Played some more Indie games on Steam. I tend to pick these up in packs or something. A lot of them I just sit on for a while without playing. I think a lot of them are interesting, and of course I mean to play them, but sometimes they’re difficult to get around to. I guess other games take precedence. But lately I’ve been playing them when I find the time. No point in not playing a game I paid for after all…
-Cogs
Pretty good game. Has a pleasant design to it and the interface isn’t complicated. So its easy to get into. I was never too good at slider puzzles, but if you like them, then this game will be heaven for you.
-Revenge of the Titans
The game is an interesting take on tower defense. The enemies don’t have a precise, designated path and you’re free to build towers mostly anywhere. Because of this you have to be careful where to build. If you build too close to them, the enemies will attack your tower and destroy it. And if you build too far, the tower won’t be effective.
The upgrades are kind of neat too, though it looks like once you pick an upgrade you can’t go back without starting the game all over again, which is kind of annoying.
Also, in addition to being susceptible to enemy damage, the towers fire slowly and are subject to running out of ammo/reloading. And they reload slowly. Another thing that’s kind of annoying.
I do like the look and feel of the game though.
-TRAUMA
Neat game, really short. A simplistic point and click adventure. The pictures are well done; pleasant and nice too look at. The game eventually devolves into mindless clicking, but it’s so short and easy that it doesn’t make much of a difference. Its all over before it becomes too tedious. A nice distraction for about an hour.
-Atom Zombie Smasher
Fun game. It has good audio, but simplistic visuals. Not terribly original but pretty fun, will play some more.
-SpaceChem
I tried to play this game and it took a few minutes to install MS Framework, which I already had installed. Why does every damn game install this thing? Is it necessary to install it over and over? Then when I went to the option menu, the game quit on me. When I tried to restart the game it tried to install MS framework again! Ah the joys of PC gaming.
The tutorial is a YouTube video, which I think is weird.
Edit 1: Tried to play it again, and it tried to install MS Framework again… what the hell?
Anyway, I think I’m too stupid to understand this game. It has neat music at least. It’s very dramatic for this kind of game.
Edit 2: Okay, the game isn’t that complicated after all and is pretty fun. Another nice distraction of a game here.
Edit 3: Well, I really like this game, played it for a while and it only felt like a few minutes. It’s actually pretty damn fun.
Edit 4: This game is awesome! I love it. I definitely wasn’t expecting to enjoy it this much. Maybe because it’s so logical. I really like that. The game gives you the rules and it’s up to you to make it happen. It’s like oversimplified programming or electronics. And it’s just awesome when you solve it and watch all the reactions play out. Like a symphony of atoms; a symphony you composed yourself. Makes me feel smart when I’m not. reel smurt
Edit 5: The game gets pretty tough, pretty fast. I’ve reached a point where I feel like I’m stuck, and as much as I don’t want to look up the answers, I would rather do that and concede defeat on one level, than stop playing the game altogether.
Unfortunately there are a lot of bugs with the game too. It crashes occasionally and the game STILL tries to install MSFW every time I play it. If they can fix these bugs, well that would be nice.
And it allows you to upload your solutions to YouTube, which I like, though honestly they aren’t much too look at. This game isn’t exactly fun to watch… still I couldn’t help it:
