Cyberpunk Jam 2014 Highlights: Day Four

IGM has continued coverage of Cyberpunk Jam 2014 submissions all week long, as we pick just a few of our favorites from a huge selection.

IGM has continued coverage of Cyberpunk Jam 2014 submissions all week long, as we pick just a few of our favorites from a huge selection. Today is Part Four our coverage, and we’ve got three new, interesting games for you to check out. (Be sure to check out the full list of entries hereto find your own favorites, and share them with us in the comments section!)

by Gordon Little

Time to hack and steal some data! As a digital assassin, you are armed with a cyberdeck that can house up to six Intrusion Countermeasure Electronics (ICE). Those are little programs that roam the digital network. Starting off with one, you lower the integrity of other ICE until you decompile them, as in, capture them into your own cyberdeck. The goal is to get to the top of the digital tower.

What do you mean, this sounds exactly like some popular Japanese collectible monster series? Sure, you “capture” them when their “health” is low and they “level up.” You also use various “attacks” that lower or increase “stat values,” as well as travel on a map with a “road.” But Cyber Punkemon has a cool currency called Connection, which is lost when failing a battle or escaping, but used to repair ICE. There are various terminals scattered throughout that get you more Connection or bring up the integrity of your team.

All in all, Cyber Punkemon is a creative take on some popular franchise. It’s robust enough, considering that games are done by small teams for this Cyberpunk Jam. It could use a menu and more explanation for some skills, but those are additions that can be amended in the future. For now, go catch em’ all here.

by rogueNoodle

9.9 is an another hacking game, this time, with a singular interface that will make use of your dexterity and reflexes. By steering a little triangular point along circular, well, circuits, avoid the defensive purple triangles and firewalls while collecting white squares. Doing so adds one to your score and extends your lifeline, limited to just a few seconds.

It’s not exactly like Super Hexagon , but fans of difficult games will surely find something here. It takes some brainpower to get adjusted to the controls. While the little hacker triangle spins, something that can’t be stopped, it is possible to make it go in the other direction. It’s also difficult to pick up the bombs, which take out some obstacles, because they’re on the pink circles, passable only while switching tiers.

If you can score higher than 10 points on this, hats off for you. Let us know how many you got anyway! Play it here.

Infinite Revolve by Kalonica Quigley

This one is a little first-person perspective adventure. The protagonist starts out in a hallway, promptly entering an apartment which presumably he or she owns. In the bedroom, the window is broken; the vast metropolis visible, too tall to even see the bottom. What else is there to do, but throw yourself into the abyss?

And so the trip begins, because if there’s one word to describe this Cyberpunk Jam game, it’s “trippy.” Props for adhering to the theme while creating an exploration-centered FPS. As for the trip itself, it’s fairly short. But mystical, and full of sights and sounds.

What do you get out of this, you may ask? Just try for yourself here.

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