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).

Dead Knight: Pocket Edition – Game Jam Build Download

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Dead Knight

Dead Knight: Pocket Edition is a charming and super tough de-make of the up and coming Dead Knight game, in which you play a long dead knight who starts off as a pile of bones (without a head even) and slowly rebuild yourself to your former(ish) glory and defeat a deadly boss.

In Dead Knight: Pocket Edition you explore mysterious caverns packed with hidden secrets … Read More

Faron’s Fate – Beta Download

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Farons Fate

Faron’s Fate (or Adventure Dungeon 2: Faron’s Fate to give it it’s full title) is a fun roguelike dungeon-crawler in which you explore randomly generated dungeons, fight all manner of fiendish foe and collect lots of stackable upgrades.

The gameplay in Faron’s Fate is clearly inspired by The Binding of Isaac, with you entering rooms vanquishing enemies and collecting loot.  At the end of … Read More

Mortal Kombat: The Chosen One – Alpha Download

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Mortal Kombat The Chosen one

Mortal Kombat: The Chosen One is a very cool fan made Mortal Kombat-based side scrolling beat-em-up, crafted in the OpenBOR engine that features Carolina (The Chosen One) and a roster of other playable characters from Mortal Kombat’s Liu Kang to the Killer Instinct’s Jago.

Featuring fully digitised character models, each with a wide array of special moves, Mortal Kombat: The Chosen One is a … Read More

SnarfQuest Tales – Alpha Demo

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SnarfsQuest Tales

SnarfQuest Tales is a is a great looking and well written 3D point and click adventure based on Larry Elmore’s Snarf who found fame in Dragon Magazine in the 80’s.

The making and breaking of any light hearted point and click adventure is humor, and thankfully SnarfQuest Tales looks set to have it in spades.  You know you’re on to a good thing when within … Read More

Nektonik – Alpha Build

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Nekton

Nektonik is a beautiful multicellular organism survival/evolution game in which you swim around in the primordial goo, avoiding large organisms, battling smaller organisms and absorbing useful parts from them.

You start Nektonik as a tiny microscopic organism and must try to survive and evolve in the hostile waters filled with a multitude of different life forms – some small and some huge.  You must absorb … Read More