Casual Lovers - Here are the Latest Indie Casual Games - February 2022 - Odd Nugget
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Take a load off and enjoy a few of the epic indie casual games brought together below. They're bound to be fun!
Otteretto
Developed by Chris Klimowski and published by Chris Klimowski
>>>>Otteretto is a puzzle game about otters and palindromes.>>New Puzzle Concept>>This isn't another Match-3 game; it's a whole new idea to wrap your head around! How long of a palindrome can you make?>>5 Endlessly-Replayable Game Modes>>Classic: Try to reach each level's score goal in the addictive original mode.>>The Daily Stack: Join a global competition every day! How many points can you get from the same set of squares as everyone else?>>Puzzle: Use logical reasoning to figure out how to turn a set of squares into a single, massive palindrome!>>Containment: With more squares being added every move, how long can you keep the container from overflowing?>>Walls: In this challenging variant, you'll need to get creative to work around each level's impassable walls.>>Compete With The World>>See how you stack up with online, cross-platform leaderboards.
Otteretto
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Lieve Oma
Made by Florian Veltman
My grandmother is probably the most important person ever to me, as she provided me with the stability and care a child needs growing up. We all have or have had people helping us become a responsible and caring person, and this short narrative game is an ode to these people.>>Controls>>Controllers>>Left joystick to move>>Right joystick to rotate the camera>>Any trigger to run>>Any face button to interact>>Most common controllers should work with the game.>>Keyboardmouse>>move with WASD, ZQSD, or arrow keys>>Shift to run>>rotate camera with the mouse>>left click, spacebar, return to interact
Lieve Oma
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sniper
Developed by baicha and published by baicha
>>Gameplay Introduction>>The gameplay is mainly based on shooting, controlling a sniper to fight the enemy. The map has many walls that you can use as a cover. You can score points every time you defeat an enemy, and in this vast map you can snipe the enemy anywhere. However, they will also fight back when you get too close to the enemy, and the game ends when your health will be 0.>>Game Features>>The attack can be magnified by clicking the right mouse button and using the scope, making it easier for you to hit the target!Pressing the "shift" key also accelerates, allowing you to switch sniper locations more quickly.
sniper
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藏梦 Hidden Dream
Developed by 锈钻游戏工作室 and published by 锈钻游戏工作室
>>Hidden Dream is a 3D adventure game about puzzle, exploration and collection. In this game, players are supposed to participate in the story about how did Princess Wencheng complete her journey to Tibet that for getting marry with Srongtsen Gampo in Princess Wenchengs fantasy world.>>There is a number of puzzle and a lot of collecting element in this game. The collections include traditional history culture, basic necessities of life, local conditions and customs and natural scenery of China in Tang Dynasty.Players will experience diverting playing method and mental adventure of Chinese traditional culture in this wonderful journey.>>Hidden Dream is a journey that full of mysteries and loneliness, but without any danger, frustrate or death element. Players will play the part of Princess Wencheng and experience her change gradually in her illusion.>>Players will explore a new world by learning a variety of skills step by step, meanwhile, figure out Princess Wenchengs puzzles. Players will grow with Princess Wencheng together while proceed along this journey.>>Players will hear original music of Chinese customs, experience visual impact of Chinese historical and cultural scenes that appeared by exquisite painting style, enjoy the fun of solving puzzles, feel attractive Chinese traditional history culture through this fragmentary story.>>Please try the Demo Hidden DreamPrelude
藏梦 Hidden Dream
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Darling Duality - Winter Wish
Made by Melancholy Marionette
If you're here because you saw ManlyBadassHero's recent video, and you're thinking of buying the game, please check out this post I made first :3>>Aaaand if you're thinking of buying the gamemaking a donation towards development (especially if you're planning on adding a tip), please check out this post as well.>>Darling Duality - Winter Wish is a game I made for a combination of the Secret Santa Jam the Winter VN Jam :3 It is a standalone episode, but more like an introduction to one of many characters in a much larger project that is currently in development.>>On one fateful night in the middle of winter, a lonely soul's wish is granted. In a world where everything is either black or white, which path will you take when you encounter the living, breathing version of a love interest from the most recent visual novel that you've been playing?>>>>>>>>(Check out the screenshots for an enlarged version of the profile images.)>>2 versions of the same character - Choose between Castor (M) and Castoria (F)>>Gender-neutral - The player is referred to as: 'you'>>RoleplayASMR-like scenario with full English voice acting>>2 different endings depending on your choices - One sweet one sinister>>Lots of expression changes that match the voice acting>>Use the scroll wheel on your mouse to fast forward or rewind through the game>>Please note that the game was designed so that the expression changes match the pacing of the voice acting, so if you choose to turn the voice acting off, the expression changes will appear to match up strangely with the text. Also, if you change the text speed, it will likely mess with the timing of the expression changes. It's supposed to be more like a roleplay scenario that you listen to rather than doing a lot of reading.>>Flashing lights - Both versions>>Self-harm (in order to try and wake up from a dream) - Both versions>>Yandere-esque shenanigans - Both versions (though much tamer in the safe version)>>Suggestive situation - Full version only>>Depictions of blood - Full version only>>Physical violence - Full version only>>This game was designed to be a present for the ChristmasNew Year season and was free to download for a limited time. It is now available to purchase for 2 (all goes towards the further development of the game to pay voice actors etc.) However, there are community copies available for those who cannot afford to purchase a copy :3 If the community copies happen to run out, and you genuinely can't afford to support the game with money, please contact me and I'll get a download key sent to you no questions asked. I'm perma poor, so I know what it's like to not have the funds available to buy the games you wanna play melancholicmarionettegmail.com>>Written Created by Melancholy Marionette>>Castor VA: Kevin Rineer>>www.kevinrineer.com>>kevinrineervo>>Castoria VA: Aria Marisa>>Voice Director: Anthony Rodriguez>>www.anthonyrodriguezvo.com>>twitter.comCryshulvo>>Intro poem based on 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' byClement Clarke Moore>>For full credits, please see the document inside the game folder.>>Darling Duality is a game that I hope to develop further :3 I have many more character routes planned in drafts, along with additional scenarios with Castor Castoria!>>Current funding goal progress.>>The game will be free to download over the Christmas holiday period :3 After New Year's Day, it will be available for a small payment (with community copies available also). Anyone who purchases the game will also receive access to the audio-only version of the game for those who may wish to relive the story without playing the game. (It was designed to work as both a visual novel an audio drama.) Please note that I haven't had a chance to put together the audio-only version yet.>>Since I was contending with jam deadlines while making this, there are bound to be some small bugs. Some that I know of are the text popping out of the box on one or two instances of longer sentences because I haven't had time to fix the padding. This is my first game made using Unity as well, so there may be some random bugs I'm totally unaware of! On top of that, I'm unable to test the Mac Linux versions, as I only have access to Windows, so it's entirely possible that those versions don't work >. I will do my best to fix any bugs encountered anyhow :3>>Please use this thread here to comment on any bugs that you find :D>>Need help getting the game to open on Mac? Check out this post I made with a few possible fixes!>>(Safe Version VS Full Version)>>There are 2 versions of the game because when I decided to start making it, I didn't know if my secret Santa giftee was going to be okay with possible adult content the winter VN jam states that submissions containing sex gore will not be accepted, and I'm not sure if some of the stuff I have in this would count as gore or not. There's a suggestive scene, but it's not a sex scene, and there's blood, but it's not really gory.>>The full version contains all the content, whereas the safe version is an edited version of the game which does not contain the suggestive scene or the bloody scene. The safe version is basically mainly the fluff with nothing too disturbing in it. In the safe version, your choices do not matter, you will always reach the same ending, whereas, in the full version, your choices will determine the ending you get. In the safe version, you can also rewind from your choices to pick something else, whereas, in the full version, you can't. The only other difference between the two versions is the title screen music.>>Please note that unless anyone really wants it, the safe version is not likely to receive updates, as too much content would have to be cut. The final game is unlikely to feature anything extremely gory or incredibly NSFW anyway.>>Contact:>>If you enjoyed playing through the game (or even if you didn't xD), I'd really appreciate hearing your feedback in the comments ratings are much appreciated too ->>If you need help with anything, or just wanna drop me a message about the game, feel free to post a comment, or send me an email: melancholicmarionettegmail.com>>You're welcome tobuy me a coffee, or support other projectsI'm working on by becoming apatron:3
Darling Duality - Winter Wish
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It's On You
Developed by Real Direction LTD and published by Real Direction LTD
>>It's On You is a narrative driven FMV game set in the UK highlighting the knife crime epidemic happening among british youth and the impact on those involved and their families. You play as Curtis, making choices affecting the relationships and the outcomes of characters lives throughout the story.>>Curtis:>>A potential future in international football, loyal to his friends to a fault, choices you make as Curtis will have a lasting impact for him and those he cares for.>>Karl:>>A loyal friend lead down a dark path and groomed into gang violence, will you stick by his side to the very end, or make your own path.>>Riley:>>Looking to make a name for himself, following in his brothers footsteps, picking up where he left off. Money is the name of the game, everyone's got to make a living, just don't get in his way...
It's On You
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Plum Bun Reformatted
Developed by Christopher Booth and published by Christopher Booth
>>The pages of this 'game' are purposefully handmade. Players are prompted to read again in peace with the constant challenge of reality mitigated by the format. Modern distracting stimuli remagnetize back towards the reader's inquiry, because of how these pages are designed and coded onto a stabilized, focus page that guarantees a returning bookmark, including a small click noise when turning a page. Achievements are self-reinforced by reading further, a new concept, thus the title Plum Bun Reformatted.>>The originally published 1928 novel was written by Jessie Redmon Fauset. Certain words are excluded and censored.
Plum Bun Reformatted
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Froggy Pot
Made by Cantusmori
Overview:>>A short cozy game with a small side of existential crisis.>>A super short,linear visual novel about a Froggy chilling a pot.>>The pot iswarm now, but it will reach a boil soon...>>It will be dangerous then...so you try convincing Froggy to get out of the pot, as you both begin to chat...>>About meaningless things, mindless things...>>Why won't Froggy leave the pot?>>ﾟ ﾟ>>Notes :>>Warning: Contains brief mention of deathloss of a loved one. Certain themes may trigger feelings of deep hopelessness, stagnation, and depressive thoughts. Please exercise discretion before downloading >>The game is free for download (pcmac)>>The FroggyPotPaidPack is an extra paid pack in a zip file which contains:>>5 Froggy phone wallpapersillustration (16:9 resolution, 1920x1080px, .png)>>Short 10 pages digital PDF book; Contains some sketches and extra scenes.>>Redistribution of content in this pack in any formis strictly not allowed; in purchasing this pack you are agreeing to this.>>ﾟ ﾟ>>Credits:>>Story, Art, Music, Script: Cantusmori>>SFX: freesound.org>>ﾟ ﾟ>>Extras:>>Some folks have requested, soI've compiled the music here:>>Thank you very much ; ; zoooooooooms away>>I may not be able to reply to everyone, but thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
Froggy Pot
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