Warp Door's January 2017 Round Up
Here we are, 2017. What a first month it has been. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we've got a bunch of games about the degeneration of reality and escaping into other ones, such as dreams or virtuality. There are also a couple of games that look into memories of previous years: drunken nights, subway commutes, and hard times. But we also have games that should help you along with their simpler pleasures: solving puzzles, leaping over spikes, and shooting baddies.
Have a browse through our entire selection below. And if you want to find more convenient collections of games such as this check out our round-up tag.
Overground (Rosa Carbo-Mascarell)
"This is an autobiographical flatgame of how I remember the commute on the London Overground." - Author's description
Play on itch.io (Browser)
Forgotten (Sophia Park, Arielle Grimes)
"Made in Twine over a week in very late 2016." - Author's desecription
Play on itch.io (Browser)
Spherical Constitution (Claire Carré, Longxiao Li, Dennis Carr)
"Hold space or the left mouse button and move the mouse to tilt the level. Get the ball into the glowing hole." - Author's description
Download here (Windows, Linux)
Tiny Heist (Terry Cavanagh)
"Scale the tower, avoid patrol bots and reach the rooftop with as many gems as you can find" - Author's desecription
Play / download here (Browser, Windows, Mac)
Sometimes I'm Sad (tdamron)
"2016 has been hard on all of us, so I thought I would try to embody the hard times that I've been experiencing through this game." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
Hidden my game by mom 2 (hap Inc.)
"Where is my game?" - Author's description
Download on the App Store (iOS)
Download on Google Play (Android)
The One Room Experiment (Siegfried Croes)
"Explore the dungeon, avoid the spikes, defeat all enemies and light all the lanterns!" - Author's description
Play / download here (Browser, Windows)
Nest (Jonathan Whiting)
"A very deep trip into a very small room." - Author's description
Download here (Windows, Mac)
Earwax Sculptures (Jacob Waldemar Buczynski)
"Earwax sculptures
Become a full-blown artist and make your own sculpture in: Earwax sculptures. " - Author's description
Play here (Browser)
and i made sure to hold your head sideways (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson)
"made for FLATGAME annual 2016" - Author's description
Play on itch.io (Browser)
Healthy Breakfast (Dane Wheaton, Aidan Walsh, Julia Giroux, Joakim Saldamando)
"A short, absurd little game about the importance of eating a healthy breakfast." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
ZZZ Train (Indiana Kuffer)
"You've had a l o n g d a y and need to get home, but don't fall asleep and miss your stop!" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
Sacrifice (Hamish McIntyre)
"You are a dungeon! Consume adventurers trying to explore you." - Author's description
Play on itch.io (Browser)
Remnants of Celestial Giants (Nicholas Staracek)
"Remnants of Celestial Giants is a photography exploration game." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac)
Landwaver (Rémi Bismuth)
"1 2 3 4 > hold to edit oscillator
Z S > modify amplitude
Q/A D > modify frequency
O L > change shape
K M > shift phase" - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
luminous corridor 2 (Loren Schmidt)
"PSI GUY has powerful psionic powers and a very handsome moustache. but can PSI GUY reclaim the CRYSTALS?" - Author's description
Purchase for $2 on itch.io (Windows)
Hanano Puzzle 2 (Qrostar)
"Hanano Puzzle 2 is a simple puzzle game by the creator of Jelly no Puzzle." - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
BASALT (Nicholas Kaman, Taylor Yoon, Reed Erlandson, Felix Peaslee)
"BASALT is a shortform adventure inspired by waves. " - Author's description
Download on itch.io (Windows)
Download here (Windows)
CAYNE (THE BROTHERHOOD)
"Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the free, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS." - Author's description
Download on Steam (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Beautiful Desolation Kickstarter campaign
The Serpent Cycle (Jennifer Scheurle, Gerard Delaney, Emre Can Deniz)
"A circular narrative-driven snow globe puzzle game about Ragnarok and the end of the world." - Author's description
Download on Global Game Jam (Windows, Mac)
Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
Dandy Dungeon ~Legend of Brave Yamada~ (Onion Games)
"Yamada-kun (Age 36) is a salaryman working as a programmer at a major game publisher.
His job sucks.
Deep into every night, alone in his apartment, he works on his own game." - Author's description
Download on the App Store (iOS)
Download on Google Play (Android)
Polka Dot Pirate (Daniel Linssen, Jared Hahn)
"Pick up rare, mysterious treasures
and give them to your pirate friends" - Author's description
Download on Global Game Jam (Windows)
Download on itch.io (Windows)
Uschronosyn (Quintin Stokes)
"The dark passages of Uschronosyn will test your observation, reflex, memory, and fortitude" - Author's description
Purchase for $30 on itch.io (Windows)
Note: There is also a demo available on the itch.io page.