Slampunks, Akatori and Mexican Ninja – First Impressions
Slampunks – Hale Gameworks UG
Slampunks is a co-op roguelike survivor shooter developed by Hale Gameworks UG. In the demo, you play as three characters Frills, Chonk and K1tsun3, each have unique abilities along with perks. During gameplay, players fight through ways of enemies along with completing mission objectives. Leveling up will give you augments and upgrades such as attack speed along with reduce damage. There are supply drops and powerups as well.
Mission objectives as follows destroying mining rig, gather minerals, fight off bosses and escort the payload. Slampunks does have an offline or online lobby for playing with friends. During lobby, you can purchase skills and upgrades for your character. The game has 1-3 players to join in the fun. Slampunks is schedule to release on Q2 2206 on Steam.
Akatori – Contrast Games
Akatori is a metroidvania action adventure platformer developed by Contrast Games. Players take control of a young warrior name Mako, who is on a mission to save the world from Amber Storms. Mako has unique abilties like throwing her bo-staff to reach switches, gilding and dashing between obstacles. Akatori is a deep 2.5D pixel art indie game with challenges that players face.
Mako can go through mirrors into another world. Rest up to restore health along with battling enemies along the way. There is air combos which reminds me of Dragon Ball’s Goku. You can take to NPCs on what to do next and buy items along the way. Akatori demo is available on Steam but released date is sometime in 2026. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled for this indie game.
Mexican Ninja – Madbricks
Mexican Ninja is a rogue-like beat’em up game developed by Madbricks. Players control unnamed protagonist talking down criminal organization named Narkuza clan. During gameplay, players can get perks along with upgrades as well. You fight waves of enemies and travel through streets of Nuevo Tokyo. Unlock abilities and customize your character colors. Mexican Ninja cleans the streets against bosses like Crack Panda and many more.
Players can talk to NPCs and getting blessing as well. What is a ninja without Jujstus? Don’t worry you have some at your arsenal. You can parry attack, dodge and striking by jiggling enemies. Along with setting off explosives barrels to defeat enemies. Mexican Ninja demo is available on Stream but released date is sometime in 2026.
Thoughts and Review
In Mexican Ninja, I have encountered some bugs like one of the enemies refusing to death. But overall, I found myself enjoy Mexican Ninja and had some anime references like One Piece’s Sanji. Also, reminds me of Souls-like games as well, its very easy for beginners of rogue -like hack-n -slash genre. The game has interaction presentation featuring comic book like style like Gearbox Borderlands. I can see this game getting some improvements.
Slampunks reminds me of another rogue-like shooter, I recently played called “Grind Survivors”, and had a lot of bugs. There is same button for dash and switching shooter style which was a pain. Frame drops went multiple enemies on screen and slower supply drop capture. Overall, I found it fun and can’t wait for full version of the game. Along with playing with online with someone to complete objectives.
Akatori graphics reminds me of Wakfu and I found no major issues with this game. Other than, screen has zoomed-out and can’t see enemies, which I had trouble on. Everything else like bosses is very fleshed out and beautiful indie title to purchase. I recommend playing this game went it releases on PC.
Closing
Personally, I have to thank Endix Expo and Keymailer for allowing me to try these games. I am hoping to try more in the near future. There is some many indie games to try out but I have to watch out for my computer specs. All three game are very compatible with your PlayStation and Xbox controller but control schemes can be different. Akatori and Mexican Ninja are single player games but Slampunks is multiplayer. Three indie are demos but not full versions of the game. Of course they will have bugs and glitches in them.
That being said, I glad to have experience with them in the long run. What is your thoughts on this indie games? Have you played them? Make sure to check them out on download and try them on Steam. Let me know in the comments below and thank you for reading this blogpost. Tune into the next one from yours truly.
Anjim Plays is a award-winning streamer from Washington DC, who is a advocate of blerd and gaming culture. I am willing to help others and work with brands.
