Warp Door's Favorite Games of 2016 - Chris
Warp Door has found and shared 768 games throughout 2016. That's a lot, and there's still plenty that we have missed and are slowly getting around to playing, in hopes of recommending them in the future.
We've been doing monthly round-ups to try to break that mass of games down further. Continuing that effort, as we're at the end of 2016, we've got our most frequent contributors to choose their favorite games that Warp Door covered over the past year.
You can see Chris's picks in this article and navigate to the other selections using the links below:
p.s. unfortunately Tim was too busy over the holiday period to construct a list
New Lethes (Colestia)
"New Lethes is an experimental first person exploration game. It examines the role of architecture and geography in human life through the lens of Situationist theory" - Author's description
Purchase for $5 itch.io (Windows)
Told No One (NAWKSH)
"five short sound puzzles / interactive experiments
in greyscale" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
Fitz Packerton (Brendon Chung, Teddy Dief, Ryan Cousins, Sarah Elmaleh)
"Pack what you must. Pray you won't need it." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
ANATOMY (Kitty Horrorshow)
"Explore a suburban house, collect cassette tapes, study the physiology of domestic architecture." - Author's description
Purchase for $2.99 on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Arachne (PNJeffries)
"the game takes place on a dynamically deforming spiderweb that you can build and destroy while you play." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Cartas (Julian Palacios)
"Cartas is a short narrative game about the journey of a man adrift. It's based on a couple of letters that were written by inmigrants at the end of the 19th century in Argentina." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
The Great Palermo (We Are Müesli)
"an interactive ballad about street food, folklore and transformations in the city of Palermo, Sicily" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
Morning Makeup Madness (Jenny Jiao Hsia)
"It draws from my personal experiences of waking up late in the morning and having very little time to get ready." - Author's description
Play on itch.io (Browser)
In Search of Paradise (Henrik Hermans)
"Far from the metropolises of the modern world, to one of the lesser-visited stretches of the American interstate system, a traveler has arrived, in search of Paradise." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
These Monsters (Strangethink)
"You are trapped in an infinite series of island museums, you can try and escape through the black doors but you are just getting yourself deeper into trouble." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
ᗢ (takorii, kat)
"kat & tak" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
Mu Cartographer (Titouan Millet)
"Manipulate an abstract machine
To shape and explore colourful landscapes
And find the mysteries hidden in a shifting world" - Author's description
Purchase for $5 on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
Dépaysement (atuun)
"I don't have a ton to say about this, it's just about some stuff that's been on my mind recently. Also, wanted to make a moderate-sized thing to try and figure out unity." - Author's description
Download here (Windows, Mac)
Triennale Game Collection (Santa Ragione)
"Each week for five weeks a new game will be available in the collection. These games are self-contained takes at interactive narrative, puzzles, and exploration." - Author's description
Author's note: "The five featured artists are: Mario von Rickenbach & Christian Etter (Dreii, Plug & Play), Tale of Tales (Luxuria Superbia), Cardboard Computer (Kentucky Route Zero), Pol Clarissou (Orchids to Dusk), and Katie Rose Pipkin (Mirror Lake)."
Download on Steam (Windows, Mac)
Download on the App Store (iOS)
Download on Google Play (Android)
The Endless Express (Florian Veltman, Alexandre Taillefert, Martin Gugger, Felix Meunier, Baptiste Virot)
"Explore some cool places by taking the train, get lost and find your way back home(?)!" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Sethian (Grant Kuning)
"Sethian is a sci-fi puzzle game in which you master a fictitious language." - Author's description
Purchase for $4.99 on Steam (Windows, Mac)
Purchase for $5 on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
Accurate Coastlines (Clément Duquesne)
"A most comprehensive atlas" - Author's description
Play on itch.io (Browser)
Walkie Talkie (Daniel Linssen)
"Send + Receive + Play" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
t- e ni hтm-are of·`a c ty (Pol Clarissou)
"it is late and i am lost" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
ISLANDS: Non-Places (Carl Burton)
"A surreal trip through the mundane" - Author's description
Purchase for $4.99 on Steam (Windows, Mac)
Purchase for $4.99 on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
Purchase for $4.99 on the Humble Store (Windows, Mac)
Purchase for $2.99 on the App Store (iOS)