Blacksea Odyssey
A close friend of mine decided much like myself, that working a menial job for someone else was overrated. Instead, he with a few other friends of his decided to create a video game.
And its looking to be loads of fun. Last night, I got a chance to play the game myself at an expo, and it was loads and loads of fun. And although I am not particularly accomplished at the type of game that genre wise Blacksea Odyssey falls into, it was fun to play, despite seeing the game over screen quite a few times.
But what is this game? Its an overhead action shooter with equal parts rogue-like and RPG elements. As a bounty hunter, you are tasked to go across the galaxy slaughtering increasingly powerful monsters in space.
The RPG elements come in the form of runes. Lootable items dropped from treasure chests and monsters that bestow more abilities on your character. The Rogue like qualities take the form of permadeath. Dying means starting from square 1. No checkpoints.
I know I intend to preview the game on a future Twitch Broadcast. And to my friends who are creating this game, I congratulate you on the success so far, and hope it gets even better.
The Alpha is available for people to play here: http://blackseaodyssey.com/ and quite frankly, this game is highly polished in the relatively short amount of time that the game has existed.