New Games Tagged 'alph, month, 2005' on The Great Games Experiment New Games on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg New Games Tagged 'alph, month, 2005' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Peter Jackson's King Kong Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie is a multiplatform/first person shooter/action adventure game based on the movie King Kong. It is a collaboration between the film's director Peter Jackson and famed videogame designer Michel Ancel (Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil), remarkable in that such true cross-medium creative partnerships are rare in the realm of game development.

In Peter Jackson's King Kong, the player assumes the roles of both New York playwright Jack Driscoll and the giant ape King Kong as they struggle to survive on Skull Island.

This game is exhibitive of an industry trend to de-emphasize the role of Heads-Up Displays: it lacks a life bar and ammunition readout (the ammo readout could be enabled), which makes the game more realistic. The player must rely on subtle onscreen and vocal cues from Jack instead. During the majority of the game the player is tasked with controlling Jack Driscoll in a first person view, a character given a realistic amount of health and equipped with largely ineffectual weaponry, further adding to the challenge and encouraging the player to find alternate weapons and techniques.

Interspersed with Driscoll's adventure are levels in which the player controls King Kong himself, battling various giant monsters in defense of Ann. The Kong levels take place in a third person view, as the player directs Kong to punch, grab and use objects and certain dead creatures as weapons, bite, throw objects and creatures, charge, climb, and even pound his chest to go into fury mode, a powerful mode in which the sky becomes a golden hue and Kong becomes more powerful, faster and less vulnerable to attacks. Many of the Kong sequences fulfill the role of boss fights, as the giant ape is able to effectively battle the gigantic V-Rexes that Jack's weapons cannot harm.
]]> 05 Apr 2007 12:52:25 Stunt Playground Stunt Playground is a fully 3D stunt driving game. The game has to modes, the stunt mode and the editing mode.

In the editing mode you can add enormous amounts of props (or as few as you want) to an arena, you can add obstacles, ramps, loops, and so on until you are satisfied.

In the racing mode you can load your one of the pre-made arenas or one of your own, and race around it in one of the six different cars. While driving you can also record "instant replays" up to 15 seconds in length, and then playback your stunt from any angle. you can even save/load these replays, so your friends will believe you!
]]> 02 Mar 2007 07:01:46 POLARIUM Prepare for brain-busting puzzles and fast-twitch action as you draw lines to flip black and white tiles and make patterns and puzzles disappear!
]]> 15 Feb 2007 04:24:16 Ballistic In Ballistic you rotate the world around a little ball. In each level you have to get the ball to the goal within a certain time limit, something which is hindered by obstacles and gravity reversing objects.
]]> 15 Feb 2007 06:50:12 Whom The Telling Changed
The people had always gathered on moonless nights to hear the stories, since the time of their ancestors' ancestors. The heat of the fire and the glow in the storyteller's eyes made the past present, and the path to the future clear. The power in the telling was immense, subtle, divine. What man would dare subvert it?
]]> 12 Feb 2007 01:29:03 Book and Volume
Your pager tickles you awake.

Upstairs in the house of your childhood, in your room, and it must be time for school because -- no, it's the weekend, you remember, but your alarm is going off anyway. You should have been awake already. You're going to miss the bus. Your mother climbs in the window. You're dreaming.

You're a grown-up: It opens to you again, a sluggish window summoned by a mouse click. Waking up now in your own apartment, your new apartment. Your pager is buzzing and vibrating both, serious. It is in fact the weekend, but you're not in elementary school. No one is crawling in through the window. You're a system administrator for nWare. Waking up urgently, here in nTopia.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 05:40:41 Flatspace II Flatspace II: The Rise of the Scarrid is the sequel to Flatspace. Almost a year in development, the game was made during 2005. The fundamentals of the game are the same as in Flatspace, the game is a space trading game with a top down viewpoint. Many of the controls and upgrades are the same in both games, but there are some major differences between the first game and Flatspace II.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 09:25:17 Strange Attractors Strange Attractors was created for a 'One Switch' competition, a competition where the goal is to create a game controlled with just one button.

By pressing the spacebar, you activate the gravity drive of your craft and create an attractive force between yourself and the other objects in the game. Your goal is to sling and bounce yourself from the bottom of the level through the portal at the top.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 04:30:44 Pogo Sticker This is certainly not an average platformer! This is what you get when you make a "Jump'n'Run" game, but leave out the Run. It's all jumping from start to beginning, and you aren't allowed to stop bouncing around.

Funky physics, stylish graphics, catchy music and bunch of weird levels to say it short.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 10:00:40 Take Two This is a version of Shisen-Sho an ancient tile matching game, remade from the Atari ST version I used to play for hours.

Take Two v1.00 released! Added the normal mode, finally. Fifteen levels of grid from 4x4 to 24x8, with time limits and score based play. Help doesn't have a time penalty here, you have a limited supply of "help tokens" that you can use, one is replaced after each level, to a maximum of three. Also added more information screens, and many little tweaks under the hood.

There is a new tile-set based on Simpsons' characters in this release, very kindly provided by Stompy... thanks mate!
]]> 05 Feb 2007 03:43:53 Tak: The Great Juju Challenge The top teams from across the world have come to compete in The Great Juju Challenge. Representing the Pupanunu tribe are Tak and Lok who will face great adversity in the form of Jujus, wild animals and some menacing new tribes.

Tak: The Great Juju Challenge is an innovative, cooperative videogame that combines unique puzzles, time-based strategies and a robust combat system. Players will have to use all their skills to win this race against the toughest competitors and receive the grandest reward ever given by the Great Jujus!
]]> 04 Feb 2007 07:55:43 BOMBERMAN Battle with friends! Battle it out with eight friends wirelessly, using only one Game Card!

Blow your mind! 100 puzzle-filled stages explode across two screens, adding crafty new ways to surprise opponents.

Shout it out! Use your voice to set off bombs and taunt friends over the new DS microphone.
]]> 04 Feb 2007 07:45:00 Ikaponga An amalgamation of Atari's Pong and Treasure's Ikaruga gameplay elements.

Basic version 1 available. Improved version 2 coming once I finish my current project and get my head around a new development environment.
]]> 02 Feb 2007 09:15:32 NASCAR 06 TOTAL TEAM CONTROL Drive your team to finish 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Command multi-car dynasties. New damage model and rollovers. Four official racing series.

1-2 Players
Online Multiplayer
HDTV 480p
Scoreboards
Custom Soundtrack
In-game dolby digital
Voice
]]> 02 Feb 2007 01:21:58 Second Sight Second Sight is a psychological thriller that plays like a movie: combining stealth and shooter action, Second Sight gives you the feel of being in a blockbuster film! Meet John Vattic, a man haunted by flashbacks, after being part of a surgical experiment. His only choice is to escape and figure out what happened to him. As Vattic struggles to piece together the past and present, players will uncover a strange chain of events leading to a fatal conspiracy.
]]> 02 Feb 2007 12:49:25 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo's foray into sports titles continues with Super Mario Strikers, a new soccer game that's unlike anything ever to hit the pitch. Whether players are freezing their opponents with an ice-cold shell, unleashing a spiny shell on their hapless opponents or making entire teams flee in terror with a roving Chain Chomp, they're sure to see something new around every corner kick.

Super Mario Strikers features all the favorite characters from the Nintendo universe, as well as four-person multiplayer action that will have players and their friends cheering all night long. Get ready for the world cup of gaming.
]]> 01 Feb 2007 01:44:56 Nexuiz Nexuiz is a fast-paced 3D deathmatch first-person shooter. The purpose of the game is to bring deathmatch back to the basics, with perfect weapon balancing and fast paced action, keeping itself away from the current trend of realistic shooters.
]]> 04 Jan 2007 05:17:20 Facade You, the player, using your own name and gender, play the character of a longtime friend of Grace and Trip, an attractive and materially successful couple in their early thirties. During an evening get-together at their apartment that quickly turns ugly, you become entangled in the high-conflict dissolution of Grace and Trip's marriage. No one is safe as the accusations fly, sides are taken and irreversible decisions are forced to be made. By the end of this intense one-act play you will have changed the course of Grace and Trip's lives - motivating you to re-play the drama to find out how your interaction could make things turn out differently the next time.
]]> 02 Jan 2007 03:43:06 Project Gotham Racing 3 Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3 for short) is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 for the US market and December 2, 2005 in Europe, and was released on January 12, 2006 in Japan. Developed by Bizarre Creations, it is the third installment in the Project Gotham Racing franchise, a highly popular series on the Xbox console. Project Gotham Racing 3 was recently rated by Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) to be Xbox 360 "Game Of The Year" (2005). OXM also recently rated it "Best 1st Person (Not Shooter) of the Year", because of its realistic inside-car view.
]]> 01 Jan 2007 11:15:27 Curator Defense Curator Defense is a homebrewed blend of the Real-Time-Strategy and Puzzle genres. The player must defend his museum from the hordes of modern art that attempt to raid his storeroom in hopes of being put on the main floor. Using an array of unique defensive objects, the player must stun, slow, and eventually defeat each wave of modern art.
]]> 01 Jan 2007 07:30:13 Operation Cleaner 2 Cleaner is a game where you run a demolition firm. You decide how much explosives and equipment you use, how much workers and bulldozers you need to run the firm. Everything costs, and you get money by leveling different kinds of buildings. You may select buildings from a list of offers.
]]> 31 Dec 2006 09:52:06 Invalid Tangram In Invalid Tangram you control a small ship shooting down alien crafts. When you shoot down an alien it will turn into a coloured block and fall down. Getting the blocks grouped and then absorbing them will give you a temporary boost of some sort, depending on the colour of the blocks.
]]> 26 Dec 2006 06:27:59 Kleptocracy! In Kleptocracy! you play as a thief involved in a competition with his peers to determine who the best thief in town is. A tournament has been arranged for the thieves to all enter the local acclaimed museum and obtain as many items as possible within the time limit. They will have to evade the many patrolling guards as well as the intricate security system. Luckily they're armed with several gadgets to help.
]]> 19 Dec 2006 07:12:21 Ocular Ink In a strange and twisted land where evil dismembered body parts roam the countryside, you play the role of a young paintbrush-wielding eyeball that is determined to free his home town from the fearsome clutches of the evil eye-pirate known far and wide as Patches Deadlights.
]]> 17 Dec 2006 12:57:28 Cloud Cloud is a third-person puzzle game based around weather and atmospheric aesthetics.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 03:50:56 gate 88 Relive a childhood daydream of deep space intergalactic battle inspired by Herzog Zwei, Star control, SubSpace, Homeworld, and PARSEC47.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:42:12 OrBlitz OrBlitz is a fast-paced puzzle game along the lines of Lemmings, where players place blocks to direct orbs to their goal. Originally in black and white, color spreads out to the world as the gameplay picks up speed to a frantic pace.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 06:17:49 Rumble Box Rumble Box is a fast paced 3D action beat-em-up with a unique premise: all of the characters are made of simple objects which stay around in the level even after the character is defeated. The objects pile up, changing the gameplay landscape and altering your combat tactics.

The game takes place inside a giant box, and the ultimate goal of the game is to pile up enough defeated enemies to get out of the box.
]]> 12 Dec 2006 01:17:32 Ragdoll Masters Ragdoll Masters is an experiment in the world of 2D beat 'em' ups with the use of ragdoll physics. In this game you control a stylized martial arts master, making his way through stronger and stronger opponents with spectacular moves and impressive blows. It features some of the most sophisticated physics ever used in 2D games and plenty of other neat effects.
]]> 10 Dec 2006 05:40:12 White Chamber White Chamber is an interactive game that you escape from this room by finding, using, and combining items you find in this room.
]]> 09 Dec 2006 02:41:47 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories There are a million stories in Liberty City. This one changes everything. Once a trusted wise guy in the Leone crime family, Toni Cipriani was forced into hiding after killing a made man. Now he's back and it's time for things to be put right.

The streets of Liberty City are in turmoil. Warring Mafiosi vie for control as the town begins to self-destruct under waves of political corruption, organized crime, drug trafficking and union strikes. No one can be trusted as Toni tries to clean up the mess of the city's chaotic underworld. Deranged hit men, morally depraved tycoons, cynical politicians and his own mother stand in his way as Toni tries to bring the city under Leone control.

Forced to fight for his life in an odyssey that will shake Liberty City to its foundations, Toni must use any means necessary to secure his place in the leadership of the Leone family in a town up for grabs.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 09:18:42 Little Fighter 2 Little Fighter 2 is a fighting game in a classic beat 'em up style. You and up to three friends and eight computer controlled helpers fight your way through levels against hoards of enemies.

Every player can pick a character from a long list, each character with its own special moves and powers.
]]> 06 Dec 2006 05:37:08 Warning Forever Warning Forever is a special shoot 'em up. Instead of flying around, dealing with hoards of enemies, and the occasional boss, it's just you, and the boss. And every time you beat the boss, it comes back, meaner than the time before.
]]> 04 Dec 2006 11:33:56 MacBornes MacBornes is a new version of the classic French card game Mille Bornes developed by Alexandre Colucci for Original Mac Games [OMG] Cup established by iDevGames in 2005.

Developer: Alexandre Colucci
Released: 2005-2007

[Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or greater.]
]]> 03 Dec 2006 11:22:54 Zen bondage In Zen Bondage you cover blocks of wood shaped like various animals with rope. You have a limited amount of rope to cover the block in, which you do by twisting and turning the figure.
]]> 03 Dec 2006 09:45:00 Darwinia The world of Darwinia is a virtual themepark, running entirely inside a computer network and populated by a sentient evolving life form called the Darwinians. Unfortunately Darwinia has been overrun by a computer virus which has multiplied out of control. Your task is to destroy the Viral Infection and save the Darwinians from extinction.
]]> 02 Dec 2006 03:37:52 F.E.A.R. In F.E.A.R. you aren't a soldier -- you are a weapon. A paramilitary force infiltrates a multi billion dollar aerospace compound taking hostages, but issuing no demands. The government responds by sending in its best special operations teams, only to have them obliterated. Live footage of the massacre is cut short by an unexpected wave of destruction that leaves military leaders stunned and in disbelief. With no other option, they send in the ultimate warrior: You.


The multiplayer part of the game, titled F.E.A.R. Combat, can be downloaded and played for free.
]]> 22 Nov 2006 10:16:30 Blockland The game where you build stuff.

An open-ended, non-competitive, multi-player construction game. You build online with bricks.
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