Final 12 months, solo developer Chris Allen launched his old-school dungeon crawler Shade Silver on PC. Now, Allen is quickly giving Shade Silver away without cost on Steam, in the event you take the time to seize it earlier than the supply expires.
To say Shade Silver, the one factor gamers have to do is claim it on Steam earlier than 10 AM PT on August 21. After that point, you will should pay for it.
The sport casts gamers as a wizard named Shade Silver as he embarks on a side-scrolling journey that forces him to keep away from traps, shoot enemies, remedy puzzles, discover treasures, and even bribe a couple of ogres to advance to the following stage. There are 4 bosses and boss battles throughout 81 ranges, with a number of secrets and techniques to find alongside the best way.
Allen has additionally shared a trailer for his subsequent solo-dev recreation, Vein-Weaver Knitting. The demo for that recreation is already on Steam.
Valve just lately unveiled a tweak to the best way that opinions are displayed on Steam to make them extra related for gamers. Valve can also be refreshing the look of Steam’s recreation pages to make them wider, with extra room for pictures and movies. Nonetheless, Steam and different digital shops have been bending to stress from the anti-porn non-profit Collective Shout and eradicating NSFW video games from search outcomes or banning them altogether.
One of many video games banned by Steam was the indie psychological horror recreation, Vile: Exhumed, which is now out there as a free obtain.