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Everything that happened at Day Of The Devs 2022The tenth anniversary unveils another batch of interesting indies
The tenth anniversary unveils another batch of interesting indies
Day Of The Devs is probably my favourite part of the summer games jamboree every year because it does wonders for the visibility of indie games and their developers. Slotting in snugly right after Geoff regaled us with theSummer Game Fest stream, this year’s Day Of The Devs showcase marked the tenth anniversary. Tim Schafer and friends revealed more about some stonking looking indies from places as far apart as the Netherlands, Japan and Argentina. It was lovely to see some solo devs featured too, such as Madison Karrh with Birth, a point-and-click puzzler about loneliness, and Billy Basso’s beautiful pixel-art Metroidvania Animal Well.
Time Flies
Time Flies - Announcement TrailerTime Flies is about a fly who hasn’t got a lot of time. Better make the most of it then, l’il buddy.Watch on YouTube
Time Flies - Announcement Trailer
Planet Of Lana
Choo-Choo Charles
Choo-Choo Charles new mission gameplay from Summer Game FestDon’t mess with Charles, he’ll eat your face.Watch on YouTube
Choo-Choo Charles new mission gameplay from Summer Game Fest
Ah,Choo-Choo Charles. Taking the inspiration behind a thousandResident Evil 2 Remakemods and turning it into an entire game, Gavin Eisenbeisz a.k.a. Two Star Games has managed to warp Thomas The Tank Engine into the very spawn of Satan himself. Charles is a spider-legged locomotive what scuttles around after yonder protagonist, who has to search the cursed island to deck out their own teeny yellow puffing billy with as much buffed weaponry and armour as possible. The goal is to pimp your iron horse enough to rid aforesaid island of preternatural menace Charles, while avoiding “shotgun-wielding cultists”. It’s due out onSteamthis year.
Escape Academy
Coin Crew Games used to make real-life escape rooms, so you’d hope they’d know what they’re doing when translating the experience into a game.Escape Academyputs you into the role of a student training to best puzzles, hence the academy part, and other students and staff will aid you in a visual-novel manner. You can choose to stay single-player or buddy up for co-op runs through multiple escape rooms, while a daft computer chats with you. Coin Crew say there’ll be a “huge amount of puzzles” and that they’ll never repeat. Escape Academy has been delayed from June 28th to July 14th. It’ll be onSteamand is a day-one addition to Game Pass for PC.
A Little To The Left
Bear And Breakfast
Bear and Breakfast Release Date TrailerSet up your own bed and breakfast in the woods with Hank’s furniture-crafting skills in tow.Watch on YouTube
Bear and Breakfast Release Date Trailer
Animal Well
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Naiad
Roots Of Pacha
Desta: The Memories Between
Desta: The Memories Between - First Look / Behind the ScenesDesta: The Memories Between is mostly about loss. Just don’t lose at its tactical sporty matches.Watch on YouTube
Desta: The Memories Between - First Look / Behind the Scenes
Ustwo Games are based in South London and probably best known for their mobileMonument Valleyseries, although they’ve done some canny things on PC more recently withAssemble With Careand the delightfulAlba: A Wildlife Adventure.Desta: The Memories Betweenis a roguelite turn-based tactics game that delves into the dreams of its titular protagonist, a twentysomething who’s left home for the first time and is mourning their father. Loss is a big theme, and Desta uses a ball their dad gave them to dream-walk to help them find ways to deal with the game’s other characters. Ustwo say there’s “more depth and game mechanics” to Desta than any game they’ve done before. No date attached to this one, but it looks like it’s still in the early stages.
Schim
Fox And Frog Travelers: The Demon Of Adashino Island
Birth
Birthis a slightly creepy puzzle point-and-click adventure about experiencing the loneliness of living in a large city. It’s from solo dev Madison Karrh, who’s made a game about creating an animal to keep you company out of spare parts you find laying around. Where do you find these body parts, I hear you ask? While rummaging around in other creatures’ things in their homes and businesses. As you do. It looks bizarre but, at the same time, weirdly compelling. You’ll need to solve physics puzzles to pilfer the pieces to build your new pal, and there are hidden tokens to unlock “secret buildings and treasures”. Keep an eye out for this one when it launches onSteamin August.
Little Nemo And The Guardians Of Slumberland
As seems to be a burgeoning tradition, Annapurna Interactive used the end of the Day Of The Devs stream to announce their own showcase for summer. This is the second year Annapurna is hosting their own event, which they’ve lined up for July 28th at 12pm PST/8pm BST/9pm CEST.
Not E3 2022 is in full-swing - see everything in ourE3 2022 hub, as well as our complete round-up ofeverything announced at Summer Game Fest 2022. Many more big game showcases and streams are still to come this summer, so make sure you stay up to date with oursummer games stream schedule.
