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]]> 29 Jul 2007 05:55:20 The Universal
]]> 21 Aug 2007 06:46:40 An Untitled Story
]]> 26 Aug 2007 03:37:01 Noctis Noctis is a unique space exploration game where you explore the universe in your space ship, the Stardrifter. While there is no set goal in the game, you can travel around as much as you want, cataloging celestial bodies, visiting planets and moons and even exploring them if they have landscape which can be landed on.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 02:32:07 Knytt The Knytt was abducted by an alien! Traveling through space, the UFO flies into a meteor and crashes on a nearby planet. Luckily, the Knytt and the alien survive, but the UFO is a wreck. How can the Knytt possibly find it's way back home again?
]]> 06 Dec 2006 12:42:22 Seiklus This is an strange endearing relaxing game. All about exploring the world.

It has many nice touches that come out if you take the time to play. Shows how much simple things and bare bones gameplay can still add up to an enjoyable experience.

The environments are strange and unexpected.. Might be a bit challenging for some and frustrating at times, but I enjoyed it overall.

This was made by a single guy using GameMaker, and given away for free! See developer's links below for more info

clysm said,
Well, when I make any game, I make
a game that Id like to see made by someone
else; like partly as just an effort to inspire other people to make little games. I know a lot of people who are really talented, or who have some ambition, but they dont do anything, because they just think they cant....
]]> 26 Nov 2006 11:33:25 Samorost Samorost

The inhabitant of a asteroid finds another asteroid hurling for his home.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 05:40:43 Ascendancy Ascendancy, the debut game from The Logic Factory, is a game of galactic exploration and encounter. In Ascendancy, you develop your home planet, research new technologies, build ships to traverse the stars, encounter aliens, and colonize new worlds as you expand your presence throughout the galaxy.

You begin the game by choosing to be one out of 21 possible species. Then, choose the size of the galaxy, the number of species in the game ranging from 3 to 7, and whether you want to play in a peaceful, neutral, or hostile atmosphere.

Play begins on your home world where you begin building structures for the purposes of increasing your research,industry and prosperity. As you build these structures you also begin doing research. Eventually your research allows you to build ships for the purpose of space travel. You can equip your ship with a variety of hi-tech gizmos including weapons, shields, engines, power generators, and special function devices. The more your research advances, the more various and powerful your selection of gizmos becomes.

As you travel to other solar systems you will encounter alien lifeforms,some friendly, some hostile. You can conduct diplomatic relations with them, exchange knowledge, make alliances or declare war.

You expand your empire by either colonizing unoccupied planets or invading planets belonging to your enemies. Finding a peaceful or violent solution to conflict is left up to you. There are several ways to achieve Ascendancy as you will discover on your own.
]]> 16 Jun 2007 02:52:16 Starflight 2 Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula is the sequel to Starflight, the original space adventure. Unravel many mysteries and upgrade your starship by trading, exploring, and fighting.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 02:28:42 Orbiter Orbiter is a free flight simulator that goes beyond the confines of Earth's atmosphere. Launch the Space Shuttle from Kennedy Space Center to deploy a satellite, rendezvous with the International Space Station or take the futuristic Delta-glider for a tour through the solar system - the choice is yours.

But make no mistake, Orbiter is not a space shooter. The emphasis is firmly on realism, and the learning curve can be steep. Be prepared to invest some time and effort to brush up on your orbital mechanics background. Good starting points are JPL's Basics of Space Flight, and R. Braeunig's Rocket & Space Technology.
]]> 08 Dec 2006 03:46:00 Midwinter Older PC (and Amiga) game that had you playing a series of characters as you overcome obstacles in a world turned to winter. First person perspective with some interesting game mechanics (such as a clock based character switching system). While this is an action game, the main focused was primarily on exploration, survival and trapsing around the winter landscape.

It was one of the very early games to give you the ability to walk, drive and ride in the games many vehicles that ranged from armoured snow mobiles to ski lifts.

The clock based mechanic enable a player to 'park' in one of the many houses dotted around the map. If there was more than one person parked there at the same time, you could switch characters.

This game play gave way to some interesting strategic decisions as each character had different abilities and strengths.

Also somewhat unique was the fractal landscape which in the days before true 3D graphics made for some beautiful (if limited) vistas.
]]> 04 Jan 2007 05:51:45 Hidden Expedition: Everest Fresh from a successful exploration of the wreck of the Titanic, the Hidden Expedition Club will pit one of its stellar members against a formidable group of opponents in a race to the summit of Everest.

Other groups will battle you to be the first to summit Mount Everest. Expert Everest climber Ed Viesturs will assist you along the way. Explore mysteries of the world as you find hidden clues. Race to the Roof of the World!
]]> 27 Jun 2007 02:49:16 Wild Earth As a photo journalist for one of the world's biggest nature magazines, your job is to stalk big game on the plains of Africa, explore the wild, and take photos of animals in their natural habitats. When you're done, your photos are woven into an article mock up.
]]> 12 Feb 2007 04:19:10 Strange Adventures In Infinite Space (from http://www.digital-eel.com/sais/):

"In the 22nd century, colony ships were programmed to search for earthlike planets along trajectories calculated to visit stars with the best likelihood of habitable worlds. One such ship with its crew and passengers in cryostasis traveled over 2300 light years before a suitable planet was found.

Hope is a temperate world located in the Glory system on the edge of a vast nebula some refer to as the Purple Void. The nebula is unique in that it contains many unusual star types and other peculiar phenomena.

Over 100 years have passed since the colonists first arrived. It is a new beginning of deep space exploration. Technology has improved and mankind is no longer dependent on slow cryoships and robot probes. This is the setting of Strange Adventures In Infinite Space.

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    • Sail the high sea of stars in your own deep space exploration vessel. Discover exotic star systems; seek out new technologies, artifacts and lifeforms; boldly blow up stuff where no one has blown up stuff before!

    SAIS is different every time it is played. Stars, planets, black holes, nebula mass, alien patrols, items, lifeforms and other encounters are randomized for each new Strange Adventure."

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    Strange Adventures, or SAIS as commonly known is based around the idea of "bite-sized gameplay" where an individual game may only last a few minutes, allowing a player to have a complete experience in time period that would usually render play sessions of most games useless. The interface is smooth, the visuals pleasing, the atmosphere light (no pun intended) and the gameplay simple, replayable, and designed as the epitome of a Casual game.

    SAIS was a finalist in the 2003 Independent Games Festival and received numerous accolades from various press sources.
    ]]>     29 Mar 2007 04:36:43     Hunter's Island, Part 2: The Spirit Child The events leading up to Part 1 really began in 1553 in Chesserwick, a kingdom made up of several islands. A group of bandits known as "Velvet Seaver" had taken control, with the help of a training cavalier named Shaughnessy Van Dersen (under hypnosis), one of only two in Chesserwick who know how to use a power from a set of badge-sized treasures called the "Spirit Child's Crests". Falgryne McCane, also a cavalier and the owner of the crests, was furious at the news, and accused Shaughnessy of stealing them in the first place.

    But it doesn't end there, because the leader of Velvet Seaver is promising that the worst is yet to come, only referring to it as "Avelsteck", and at the same time, he has his eye on Martin Hunter as a target, because by collecting 10 of the crests already, Martin has become too involved, and now has an injured leg after being shoved off a bank by a changed prince Gregary.

    Sailing on the Rising Zephyr, Shaughnessy takes over the starring role, to travel Chesserwick and find the last 8 crests, and stop what he was forced to start, before it becomes much worse.
    ]]>     06 Feb 2007 09:46:33     Metroid II: Return of Samus After the events on planet Zebes (alternately known as 'Zebeth'), the Galactic Federation decided that the Metroids must be eradicated to prevent anything similar from happening in the future. The danger was simply far too great. An extermination squad was sent to the Metroids' homeworld: SR388. Mysteriously, they were never heard from again...

    Samus Aran was considered the only one capable of completing this mission, and so she was called on once again, to wipe out the entire Metroid species by herself. In spite of the disturbing disappearance of the special squad sent in before, Samus ventures into the depths of SR388 alone, collecting upgrades to her Power Suit and hunting down these dangerous, yet curiously fascinating, creatures.

    However, the Metroids aren't simply the floating green parasitic jellyfish she encountered before... No, here in their home world, they grow beyond that and evolve into far more unnerving and powerful creatures, becoming increasingly tougher to kill. These creatures are defined by the stages of their evolution: Alpha, Gamma, Zeta, and Omega. Finally, the source of all Metroids, the Queen, lurks at the climax of the game.

    Thoroughly scouring the murky depths of SR388, finding herself frequently lost in it's maze-like catacombs, and barely struggling her way out of some frightful close encounters with the Metroids, Samus clearly has her work cut out for her. However, with the help of conveniently hidden Missile and Energy Tank expansions, as well as the Varia Suit and arm cannon upgrades (the Ice Beam in particular was helpful - those savvy with the series will understand why!), she manages to battle through this challenge and arrive at the Queen Metroid... A massive, freakish monster that is so advanced in her mutated evolution she barely even resembles her own offspring...

    The Queen, outraged at Samus for destroying her children, bursts through a wall and -eats- Samus! With some quick thinking, Samus curls into her Morph Ball and sets off as many bombs as she can inside the beast's stomach. After being consequently expelled out in result (and likely covered in some sort of mucus or slime), she's immediately attacked again! Narrowly scraping the surface of death, Samus leaps away from the lashing maw of the Queen, and frantically plugs her with every Missile she's got.

    After suffering enough concussive blasts, the Queen is reduced into nothing but withering ash... Victorious, Samus makes her way through the giant tunnel the Queen had occupied during the battle, and heads for the planet's surface, where her ship waits for her. But wait.. what is this pulsing mass in the dark..? An.. egg..?

    Samus witnesses the birth of the last Metroid as it breaks free of it's shell... The hatchling is immediately drawn to Samus - yet, it doesn't attack her. In an alert, confused analysis, Samus decides that since she was the first thing it saw after being born, it must see her as it's mother..! The little hatchling eats through obstacles in Samus' path as she treks for her ship to finally leave SR388, exhausted, her mission complete. Seeing this kind of behavior in the creature causes Samus to take the last survivor of the species back with her to the headquarters of the Federation...

    This bizarre turn of events on SR388 results in the next compelling chapter in the franchise: Super Metroid. It's an underrated and misunderstood gem in the series, one that definitely deserves a chance, especially considering that it's the story that defines the rest that follow it.

    Give it a play, you might be pleasantly surprised...

    See you next mission!
    ]]>     08 Feb 2007 01:39:50     Endless Ocean
    ]]>     15 Nov 2007 08:13:57     tranquility
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