FREE GAME: Sunless Skies

<BANG!> Yes, that's how I'll open this week's free-game-on-Epic
announcement. I'll open it with a BANG! There's no reason for this
onomatopoetic explosion; it's just there as a starter. But now that is
out of the way, we can get to the actual game.



* Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/sunless-skies-bb4947
   This game, for me, is the epitome of Indie gaming: a
   solid title with workable (but slightly flawed) mechanics,
   an interesting (usually offbeat) concept, and visuals that
   are /just good/ enough. Take your steampunk spaceship out
   into the darkest pockets of ether-space, discovering strange
   aliens and horrors beyond imagining. The gameplay is a
   weird mixture of rogue-like shooter, RPG, space-trader
   sim... and visual novel? It's... fine. Honestly, I find
   the appeal of the game drains away pretty quickly, but
   I can appreciate the innovation.  The "Sovereign
   Edition" is essentially the base game with several
   years of bug-fixes and feature improvements.



Your appreciation of this game will largely depend on how well you can
tolerate the "Indie-ness" it brings to the table. Either way, you have
only seven days to claim the game before you miss out... and then it's
gone and all you'll be able to do then is >whimper<.