Posts tagged with “pc gaming”

Cotton City Alpha: A Crocheted SimCity-Style Builder

Some city builders want you sweating over traffic graphs at two in the morning. Cotton City looks like it would rather hand you a cup of tea and a ball of yarn.

This casual city builder has an alpha build out now for Windows. Its big hook is obvious the second you see it. Every house, road, tree and tiny car looks crocheted and stitched onto a fabric canvas. It's the kind of art style that makes you want to lean closer to the monitor.

Knitting Together a Town

Behind the soft textures sits a very familiar structure. Cotton City borrows heavily from the classic SimCity games, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.

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Fallgrade Beta Demo: Bend Gravity, Outrun a Giant Spider

Some games want you to settle in and take your time. Fallgrade is not one of them. This first-person exploration game drops you into a grim concrete world where the floor might become a wall at any moment, and a very large spider is waiting for you to slip up.

A beta demo is now available on Steam. Based on the early impressions from AlphaBetaGamer, it's worth a look if you like your puzzles with a side of dread.

No Up, No Down

The core idea of Fallgrade is simple to describe and probably much harder to wrap your head around in practice. There is no fixed sense of up or down. Gravity is your main tool, and you use it to work your way toward each goal.

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