The developer of NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics sent in a key for us to take a look, so look I did. It's interesting, as it's a mix of a shoot 'em up with turn-based tactical battles.
I do love the itch store, so many great ideas supporting developers. They just rolled out a useful change which allows developers to have a development log on their game pages.
Enshrouded World, a vehicular combat game powered by the game engine Leadwerks has Linux support on itch.
Orangepixel's latest game 'Meganoid' is a platformer with randomly generated levels. I tried it out and here's some thoughts.
Maia is a personal favourite as a game I really love to see grow and it just got a big update. It comes with lots of new and very useful features.
Monumental Failure is a really quite amazing game! It's hilarious by yourself, with a friend, but how about 10 of you together? That's now possible.
Hyperspace Dogfights, a new in-development air brawler is available on itch. The game is already quite impressive in many ways.
The latest game from Orangepixel, Meganoid, will launch soon with day-1 Linux support and I have to say for a platform it looks really damn good.
With the latest release of the open source itch store client, you can now stop your computer going to sleep when using a gamepad.
Space Jammers, a game I covered before after being impressed by the early free demo is has continued development and has now had a rather quiet Steam release. UPDATED
I keep a keen eye on 'MewnBase' as it's a cute and simple survival game about a space cat trying to survive on a barren planet. It's had a few big updates recently to know about.
Atomic Reconstruction is a simple-looking puzzle game about splitting and fusing atoms to complete each level. The Linux version launched in January, so it's likely a lot of Linux gamers missed it.
Okay, so this makes me love the open source itch client even more! The client has been updated to 23.3.0 which include some pretty smart updates.
Leaving Lyndow is a short and beautiful looking adventure game that came to Linux due to 'popular demand'. The developer sent in a copy, so I played through it and here's some thoughts.
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics sounds like an interesting game. It's done in the style of old shoot 'em up games, but turned into a turn-based strategy. A tactical shoot 'em up, if you will.
After some delays, adventure game Night in the Woods has officially landed with day-1 Linux support and it looks very good.
Black Ice is another one high on my list of promising Early Access titles and for good reason, the developer just put out a massive update that changes the game.
Maia, the colony building simulation from Simon Roth has a huge update which includes Lava and colonist relationships. It’s sounding more and more like a heavily simulated version of ‘the sims in space’.
Fumiko! An incredibly strange platformer was sent in by the developer, it was developed on Linux so I was keen to take a look.
I think the premise of this title has a lot of potential, and I hope the developers prove capable of offering a good story in upcoming episodes. In the mean time, the demo is available on itch and GameJolt.
