Again, take all of this with a grain of salt, but early reviews seem promising. The appeal is that this is a roguelite turn-based strategy game with a specific "casual" style about it. Also, this is playable on Steam Deck, so I assume it has gamepad support.
NEW RELEASE - Dungeonfell
Step into Dungeonfell – a single-player tactical, turn-based, Roguelite – where you command a group of Delvers in their quest to save Dungeonfell. Battle through the Dungeon, taking on waves of Monsters, and collecting valuable treasure to upgrade your Delvers.
No reviews for this yet, so caution is warranted. However, I really like rogue-like RPGs, and one with rhythm mechanics is highly attractive to me. I also love the pixel art style, though this is clearly not "true" to the 8-bit era (that is fine).
NEW RELEASE - Rogue Rhythm
A roguelike with rhythm-based combat. Learn a new mechanic after every boss and become skilled enough to challenge God Himself!
The real test will be when it's released with SteamOS pre-installed.
A time management / horror game is a unique premise, but also one of the most horrifying premise I can think about. My worst nightmare is having to do an array of repetitive tasks in order to keep the demons away. The graphics look too details for PSX and not detailed enough for the PS2 -- it sits somewhere between. There's full gamepad support, and the price is affordable.
NEW RELEASE - Orderly Havoc
Orderly Havoc is a time management game where you play as a crazed and obsessive man who must keep everything in order. Complete all your chores before you stress out or something uncanny strikes.
The 8-bit art style is highly appealing to me, and I like that this is in glorious 4:3 aspect ratio. You can control this with keyboard, mouse, or gamepad. Castle Xenon is also cheap, with its introductory price at C$7.64.
NEW RELEASE - Castle Xenon
Castle Xenon is a retro-themed, console-style RPG downloadable for Windows. A 30 hour adventure, take part in turn-based battles, solve puzzles, and explore detailed, handcrafted maps in your quest to save the world from destruction.
I'm sharing this one because if it's anywhere as good as the artwork implies, it's probably fun. Plus, how often do you see a rogue-like shooter starring a fisherman? FISH FEAR ME is made by a solo developer named Heather Flowers, and she's already made the well-loved SNAKE FARM. The graphics are kind of basic but full of charm.
NEW RELEASE - FISH FEAR ME
A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish. Upgrade your boat and weapons, hunt down sea monster bounties, delve into eldritch mysteries, and try to pay off a cosmic debt millennia in the making.
A smooth roguelite shooter from the creators of RACE THE SUN, featuring a voiced cast of feline pilots in a dramatic showdown against corporate-powered robots called The Swarm. Features a 3-act campaign with branching paths, epic bosses, and a wide arsenal of pilots, ships, and weapons.
NEW RELEASE - Whisker Squadron: Survivor
A smooth roguelite shooter from the creators of RACE THE SUN, featuring a voiced cast of feline pilots in a dramatic showdown against corporate-powered robots called The Swarm. Features a 3-act campaign with branching paths, epic bosses, and a wide arsenal of pilots, ships, and weapons.
A smooth roguelite shooter from the creators of RACE THE SUN, featuring a voiced cast of feline pilots in a dramatic showdown against corporate-powered robots called The Swarm. Features a 3-act campaign with branching paths, epic bosses, and a wide arsenal of pilots, ships, and weapons.
So far, this has a 91% positive rating on Steam based on 100 reviews. It offers gamepad support and is playable on Steam Deck. I like the 2D sprite-based pixel art style, and it's very colourful. Definitely promising!
NEW RELEASE - Blood Running
Blood Running is a stylish extraction shooter where you'll enter the cyber-wasteland, fight off creatures and bandits, loot valuable gear, and venture into the remnants of a world in ruins. Are you willing to bleed to survive, Blood Runner?
This one is shocking because it's published by Kemco, and they almost only ever make JRPGs. But here it is, a puzzle game! It's fairly inexpensive and actually has a discount. There's gamepad support, so that's nice. I have no idea if it's good, but there's a demo -- so try before you buy.
3°C: Sand Puzzle
Feel the thrill of clearing connected grains all at once!
Feel the thrill of clearing connected grains all at once!
Not many reviews on this one yet but it has a great premise. Instead of jumping from platform to platform, you sling a web. At C$2.59, it's also super cheap. The visuals are what you'd call "minimalistic", but I think this is a fascinating game.
NEW RELEASE - Venomous
Venomous is a 2D action-adventure game where you play as a skilled hero wielding web-slinging, slashing, and shuriken abilities to explore handcrafted levels, defeat unique enemies, and conquer epic boss battles.
Another horror game, but this one has PSX visuals. Plus, it's free. It has something to do with a cult and it has multiple endings.
NEW RELEASE - Welcome Home
Where home feels wrong, and you're anything but welcome
Impressive visuals with this one but you'll need some good hardware to get the most of it: recommended specs are 32GB of RAM and an RTX 2080. This game has good reviews, has a demo, and also has gamepad support. Also, this one has a nice setting.
NEW RELEASE - BrokenLore: LOW
BrokenLore: LOW is a psychological horror game set in a mist-covered, beautiful Japanese village, blending hyper-realistic graphics with low-poly elements. The main enemy is a Gashadokuro, a yokai from Japanese folklore.
Do a search for [email protected], and you should be able to subscribe from there.
The usefulness will need to be demonstrated over the long term, but this new discovery has just resulted in the creation of four new communites:
Four new photo-based Piefed communities!
I've created four new #Piefed photo-based communities. They are:
I'll mostly be using these communities to post photos from #Akkoma and #Pixelfed. Not only will they categorize these photos in a coherent manner, they'll be open for other contributors, and also be easy to moderate.
Why not use hashtags instead? Simple: anyone can use a hashtag and no one can moderate them. Which means they're easy to spam.
For my purposes, groups are simply better.
The biggest problem with Friendica groups is that when someone replies to a group post, the group actor boosts all replies to people's timelines -- which proves problematic for people running microblogging software like Mastodon. This also makes popular Friendica groups highly attractive to spammers and trolls because they can say whatever in comments, and now 2.6K people are receiving those messages in their home feeds. It is also very difficult to remove comments and ban people in a Friendica group.
What I like about Piefed is that you can delete and edit anything in a community, ban people easily or unban them, review reports, mark reports as resolved / ignored. And most important, all those tools are easily accessible.
You can see Lemmy posts from Friendica. For example:
https://friendica.world/display/e7311011-53fd1027bdcd0da2-858c998f
You can also see Friendica groups from Lemmy.
Looks like Piefed has a bug where, if you post from a microblogging service, the rest of the post gets cut off after a URL is written.
Here's the original post as it exists on atomicpoet.org:
NeoDB now has five active servers!
All of them allow new sign-ups. The newest server, neodb.kevga.de, is aimed at #German speakers.
If you’re unfamiliar with #NeoDB, it is a media database and social platform that allows users to review art and media. It is similar to #GoodReads, #RateYourMusic, and #LetterBoxd. #Bookwyrm does something similar, but its specifically made for books.
NeoDB has a public user count of 20,713 with 1,980 MAUs.
@fediversenews
Everything written between server and https://neodb.net/servers/ was removed.
[email protected] is replacing @[email protected], which will be retired in a month
A group devoted to news about the Fediverse, which includes all ActivityPub-enabled services.
Around two years ago, I created @[email protected] -- which proved to be one of the most popular Friendica groups ever. Unfortunately, I had difficulty moderating that group and so I decreased my posting there. However, I saw that Piefed has a much more advanced moderation toolkit, so I'm migrating that community over there.
If you still follow @[email protected], be sure to follow [email protected] -- since that Friendica group will be shut down soon.
[email protected] is replacing @[email protected], which will be retired in a month
A group devoted to news about the Fediverse, which includes all ActivityPub-enabled services.
Around two years ago, I created @[email protected] -- which proved to be one of the most popular Friendica groups ever. Unfortunately, I had difficulty moderating that group and so I decreased my posting there. However, I saw that Piefed has a much more advanced moderation toolkit, so I'm migrating that community over there.
If you still follow @[email protected], be sure to follow [email protected] -- since that Friendica group will be shut down soon.
Welcome!
This community is the next iteration of @[email protected], which is currently a Friendica group that will be retired in a month.
@[email protected] is quite popular, and currently has 2.6K followers. However, I stopped sharing news on venera.social as I discovered that moderation there was quite difficult. Having tested #Piefed for the past month, I am thrilled to see that it has a more advanced moderation toolkit -- so this will be replacing the old community.
A big welcome to everyone who is current or past member of @[email protected].
NEW HOMEBREW - Amiga Yoomp!
Fast-paced game that brings the classic gameplay of its Commodore 64 and Atari counterparts to the 16-bit Amiga platform
Amiga Yoomp! is a fast-paced arcade game that brings the classic gameplay of its Commodore 64 and Atari counterparts to the 16-bit Amiga platform. Players control a bouncing ball as it navigates 3D-textured tubes filled with different types of tiles, each with unique properties. The goal is to collect points while avoiding traps and hazards that threaten to end the run. Yoomp! is designed to run smoothly on a wide range of Amiga systems, including the A500, A600, A1200, CDTV, and CD32, delivering retro gaming fun with.
New community devoted to the Commodore Amiga on piefed.social!
This community was made because I didn’t see an Amiga community on #Lemmy, so I thought, “Hey, why not make one?”
But I chose to make it on #Piefed instead because Piefed seems to have better moderation options than other federated Reddit-like software.
I’m looking forward to this!
Welcome Amiga fans!
I never grew up with an Amiga. But as I joined the Internet, I became aware of this legendary machine that had incredible graphics and sound -- and did multimedia before it was cool. I already owned a Commodore 64, so the Amiga was always something I lusted for but never got to own.
Even though I've never owned an Amiga, I've emulated one on a Raspberry Pi and have grown to love the great library of games available on the platform. Some day, when I have space in my house, I might buy the genuine hardware.
This community is dedicated to everyone who loves the Amiga, even if you never grew up with one. Also, I'm looking for mods so if you want to help run a fun community devoted to the Amiga, this is an opportunity. 🙂