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J T wrote:Indie Gala is having a sale on a bunch of doujin games. If you get it within today's 24 hour period, you can buy the whole bundle for $1.

https://www.indiegala.com/

Games include:
Vanguard Princess
War of the Human Tanks
Ether Vapor: Remaster
99 Spirits
Duplicity- Beyond the Lies
Heileen
Bionic Heart
Eve Burst Error
BOUGHT!

I already have a couple of those - including VP, but eh. Glad to get the Steam version of that for a $1 itself.
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This week's Humble Bundle is focused on Japanese titles and includes

Astebreed
Gigantic Army
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Ys Origin
Unholy Heights
One Way Heroics
PixelJunk Shooter

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly
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J T wrote:This week's Humble Bundle is focused on Japanese titles and includes

Astebreed
Gigantic Army
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Ys Origin
Unholy Heights
One Way Heroics
PixelJunk Shooter

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly
Nice. What I've played of Astebreed is pretty cool.
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I liked Ether Vapor, so I'm looking forward to it. That was the main title that got me excited for this bundle. What I've played of Gigantic Army was really cool too. It reminds me of Cybernator on the SNES.
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The bundle is worth it just for Ys Origin.
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Do yourself a favor: click the image above and download the free demo of this game. It's awesome.

This is a shmup with some unique mechanics, most notably the ability to rotate the camera angle, as if your ship is doing a barrel roll. It also has a different way of using guided missiles that requires you to hover your ship near the desired targets in the background of the environment. It's kind of hard to explain, so here's a gameplay video. The unusual gameplay took me a few game overs to figure out, but once I got in the swing of it, I found it to be a really enjoyable and unique shmup. I hope you guys enjoy it too.

Another more technical note, I also had a little difficulty getting started because I couldn't figure out how to get it to recognize my XBox 360 controller. To do this, open the Config file, click the button that says "xinput", and then click the save button on the bottom left of the window. Restart the game, and push a button on the controller to start the game. Make sure to customize your buttons in the option menu to something that makes sense to you. I recommend assigning rotation to LT and RT. The config file also has a box that is in japanese, but clearly about graphics since you can see a resolution pull down menu. If you check the box in there, you can play in full screen rather than windowed mode.
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An hour of video from games at the most recent Comiket:


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http://edelweiss.skr.jp/info/c86pv/index.html
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From the video above, these are the doujin games that look most interesting to me:

SkyLens
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Nine Tail
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And whatever this game is. It's all in Japanese, but it looks interesting enough that I can't tell how the game is even played. It starts at about 41:30 in the previous video I posted.
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Groupees is having another Doujin Bundle!

https://groupees.com/doujin3
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J T wrote:Groupees is having another Doujin Bundle!

https://groupees.com/doujin3
Got some doubles in there for me, but will prob bite on it. Thanks for the heads up!
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