Super Dynapogo /  by Allison James

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Explosive pogo a-gogo!

The city of Dynaster is in ruins - an erupted volcano has flooded it with lava, and as a result, an evil government corporation has bought the land to level it into a hellish lava-moat-surrounded fortress.

But it's okay. You have a pogo stick. Not just any pogo stick, either: it's a Dynapogo! It has a stick of dynamite attached that remains intact when it explodes, allowing for infinite reuse. It explodes on contact with anything, so make sure you're pointed the way you want to go when you land!

Get as far as you can by exploding your way across the doomed Dynaster cityscape's rooftops. Watch as the final helpless and stranded Dynasterians are torn apart by the government's leveller, making sure you aren't killed by itself. And for the love of god, avoid the lava!

"I played the original Dynapogo. What's new?!"

Good question! This is an upgrade, not a sequel, so the core gameplay is the same. But Super Dynapogo has these upgrades on Dynapogo:

+ Game runs at 1080p and is fullscreen now - clearer graphics and no accidental clicking off-screen!
+ Game contains proper HUD elements - original was for a game jam with "no in-game text" as a restriction, so that's now rectified
+ HUD graphics have been polished
+ Everything's got a shadow now, because shadows are for cool people
+ Several new building types added, and tile variety added to new and previous buildings
+ Changed music

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System: Windows
Price: Free
Music: Vidya Vidya
Fonts: Hansom FY, Allison James (Gnome Splinters, Notalot35)

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Maddening Relapse 2 /  by Allison James

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With Mason Zane killed in a mysterious chain of events, his perception of the world in his alter ego Madd Mann seemed doomed to die. That is, until Daryl Schuhorne, a woman with an equally bizarre obsession for doing absolutely everything in a business suit with a vivid red tie, came along.

Run around in circles. Don't get killed by the wall, which is back in full force. Avoid having a spike introduce new holes into your ecosystem. You see that hole over there? Yeah, don't fall down it. And now, making their return from their appearance in 2010's Maddening, bounce off trampolines and try your best not to get slowed down in vats of thick goo!

Further improvements from Relapse 1 include the game running in native 1080p, tons of polish to everything, improved level generation bringing more variety to the table, and a new soundtrack by Meizong.

If you have a GameJolt account, Maddening Relapse 2 also contains 93 GameJolt achievements and global leaderboards. Sign in to receive them!

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System: Windows
Price: Free
Music: Meizong
Fonts: Allison James

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“One for the arcadey types. Yeah, you. You with the twitch.” - Rock Paper Shotgun
”Well suited music, a slick art style all combined to make one hell of a mind boggling almost puzzle-like platforming game.” - ZenoGames
”Did you make this game trippy on purpose?” - flyingdog125

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Ink Cipher Free Edition /  by Allison James

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Decode the cipher in Ink Cipher!

Ink Cipher is a sleek take on the puzzle sometimes known as the "cipher crossword", "codeword" or "codebreaker".

You're presented with a grid filled with words... except all the letters have been replaced by numbers. Each number represents its own letter. Using your knowledge of the English lexicon, fill in the letters where you can recognise words and crack the cipher!

Free edition includes 11 puzzles. Paid edition includes over 100 puzzles and counting.

Game is touch friendly (requires no keyboard input, although it is optional in the free version), intuitive to play for anyone, and contains a help screen on how to play.

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System: Windows
Price: Free
Music: Joel Steudler
Fonts: Gotham

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I forgot to back the feedback this got from the GMC Jam it was entered into on the old GMC - which has now been eradicated. Whoops.

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Innoquous 5 /  by Allison James

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Innoquous 5, the fifth in the game series that began with 2008's Innoquous, is a huge puzzle platformer... with a twist! Hit a gravity arrow or jump into a flipper and you can rotate gravity, opening new paths through each of the huge collection of levels!

Make your way through 175 levels (100 brand-spanking new to the game, 75 from Innoquous 4) riddled with alternative paths and shortcuts, encountering tens of obstacles, unique puzzles and a need to invent some bizarre strategies to finish them!

All 175 levels are playable in six game modes, for hundreds of hours of content:

  • Standard: Get to the exit. That's it.

  • Bunny Hunt: Find the hidden bunny trapped in a crate somewhere off the beaten track.

  • Conditional: Obey a certain restriction in finishing the level that will force you to undertake new routes.

  • Time Limit: Get to the exit as fast as you can to obtain a gold, silver or bronze medal.

  • Fiery Floors: Complete the level with added flooring and obstacles to make your life difficult.

  • Chaser: Complete the level while a deadly clone of you is always one second behind you.

On top of that, there are multiple groupings of the levels in both Speedrun and the new Permadeath mode, in which you either see how quickly you can complete the entire grouping, or see how many you can complete before you die.

Find the secret note in each of the new 100 levels. They're never clear - some will even require you to perish to obtain them!

Each one will unlock a line of a poem explaining how you found yourself in this bizarre world, who sent you here, and what happens next!

If you run out of levels, the game also comes with a full-featured level creator! Give your level a name, a creator, a description, and begin drawing! Place every obstacle found in the main game, give it a gold, silve and bronze time limit, a conditional objective, place the bunny somewhere, and generally do pretty much everything found in the main game!

You can then enter the Created Levels menu, where the game will display you all of your custom levels along with tracking completion, just as it does regular levels. Feel free to share your levels with others and build up a collection! (You can find your levels in %localappdata%\Innoquous_5 on Windows.)

Information

System: Windows
Price: £0.99
Music: See in-game
Fonts: Gotham etc

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Reviews

“This game takes me back to good old YoyoGames Sandbox days.” - Mors
”You can tell that the creators knew what they were doing and actually cared about making a game that didn't feel cheap.” - possessedCow
”I bought this on a whim, and I'm glad I did!” - sheab17
”Innoquous has clean visuals and many options available you won't find in similar games.” - h.barkas

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Orbit Frenzy /  by Allison James

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You meet a race of aliens that are the friendliest in the world. They exist to love. There is no war.

One problem. They create Special Custard, a substance which to them is just a nutrient food. But to humanity, it grants extended life and is rich in minerals unseen on Earth.

You are Reginald Waft, a savvy British hipster businessman who's left it all - cheeky fried chicken with the lads, banter for days and even the occasional episode of your nearest soap opera with your mum - to ransack the planet. You might even take the concept of their planet and sell it to some British TV channel as a children's programme.

Go with your array of missiles that grapple onto things to steer, and also somehow collect the abundant Special Custard. Missile those cutesy swines before they sing you a song about learning things. And then get back to the lads back in Britain, drop a couple beers, re-curl your moustache and smash up the local gym.

Orbit Frenzy is the clean version of Telifrenzy, Allison James' (and by proxy, Chequered Ink's) entry into Ludum Dare 33.

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System: Windows
Price: Free
Music: None
Fonts: Buzzsaw AOE

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“What a surreal and odd game. My cup of tea. Loved it!” - SinclairStrange
”Many stars to you!!! This is glorious! Great job!!!!” - Ninja Garage
”May be bit hard for non British people to grasp the humour, nevertheless excellent entry !” - sydream
”That was certainly... a unique experience.” - Sunflower

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1 Girl 2 Cups /  by Allison James

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Wakka wakka, motherlovers.

You're an innocent, dual-uzi-wielding bikini-clad girl trapped in a Japanese burial ground, and the inhabitants aren't having any of it.

Dash around, collecting ammunition for your uzis. Find new and exotic weapons: like the Katana that is made out of purest grade aluminium maybe! Or the flamethrower that is secretly powered by love! Or maybe you're more into the inner workings of the chainsaw, since you're a bit of a carpentry fanatic... or are delusional and think that all the enemies are trees.

Upload your highscore to GameJolt, and have the leaderboard and the flashing display of the global best score permanently remind you how much worse you are than everybody else! And earn GJ trophies if you're into that sort of thing, you filthmongerer.

1 Girl. 2 Cups. 3 of something.

Hm.

1 Girl 2 Cups came 9th in GMC Jam #19.

Information

System: Windows
Price: Free
Music: DaPlaque - Ultimate
Fonts: Joystix, Pac-Font

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“One of the gems in the jam, well done.” - Ghandpivot
”Fun with a variety of weapons and enemies.” - The M
”The weapon choices were really interesting, and the announcement voices were wonderfully done.” - Mercerenies
”Wow this game is really good” - Monstr Gaming
”The game is pretty cool. I mean: who wouldn't want to be a blond chick in a maze blasting enemies?” - rui.rosario
”Interesting and fun to play. I like it.” - Dan Johnston
”10/10 in my book” - Diptoman
”The colour palette fits the retro feeling this game gives, perfected with appropriate music.” - Hiznopellagio

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Maddening Overload /  by Allison James

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Maddening Overload is a fast-paced endless runner where the protagonist must escape from the ever-encroaching wall of his own insanity. Run as fast as you can while dodging pitfalls, spikes and dead-ends which all can prove fatal.

Ultimately you're doomed to succumb to the madness, but with 101 challenges to beat and 13 trophies to collect, you should try to outrun it for as long as you can!

And now, with the added dimension of multiplayer, the levels of insanity are more Maddening than ever.

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System: PlayStation 4
Price: £4.99
Music: Approaching Nirvana
Fonts: Front Page Neue (Allison James)

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“Review” - Reviewer

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Dream Extension Finger /  by Allison James

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Clancy woke up one day to discover that, miraculously, his right index finger could extend and retract to a massive degree. Naturally, he did the only thing he believed was right. He went around poking living things to the point of spontaneous combustion.

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System: Windows
Price: Free
Music: Allison James
Fonts: Allison James (This Sucks)

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“Neat idea, simple but well made game, I enjoy controlling the sword like finger!” - Jupiter Hadley
“Nice visuals, nice feeling when you kill the enemies, nice music & sounds. Nice game overall!” - SmallPhil
”A good simplistic game with a funny concept.” - megahold
”Great execution and overall experience!” - jsmars

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Bullet Hills /  by Allison James

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Dance Dance Revolution meets touch typing tutor in Bullet Hills - the game where you have to type to the beat! Features three tracks and around 10 different typing levels, from just the letter X to the full alphabet and even full words to the music.

Made in GameMaker: Studio in 72 hours for GMC Jam #17. Bullet Hills came fifth.

Information

System: Windows
Price: Free
Music: Approaching Nirvana, Savant, High Scarlet
Fonts: Eurostile

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“Graphically impressive, good choice in music and generally feels like it has a high level of polish.” - Dan Johnston
”Very stylish but also very hard. Different modes was a nice inclusion!” - The M
”The background looks very cool. Never before has typing felt so awesome.” - Videohead
”I say we have a rival for guitar hero! :D A great game.” - aamatniekss
”Great idea to combine a rhythm game with a typing game!” - Spydog
”It's very well polished and looks very nice” - Mercerenies
”Pro look & feel across the board. Cool tunes too.” - dadio

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