Increpare Games Ltd is a British

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based in

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, founded and operated by Stephen Lavelle. Lavelle uses the

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"Increpare", the

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word for "rebuke". Lavelle has released over 506 games since 2004, mostly small

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games and often at the rate of several projects per month. With 178 games released between 2008 and 2014, Lavelle was named the "most prolific independent game developer" in the 2016 iteration of the ''

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''. Notable commercial releases include '' English Country Tune'' (2011) and ''

Stephen's Sausage Roll ''Stephen's Sausage Roll'' is a 2016 puzzle video game developed and published by Increpare Games, the studio of designer Stephen Lavelle. The player controls a character who pushes sausage links onto hot grill tiles to cook them. It was receiv ...

'' (2016). In October 2013, Lavelle released PuzzleScript, an

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scripting language for

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made in

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Selected works

* ''MathCIV'' (2004, first freeware title listed) * ''Opera Omnia'' (2009, freeware) * '' English Country Tune'' (2011, commercial) * ''

Slave of God ''Slave of God'' is a 2012 video game created by Increpare, the pseudonym of independent developer Steven Lavelle. The game is a first-person experimental game in which the player navigates a nightclub. ''Slave of God'' received praise from cri ...

'' (2012, freeware) * ''Cooking, for Lovers'' (2014, freeware) * ''Subway Adventure'' (2015, freeware) * ''

'' (2016, commercial) * ''Quiet City'' (included in the August 2017

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as a "Humble Original") * ''Hypnocult'' (2019, commercial)

References

External links

* 2004 establishments in England Video game companies of the United Kingdom {{UK-videogame-company-stub