Let's Try: SNAAAK, Zenodyne R, 2000:1: A Space Felony, and Orion Trail
0It's the Indie Game Wednesday roundup for Wednesday, November 16th, 2022.
- Intro: 00:00
- SNAAAK: 00:03:23
- Zenodyne R: 00:22:54
- 2000:1: A Space Felony: 00:52:09
- Orion Trail: 01:55297
SNAAAK is a moody snakroidvania that takes the idea of the snake game and throws it into a moody lab scenario. Honestly? This is a great game. Plays well, the mechanics are fun, the sounds are fantastic and it really left me wanting more. I would play the hell out of a full-length version of this game.
Zenodyne R is a love letter to the top-down bullet hell games of the 90s. It is extremely authentic, except that the colours are all a bit too vibrant, making it legitimately hard to parse what you're looking at. It's a tough game with a bunch of unlocks (which in turn makes the game easier) and I'm sure it's great, but it gave me some legitimate eye strain.
2000:1: A Space Felony is both a very funny satirical take on games like Tacoma, and also a legitimately great game on its own. You're a detective trying to figure out what happened on a ship en route to Saturn. Everyone's dead and it's assumed the computer did it. You have to figure out what happened. It's very funny and very smart. It is also extremely rough on the encoder, so I am _very_ sorry about the recording quality when I'm in the "brain" area.
Orion Trail is basically Oregon Trail in space. You plot the route, and you make some choices, but it all comes down to the probability drive to find out if the game giveth or taketh away. The writing's great, the visuals are perfect for what they're going for, and it's not a huge commitment of time. I can say that since playing this on stream I've gone on to play through 2 more scenarios so far. It's great.
Greedy Bubble: https://sgshow.itch.io/greedy-bubble
Redd's Runaway: https://bewolf-studio.itch.io/redds-runaway
Micron: https://apparitiongames.itch.io/micron
Hive Time: https://cheeseness.itch.io/hive-time
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