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).

The Last Time – Alpha Demo

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the last time

The Last Time is an intriguing new pixel art point and click adventure in which your decisions have a huge effect on how the story plays out – from seemingly insignificant choices to tough moral dilemmas.

You play Jack Glover, a retired police officer who suffered an emotional trauma forty years ago, and now lives in a care home.  But one day an unexpected phone … Read More

Amirelia – Alpha Demo

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amarelia

Amirelia is a beautiful explorative puzzler with strong themes of friendship and co-operation, in which players control two characters that work together, exploring, solving puzzles and forming a bond between each other.

Played with two players locally (or one player, using a Brothers-style control scheme), you experiment and play with the environment in a variety of ways.  As you interact with each other and progress, … Read More

Tower Unite – Alpha Demo

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Tower Unite

Tower Unite is a very ambitious Unreal Engine 4 powered community-based virtual world full of party games, entertainment, and activities.

It sounds a little like the ill fated (but popular) PlayStation Home, but is actually more of a spiritual successor to (and created by the developers of) a popular Garry’s Mod game-mode – Gmod Tower.  More importantly, Tower Unite won’t be riddled with … Read More

theWanderer – Prototype Download

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theWanderer

theWanderer is a beautiful NaisanceE-inspired exploration game in which you explore visions of huge sci-fi mega-structures and an alien world as you dip in and out of consciousness.

NaisanceE certainly has some talented fans, this is the second of the games we’ve featured recently that’s drawn inspiration from it (the first being VoyageE).  The architecture may not be quite as visually striking as … Read More

Army Of Pixels – Beta Download

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Army of Pixels

Army of Pixels is a charming and addictive blend of tower defense and strategy in which you purchase and place units then send them into battle, attempting to lay waste to your opponents units and towers and claim victory.

The lane based nature draws some favourable comparisons to Plants vs Zombies, but Army of Pixels is far more offence orientated.  You start each level … Read More