It had a giveaway on Android, and I think iOS, 5 years ago. It’s certainly one of the most creative minimalist games out there, but I just couldn’t figure out how to get up to higher scores.

That’s called “arcade,” basically.

Maybe Odd Realm?

Speaking of which… Dev Turns Doom Into a Playable CAPTCHA Test - Game Rant

Portal 2 was way better than Portal, which felt like mostly a really extended tech demo or proof-of-concept. Portal 2 felt like an actual, full, fleshed-out game.

That’s not quite the same, though; bullet heaven ≠ twin-stick shooter.

The first is getting remade?! Thank heavens! The combat system was absolutely atrocious!

This is ironic because I loved Prey but couldn’t finish SS2’s tutorial!

Wait, what makes it passive-aggressive? I didn’t interpret the title to sound as anything other than fully positive.

That’s a big deal; I wouldn’t think much of the game if I had only played it on Easy the entire time. It really shines in Hard or Unfair!

No problem; I’ll play it more for you!

Did you try it on Hard?

I’m gonna say it.

I’m gonna say it.

Slice & Dice is better than Slay the Spire (not by much, to be fair, but… yeah).

Okay, I’m back to tell you that this at normal price is greater than any Steam Spring Sale discount. I’ve been having such a blast with the full version and negative regrets:

Geez, I delayed tonight’s shower by literally crouching on the bathroom floor for, like, almost 3 hours playing through a couple of modes in the full game (beat Raid on Hard on my first time and then continued Random); I finally caved and bought this on the Play Store instead of anything in Steam’s spring sale, ironically, and have no regrets lol. The only other game that gripped me this much in the past 12 years was FTL: Faster Than Light. I gotta pull myself away from this thing, lol!

Portal felt like a very long, pretty well-done tech demo, but Portal 2 is where it’s at.

the game makes it seem like sci-fi writers

What? No, it’s just Mio. Still, the dialogue is somewhat tropey; I hope it stays ultimately better than ITT.

Update: Okay, wow, it got way better once the characters really start opening up about their personal life struggles.

itch.io is DRM-free and pays developers most directly, as far as I know.

It’s double the price here because you get both PC and mobile copies, DRM-free: https://tann.itch.io/slice-dice

Update: @videogamesandbeer@lemmy.world, I finally bought Slice & Dice upon the Play Store giving me a $2 discount, and man, I’m loving it; there’s a mode that randomly generates heroes!!