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Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Dec 10, 2013
The door code of Looking Glass Studios, often used in their and other studios' games as an easter egg.
Games that are depicted with a predominantly black-and-white appearance, with sequences to this effect, or optional color filters.
Games featured in itch.io's unprecendentedly massive bundle with 100% of the proceeds going to the NAACP and bail funds for Black Lives Matter protesters.
These games let players see the credits without needing to play the game first.
It's all in the family.
The concept of purchasing media and having it delivered over the internet. No physical representation of this content is given, and although the content resides on the user's hard drive they are typically granted a license to the product, rather than ownership of it.
Some rooms have faulty lights that flick on and off. Often this is used in horror games to help build an unsettling atmosphere.
These spooky entities are the spirits of the dead, returned from beyond their graves for generally sinister purposes. There's generally about even odds whether a particular ghost will be helpful or malevolent towards the living, but some ghosts just want to be left alone entirely.
A digital storefront which donates some of its profits to charity.
A digital distribution service built around indie works and their creators.
Moral dilemmas presented to the player that often have a significant effect on the story or other characters.
Using stealth often requires the player to accomplish their objective without being detected by enemies. Methods of detection can vary from game to game, and can be based on an enemy's line of sight, how quiet the player is, or even how the player interacts with the environment.
A digital distribution service owned by Valve Corporation. Originally created to distribute Valve's own games, Steam has since become the de facto standard for digital distribution of PC games.
Vignetting is the photographic process of reducing brightness around the edges of the screen. It is added to focus the player's attention to the center of the screen, although it has also been used for cinematic effect.
Voice Acting is the art of providing voices for characters in games, television shows, films, radio programs, and other forms of media.
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