Calum Fraser

Founder of Alpha Beta Gamer and all round video game enthusiast, especially quirky indies. Been playing games since the zx spectrum days, and aware that we're now in the golden days of video gaming. Part human, part wookie, far hairier than any human should be. Favorite game of all time has to be Super Mario World, closely followed by Super Mario Bros (still got a soft spot for Nintendo). Catch me at @hairycodemonkey

Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom – Beta Demo

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Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom is a wonderfully energetic driving platformer that draws inspiration from Crazy Taxi and Super Mario 64, where you traverse bizarre worlds to stop an alien invasion.

In Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom you take control of a cute little wind-up yellow taxi who has a very important (and quite silly) mission. You need to collect gears that are scattered across strange … Read More

Valfaris: Mecha Therion – Beta Demo

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Valfaris: Mecha Therion is a heavy metal 2.5D shoot ‘em up set in the Valfaris universe, where you unleash mecha hell on giant alien monsters.

Valfaris: Mecha Therion is a spin-off/sequel to Valfaris, which swaps action platforming for classic R-Type style 2.5D shoot ‘em up action. In the game Therion continues his hunt for Lord Vroll using a heavily armed flying mech. As you … Read More

Driftwood – Alpha Demo

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Driftwood is a chilled out downhill longboarding game where a sloth carves his way down beautiful multi-route courses.

In Driftwood you take control of a speed-loving sloth who loves nothing more than jumping on a longboard and hurtling down hills. The gameplay is clearly quite similar to Tanuki Sunset, but there are some significant differences. While Tanuki Sunset is more score focused, Driftwood is … Read More

Masterplan Tycoon – Beta Demo

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Masterplan Tycoon is a resource management game which uses a clever minimalist flow diagram style as you chain together production processes to create a gigantic logistics system.

In Masterplan Tycoon you don’t need to worry about timers or fail-states, you just need to worry about managing the flow of resources. You gather resources by placing buildings next to them (well next to water, quarry next … Read More

Shakedown Rally – Prototype Download

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Shakedown Rally is a beautiful and oddly eerie retro styled rally driving game where you race through a misty mountainside course (with more courses to come in the future).

At the moment Shakedown Rally is very early in development and so is quite a bare bones experience. It features one car, one track, no leaderboards, no rival cars, no handbrake and no co-driver. It’s got … Read More