The Six One Indie Showcase is a little bit of a brand new child on the block with regards to online game displays, however it’s actually working arduous to justify itself. Early at this time the most recent showcase was held displaying off an enormous vary of indies, 48 in whole, a few of them being model new reveals, others smaller showcases.
There’s actually too many showcases round today, to see a present with numerous video games that made me go “oh I will put that on my wishlist” is a deal with. So, here is only a few I believe it’s best to try, as a result of I am only one freelancer on the evening shift and I am unable to do all of them, however I would such as you to have a look anyway.
First up was a correct reveal of Truth Scrapper, the following video games from the dev behind In Stars and Time. This one’s a scrapbooking visual novel the place your recollections reset each day, however there is a thriller that you’ll want to remedy. Did I point out there’s poisonous lesbians? On the spot winner.
I’ve had my eye on Artis Impact for a short time now, an extremely trendy pixelart turn-based RPG set in a world overrun by AI. Sounds a bit too relatable proper now, however I am nonetheless in.
1000 Deaths is a “gravity-bending 3D platformer the place your selections matter”, and in addition a recreation that appears like graphics card field artwork from the ’90s and 2000s. To be clear, that is the very best of compliments I can hand out.
Okay, this one is not a recreation per se, however it does additionally contain the quantity 1000. Final yr’s seminal 1000xRESIST is getting a ridiculously gorgeous looking vinyl set that is available in two variations – one with one set of sisters, one with one other. The latest fanzine for the sport (which you’ll obtain without spending a dime on itch.io) is getting a bodily version too!
Then we have Forbidden Solitaire, a “card-slashing horror recreation about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that ought to have by no means existed.” This one’s for the cardboard recreation weirdos (I’m card recreation weirdos).
Jump the Track mixes selection based mostly visible novels with pachinko, following an bold slacker referred to as Sam who does not perceive why we’re purported to spend our lives working terrible jobs whereas the wealthy get to reside it up.
I believe you simply want to look at the trailer for GlitchSPANKR, I believe any method I take to explaining it can get it improper.
After which there’s Kidbash: Super Legend, a really charming and nostalgic-looking roguelike action-platformer set in a “world of forgotten recreation characters as a hero with no reminiscence of his previous.”
The Six One Indie Showcase actually did simply have what appeared like banger after banger, it will be value your time to go and watch the full thing and get wishlisting the rest that catches your eye.