
So you’ll meet a colorful cast of characters as you steer Emcy aimlessly about town. As he doesn’t have any tasks assigned to him at the moment, he’s left to his own devices when it comes to deciding what to do with the time he has. But in this case, no one seems to know why Emcy has been brought back to waking life, and no one gives him a job besides continuing to be conscious. The government generally only brings people out of stasis when there’s a specific job for them to do, because it’d be rude to force someone out of bed early if the situation isn’t urgent. His only tie to the old Earth is his younger sister, Gi, who has been out of stasis so long that she’s now older than him biologically. But there’s an odd feeling of artificiality to it all, as if Nu-Terra is a mere copy of the Earth that once was.Įmcy, the member of this new world whom you control, has been woken out of stasis. By the time you come in to the picture, every aspect of this new society is already in place. In that time, the colony - whose population of about 1 million people resembles an average-sized Earth city - has set up a functioning government, scientific research labs, public transportation, and most of the other general amenities we currently enjoy, like bars and restaurants. Despite living inside a biosphere 1,000 years post-exodus, humans have built a life that seems largely similar to the status quo of our reality today.

What could conceivably be the last of the human race has landed on another world, which they’ve uncreatively dubbed “Nu-Terra,” after fleeing the planet they’d always known as home because of a vague catastrophe that threatened all life there. Now it’s up to you to decide the best way to put together the pieces of a new life. In Woodsalt, you wake up to discover you’re on another planet and the only life you have ever known is gone. Once in a while, we may get the feeling that it’s time to start our lives over completely. Last week had a great selection of indie releases too! Check ’em out here.Waking up to a world that seems completely changed from the one we lived in yesterday is an experience many of us have grown accustomed to in recent years.
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SiNKR 2 (Xbox One, Backwards compatible on Xbox Series X/S).Visual novel / hidden object game hybrid.

My Hidden Things (Xbox One, Backwards compatible on Xbox Series X/S).Killer Chambers (Xbox One, Backwards compatible on Xbox Series X/S).Do Not Feed the Monkeys (Xbox One, Backwards compatible on Xbox Series X/S).Autumn’s Journey (Xbox One, Backwards compatible on Xbox Series X/S).I, AI (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Backwards compatible on PS5, Xbox Series X/S).Inexplicable Deaths In Damipolis: Inner Thoughts (PC).Guildmaster: Gratuitous Subtitle (PC, Linux).However, the game also has you saving the island and sparking a revolution by helping people out. You play as a girl named Alba who’s visiting her grandparents in the Mediterranean, so you get to chill and explore at your own pace. Alba: A Wildlife AdventureĪlba: A Wildlife Adventure is an exploration adventure game from the creators of Monument Valley and Assemble With Care. The game features both solo and co-operative play, and of course, a lush soundtrack from the game’s creator, Baiyon. PixelJunk Eden 2 is a colourful and artistic platformer in which you cultivate new biomes by collecting pollen and sprout plants and flowers. You control protagonist Emcy as he is awoken from stasis, and who must uncover a conspiracy in his bubble city, as well as make choices that will affect everyone around him. Woodsalt is an adventure game set in a sci-fi world of the far future, where Earth had to be evacuated after disasters befell it.


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