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Scaravan 66 by Lithic Entertainment is a car-combat-roguelike straight out of hell

PreMortem.Games

With their second game, Canadian indie studio Lithic Entertainment takes a sharp turn from the tranquil charm of their peaceful city-building debut title, Dwarrows. Co-founder Al Bellemare explains: “We were originally picturing it more like a fantasy caravan, but we wanted fast-paced action for this one.

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The Heart of Gaming Is the Power Fantasy

The Bottom Feeder

Video games function best as power fantasies. Not all games are power fantasies, and not all gamers want that. What Do We Mean By "Power Fantasy"? Power Fantasy" is usually used as a pejorative term. In other words, all video games take place in Fantasy. (In They are power fantasies. Art is a slippery thing.

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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. I function well like that.”

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Staying alive is all the victory you can hope for in The Forever Winter by Fun Dog Studios

PreMortem.Games

Video games are no stranger to the power fantasy of a lone hero who single-handedly turns the tides of war and saves the day, world, or universe. This is not the case in the upcoming four-player sci-fi tactical survival horror shooter, The Forever Winter. Just trying to survive another day is all the victory you can hope for.

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Top 10 Board Games for Christmas 2019 (and Why They’re Popular)

Brand Game Development

Long story short, it’s got a cute fantasy theme with really well-executed worker placement mechanics. It’s a sci-fi survival horror story heavily inspired by the Alien franchise. What you have here is a classic, gorgeous fantasy game that never feels stale. Nemesis ( $119.99 on Miniature Market ). on Amazon ).

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2024 Cherry-picks

Mircosoft Game Dev

KinitoPET combines this trend with the evergreen horror genre to bring you a unique experience about virtual assistants. The PvP auto-battler with a medieval fantasy theme has quickly gained popularity with content creators! Build relationships, play minigames, use social media, and most importantly: solve the mystery at hand.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

Before you begin the zombie-filled Palace quest, the game UI helpfully advises, "if you're not a fan of action or horror gameplay, feel free to decline this quest." Comparatively, the original Skyrim mod felt like more of a city with more buildings, more organization, more density. Interesting approachability / accessibility UX here.

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