Calum Fraser

Founder of Alpha Beta Gamer and all round video game enthusiast, especially quirky indies. Aware that we're now in the golden days of video gaming. Hairier than any human should be. Favorite game of all time has to be Super Mario World, closely followed by Super Mario Bros. Can't name my favourite indie game because every few weeks another one comes along that blows me away. Got a soft spot for Braid and Limbo though because they were the first ones that really got me into indie gaming.

Greenhouse – Open Beta

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Greenhouse is a strange and eerie adventure where you explore galleries and botanical spaces filled with puzzles, illusions and ghostly apparitions.

In Greenhouse you find yourself strangely drawn to a normal looking art gallery building.However, once you get inside you find that all is not what it seems. There are ghostly visions, strange art, secrets, a zombie groundskeeper and the structure seems to go on … Read More

LIMINAL SHIFT – Beta Demo

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LIMINAL SHIFT offers a haunting journey through the mysterious Backrooms universe, with a focus on pure exploration and environmental immersion rather than monsters and jumpscares.

In LIMINAL SHIFT players are thrust into an unsettling world of liminal spaces. The demo features an office block area and a poolrooms area, with seamless transitions and absence of loading screens between the two. This does a good job … Read More

SpreadCheat – Beta Demo

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SpreadCheat is a bizarre corporate puzzle game where you complete spreadsheet puzzles for your incompetent boss and are rewarded with silly little diversions.

Featuring a wonderfully nostalgic Win 3.11 setting, in SpreadCheat you are a new employee at a finance company that’s struggling to balance the books. Thankfully you’re a wunderkind who knows plenty of tricks to help fudge the numbers. In each puzzle you … Read More

Islets Defense – Beta Demo

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Islets Defense is an inventive turn-based tower defense game where you balance resource harvesting with upgrading defenses to fend off attacks.

As with other tower defense games, the goal in Islets Defense is to prevent waves of enemies from reaching and breaching your base. However the gameplay in Islets Defense is entirely turn-based, and has a big focus on resource harvesting. Your weapon towers are … Read More

Steel Seed – Open Beta

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Steel Seed is a narrative-driven Sci-Fi stealth action adventure where a young woman called Zoe and her flying drone traverse a massive underground facility filled with hostile robots.

Previously featured on Alpha Beta Gamer back in September, the new build of Steel Seed features an entirely different chunk of the game which takes place later on. The gameplay feels like a throwback to the Prince … Read More