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Enjoy a Chilling Collection of up to 7 Horror Games for PC Steam for One Low Price

Games worth losing sleep over can be found at this link!

Turn off the lights (and try not to turn up the gamma) for this chilling collection of horror games! Discover the terrible thing that transpired in the ever-changing house of Visage. Learn the craft of embalming—while keeping demonic forces at bay—as The Mortuary Assistant. Play a horrifying game of hide-and-seek in the 4-player Propnight. Test your terror threshold, and help support a great charity cause!

Games like Visage will scratch that horror itch.

You can always check out the most recent Humble Bundle offers here and here.

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Get up to 24 Attack on Titan manga titles with one of these three mega bundles!

A Titan-sized manga library can be yours using this link!

Journey to a post-apocalyptic world where grotesque giants roam and humanity is on the brink of extinction in Attack on Titan, the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling manga that spawned the hit anime series. This colossal collection features all 34 volumes of Hajime Isayama’s acclaimed series, along with No Regrets, Before the Fall, Junior High, and more. Lose yourself in the saga of Eren, and help support BINC (Book Industry Charitable Foundation) with your purchase!

Get exclusives in the bundle options too!

You can always check out the most recent Humble Bundle offers here and here.

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All new PC Steam game bundle featuring warriors, dreamers, and god slayers!

Topple giants. Explore timescapes. Take control. All for just $15. Check it out at this link.

Intrepid adventurers, daring Directors, nomadic explorers, and more incredible heroines take center stage in this all-new game bundle! Confront the corruption in the Bureau of Control: Ultimate Edition. Unravel the enigmatic, time-crossed tale of a New York attorney and WW2-era pianist in Syberia: The World Before. Confront colossal creatures in the icy wilds of Praey for the Gods. Plus, get Sable, Dreamscaper, and more!

Games like Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice can be found in this action- and adventure-packed bundle!

You can always check out the most recent Humble Bundle offers here and here.

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Thrilling Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying experiences with this RPG book bundle!

A thrilling trio of Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying experiences can be found at this link!

Explore the darkest, most brutal corners of the galaxy in three distinctive role-playing games set in the grim future of Warhammer 40,000! Featuring 40+ essential rulebooks and supplemental tomes filled with new possibilities for characters and campaigns, this library will fuel your own tales of conflict between the Imperium and Chaos for eons to come.

Root out the vile corruption that threatens humanity as an Acolyte of the Inquisition in Dark Heresy.Hold the line against the coming night as a brave member of the God-Emperor’s Imperial Guard in Only War.Become a Disciple of the Dark Gods and spread terror across the stars in Black Crusade.

Experience the vast universe of Warhammer 40,000K Roleplay from whole new perspectives, and help support Children’s Health Ireland with your purchase.

And be sure to check out this Shadowrun 5E Mega Bundle!

Pay what you want and get $402 in Shadowrun books!

Pay what you want for a huge haul of Shadowrun tabletop role-playing loot, including the Core Rulebook, guides to armed combat and street magic, and more sourcebooks exploring the Sixth World.

You can always check out the most recent Humble Bundle offers here and here.

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Get the Best Indie Kart Racers Game Bundles!

Get revved up with your choice of sale-priced bundle options here!

Drift, boost, and power slide ’round the track in this collection of high-octane kart racing games! Get behind the wheel as Spongebob, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more cartoon favorites in Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3. Hop in your soapbox racer and experience the wild downhill physics of Zeepkist. Get Garfield Kart: Furious Racing, Super Indie Karts, and more—and help support Malala Fund and Women Who Code.

Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix (pictured) and its sequel are part of the bundles!

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Build your 3D game with these low-poly, high-style assets for Unity and Unreal

Build your 3D game with these stylish, versatile assets available at this link.

Add some low-poly, high-style 3D characters, environments, and props to your game with our latest POLYGON bundle from Synty! This flexible and eclectic library of over 5000 assets will help you develop games for a variety of genres in Unity and Unreal. Create treacherous dungeons, Wild West worlds, and wartorn battlefields. Prototype natural forests and bustling cities, and help support charity with your purchase!

Your purchase of this bundle will help support Direct Relief in their ongoing humanitarian response efforts for the people of Türkiye and Syria impacted by the recent tragic earthquakes.

All kinds of 3D game assets are there for the taking.

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Make games or music with one of these bundles!

Everything you need to build your dream game with these bundle options!

If you’ve been dreaming about turning that game idea into a reality, there’s no better time than now—pick up this complete creators’ bundle and get going today!

Jump in with GameGuru MAX, a 3D game-maker that makes creation simple—no coding required.Dive into coding and programming with the fully featured AppGameKit Studio game development tool set.Get an instant library of assets to help build your world—including character models, objects, and more.

Start developing your game no matter your experience level, and help support Prevent Cancer Foundation with your purchase!

Get into music making with these bundles!

Start making music today with these bundle options!

Got a song in your heart and want to share it with the world? Pick up this variety-packed bundle and start composing! Build an instant virtual studio with synthesizers, the award-winning Boom 3D audio enhancer and equalizer, instruments, and more essential tools. Get a library of loops, SFX, MIDI files, presets, and more sounds to help you unleash your creativity. Score $1,000+ worth of audio software, and help support Direct Relief with your purchase.

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Master software engineering and design with these ebook bundle deals!

Resources and guides for software engineers are available at this link!

Master the fundamentals, best practices, and advanced techniques of software engineering and design with the experts at Taylor & Francis. Featuring more than a dozen ebooks for aspiring engineers and active professionals, this bundle will help you build a solid foundation in key concepts; learn essential programming languages like R and C++; and explore how to apply these techniques in real-world systems and applications. Plus, your purchase helps support Every Child a Reader.

Make things happen onscreen with this educational software engineering and design ebook bundle!

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Mobile Game Review – Wordagon

This review was originally written in 2021. It is reproduced here with no edits.

PROS:

Nearly 1000 levelsPuzzle difficulty ramps up at an appropriate levelClean visuals with meditative, animated backgroundsRelaxing, zen-like musicNo time limits

CONS:

Persistent ads in the footer with the free versionLonger ads run between full levels in the free version

Apple App Store | Google Play

Crosswords is a word-based puzzle game that typically takes the form of a square or a rectangular grid of squares where you need to fill in the blank. Dating as far back as the mid-1860s, crossword puzzles have been a popular activity ever since, becoming staples in daily newspapers and foundations of other puzzle and adventure game concepts. AFKSoft’s Wordagon takes inspiration from the solid foundation of crosswords and adapts it to today’s iPhone and iPad screens.

Gameplay is delightfully simple. Using the provided circular grid of letters, you drag your finger from the starting letter of the word you want to form to the next until finished. This input method is similar to the recent mobile hit, Kitty Letter  (2021, The Oatmeal), and it works just as well here, right down to the option to randomly mix up the order of provided letters to give yourself a fresh perspective. You continue to form words to fit the empty spaces on the crossword grid until the entire grid is complete.

Early on, the puzzles are simple affairs, with just a few words to solve for. As you advance through the many hundreds of levels, the word win count goes up. You can also gain points for extra words that aren’t  found in the crossword boxes, but this is generally only possible on the later levels when there are more letters to work with.

Although there’s no time limit, meaning you can take all of the time you want or need to solve the puzzles, if you get stuck, you can spend earned or bought coins. For 25 coins, you can have a random square’s letter filled in. For 50 coins, you can tap on a square to have its letter automatically filled in.  For 100 coins, you can solve the whole board. If you want to buy more coins, they start at 1000 coins for $0.99 USD, or you can watch a 30 second ad to get 25 coins for free. Of course, for this type of game, the fun is in solving the crosswords yourself, but it’s always good to have options versus not.

Wordagon

For a puzzle game, Wordagon does a great job with its visuals. In keeping with its more chill puzzle contemplation vibe, the graphics are softly colored with clearly delineated boxes and letters. Looping videos of nature scenes, like idyllic beaches or heavily clouded skies, play in the background, adding greatly to the ambience and making the puzzle-solving gameplay a joy, even when you really have to work through the more advanced challenges.

Although you can turn off both music and sound effects, the audio is designed in such a way as to soothe, rather than irritate. The relaxing melodies and similarly soothing sound effects enhance, rather than detract, from the puzzle-focused gameplay and are particularly effective when used with a good pair of headphones like Apple’s AirPods. The sound design is similar to what the various relaxation and sound machine apps offer.

The free version of Wordagon is fully playable, but there are persistent ads in the footer and longer ads that run between every few levels. Fortunately, you can disable ads for just $3.99 USD, which is a fair asking price for so much puzzle-based content. Whether you upgrade or not, if you like thoughtful word-based puzzle games, Wordagon is a keeper.

Score: 5 (out of 5)

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Mobile Game Review – The Hunt For Epic Treasure

This review was originally written in 2021. It is reproduced here with no edits. Note that the version reviewed at the time was in an early preview state, so no score has been given.

PROS:

Clever control system that won’t make you miss a gamepadClean graphicsGreat potential to build from

CONS:

No sound in this beta versionThe front end menu system is not set up yetGraphics could use more detail

Apple App Store (not available as of January 12, 2023; review via TestFlight) | Google Play

Although still in early access and presently only available via the TestFlight app, which allows you to test beta software on iOS-based devices, version 3.0 of Elecular’s The Hunt For Epic Treasure is worth an early look.

The basic setup is simple. You’re a viking out to wreak havoc against your dangerous, loot hoarding, foes. 

Because it’s a beta, there are two big issues to deal with right off the bat. The first, is that the menu system is not yet working. When you start the game, you’re immediately thrust into action. For the second, there’s no sound, so you don’t get any epic background music or weapon impacts that would otherwise heighten the intensity.

What you do get in this early version of the game is graphically clean, arena-based combat. You move and dodge by swiping in the appropriate direction. You attack by tapping on the screen. This control system works beautifully with the iPhone and iPad’s touchscreen and rivals the type of satisfying control you typically only get with a good gamepad.

In addition to basic moves, dodges, and melee attacks, you can also tap icons for special attacks. For instance, tap on the axe icon and aim in the appropriate direction to hurl an axe at your enemy.

A key element with this type of game is how smart the artificial intelligence is when it comes to enemy targeting. There’s nothing worse than being attacked by multiple enemies and then having the game face you in the wrong direction. Fortunately, The Hunt For Epic Treasure‘s enemy selection algorithm is spot-on and will almost always face you in the direction of the most pressing attack. This automation cuts down on the need for manual movement, allowing your swipes to be reserved for dodges, dashes, and other evasive maneuvers rather than trying to target the next enemy.

Gameplay is smooth and satisfying even in its current state. It’s clear that there’s an excellent core game engine here to continue to build around. For the public release of this game, it would be nice to see more detail in the graphics, a nice (and functional) front end menu system, and full game sounds, including an epic soundtrack. It would also be nice to see the character progression, crafting options, and treasure system to become more fully realized. As it stands, you can upgrade your warrior in a relatively limited manner every 10 rounds.

As it stands, Elecular has proven they can develop a compelling, competent weapons-based arena combat system. It remains to be seen how well the developers can flesh out the rest of the game to become a fully realized release. If they succeed, The Hunt For Epic Treasure should prove extremely popular.

Score: NA (out of 5)

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