Ether One
A multi-layered adventure game both celebrating and freed from the great dependency of the genre: the inventory.
A multi-layered adventure game both celebrating and freed from the great dependency of the genre: the inventory.
MIND: Path to Thalamus is a First Person Puzzler that throws you into a fantastic and surreal environment. You will bend the natural elements to your will in order to progress in this emotive, mindbending tale.
Narbacular Drop is an environmental puzzle video game. The gameplay consists of navigating a dungeon using an innovative portal system. The player controls two interconnected portals that can be placed on any non-metallic surface (wall, ceiling, or floor).
The plot involves the plight of a Princess "No-Knees," so named because she is unable to jump. Captured by a demon, the imprisoned princess discovers that the dungeon she is held in is actually a sentient elemental creature named Wally. Using Wally's portal-making ability, the princess sets out to escape and defeat the demon.
Empirical Extraterrestrial Environment Exploitation: that's 4 Es for one 2.5D game of seed-tossing, jetpack-powered SCIENCE.
Ah, archeology: the millenia-old-yet-fully-functional trapped temples to ransack, the countless mummies and nazis to mow down, the mandatory female sidekick to flirt with.
One of the few (and arguably the best) fluid-physics based puzzlers on the omnipotent PC platform is in fact... a cave shooter released 4 years earlier on the PS3. Go figure.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
Auditorium is a music-based puzzle game developed by Cipher Prime. Originally released as a Flash game in April 2008, Auditorium was later released for iOS devices and then the PlayStation 3 and PSP in 2010. It was also released in 2012 for PC and Mac OS X. An Xbox 360 version was announced but, as of January 6, 2013, has not been seen.
Papo & Yo is a fantasy adventure video game, The game takes place in an unspecified Brazilian favela which the player has to navigate. The player takes on the role of Quico, a young kid who has run away from his home to escape his abusive and alcoholic father. Quico has the ability to turn the environment into a magical and dream-like world.
Lead developer Julian Barnoin came to say thanks for WSGF being a great resource while porting Papo & Yo from PS3 to PC. Read his blog post here
Eleusis is a 3d first-person adventure game for Windows developed by Nocturnal Works using the technology of the unreal engine. It takes place in a seemingly abandoned village in Greece where the player character, while trying to seek refuge, finds himself in the center of a whirlwind of mysterious events.As the plot unfolds he finds clues that indicate that the village is a nest of a cult which plans to revive a dark force through an ancient ritual and harness its power.