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Northbound, by skeeto & netguy204

(For the original video, check the video response. Due to stupidity, I played it without most of its content, but you can watch my experience of that if you want.)

A story-driven survival roguelike, there's something I haven't really seen much of before. The pacing is well done and the overall aesthetic is immersive, so props to those: it's a little lacking on the "roguelike" side of things, namely variety in the pickups and possibly usage of resources. The story is good, and after playing the second time through I see that it's somewhat random, so that's good. There should be a ton of them, though, to really provide the feeling that the game's going to be very different each time.

I imagine that most of the focus wants to be on the story, but it's really important to make this a game as much as an adventure. Throw some semi-hostiles in the mix, interact with the water and the trees to scavenge, stuff like that. It's a compelling story, but you'll know most of it after a couple playthroughs and there isn't much to do after that right now. That said, I'd still go through a couple more times myself, just to see the various possibilities on the story's end.

Play: http://nullprogram.com/northbound/
Source: https://github.com/skeeto/northbound (does NOT run properly off-line, at least right now)