checked out a good few demos tonight on stream, all from the next fest on steam! just some short thoughts under the read more
Radio the Universe
extremely rad. amazing 2d pixel graphics going on, lots of cool techno cybery stuff. can probably call it dark souls-y loosely for the combat, but has its own flow. once i got to grips with the controls, none of the combats were particularly hard but they were fun! the vibes are immaculate. I am extremely excited for this now
Luckily, My Arm Is A Shotgun
very simple game and short demo. isometric angle, 8 way movement/aiming, and your arm is a shotgun. go around the island, shoot enemies, find gears to repair your boat. super simple but fun! will likely pick this up based on the demo.
Bakeborough
top down action rpg where you play as a muffin and you can put different organs in yourself for stats. demo left me a bit disappointed really. i was excited after following the game for a while on tiktok, but the demo wasnt engaging really at all. i think it has potential though, the bones of an interesting game are there, but they'll need to work on most aspects (let me remap. fix hitboxes!!!!). might just be a bad demo, will still keep an eye on it.
Interior Worlds
Extremely my shit. Load into the creepy/moody level with nothing more than your DSLR camera, and do photography of interesting or spooky stuff. No jumpscares or combat or anything, just explore and vibe. extremely good for my tastes. love to exist in a space. And if youre into photography, it will even let you upload and share photos with friends in full release! maybe even more camera options than zoom and focus!
Planet of Lana
A lovely lovely puzzle platformer, playing it reminded me of stuff like Another World or Limbo. Gorgeous looking scifi world, you and your lil lemur gremlin thing go to the right and do some puzzles. Will be excited to see how the story unfolds, as it seems like it could be interesting! just was enamored with the aesthetics. bright and lush world.
Super Auto Battlemon
you know Super Auto Pets? You know Slay the Spire? You know Pokemon? ok. mash all three together, and you got Super Auto Battlemon. But really, it is an auto-battler with the map system popularized by StS. You get mons and line em up like SAP, they fight the other mons. There are too many numbers and stats and stuff that it feels like a min-maxer dream, but a bit much for me. but cute designs and i can see an appeal! I'd try it again after some more updates I think, see how it feels down the line.
that's it for now! if i can I'll be checking out more tomorrow :D