Indie-A-tom / Mangatom · @indieatom
18 followers · 114 posts · Server mas.to
Grissallia 🏳️‍⚧️ · @grissallia
820 followers · 3569 posts · Server aus.social

May 3, 2023 - Day 123 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 138

Game: Helpless

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Mar 11, 2023
Library Date: Mar 27, 2023
Unplayed: 37d (1m6d)
Playtime: 32m

Helpless is a third-person walking sim/adventure. You play a child in a post-apocalyptic world. While traveling with your ill mother to an unknown destination, your RV breaks down, and it's up to you to find help.

Helpless is free on Steam, and according to the Steam page, was built by a team of 22 students as their bachelor's degree team project, so I'm not going to judge it too harshly.

Stylistically, I can't really think of anything to compare it to, but it feels very coherent, and well thought out. The sound design is well done (particularly as they don't appear to have had a dedicated sound designer), but the game does feel a little bit linear.

The apocalypse in "post-apocalypse" appears to have been environmental collapse; with desert encroaching on what little of civilisation is left; there are no enemies as such, only the sun.

As you explore for parts to get back on the road, you find yourself darting from shadow to shadow so as to not overheat and die of exposure.

It could have used some tweaks in the UI & gameplay, and it doesn't seem like a long game, but for what it is, and *free*, there's definitely an interesting experience to be had.

Helpless is:

3: OK

store.steampowered.com/app/229

#helpless #walkingsimulator #adventure #mastodongaming #gaming #project365ong #project365 #newplay

Last updated 1 year ago

Renderville · @Renderville
0 followers · 5 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place

Working on a new wind system for Great North Shelter 2

#walkingsimulator #indiegame #horror #gns #greatnorthshelter

Last updated 2 years ago

Renderville · @Renderville
0 followers · 4 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place

You can try to go out of the map in the GNS2, but...

#walkingsimulator #indiegame #horror #gns #greatnorthshelter

Last updated 2 years ago

kam185 · @kam185
0 followers · 36 posts · Server social.vivaldi.net

Really tried to enjoy this, but such a missed opportunity.

#pcgaming #gamepass #adventuregame #walkingsimulator #somerville

Last updated 2 years ago

SkellySoft · @SkellySoft
231 followers · 571 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place

Ok so, my bad: the previous release of Morning Never Comes had a nasty softlock glitch when speaking to NPCs. It's now fixed! Please redownload here at skellysoft.itch.io/morning-nev 😅 with my apologies!

#madewithgodot3 #madewithgodot #walkingsimulator #cyberpunk #CyberpunkRPG #godotengine #godot3 #adventuregame

Last updated 2 years ago

SkellySoft · @SkellySoft
228 followers · 569 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place

⚠️ ATTENTION! ⚠️ The Morning Never Comes early beta is now released, and free to play!

Explore four locations in various weather conditions, talk to 7 different NPCs, use & abuse goofy draggable physics, interactive computer screens, a basketball mini-game and more! Supports both Keyboard & Mouse and Gamepads.

Have fun and please do leave some feedback!

skellysoft.itch.io/morning-nev

#indiegamer #cyberpunk #walkingsimulator #lowpoly #lowpoly3d #indie #madewithgodot #godot3 #adventuregame

Last updated 2 years ago

Digital Mark λ 🕹 💾 📺 · @mdhughes
928 followers · 23164 posts · Server appdot.net

@WoozleWuzzle Connor Sherlock's walking sims are cool.

Eidolons has very minimal survival (avoiding a few animals, getting to berries & water every few days) and an extensive journal to collect.

Moshe Link & Valerie Dusk on itch.io make some good weird/creepy/WTF did I just play walking sims.

#walkingsimulator

Last updated 2 years ago

Rock Paper Shotgun · @rockpapershotgun
488 followers · 20678 posts · Server die-partei.social
Digital Mark λ 🕹 💾 📺 · @mdhughes
921 followers · 23134 posts · Server appdot.net

The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe

mdhughes.tech/2022/03/30/the-s

Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe announced… in 2018
Now finally has a release date, 4/27!

One of my favorite videogames(?) of all time. It's literally wandering hallways of an abandoned office. And then not. And then there's some narrative about what games are. There's no point, because nothing has any point, life is meaningless and we just

#StanleyParable #videogames #walkingsimulator

Last updated 3 years ago

Xe Quin Pasme! · @XeQuinPasme
109 followers · 1347 posts · Server mastodont.cat
Xe Quin Pasme! · @XeQuinPasme
109 followers · 1347 posts · Server mastodont.cat

.@SenyorTuitstar torna a la càrrega amb un altre excel·lent article. és un realista que ens posarà en la pell d'una dona ingressada en un psiquiàtric de la Itàlia de Mussolini.

xequinpasmeblog.wordpress.com/

#TheTownOfLight #walkingsimulator #videojocs #lka #ps4 #xb1 #windows10 #vr

Last updated 5 years ago

Digital Mark λ 🕹 💾 📺 · @mdhughes
851 followers · 22774 posts · Server appdot.net

Videogame Exploration

mdhughes.tech/2020/04/24/video

Into the Black: On Videogame Exploration

Which I've brought up many of these before, but Proteus, Dear Esther, and Bernband especially, everyone should play. I've played and enjoyed most of Connor Sherlock's sims, but they're ~50% half-broken and all very similar to each other; but still great art pieces you can explore.

I need to play Obsolete, it seems.

And more recent

#videogames #walkingsimulator

Last updated 5 years ago

Veronically 🦄∆V · @MxSlimPickens_
67 followers · 1429 posts · Server mastodon.social

Yes my quarantined friends, Walking Simulation is a thing.
And it's free to play.

store.steampowered.com/app/121

:blobaww:

#walking #cabinfever #walkingsimulator

Last updated 5 years ago

Rock Paper Shotgun · @rockpapershotgun
472 followers · 20668 posts · Server die-partei.social
Rock Paper Shotgun · @rockpapershotgun
472 followers · 20668 posts · Server die-partei.social
Rock Paper Shotgun · @rockpapershotgun
472 followers · 20668 posts · Server die-partei.social

Peak Bleak Blues (and other moods) offers nine new places to wander from Connor Sherlock - feedproxy.google.com/~r/RockPa

#walkingsimulator #connorsherlock #pcgamenews

Last updated 6 years ago