Nikoderiko: The Magical World At a Glance… Genre: Platformer Target Audience: Everyone, families Multiplayer: Local co-op, up to 2 players Accessibility: 9 languages, subtitles, 2 difficulty options Available On: Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch, PC Developer: VEA Games Publisher: Knight’s Peak Release Date: October 15th, 2024 After...
In this top-down paper-folding puzzler, take on the role of Paige Turner, who has the supernatural ability to bend the spatial dimension of her 2D world around her. Story In Paper Trail, Paige Turner (get it? She can turn pages!) has been accepted into university but her parents don’t...- In this 2.5D puzzle platformer, Nature takes on a humanoid form in a last-ditch attempt to restore balance to Earth. In the guise of Gaia – a feminine figure made of roots and leaves – you must reverse the apocalyptic renderings of Mankind. Story In One Last Breath, Earth...
- Set in Italy post COVID-19, Mediterranea Inferno is a psychedelic visual novel about three Gen Z’s readjusting to reality after the pandemic. Before the viral outbreak, our three protagonists were known as the Sun Guys (which sounds so much more poetic in Italian) and were revered by their peers...
- The Mobius Machine is a Metroidvania Soulslite about an Astronaut who crashlands on an alien moon after investigating a distress signal emanating from its surface. The Astronaut’s robot companion malfunctions during the unsuccessful landing, so our little hero must investigate the source of the distress signal by himself. The...
- In this 70’s-style mish-mash of martial arts and futurism, you take on the role of Agent 70, who works for an anomaly detection bureau. This 2D combat-centric Platformer is like James Bond meets Star Wars – use your espionage skills to take down an army of clones, and look...
- Froggie – A Retro Platformer does exactly what it says on the cartridge, so to speak. It’s a 2-bit Platformer where the titular Froggie hops, wall climbs and slides through 100 levels. Story Froggie – A Retro Platformer has no story but if I had to make one up...
- Lords of Exile is an homage to linear 8-bit Action Platformers and within the first 20 minutes, I knew I hated it. As a callback to classic NES games, it features all the archaic physics and controls that I had hoped we had abandoned by now. Lords of Exile...
- I love a good Metroidvania; it’s probably my favourite genre. There’s something extraordinarily satisfying about improving my character’s arsenal of skills over time, eventually granting them access to areas previously teased but tantalisingly inaccessible the first time I saw them. And in equal measure, I dislike turn-based strategy games....
