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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Turbostrider27 on 2024-11-25 19:13:09+00:00.

Original Title: Humanoid Origin: Earlier today, we informed our staff that Humanoid Origin will be shutting down. Despite efforts to shield the studio from broader challenges in the industry, an unexpected shortfall of funding left us unable to sustain operations.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Ok_Look8122 on 2024-11-25 18:07:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Turbostrider27 on 2024-11-25 02:39:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/One-Independence2980 on 2024-11-24 18:25:06+00:00.

Steam:

New Announcement Trailer:

Release Date: Q1 2025

Tags: Tower Defense, Strategy, City Builder, Roguelite

What is Nordhold?

In Nordhold you build a city and defend it in this Tower Defense game blending Roguelite mechanics with turn-based building Strategy. Choose your hero, utilize synergistic tower upgrades, and face epic battles in procedurally generated landscapes.

Strategic Variety

Nordhold is a tower defense game for strategy enthusiasts who crave high replayability through endless combinations. Build and manage a cozy medieval Nordic village while enjoying deep tactical gameplay that doesn’t require extensive learning.

Grow your Economy

With over 20 buildings offering diverse strategic development options through unique upgrades and meta-progression, find the balance between economic growth and defending Nordhold.

Build Towers

8 towers with unique abilities offer numerous customization options. Fine-tune your tactics to protect Nordhold effectively.

Tailored Upgrades

Hundreds of custom upgrades offer versatile customization options, providing strategic depth and countless combinations.

There is so much to explore in Nordhold!

Thank you r/Games for Indie Sunday🥰

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/BeaconDev on 2024-11-24 16:07:58+00:00.

Hi! I'm the solo-indie developer of AETHUS, a chill sci-fi, physics-driven survival/base-building game, which I'm making pretty much on my own after leaving AAA after ~7 years, at studios like Rockstar North. I wanted to make a survival game that wasn't about combat, but about chill take-at-your-own-pace exploration, and a compelling narrative to drive you forward.

☑ Key Features:

• Descend into the depths of an alien planet - Aethus - to mine for valuable resources in a tactile, physicalised world powered by Unreal Engine 5.
• Utilise both your mining laser and explosives to gather resources, then Prospect your finds to discover the rarest ores and gem to package up according to demand in order to sell for maximum profit.
• Construct your own outpost from the ground-up using the resources you mine from the planet, building highly customisable habitats to extend your reach underground, explore mysterious new biomes, and automate your gameplay.
• Discover and purchase new plans for a wealth of habitats, facilities, furniture and decorations before using creative building and terraforming tools to create your perfect cosy and functional base.
• After an expedition, process your haul back at base by constructing numerous types of facilities to refine raw materials, smelt and synthesise products, and craft new items!
• Sell products to the Corporation to earn credits, then Upgrade your equipment to unlock powerful new abilities to aid in your mining efforts.
• Experience a compelling dystopian narrative as you attempt to escape the grasp of your former employer, a planet-controlling, ultra-capitalist megacorp - ARC.

📽 The latest trailer shows a bunch of new features like hydroponic farming for food and crafting ingredients! I absolutely HATE making trailers (I love making the game!) so I hope it comes across OK!

🎮 The new demo lets you play the first 1-2 hours of the game as you set up your mining outpost on the surface of an alien planet and start delving into the depths of the caverns below it, and an introduction to the dystopian sci-fi narrative which drives the game forward! Oh, and it features a Scottish AI mining drone companion, so what's not to love?

✅ If you like what you see, consider giving the game a Wishlist on Steam! Every single one helps a solo-indie like me! 🙏

📣 I'd love to hear what you think about the game, either in the comments or perhaps 'face to face' on the Discord! - I really like getting any and all feedback, so I'd love to hear from you.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/BorutaDev on 2024-11-24 14:12:50+00:00.

Youtube trailer:

Snake in the Dark Steam Page

I nominated myself, of course. Just like everyone else did for The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards ().

Wish me luck, and please wishlist my game on Steam. It's my very first solo-dev project.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Turbostrider27 on 2024-11-24 13:53:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Initial-Door-5469 on 2024-11-24 13:35:34+00:00.

Imagine an RTS where you can’t directly control your troops. Instead, you can only ask and motivate them. In Lessaria, your heroes lead their own lives — you build shops for them, help them level up and grow stronger, but you can’t command them directly. If you’ve played Majesty, you know what we’re talking about. We’ve taken everything great about this classic RTS and made it deeper and more engaging.

• Steam: 
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Each hero in the game is born with unique perks. Depending on their actions, the adventures they undertake, and how they level up, they become even more distinctive. In Lessaria, no two mages or warriors will ever be the same.

You can dive into each hero's adventure log to discover their personal story — what they've experienced in the game and how it has shaped them.

Next week, we’re kicking off a new playtest! Visit our page, add the game to your wishlist, and sign up for the playtest. We’d love to hear your feedback!

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/HoneydewDependent939 on 2024-11-24 11:32:06+00:00.

🎲 Pathologic 3 is a first-person RPG where you’ll take the role of Bachelor Daniil Dankovsky is a young doctor from the capital. His search for the secret of immortality brings him to a remote town, gripped by a mysterious plague that will destroy it in 12 days. Now it’s up to him to explore the town itself, its past, present, and future — to find answers to his numerous questions and try to stop the relentless epidemic.

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🛡️Core gameplay

You are a real doctor. Your tools are knowledge and science. Examine patients and diagnose diseases.

You have only 12 days to stop the lethal plague.

Face the Plague head-on. Cleanse the infected streets.

Anything you see can tell a story and become a piece of your mental map of the world.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/samredfern on 2024-11-24 11:13:50+00:00.

Hi there, I have been leading a small team developing The Necromancer’s Tale for the last 4 years. We’re getting close to completion now (we’re aiming for NextFest in June 2025 and for the game launch shortly after that). Meanwhile there is a ~3 hour demo available here.

Trailer:https://youtu.be/wjO-Bx1pDFs

It’s a story-rich game, focused on social intrigue, secrecy and blackmail more than on combat. This is reflected in the 9 attributes that your character has in the game: three physical, three intellectual, and three social.

There’s 180+ NPCs, each with unique portraits and sub-plots. During most of the game, you will need to keep your illegal activities secret from the townsfolk, even as you blackmail and manipulate them to achieve your goals. The game’s Trust system reflects how the various factions in the city view you, and your conversational/gameplay options are affected by it. (i.e., choices matter). Trust is affected by what you say as well as what activities you are witnessed performing (and by whom).

We’re close to completing the narrative content, which will come in at around 400,000 words in total. This has been written by a team of 8 part-time writers, led by me and Dave (writer of The Darkside Detective).

Here’s the overworld map, from concept to (almost) completion:  

Here's some combat footage (it's turn based):

Combat will be optional as there is a ‘narrative mode’ you can pick, whereby combats are automatically resolved by calculating the ‘combat ratings’ of the opposing forces. This ensures that researching back magic and building your undead horde is still central to progressing in the game, even without combat.

Discussion and timeline for final development, testing, and release.

Steam page: The Necromancer's Tale.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/kevryan on 2024-11-24 05:02:08+00:00.

Steam: 

About the Game

Contraption Maker is a modern update in the spirit of The Incredible Machine.

It is 50% off right now on Steam.

There is also a puzzle pack: “Incredible Puzzles Pack” available which has 160 puzzles that are very similar to the puzzles that I originally made for The Incredible Machine.

• Has over 200 different parts and critters.
• Comes with 196 Puzzles and also an additional 54 Tutorial Puzzles.
• Create puzzles and contraptions in the Maker Lab.
• Share puzzles and contraptions and download what others have created.
• Use the built-in JavaScript editor to make your own mods and games using the Contraption Maker physics engine.
• Download mods made by the community.
• Create contraptions online at the same time with up to 7 other players in a shared contraption.
• I added another group of new parts (Math Blocks) to the game a few months ago.

About Me

I've been making computer games in 6 different decades now: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.

First games were in high school on an 8kb Wang computer in BASIC.

After saving up money from summer jobs, I finally could afford an Apple II and started making games on it – 6502 machine code. Couldn't afford an assembler at first so just typed in the 6052 hex codes - remember many of them - $4C is JMP - $20 is JSR - $60 is RTS.

Then started up Dynamix with friends and made games for Electronic Arts, Activision, and Sierra. EA was kind of fun because it wasn't really big back then. They had a Marble Madness machine because Will Harvey was doing a port of it for the Amiga. Finally got to final scene and won without having to spend any quarters.

Bobby Kotick was my roommate at one of the EA Artist Symposium things. This was before he bought Activision and before the Game Developers Conferences (which have become huge nowadays). Had interesting late night talks.

Now I'm doing a mixture of working on my own games and helping friends with dev on their games.

It is still fun and I think I have a few decades of gamedev still left in me.

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The original was posted on /r/games by /u/Caledor152 on 2024-11-23 19:35:29+00:00.