And if you like it, you might consider kickstarting it here.
EDIT: There is also a new video I missed – have a look here.

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One of the most original games I played in recent years was Braid by Jonathan Blow. The game mechanics gave a refreshing new spin to time based gameplay and it was truly original. But that was a while back and Jonathan Blow has a new possible hit in the pipeline.
I really like what I have been seeing in the trailer – so have a look:

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It is currently in playtest, and when the “cloaking boss feature”(top secret!!!!) we are adding is finished, it will go into peer review to hit the marketplace!

So lets have a look at the next FPS after NuclearWasteland 2030 from Sick Kreations.

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I just discovered this and it looks quite cool – a turn based strategy game in the works by 2 developers from Romania. Have a look at the trailer

“Forging Europe is a turn based strategy game where you grow an early medieval city to an enlightened powerful empire.” www.forgingeurope.koncept.ro

more details and a much longer gameplay trailer wait after the break

• Easy to manage complex economy
• Unified resource system for all settlements
• Required resources are split into groups as food or building requirements
• Simultaneous turns tactical battles
• Different unit types with different bonuses, like cavalry charge bonus or spearmen vs. mounted units bonus

In Development

• More buildings, more units, more gameplay
• Dozens of factions that change their borders trough conquest and behavior trough revolutions
• Emerging factions, including Mongolian invasion
• Diplomacy
• Religion enforced social policies
• Vassals and feudal system
• Research and Technology Tree
• Trade and resource transport
• Naval battles

“The game is developed by a small team of just two people: Vlad and Adriana. Everything you see is made by us, from the smallest texture on the smallest object to the last bit of programming required, including the trailers on YouTube and this website.” www.forgingeurope.koncept.ro

So go and like their Facebook to show some support: http://www.facebook.com/ForgingEurope

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I found this little gem via facebook and have to say it looks just the right kind of retro and perfectly fast paced!

Just got info from the dev with the hyping, enthusiastic, facts listing, marketing blabla

It really has almost all you want in a good game: a big cast of unlockable characters, screen filling end-bosses, nice variation of weapons, drivable tanks, jetpacks, hidden worlds, princesses, armor shop, white wizards, nerds with gameboys, rain, snow, hell, hellworms, sand-worms, train rides, and soooo muchhhh moreeeee!

The game comes with a thumping sound track from Gavin Harrison, the guy who did the catchy tunes for Meganoid 2, INC, and Neoteria amongst others

Interesting Tidbits
Gunslugs…
…was inspired by the Expendables movies
…has a 2 player co-op mode, check http://orangepixel.net/gunslugs for more info
…started as a sequel to INC:The Beginning
…is already considered Orangepixel’s best.. and 2013 only just started!
…is coming to firefox OS, Chrome webstore, and most likely Mac / PC later this year
…was designed, programmed, pixelated by one guy: Pascal Bestebroer… in roughly 8 months .. to stay in tradition with the good old 80’s basement-coder days.. except without a basement!

Quick links:

iOS Download from App store
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gunslugs/id591368443

Android Free version (with ads) – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orangepixel.gunslugsf

Paid Version (no ads)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orangepixel.gunslugs

Gunslugs website – http://orangepixel.net/gunslugs

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The last Game from Robin Debreuil was a physics based sleepwalker game with one button controls – I liked it a lot even though it was a bit on the short side. So chances are good that Playing in Traffic will be worth checking out too … the trailer certainly is.

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Thanks to Facebook I found this little racer game that looks a lot like a retro gem. It´s just a dollar, anybody tried it out yet?

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There are some games, that look just promising and more than worth the price asked. This is surely one of them – they send me a review token, but I won´t have the time. So who wants to write a review?

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Here is a bit more information right out of the press release:

Emeryville, CA: MagicalTimeBean, creator of the critically-acclaimed Soulcaster series, releases a new take on puzzle platforming.  Play the role of a goat, imprisoned for the use of witchcraft, who must overcome the diabolical Prison of Agnus.  The sheep are slumbering. And unless you can find and awaken them, you will be trapped inside for eternity!

Key features distinguish Escape Goat for a unique player experience:

• A custom-built physics engine enables rooms to morph and reconfigure themselves like a living labyrinth.
• Work with the friendly mouse, an innovative NPC helper who can reach otherwise inaccessible areas.  Send him up walls and ceilings to hit switches and distract enemies. Find a Magic Hat, and you can even teleport to him!
• Redbook audio-style soundtrack featuring authentic 1980′s synths and samples provide a rocking musical experience from start to finish.
• Built-in level editor to create your own mazes and machinery.
• Over 50 rooms in 10 regions provide a lasting challenge.

“This is my first puzzle game,” says creator Ian Stocker.  ”Soulcaster featured lots of strategy and combat, so it was a challenge making something completely different.  The goat has no weapons, so you have to use the environment to your advantage.  Fortunately, players seem to really like it.  The best part of development is watching people discover new solutions to the puzzles.  Some people like to use precise timing to try for a shortcut, others take the time to painstakingly alter the room.”

Ian is currently the only developer at MagicalTimeBean, a fledgling indie game company with just two previous titles.  Built from scratch using C# and the XNA Framework, Escape Goat took eleven months to complete.

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