Image license: CCbySA 2.0, Edited, Source You might (or might not) have noticed that the arcane cache uses the term „underground games“ to describe the games that are reviewed here. When I began to review games here half a year ago, I wanted to shed light onto some games that caught my attention as they […]
the question of art
Image license: CC BY SA 3.0, Cropped from Source I was once told that there is nothing as boring as a discussion about the question what is art. While I basically agree, I feel that some remarks are needed for my article about underground games to come, and that I would need to explain some […]
Rusty Blade / Hoch_Tief
Rusty Blade is a narrative game with a strong focus on story and visuals. The games of the developer that I played attempt to explore the boundary between image, text, and video game (often with some philosophical hook attached) – but they are quite active in various fields, so I recommend to check out their […]
Luggage Retrieval Officer
Welcome back. Todays game is Lugagge Retrieval Officer, a puzzle game made for the Gameboy Advance. The games concept is simple and you are likely to have seen in in a similar incarnation before: Your goal is to get a red suitcase to the luggage caches exit, but the way is blocked by the other […]
Spring break
I hoped to be able to do another video game review today, but since I had some work left to do on the „Wondrous Pixel Turtle“ (a little side project I of mine) this didn’t worked out. In two days I’ll go abroad for a week, and after that my April is going to be […]
Dead Ascend
Dead Ascend is a short Point and Click-Adventure. The games story takes place in a post apocalyptic setting – zombies chased you to a tower, and you need to reach the top to escape. The riddles you need to solve to clear the way are rather balanced – pretty straightforward and fair, but not just […]
Ben Was Assimilated
Ben Was Assimilated is a short, turn based hack’n slash game. The game is pretty straightforward: By using the arrow keys you navigate through a 2D top-down world. When you act in any way all enemies on the map will act as well and either move or – if they are in range – attack […]
A Palace for Fools
A Palace for Fools is a browser-only 2D platformer/Metroidvania. The games story is inspired by the story of the Tower of Babel: A highly engineered civilization created a floating palace to take the place of their previous, seemingly gratuitous goddess – and was consequently destroyed. You take the role of a lone survivor, awakened from […]
Venzone
Venzone is a ASCII platformer game that uses minimal means to create a astonishingly dense, mysterious atmosphere. The game is set in the Carnic Alps (the area the eponymous town of Venzone is located at), takes inspiration from both the local landscapes, fairytales, and myths, and comes with a tutorial stage and two short but […]
ODGŁOS
ODGŁOS is a stop-motion animated browser game that approaches the border towards an interactive movie – seemingly one of the main topics of the developing duo Holy Pangolin Studio (their work even includes an interactive DVD player game), another one is a deep interest in rhythms and sound design. Both themes are prevalent here as […]