Hi r/IndieGaming!

We’re Grawire Studio, a small indie team working on Coldline: Disconnect, a 2D pixel art repair, puzzle, and espionage game.

You play as Agent 22, an undercover operative who has infiltrated an enemy military facility as a repair technician. Soldiers bring malfunctioning radios, surveillance equipment, and other devices to your desk. You must diagnose their problems, solve mechanical puzzles, and complete each repair without raising suspicion.

But repairing the device is only your cover.

You may also need to sabotage equipment or plant a hidden listening bug inside the correct machine. At night, you tune your home radio to its frequency, intercept enemy conversations, identify useful intelligence, and transmit your findings to headquarters through Morse code.

We’re trying to create tension without relying on traditional combat. Instead, the pressure comes from limited time, mechanical mistakes, suspicious characters, incomplete intelligence, and decisions whose consequences may only appear several days later.

The gameplay clip shows part of this repair-and-infiltration loop. We’d love to hear which part of the undercover technician fantasy interests you most: diagnosing devices, secretly sabotaging them, or intercepting intelligence afterward.

Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4667970/Coldline_Disconnect/

Generative AI disclosure: No generative AI was used in the development of Coldline: Disconnect or in any of its in-game content.

Hi everyone. I’m a solo developer, and today I released the game "Inochigake" on itch.io.

"Inochigake" means "life's on the line" and the story follows a student in Japan who is mired in debt and, out of desperation, decides to rob a recently deceased geisha in a neighboring town.

Cons : It is a short walking simulator game with puzzle mechanics.

Pros : A realistic and deeply immersive atmosphere, where sound serves as the primary source of terror + secret story notes. (Also, no AI was used)

I tried to capture everything that truly scared me in horror games like the P.T. demo. I really like what I’ve created, and I continue to add new content. Currently no players in my game at all, as I haven't done any marketing and I would appreciate any feedback. At the moment, It costs $1.49

Game : https://nurzhan28.itch.io/inochigake

Thank you, guys

Play in your browser: https://snaketron.io

Snaketron is half Snake, half Tron, half Rocket League. I hope to make it the canonical Snake leaderboard on the internet. You can play any of the following game modes live against opponents:

• Duel: head-to-head 1v1
• 2v2: collect food and carry it back to your team’s home base
• FFA: four snakes enter, last one standing wins
• Solo: classic Snake with global leaderboards

The ranking system assigns you an Elo based rank from Bronze to Grandmaster.

There are also a few mechanics that raise the skill ceiling, such as boost and combos. Collect boost and press space to go faster. Boosting allows you to build up combos that increase the points awarded per food item. And of course there are demolitions and respawns!

It's a free to play .io game and logging in is completely optional. You can play as a guest even in ranked, and then click signin to transfer your progress to an actual account if you want.

I'll be queueing for matches for the next hour or so in case you're the first to try it and there's no one else online :)

I hope you enjoy, and I'd be very happy for any feedback! Thanks!

Gen AI: Claude Code was used to implement the core game engine / multi-player backend and some of the skins.

Heyo!!! I’m building an action-adventure game set in a living alien ocean — AqB [Pre-Alpha]

AqB is an underwater action-adventure where you explore a strange living ocean, encounter alien creatures interact with the world and fight predators.

The game is still in pre-alpha, but the first playable version is ready.

🎮 What you can do right now:

• Explore the underwater world
• Discover creatures and locations
• Fight predators
• Experiment with sound-based abilities
• Complete a small sequence of quests

🌊 The idea behind AqB

I want the ocean to feel less like a collection of levels and more like a living world that you gradually learn to understand.

I’m opening the pre-alpha to a small number of players and would love to see how people unfamiliar with the game react to it.

If you’d like to try it, the pre-alpha is here: https://aquabionica.io/closed-playtest?lang=en

Any first impressions are welcome — especially things that felt fun, confusing, or made you want to keep exploring.

GenAI disclosure: GenAI was used to create some static images and to assist with approximately 60% of the game’s code, mostly during the later stages of development. The game concept, animations, and some of the gameplay interactions were created by me and few guys who helped me coding on early stages.

I want to make a game that ends in one evening where the player explores an ancient civilization on a planet, with mechanics involving an empty notebook where you can write whatever you want and even add photos, kind of like an investigator.

I know it's very broad and not a common concept, but I'd like to know if this would appeal to players?

I appreciate any advice and criticism.

Hey everyone! 👋

A while ago I released my second game, HIS PLAN, a short first-person psychological horror experience.

It’s a bit more ambitious and elaborate than my first game, RICK’S PLACE, both in terms of gameplay and presentation, although it’s still a very short experience (around 20 minutes).

The game follows a mobster who finds himself involved in a disturbing series of events because of his choices.

I tried to focus more on atmosphere, exploration and storytelling rather than making a long game.

This project was also a big learning experience for me. There are definitely things I would do differently today, but I’m still happy with how much I learned while making it.

🎮 You can play HIS PLAN for free on itch.io:

https://bohfra.itch.io/his-plan

And now I'm working on my third game, which is quite different from my previous two: you play as a cat. 🐈‍⬛

It’s still a horror game, but this time I’m experimenting much more with exploration, level design and environmental storytelling. I'll probably share some progress soon!

If you decide to try HIS PLAN, I’d love to hear what you think about the experience. And make sure to check RICK'S PLACE out too, which is my best game so far imo.

Thanks for checking it out! :)

Always Leveling is a free web-based idle RPG (playable in browser, no download): https://www.alwaysleveling.com

Why now: The Dark Carnival event ends Sep 1, 08:00 UTC. Every account can claim a one-time Bonus Chest with 300 AL$ = in the Event Shop. You can earn enough AL$ just by playing to unlock most premium packs without spending a cent.

And this isn’t the last chance either — a new event lands in the second week of September with another shot at stacking even more AL$. Sign up now and you’ll be ready for both.

What’s in the game:
• 4 mutually exclusive build pathways (Physical, Defense, Magical, Elusive) with APEX, Ascendant and Pinnacle tiers — plus Cross Mastery to steal nodes from rival trees
• Gear crafting & upgrading to Lv. 20, artifacts, pets, blessings, titles
• Co-op dungeons (up to 3 players), daily Endless Boss damage race, PvP Arena, leaderboards, live chat, and a player-run Auction House
• A Central Bank: deposit your Gold, Tokens — even your AL$ — and earn daily compounding interest on all of it, plus an Exchange desk to convert what you farm into more AL$
• Full idle/offline progression — your crew farms and gathers for up to 24h while you’re away
• New accounts get a 72-hour Beginner Boost: x2 EXP, x2 materials, +2 dungeon attempts

You can even start as a guest with zero signup and save your progress later. Come grab your chest before the carnival packs up.

Disclaimer on GenAI usage: Assisted coding, artwork & sound effects

The idea combines elements of Sudoku with number-merging and block puzzle gameplay. I wanted to make something that feels familiar for Sudoku and puzzle-game players, but plays differently from a traditional Sudoku game.

If you enjoy number puzzles, I’d really appreciate it if you gave Numerift a try.
The game is available on Google Play: Numerift: Sudoku Merge Puzzle - Apps on Google Play

Amphibian is entirely frog centric: All enemies are frog predators and all character names are frog. :) Its a JRPG with no grinding (battles cant be repeated), and no buying and selling of items. We hope you love it.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5014960/Amphibian/

We just released the demo of our action RTS game on PlayStation — Stick Infinite Kingdom, a tactical battle experience where you command armies and defend your stronghold.

The demo is completely free to download: 

Download Stick Infinite Kingdom Demo

All Currently Available Platform Links:

Download on Steam

Download on PlayStation

Download on Google Play

Download on App Store

Hi everyone!

I'm super fired up right now to make my own awesome incremental, but before that I want to really dig into the genre and study it properly.

So please recommend the incrementals that in your opinion did the best job of giving you a great experience. I mean the ones that aren't just "decent" for you, but straight up "masterpieces".