FIRST YEAR PROJECTS

 

Overkill - By Atomic Ant Autima Studio

A top-down shooter inspired by Souls-like combat. You must fight through rooms

filled with enemies while avoiding enemy attacks and carefully timing your reloads. The

game is built around mastering the combat system and quickly adapting to varied

combat encounters.


V.V - By AYCE

Wake up in the shoes of V.V and help this adorable robot solve puzzles and mini-platforming challenges as you uncover more about its desolate, post-apocalyptic world. Immerse yourself in this atmospheric game, which is short yet story-rich, with little surprises ready for you to find!

Castle Blaster - By BarFight

With a single gun and a daunting fortress before you, Castle Blaster drags you through bullet hell and back, featuring fast-paced combat throughout its numerous rooms. Adopt the role of one lone rogue as you weave through monsters, platform through screens, and reach the end of the castle. Do you have what it takes?

Duck N’ Cover - By Dim Bulbs

Follow the adventures of a stranded rubber duck defending itself against hordes of angry, vengeful geese through an engaging wave-based shooter! Take down your many feathered enemies, upgrade your skills after each battle, and fight through different watery arenas in order to safely return home.

Made to Forge - By ESA2 Studios

In Made To Forge you play as the great weaponsmith-- Ulda. Harness your inner blacksmith and assist Ulda in crafting mighty weapons for strong warriors. Pick your ore, fire, forge, and embellish your weapons before bestowing them to your customers. Be sure to work fast and efficiently as many customers don’t have the best patience; precision and time management is key! Balance multiple orders, maintain time to greet customers and stay organized as you work through 3 minigames each representing a different area in the smithy– you only have one chance to get an order right so stay aware or you could be put out of business! Work hard and see if you can make it through the day!

End of the Stickin World - By F2P

Play as Twiggy, a swift and deadly warrior known for his agility, relentless combos, and mastery of various weapons. He is walking on a road and sees a meteor coming down from the sky. Everything goes black, animals turning into monsters, zombies, technology coming alive, and he wakes up and sees around him everything in chaos. He is the only one alive and he has to defeat everything. Oh no… what's that coming out of the ground?

An action packed side scroller that allows players to choose their weapon and destroy a variety of enemies.

Blackout - By Lager Studios

Tasked by an unknown caller. You arrive at an abandoned school. Boss says this place closed due to a series of murders. Extraterrestrial? Spirits? None of that phases you. You enter the school…and begin the search. Blackout is a top-down horror game that has you traverse through levels with only a flashlight. And whatever courage you can muster up. With managing its battery, your sanity and life. Can you make it out alive? Or will you become another statistic of victims to the town?

​​Imperium Mortis - By pixel Landshark Games

​​Imperium Mortis is a platformer boss centric game set during the peak of the roman empire. You play as a prisoner of war named Paxius, who is about to be executed however offers an alternative. Paxius offers himself to fight in the roman colosseum stating that the gladiators in there are all weak compared to him. The emperor, hearing this, becomes intrigued by his boldness and offers him a little wager. If Paxius can defeat the emperor's three grandest champions, he will let him free on the one condition that Paxius does not interfere with the roman empire ever again. This type of offer is one that Paxius couldn't refuse, a chance at freedom and a chance to humiliate the emperor in the process, Paxius agreed almost instantly. Now, Paxius will fight with everything he's got to outlast and defeat the emperor's champions and earn his freedom. Will he succeed? Or will he  join the countless lives that have fallen to this Empire of Death?


Pandora’s Curse - By Slice of Life Studios

Pandora’s Curse is a dungeon crawler game where you explore the remnants of your sunken ship. The protagonist is the ship's captain, who ventures into the sunken wreckage to destroy the artifact that caused the inciting incident, battling undead creatures in the process. The game is played from a top-down perspective, with the player being able to switch to sidescroller physics on a whim to solve puzzles and progress throughout the Pandora.


The game will consist of two areas in the dungeon, the first being the half of the ship that is above water, and the second part being submerged. The player will gain items and upgrades along the way to aid them in their journey.

Between Two Times - By Spare Parts Studios

Between Two Times is a room-based sokoban puzzle game where you interact with objects across time in your environment to solve puzzles and move forward throughout the various levels. The game follows William, who finds himself split into two versions of himself; a young boy named Will, and an old man named Liam. They will have to work together to move forward despite being in two separate times.


Alpha Battles - By System 33 (Feat. Grover Cleveland)

Alphabattles is a top down shooter in which you play as John Number on his quest to rescue his son Zero from a group of letters who are trying to convert him to the letter “O”. Shoot through hordes of letters and keep shooting until you get the W (and by get I mean shoot it).

Fly Shark Fly - By Team 20

Fly Shark Fly is an endless runner style game which encompasses an underwater and aquatic theme. Players control a Shark that must dodge obstacles, collect fish, and utilize powerups to their advantage. Players strive to beat their best score and see how far they can traverse the depths of the ocean.

Shadowstride - By Team Autumn

Shadowstride is an action packed 2D platform fighter set in medieval times. 2-4 players strive for victory as you use the arcane arts to utilize a mystical grappling hook capable of launch high velocity pieces of the environment at each other with or dodge deadly attacks using the grappling hook to maneuver around the battlefield.

Beyond The Cave Walls - By Team No Team

Beyond The Cave Walls is a cross between a puzzle game, exploration game, and a card game. All you’ve ever known is inside of a giant cave, including your village, until giant monsters pose a threat to the cave. You explore and complete puzzles to collect cards for your deck. When you’re ready, you challenge the monsters with your cards in an attempt to bring peace back to your village. Will you be able to slay what’s beyond the cave walls?

Mechanical Abyss - By VoltBrew Studios

Mechanical Abyss is an action dungeon crawler rogue-like game that takes place in an ancient mechanical labyrinth, you play as Vira who is trying to break free from the abyss’s control and discover the truth of the Abyss’s source. Build up your chip deck, unlock power ups, and defeat rooms of enemies to grow stronger and journey deeper to the bottom of the ever spreading Mechanical Abyss.