Game Jolt's month-long LowRezJam wrapped up at the end of May, and for my money (I do not have any money) the cute/annoyingly named Lands of Lorez is one of the better games to emerge from the friendly compo. It's a first-person dungeon crawler in the Lands of Lore mould (hence the name), developed by Photon Storm, who you might know from their free Phaser framework. There's an impressive amount packed in here for a game you manhandle with just the cursor keys, and this self-imposed limitation has resulted in some creative design decisions. Combat, for example, is essentially Gears of War's brilliant active reload system, expanded a wee bit; successful attacks require you to tap at just the right moment, and if you miss, the enemy will strike in your stead. Carnivorous ducks also make an appearance, because why not.
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