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One Last Hand
Players secretly bid for wanted cards, with tied bids resolved by dice. The resulting hand attacks while a backup hand helps defend, giving the auction a consequence beyond collection.
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HR Department of Love
This explicit adult workplace fantasy rewards identifying policy violations with Authority, rating and salary, while a full stress meter ends the employee’s visit. The mechanics combine supervisory power with sexual intrusion.
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Dream about yoU
Choose the genders of both the protagonist and partner. The developer says the choice changes portraits, sprites, dialogue, forms of address and CGs, without claiming a particular change to the plot.
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SURA: Shattered Star
Move between enemies, mark them with slashes, then sheath the sword to release a finishing attack. The developer identifies the free release as a proof of concept made during a two-month final project.
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PLATONICA SPACE
Items activate memory spots, and not every recovered memory belongs to you. Sleeping and waking changes room connections, items and character locations, separating interpretation from remembering a route.
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田游族谱
Use a fictional desktop’s browser and social platforms to trace a family, then fill each genealogy node with the correct name, birth year and portrait. A plausible face alone does not complete the advertised record.
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Karma Keepers
Corruption Waves reduce every soul’s Karma. A Lost Soul that falls too low becomes a Shadow, while Recollectors gather loose Faith before it fades.
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Flock of the Seraphim
The developer describes angels as weapon-bearing allies with individual passives, and says their weapons can be kept after completing a run. Currency also upgrades angels outside the fight.
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Future Knight
Using Two More recovers Future Knight’s health; using Future Knight recharges Two More’s energy. The two forms also have different movement abilities and attack ranges.
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THE CANON OF BALLS
The developer explicitly says no mechanics require multiple players and the game is completable offline alone. A group can race to crystals or navigate and wait for one another without a prescribed shared objective.
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纵横麻将 Matrix Mahjong
Pairs, chows and pungs can run across or down a 3×7 grid. A tile at an intersection can participate in two patterns, and winning requires every tile to belong to a valid meld rather than four melds and a pair.
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VanySlash
A positive October 1 player account describes a staff form that restores mana and permits sprinting and items, while the axe supplies stronger damage. The official profile confirms the weapon’s axe and compact-rod forms.
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