

You play as Kerotan, the 'custodial sciences officer' for the firm Cat & Frog Inc. Along with your teammates, you progress through multiple levels while cleaning up strange pests that are blocking off teleporters, eventually working your way to the heart of where they're coming from. The game's physics are floaty as is typical for Ayama's work. There are three modes that unlock one after the other: Normal mode is the base game, Zangyou mode is a new scenario in which Kerotan keeps getting their vacation interrupted by a looming threat, and Omake is a remixed Normal mode with a boss rush. It is an immaculately charming game and perfect for people looking for a (slightly) more down-to-earth setting compared to Cave Story.
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After being defeated by Kittey and their friends once again, Glasses once again has to rebuild their base from scratch in this charming platformer! Bernie's diligent work with 2D platformers really shines through here as you use all manner of devices and whatsits to both keep Glasses out of harms way and to help level up their health bar. Find some friends, some enemies, and maybe even self-actualization?


The third game released by David Szymanski under the online handle jefequeso, The Moon Sliver is a 'walking simulator' in the common style at the time, but the use of assets and text in the game reveal an aptitude for storytelling and composition in David's work long before Dusk would cement his place among the biggest victories in this rough business. You are a lone denizen on an island that's been rendered desolate by visible calamity, and as you come to learn, the only thing keeping the community safe from harm is a religious icon known as The Moon Sliver...the story takes about an hour to complete and there are no save options, so the game is designed to be played in one shot. It's a delightfully morose game about religion and loneliess, despair and what it means to move on.