sounds like something I can make in a tracker in a few hours. (But when I entered the game, I realized that this choice of music for the main menu actually makes total sense !)

Ah, I love the smell of new Software in the morning. So let's press PLAY.