Inside My Radio
Developer: Seaven Studio
Publisher: Iceberg Interactive
RRP: £10.99 (Humblebundle, Steam) $14.99 (Microsoft Store)
Released: 11th May 2015
Inside My Radio is a rhythm based 2D platformer. You play the game as one of three characters that the game swaps you between, each representing a style of music.
Generally I’m pretty bad at these kinds of games, having no sense of rhythm at all, and this was no exception. What made the game so challenging for me is that not only does the world react to the music but so does the character that you control. You can only perform an action such as jumping or dashing in time to the beat. Even with the inclusion of a optional ‘rhythm help’ I still struggled, but I have to say kudos to the developers for including that feature.
It’s a pretty good game but I have to say I feel the price is a bit on the steep side for a game that lasts just over 2 hours.
Euclidean
Developer: Alpha Wave Entertainment
Publisher: AAD Productions
RRP: £3.49
(Humblebundle) £3.99 (Steam)
Released: 26th September 2015
Euclidean is a H.P Lovecraft inspired first person… faller? The aim of the game being to avoid the various horrors and structures on the way down. I love myself some Lovecraftian horror and I have to give credit to this game, it certainly managed the sense of the alien and insignificance that is needed to really feel Lovecraftian.
It’s quite a pretty game in its own rather strange way, the enemies are more a collection of geometric shapes loosely made to look like a creature.
The game lasts about an hour(ish) and I enjoyed it quite a lot. I wouldn’t go back to it though as there isn’t much in the way of replay value bar going for harder difficulties.
No Thing
Developer: Evil Indie Games
Publisher: Evil Indie Games
RRP: £2.79 (Steam) £3.49 (Humblebundle)
Released: 7th April 2016
So… I think this game is about a revolution in a dystopian country, although I’m not entirely sure. I know one thing though, this game commits my one pet peeve, partial controller support. Look, either support it totally or not at all, none of this half way crap. If I have to use the mouse to start a new game then using the controller is pointless!
Anyway, despite my rant, I actually kinda like this game. It requires fast reactions as the levels advance but it warms you up to it rather than spring it out of the blue.
The Deer God
Developer: Crescent Moon Games, Cinopt Studios
Publisher: Crescent Moon Games
RRP: £10.99 (Humblebundle and Steam)
Released: 27th February 2015
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. This is a pixel art sidescrolling platformer. Yep, because that’s what the world needed, another one. To be honest its the premise of this game that got me to buy it in the first place.
It’s a decent enough game, the controls are responsive and it provides some challenge, it even looks quite pretty. However… the combat is just too repetitive for my tastes, in fact the whole game is.
Thing is I bought it in a sale when it was going for less than £5. Having
played it I’m glad I didn’t pay the full price. I simply can’t recommend this game at that price tag.
Fotonica
Developer: Santa Ragione
Publisher: Santa Ragione
RRP: £10.99 (Steam) £11.99 (Humblebundle)
Released: 6th November 2014
I have to say the control scheme for this game is perhaps the easiest I’ve ever come across. Hold down a button and you run, release the button and you jump, hold the button down mid jump and you drop quickly. That’s it.
Pretty sure its just me but the vector style graphics used in this game really started to mess with my sense of space after a while and I’m not one to suffer from that kind of thing usually.
Sadly, much like the last game on this compilation of short games I can’t recommend this game simply because of the price tag. Not when you can buy so many other excellent games that last longer for the same price or even lower.
