Aquilla

October 2019

Very, very bad month for my backlog. I finished only three games, none of them on Steam. But my company finally released product we were working on for 2-3 years, so I was working like crazy this month.

I’m also playing a few big games right now, so there is going my time…

I already wrote a review for two games, so I’ll just show my score, and write a few thoughts about the third one.

Best game of the month: Minit.

Beaten and completed games

  • Minit

    Epic Store

    7/10

  • Doodle mafia

    Itchio

    4/10

  • Marble duel

    Itchio

    5/10

Marble duel

I liked this game, but it has some big problems. The gameplay is quite addicting - you are involve in ZUMA-like duels with AI opponent. You are making chaind of marbles, and every colour has a specific effect on you or the enemy. There are many levels, and a lot of them required a strategy, you need to discover. Unfortunatelly from a specific point the game is very luck based (which marble you will get). Also, AI is clearly cheating and knows about things it shouldn’t know (like for example which randomly generated colour it will get next). My version stopped after about 100 levels and I was told that next levels will be added soon. I don’t know if this is also the case with Steam version.

New games

A lot of them… from a lot of sources:

My random buys

  • Runefall

    4 hours playtime

    12 of 39 achievements

  • Cat Quest

    0 of 12 achievements

  • Book of Demons

    2 hours playtime

    20 of 202 achievements

Steamgift wins:

  • 60 Parsecs!

    3 hours playtime

    12 of 40 achievements

  • Purrfect Date

    37 minutes playtime

    1 of 32 achievements

Lootboy:

I was playing a bit with this site. It can give you random games, and after fiddling a bit I’ve got a bunch of them. I kept some of them, the rest went on SG:

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  • The Last Tinker: City of Colors

    0 of 14 achievements

  • Munin

    0 of 18 achievements

  • Haimrik

    0 of 25 achievements

  • The Long Journey Home

    0 of 69 achievements

  • LEAVES - The Journey

    0 of 16 achievements

  • LEAVES - The Return

    0 of 16 achievements

Gifts from family and friends:

  • Epic Battle Fantasy 5

    0 of 102 achievements

Current Steam Sale:

I had a lot of cards. I sold them and I had enough money to buy those games:

  • Hollow Knight

    5 hours playtime

    3 of 63 achievements

  • Voodoo Vince: Remastered

14 new games. Oh well….

Traqie

Ooooh mind sharing what your company released? :D But if you don’t want to reveal where you work then it’s fine!

And hf with Hollow Knight, I’m always glad to see more people playing it, it’s one of my favorite indie games

Aquilla

We released Early Access of Chernobylite. Which mean - a year more of work with this game for me. And I’m playing Hollow Knight and having a blast - that’s a beautiful game.

Traqie

I heard about that game, congrats on getting your game on steam! :) Looks promising and as a huge S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fan it immediately got my interest being set Chernobyl and all that. If you don’t mind me asking, did you had a chance to go to the zone personally and do the scans with your team? :o

Aquilla

I personally didn’t go, but couple of guys from my team went there.

Juet remember - this is not a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. clone. We did our own spin - it’s much more stealthy, gameplay loop is different, you have your base and companions. And no mutants, although there are supernatural beings :) . People that thought it will be Stalker 2 were dissapointed.

Traqie

I’ll keep that in mind, but I do get similar vibes after looking at screenshots :P I might grab it during Winter Sale (but I don’t expect a huge discount) just to support you guys a little but I won’t play until it’s out of EA, I prefer to play it when it’s done & polished.