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]]> 12 Aug 2007 11:34:43 Overseer Assault is a turn-based single-computer multiplayer game loosely inspired by Worms. It fuses elements of Turn Based Strategy and Top-down shooter into a cohesive whole.

The Players begin by selecting a side, either the mobile Attackers, or the static Overseers. The aim of the game is for the members of one team to annihilate all the members of the opposing team. Control flips between players on a turn-based basis, with each turn time-limited.
Attackers are able to move about freely during their turns, and although they have limited hit points, they are able to respawn a certain number of times if killed. Attackers can only fire a weapon once per turn.
Overseers are static supercomputers that cannot move, but are able to place defensive turrets within their zone of influence to defend themselves. Only one turret can be placed per turn, but multiple turrets can be fired per turn. Once an Overseer is destroyed, it stays destroyed.



The game is currently undergoing a major upgrade to full 3D graphics, which will introduce a new first-person view for Attackers, but keep the top-down overview for Overseers. New weapons are also planned.

]]> 01 Jul 2007 03:07:49 enemy lines 6
This one is a bit experimental.
You are a damaged alien spy probe.
With visual systems malfunctioning all you have left for navigation is some particle detector.
You have to reach your pickup zone before system failure.
Basically you have to navigate through a 3d environment in first person view while the only thing you see are a few dots of the walls here and there.
Don't bump into the walls too often - you can't take much more.

]]> 25 Jun 2007 08:12:11 Create your own galaxy in this management title. Define planet properties in an attempt to create the most suitable habitats, and watch as the various inhabitants colonize the planet, make war on each other and battle for dominance.

]]> 13 May 2007 09:48:26 Conformity. A game that I made for the Phoenix IGDA game jam in 2007.

]]> 14 Apr 2007 08:27:43 Cloak, Dagger and DNA is if not the first then at least one of the first games ever to use make use of genetic algorithms. Each player (human or computer) controls an army which can be split up into smaller units and has to try to conquer the playing field and its resource-generating factories in a Risk-style manner of play.

Cloak, Dagger and DNA was developed by Oidian Systems and was planned to be part of a family of games around the theme of genetic algorithms, unfortunately interest was lacking and Oidian went out of business. Since then Don O'Brien (designer of the game) has released it as freeware.

]]> 26 Feb 2007 03:54:15 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 Cloud is a third-person puzzle game based around weather and atmospheric aesthetics.

]]> 14 Dec 2006 03:50:56 Toblo is a free, fast-paced capture the flag game that has two teams using the world as weaponry, throwing bombs, and generally destroying things. During the course of a Toblo capture the flag match, the structures in the wild and wacky world full of colorful blocks are reduced to block rubble.

]]> 14 Dec 2006 06:41:34 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 Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, or NERO for short, is a unique computer game that lets you play with adapting intelligent agents hands-on. Evolve your own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, then pit them against your friends' teams in online competitions!

]]> 10 Dec 2006 05:23:36 Set in a cyber-punk universe and combining elements of Magic the Gathering, Risk, and Stratego, ChronX was one of the first virtual trading card games on the Internet.

]]> 09 Dec 2006 08:07:24 In this sequel to Stair Dismount - Porrasturvat, the player has to try to inflict as much damage as possible to a ragdoll stickman initially sitting in a truck. Things influencing how the ragdoll will behave is influenced by the placing of ramps, the figure itself and the speed of the truck, all set by the player.

]]> 05 Dec 2006 11:07:32 It is a physics game where the goal is maximising the 'damage' done to a 3D stick figure; the player causes damage by briefly applying a force to the figure to make it fall down a staircase.

Made by the same developer as Truck Dismount - Rekkaturvat.

]]> 05 Dec 2006 11:00:02 A really, really, really tiny first-person shooter, at least when it comes to download size, being under 100kB.

The game features a number of different textures, enemies and weapons.

]]> 04 Dec 2006 06:33:02 Bontago is a single or multiplayer 3d real-time strategy/puzzle game. By stacking blocks each player increses their area of influence, and can build closer and closer to the goal in the middle of each level.

]]> 03 Dec 2006 10:02:40 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 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 You play the role of a military Commander hidden deep within an Underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. Start by launching your battleships, subs and bombers in order to decimate your opponent's defences. Scramble together your alliances but remember only one can stand victorious.

Prepare your pre-emptive strike before one of your supposed allies gets the same idea. Choose the perfect moment for betrayal, obliterating your opponents with an apocalyptic thermonuclear barrage, but get it wrong and their devastating counter attack will bring you to your knees!

It's Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins. But maybe - just maybe - you can lose the least.

]]> 01 Dec 2006 03:32:09 Roach Toaster is an original (no really) freeware, turn based strategy game made in Game Maker.

It has bad graphics but awesome gameplay... Who cares?

Take control of an elite team of soldiers to destroy the neighbourhood's roaches.

P.S. Watch out for Roach Toaster 2!

]]> 28 Nov 2006 12:06:29 Plasma Pong is a variation of Pong that utilizes real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment.

Players have several new abilities that add fun twists to the classic game. In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game.

]]> 27 Nov 2006 01:39:25 Vespers3D is Orange River Studio's first experiment into a new genre of computer gaming, 3D Interactive Fiction (3D/if). It is adapted from the text-based interactive fiction game Vespers, by Jason Devlin.

Vespers, the text IF game, won numerous awards in recent interactive fiction competitions, including first place at the 2005 IFComp and "Best Game" and "Best Writing" (among others) at the 2006 XYZZY awards. Now Jason has joined Orange River Studio in our attempt to bring Vespers to life in 3D, while maintaining the richness of the original text version.

You can play the online Java version of Vespers here.

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