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Creator's Description: CURTAIN is an interactive first-person narrative about Kaci & Ally, two queer women in a Glasgow punk band, which gives you a first hand experience of their destructive relationship.

Players embody Ally coming home to their apartment after a successful gig as Kaci, your partner, watches and comments on every thought and action, creating an overwhelming, stifling atmosphere

Developer: dreamfeel Engine: Unity Price: Paid/ 5USD Download: Itch.io

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Creator's Description: Welcome to Olivia's Heaven

This is the home of my unfinished, abandoned or forgotten games.

Unfinished projects go to Heaven (everyone knows that) and get to rest in peace.

The projects are all from between 2016-2022 and if you've followed me during that time, you may see some familiar faces. Almost all the assets in Heaven are copied straight from old projects, so keep in mind a lot of them were made a long time ago ^^'

Please treat Heaven as a virtual gallery rather than a game. It's just a showcase of various things I've made over the years that never made it to released games. Please enjoy exploring and wondering what these games could've been </3

Developer: Olivia Haines Engine: Unity Price: Free/ Name your own Price Download: Itch.io

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I know you've played a lot of pretty obscure games, you've mentionned a bunch before, are there any that you would recommend? I'm want to try and support more indie games, or just creators that make games for fun, but they can be hard to find

i have another blog for that! @ratedjo!

i rarely update it nowadays, cause i just dont have much time to play games, but there are some games recs there!

On this specific post you can get basically 2 pretty big archives of indie games.

I always check this page for weird games, that are usually pretty obscure!

And for a tip on finding indie obscure games, always check Game Jams! The games are often short and free, but very full of personality

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FACE OF THE KILLER

9th and final game in the "Of The Killer" series

available now free gratis @ https://gamejolt.com/games/faceofthekiller/880984

full collection coming April to gamejolt and the series Itchio page https://thecatamites.itch.io/anthology-of-the-killer

THANKYOU

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Creator's Description: CAN YOU ESCAPE YOUR DREAMS?

Le leggere ciocche di memoria si mescolano a gocce di sogni. The flowing strands of memory mix with droplets of dreams.

N̵̘̍͘O̶͇̽̈̈́͜S̶̠̻̋̅̊T̶͎̳̈́͑A̶̛̦L̵̼̗̓G̷͉͌I̴̖͖̾̚Á̵̝͔̺͑͑ ̵̫̉̅̐Ǐ̶͙̘̪̄S̵̠̅ ̷̥̰͌͝Y̶̢̛͍̙̾O̶̯̬̠̊̿́Ū̶̮̀̄R̸̦̂̒ ̵̳̔̉͝F̷̧̠̓̏͜R̵̹̫̣͝Í̵̫͍͘̚E̴̤̹̓͒̎Ņ̸̰̱̌D̸̢͕͂́̑

Developer: Atovange Engine: Godot Price: Free/ Name your price Download: Itch.io

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just wanted to tell you: The engine that 4-Lung Boy was made in seems to be "Adventure Game Studio"! It's an engine for making old-school point & click adventure games, and the tells are the mug icon and the "AGS" abbreviation you can see on the executable, iirc. Found this out when I was rereading your post, thought "what's the Unknow engine?", found out that wasn't a thing and you'd probably meant "Unknown", and double-checked the files of my own copy of 4-Lung Boy.

Oh thank you so much!!! I'll be sure to update the post :D

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Creator's Description: Welcome to Shiver Spa! In this slice of life game you'll spend a day in the shoes of a luxury spa worker. Fly drunk guests to safety (or give them a tour), pick up laundry and retrieve lost luggage! Be part of a resort where humans and animals vacation side by side, and of course they have problems - mostly with you and the average service...

Developer: Graceless Games Engine: ClickTeam Fusion Price: Free/ Name your price Download: Itch.io

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Creator's description: A week after moving to a small town, you are confronted by frustration, an astronaut, and striped siblings… 4-Lung Boy is a short point & click adventure story, designed and illustrated by Anatola Howard (maroonracoon) & put into motion by denzquix.

Developer: Denzquix Engine: Adventure Game Studio (AGS) Price: Free Download: Itch.io

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TW: Sexual content, homophobia and slur usage.

Developer: Increpare Engine: Unknow Price: Free Download: increpare games

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TW: Major flashing lights and seizure warning

Developer: Increpare Engine: Unity Price: Free Download: increpare games

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FO(U)R

Another tiny OFF fangame, and the direct sequel to Two Days!  Continue where you left off, or start right here, for a new location with…

FOUR mysterious rooms…

THREE ways to perish…

TWO endings…

ONE hapless purifier…

Will the torment ever end?!  Your puppet needs your aid, regardless…

④ https://tzalmavet.itch.io/4our ④

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Two Days

An OFF fangame with the shortest total play time and development time known to date!  Try it out for a few minutes of Batter-related shenanigans.

2️⃣ https://tzalmavet.itch.io/2day 2️⃣

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Stumbled over an old freeware curation website from 2012 completely accidentally, It's called FreeIndieGames.es!

It's full of games made around 2012-1014, curated with the intent of showcasing games that seemed to be overlooked. From one of the editors of the site, Terry Cavanagh:

"When I started this site after GDC in 2012, it was out of frustration – I believed that the culture and discussion around indie games was changing, and that the awesome, personal, and usually free work that had influenced me was being left out and forgotten. I wanted to change that, and I think, thanks to the help of my wonderful co-curators, we did that, for a while."

The website had it's last post in April 2014, due to the editors moving to new things and having their own personal lives, however the website and it's archives of games are still up!

And it seems like the care for more independent free indie games is still up too, as Terry still doing showcases of freeware, just in a different website now: Terry's Free Game of the Week!

Definitely a great recommendation for people who are looking for freeware and more personal indie games! (And if that's not enough, in the about page there's even more links to indie games sites and curation threads!)

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Creator's Description: Inspired by LSD: Dream Emulator, this game is an exploration through spaces, some inspired by real dreams, all with the ambition of creating a sense of yearning and loneliness. These feelings can only be remediated by embracing dreams from a simpler state of mind.

Developer: Viela Engine: Unity Price: Free (demo) Download: Itch.io (Demo)

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Creator's Description: Zelle is a fantasy horror adventure game for Windows/Mac made in Japan. It was inspired by games like Castlevania, the Wizardry series, and Clock Tower. You can explore the inside and outside of the castle using adventure game mechanics and battle demons with strategic mouse clicks.

Explore the world of Zelle as the protagonist, Emerada, a boy who’s been confined to his room in an old castle by a Reaper. He makes a daring escape attempt to return home to his nearby village, but the castle is deep within a forest that’s haunted by demons. The Goddess grants him the power to repel the demons, but he must face many trials before winning his freedom. A Reaper wearing a strange mask, a moon-faced man, a little boy who loves to dance... The truth gradually comes to light as his lost memories return. This is but one night in the story of a little boy’s life.

Developer: Fuming Engine: RPGMaker MV Price: Free (demo)// Paid (Full version)/ 9USD Download: RPGMaker.net(demo)// Steam (Full version)

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WRATH OF THE TEA KITTEN

Creator's Description: Wrath of the Tea Kitten is a Lynchian (sort of) Adventure game about forbidden love, tea kittens and mystery men.

Developer: Luiishu535 Engine: RPGMaker VX Ace Price: Free Download: Gamejolt/ RPGMaker.net

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Creator's Description: DEITY DRIVING mushes adventure and arcade elements – drive around as a submissive car, bump into strangers and enjoy your involuntary vacation!

Developer: Graceless Games Engine: ClickTeam Fusion Price: Free Download: Itch.io