Day 3 at Nighthttps://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfestPlay demosDiscuss about the demosEngage and marry the demosHow's deep diving going? Do you like to explore the festival from the surface by yourself, or do you prefer fellow anon tell you all the hidden gems?If you hate the Next Fest with a passion and all those who enjoy it, your opinion matters too.Previous Thread:>>723304652All previous ones:Press Preview:https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722364846https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722379857https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722476376https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722603976https://arch.b4k.dev/v/thread/722782184>>722924618>>723059045Current Next Fest:>>723166958>>723190473>>723221548>>723264271
>>723351920We wuz poets n shit
Imagine the smell
>>723352103>survivorshitWhat a waste
>>723339912How many times did you fall from the castle?
For me it's Earth of Oryn and Menace. I can see Menace being the next "big" turn based game. Earth of Oryn is just really pretty, but it's a solo dev and I'm sure it's half-vaporware.
Where's the stealth games? lemme know if you find anything good.
>>723352145Lone wolf and female cub is always a winning formula
>Game looks like gimmicky sloppa>The gimmick is actually high-effort and funNic e
Oh crud a Fat Princess knock-off.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2450350/Fat_Goblins/
>>723353247finally the seventh cross evolution successor we've been waiting for
>>723352103I wouldn't play something that a journalist would recommend on like this:>>723335745Furthermore, LGBTQ+ tag? God indeed punish twice
>>723352103>>723352145>>723352753All these + Aquametsis are good.https://rentry.org/bjsnf2025-3
>>723353795Yeah I like skibidy denpa too even if I suck at it.
>>723353795>bunch of anime girlsopinion discarded, thanks!
>>723354165Unfortunately I'm a 30+ year old man who's been listening to Denpa and playing rhythm games since his teens so I can't really ignore it despite the fanfiction localization.I even bought Hardcore Syndrome albums from the TANO*C label.>>723354304You should see the anime girl games I didn't play. Most of them I scored pretty averagely anyways.
>>723353795>bunch of anime girlsopinion acquired, thanks!
>>723353795Is Aquametsis the only immsim type of game on offering this year?
>>723354985https://store.steampowered.com/app/3503810/TERRORtypeALCHEMY/ is described as an immersive sim, it's pretty heavy on non-diegetic menuing though.
>>723354541>I even bought Hardcore Syndrome albums from the TANO*C labelSame, I have 1-3 in my room. I'd take a pic but I'm at work. Nice to see good taste.
>>723352145Imagine the fit
>>723355085The is the only stealth categorised game I could find in the festival that looked the least shit too. Considering it may actually be just slim pickings this year I'll give it a shot.
>KlostynThis one is legit good, it like unreal, enemies are aggresive and duckroll. the weapons felt good and have a secundary shot/mode. the initial pistol is good and even if you think it's lacking you can change it to six-shot. I really liked it and is a long demo too. only bad thing was the little platforming it had and climbing but is not something somplicated so is a non issues as of now. recommended.>WaterjackedIs a little 'puzzle'? backpack game. the thing is eh...you seee...is fucking slow, too fucking slow. nothing to see here.>frogspinis roguelike platformer, jump king style, you have a slot machine that drops effects both good and bad and deal with it as you jump to the finish line. Fun little game although I would like to know what the effects do.>Kats TriggerGook Katana Zero but less kino and less tight combat, I won't understand why koreans always have that touch of vanity. "tough guy with a girl kid? well but this time she is a sexy gyaru thick", is like the idea of a normal girl is impossible, at least she is not an idol, yet. anyway, I think I hada bit of fun with this game, just need some music, one real big flaw is the writhing because it has quips, fuck quips.>Myths are 100% TruthAlright, this game is pretty fun, the music was nice and the humor ain't terrible either. It really itches that perfectionist inside me. also off-topic, is the voice actor of the CEO Jaiden?>Hell MaidenI suppose that if you like VS-ikes then you will like this, I do like that you have to choose what cards to equip to each weapon, giving building your character more weight. still like holocure more. Still not my cup of tea those games.
>>723352934Is that the new phrase?
Hell Maiden should win out over Holocure because I don’t like the Cure dev. Man is contemplating open source.
>>723353562>Fat PrincessI haven't heard that name in over 15 years holy shit
>>723354541Same, except I don't listen to denpa often enough and I suck at rhythm gamesWill I like this game?
This one is fucking incredible and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. I just randomly happened upon a youtube trailer with barely any views.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4031300/WORLD_WAR_V_LAST_CALL/
A bunch of the demos I had downloaded turned out to be so boring/bad I didn't even bother to write down anything about them and just insta uninstalled. grimp.s. give wildcard a chance, I checked and they had a peak of like 40 players which is just sad for a multiplayer demo
>>723355243Very based. My favorite album I own is probably https://www.discogs.com/release/3631650-SmileHunters-Strawberry-Cheese-Cracker though.>>723356559Sucking isn't an issue since Easy difficulty is basically braindead and Medium isn't hard to get a passing score in (you get more resources the first time you clear a specific difficulty, but you can grind lower ones). That said if you don't like denpa you will either have to like Touhou covers or hope that TANO*C is doing more than just the BGM. I don't know how else one could fully enjoy it from what I've experienced in the demo alone.
>Unemployment Simulator 2018dunno why they wanted to make a game about me but there it is
>SSS tierAlabaster DawnREANIMALshocking i know
>>723353647>LGBTQ+it's yuri, trannies always tag that as lgbtq2+/e^2
any fun strategy/management?
>>723354985>this yearit was in a next fest almost two years agoalso no, odd town kinda counts, maybe Hell of Fear too but I haven't played it yet
>>723357357Is it possible to make a game with yuri undertones without trannies tagging it?Asking for a dev friend of mine haha
>>723357309Not touching Reanimal until it fully releases, I am storing my vril for it.
>>723357309>>723357547I'm only going to play Reanimal to see if the little girls fucks over everyone again
>people keep glazing Reanimal>it's just more Little Nightmare slopI hate /v/oomers so much.
>>723357357Yurifags are as bad as trannies, so that's fine.
>>723357547Totally understandable.
End of queue. However, that does not mean I'm done looking at things. Some games don't appear in it for some reason.
>>723353647>Nah dude Constance is the next big shot and totally didn’t get cannibalized by SilksongThe lies that come out of these journos
>journos>keeps posting clickbait slop from gamesradarCome on brother.
>>723357508People are gonna put a far worse than in your gamethe casual tag, you'll be left wishing for the LGBTQ+-/QWERTY tag.
>>723356619That 2D to voxel transitions are impressive
Those two games paid for the articles so they’re the real shmucks for thinking people use those sites
>>723357661Does it hurt waking up and having such dogshit taste every day?
>>723356284>KlostynHow is this good? It's similar to Turok, but somehow looks worse than the N64 version. Worse level design too. It kinda reminds me of Unreal 1, SoF and Gunman chronicles. Gunplay feels decent and the textures are nice so it isn't complete trash.
>>723357357>LGBTQ+>YuriThere is no difference
>>723357671>>723358048>Yurifags are as bad as tranniesthese tourist I swear...
>>723357985bruh has been playing littlebigworld for over fifteen years now and still wants more lmao
>>723358091>touristI've been here longer than you and have spent more time on /a/ than you ever will. They have always been unbridled cancer.
>>723358148Sure you have.
>>723358095>littlebigworldlittlebigplanet
>>723358148fujo hands typed this post
Any hidden good vanias?not fatal claw and trannystance shit
>>723358260kotama and academy citadel
>>723358091The L in LGBTQ+ stands for LesbianismHow Yuri and lesbianism is't the same degenerate thing?, If a game has romantic components, I want to identify with the male character that I can embody. If you can only be a woman and flirt with women, there is no real connection for me.
>>723358148No that will always be Narutofags/DBZfags.
>>723358175>>723358204You are and have always been the eternal cancer. No one who isn't a demented yurifag will ever forget Love Lab and what happened on /a/.
>>723358318People who tag shit as LGBTQ+ don't care about any of those letters except T, don't be disingenuous.
Can I get some Halloween survival horror recs?
>>723358325So you do not deny that you are a fujoshi. How very interesting.
>>723358325You bringing up your culture war in one of the last few consistently decent threads on /v/, is all the proof anyone needs of who's in the wrong.Literally no one cares about Love Lab.
If they adapted Alice instead there wouldn’t be any LGBTBBQ ships
>>723358437>make a retarded claim>"you didn't deny it!"I'm not a fujo, but you're a demented yurifag.>>723358446>You bringing up your culture warNever did that.
>>723358498Oh no no no no no, you don't get to backtrack now, fujo. >>>/y/ is that way.
>>723358148CHAGEN DETECTEDBack to /a/, please.
>>723358446>Literally no one cares about Love Lab.Fake oldfag. You're the tourist.
>Never did that>meanwhile he's still going at itAnyone played the new let it die demo?fucking 40gs for a demo is kinda harsh.
>>723357078>My favorite album I own is probablyIs this anywhere? I can't find it in the doujin music server
Any words for the licensed property games at this Festival?Are they any good?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3844400/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Titans_of_the_Tide__Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3419690/Chicken_Run_Eggstraction/
>>723358584>everyone who hates yurifags is a fujololno
I've been through about 20 games now and only two have been genuinely good enough for me to consider buying day 1. Exo Rally Championship and Godbreakers.What are some demos you guys downloaded on a whim and found absolutely exceptional?
>>723359373>Chicken Run gameSomeone let me know if this is good.
>>723359474MOTORSLICE not ironically
>>723359474Revolgear Zero made me really happy since I'm a huge R-type fan and miss the series, but "absolutely exceptional" would be an exaggeration, not sure I felt that way towards any game in a long while.
>>723359445fujos and chronic self-insert men who think all women should be into them and them alone, yes
>>723359474Biggest positive surprises so far have been Judenki Kashita (apparently mid-fest it got an English title in Kats Trigger) and Bandit. The other great demos have had sufficient hype going in (Lumines Arise, MENACE, Homura Hime, BIRDCAGE, Tears of Metal).
>>723359214Link in the description, password is at the end of this stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3uZGhTPK3g
>>723359574>>723359619>>723359831Thanks guys. Those are all going in my next batch of demos.
>flashbanged by a porn game demoSTOP
Abyss Kitchen really is a pretty neat idea. I just hope it gets a lot harder later, since you could pretty much play as a fighter in the demo and still pass.
>>723351920Any good jrpg demos?
>>723359762Nope and nope. Normal people hate you, no matter how hard you try to appear neutral/normal.
>>723359574The only thing I didn't like about Motorslice was the autistic anime VA they decided to give to PI would have preferred if she didn't talk and just made moans or noises throughout the game.
is the typing battle royale actually real players or some fake bot multiplayer?
>>723360569I think it's a bit of both, sometimes I get super empty lobbies though.
>>723360331Aegis Wars feels like it has potential, but I genuinely believe the demo is way too half-assed and probably would worsen your expectations of the game, so I suggest NOT playing the demo for now.
>>723359871>17 views from 2 years agoDamn this is the really underground stuff. Now I have to finish my shift with something to look forward to
>>723360451Whatever you say, fujo. ;)
>>723353647the previous game was already Yuri, I wouldn't bother being concerned about this
>>723360331https://store.steampowered.com/app/3864890/SPARK_IGNITES/Is your best bet, but don't even bother if you didn't like octopath traveler.
>>723360836Loooooking good!
>>723360569It has VOIP, you can hear guys talking sometimes.
Maid of salvation looks kino
>>723360931Yeah, what can I say?To be fair, I don't think I've found a single good JRPG through any fes.
>>723360981It looks like the guy made a decent anime girl maid model and put it to fight against store assets.
>>723360997At least it's living up to its name.
>>723359762>chronic self-insert men who think all women should be into them and them alone, yesNone of that. I hate homosexualism and I think that nowadays in both AAA and indie scene, it's overrepresented and imposed by quota. Perhaps it was more tolerant in the past, but now it's unbearableBi characters might be get a pass for me, but it depends. If it's a "cozy" farm game where everyone is Bi by default, I'll stay away.
>>723360621I recommend checking out the streams on twitch on Thursday, it's mostly nerdcore but there's some really good or interesting stuff sometimes.
>>723360834>Little Goody Two ShoesWell, that explain a lot
>>723360981My problems with it:>movement too slow to traverse how big the areas are. and if you get lost, it only amplifies the slowness>combat is boring. it has impact, but it seems more like it was mean to look and feel "cool" and of controlling well
Bubsy 4D's going to be polished mediocrity, but it'll be praised to high heavens, sell millions, be ironically shitposted on /v/ by crossposting Twitterniggers and furfags anyway and then forgotten within a month.
Any good dungeon crawlers?
>>723361705I haven't paid much attention to the modern Bubsy games. Are they like actual legitimate attempts at making video games or just ironic memeshit coasting on the "reputation" of the IP?
>>723361705It's really banking on being a speedrunning game with all the tools you have, the dev was sharing videos of just skipping 80% of the first level not long after the reveal.
>>723354541what should I search on youtube for such songs?I liked most of songs in the game
>>723357309>trannybaster dawn>SSS
>>723362018Both with the amounts of the two varying per-entry. The modern 2D platformers are very shovelware with some self-awareness, there's an okay infinite runner by the Bit.Trip studio, the collection is ironically really well-done for a bunch of mediocre-at-best games, 4D looks to be a genuine attempt at a movement-heavy 3D platformer that has some self-aware humor sprinkled on top.
>>723362123Start with Beatmania/IIDX songs.
>>723362123For Denpa? You can just search Denpa, there's an automix and plenty of playlists.Alternatively just listen to one song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7OaCQR3PM and then hope the recommendations are related.
>>723362018>>723362280>Spam air dash and remove all interaction with the enemies who are taped to the groundModern platformers just don't get it. Everyone has the exact same set of powers.
best pvp demos?
>>723362791While it is building off an older game, Pac-Man World Re-Pac 2 is pretty great in this regard. Every addition and tweak to Pac's kit is pretty great while still allowing for engagement with the level and enemies.
>>723362776nanahira is my religion
Okay Soul Remnant is actually kind of fun. Obviously huge Maplestory inspiration but it actually feels like it has that soul in it.
>>723362018>Are they like actual legitimate attempts at making video games or just ironic memeshit coasting on the "reputation" of the IP?BothBubsy 4D is being made by the same devs that did Demon Turf and are currently devving Demon TidesDemon Turf was a well made platformer so the platforming and game quality overall in Bubsy 4D will be infinitely better than any previous Bubsy game but there's also going to be tons of shitposting about the game until people forget about it like the guy you replied to said
A short list of 3D platformers. I have no idea which is good but I picked some out for any of you to testhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1657740/Mr_Sleepy_Man/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3621930/Unsent/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4032170/Bubsy_4D_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3844400/SpongeBob_SquarePants_Titans_of_the_Tide__Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3735820/Big_Hops_Demo/
>>723362884Real life. Go outside and give it a try (and don't come back).
>>723361705>polished mediocrity"artificial soul" type of post, get outta here
I think this is probably my final verdict of opinions-no-one-gives-a-shit-about unless someone has an rec for me to try based on this list. With one exception, I believe all these games are either nip, chink, or gook made.>Loved and am going to buyFox Flare NightPsycho Sleuth>Liked a lot and will probably buyBio Goddess>Liked, buy-likelyhood up in the airHomura HimeMeowPower! YachiyoMochi-OYunyun SyndromeEternal Palace Sakura>Liked, but pretty sure I'm not going to buyConjunctivitalizer Dark AuctionDark Cage1Fantasy Maiden WarsGunflare EpochKotama and Acadamey CitadelMaid of SalvationMajogamiMenherariumMidnight StudyOh! Robot: Legendary MechanicThe Real Faces of VtuberRevolgear Zero>OkayAbyss KitchenCat Girl Survivor 2Destiny CodeMarisa! Return the Book!Pain Pain Go Away!SealChainUltraGirl AltersTouhou Iyuushou>I don't know52HertzNekomimi DestructionTale of AndroidTen TenApollo Sonata
>>723363874 (me)*forced soul, i don't know how i misremembered dthat
>>723363918BasedI havent tried half of those demos yet
>>723351920>play cutesy looking game>there's troon flag colours everywhere by defaultI thought this shit was over
>>723363918>he doesn't like anime foodcringe
>>723351920https://store.steampowered.com/app/3160290/Vivid_World_Demo/I am really liking this title. It says it's a "Rogue Deckbuilder" but it's more like an Autobattler with picking your allies and gathering materials to upgrade them the story is really well done and animated.
>>723364234You have to remember, some people legitimately ruined their life with hormones/dick chop and can't go back. Regardess of a sharp decline in public/corporate support and troonout rates amongst the youth, they're still going to desperately cope online until they kill themselves.
>>723364234Try not being mindbroken
>>723364457I actually fucking LOVED his previous game, Yuri Sword Saga, which also had anime food. I guess I just wasn't sold on the super laidback gameplay this time, but I definitely didn't dislike it.
>>723364234It's a gatekeeping mechanism for keep away the chuds, the same thing happened to me with the Isopod title, a game about stupid damn insects in a yard, but it had troon symbology for no fucking reason.
>>723364502The party building in this one was pretty nice, but it was also a last fes game, I think.
>>723364609I'm glad they're letting me know not to give them money or advertise for them, but you'd think if they really hated us chuds they're try to trick us and take our money.
>>723363918>Japanese Pepe>Posts Chinese games like Bio Goddess, Ultragirl altersCome on now. You should know better.
I might just be in the mood for trying out games or something but this next fest seems especially nicer compared to the other ones I've tried.
>>723364702*they'd try to
>>723364727I think it's because the quality of games are getting better and there is differentiation for once than just everyone copying and pasting outside of the Chinese AI and Asset Flip games.
>are those...COLORS!??!?!? I'M GOING INSANETruly the best modern example of "don't do x or else you'll be just like your mortal enemy".
>>723364718I did mention they were also chink and gook games in the post thoever. If I had a generic asiaboo pepe I'd post that instead, but sadly I don't.
>>723364502>>723364615yeah I was about to say, I'm pretty sure I've seen this beforehow long has it been in development? it does seem good, at least.
>>723364727There's been plenty of people saying the exact opposite, but I also found a lot of games that I'll be buying, and a few other games that are in the fes but no demo yet that also look good. Think we just got lucky in terms of the genres we like.
>>723364507The sooner they hang themselves the better.>>723364550>troon calling anyone mindbrokenThanks for the keks, sideshow bob. It's a curious thing how your kind are in absolute denial about objective reality yet when given a virtual world where you could rewrite the rules and just be immersed like normal people, you can't help but insert some kernel of the real world mindvirus that infests your manly skull.
>>723364820>NOOOOO YOU JUST HAVE TO LIKE US AND BE SILENT IF YOU DON'T BECAUSE... YOU JUST DO OKAYNah.
>>723364609In the Isopod game, the trans flag isn't the only stupid thing, the game is a total excuse to represent a nest of fire ants as industrial capitalists while you are the justice socialist isopod destroying their destroying their production machinesIt's full of lefty retarded dialogues as well, with or without the trans flag skin.
>>723364882I think it is nearing the end of development. It might be releasing soon from their Steam Updates. This was posted on October 3rd.
>>723364818Yeah, I just got done playing MISERY with a friend of mine and we had a lot of fun. HOUSE 2 looks fucking amazing and I've been waiting for a game like Fran bow for quite a long time and that looks like its it, Reanimal might be fun even if I think it'll never surpass the atmosphere of LN2. In general the quality of the games do seem to be better this time around>>723364884That might be the case too
>>723364609Like >>723364702 says, I'm glad they make it so blatant so they get nothing from me. I don't even specifically hate it because it's trannies, they are their own personal demon unto themselves, it's the fact it completely brings me out of the game I'm playing and I'm reminded there's a bunch of literal mutants masquerading as half functional human beings and some poor person out there has to share an office with a smelly mince crotched psychotic male in a dress.
>>723364923I certainly don't think those devs are asking you to like lolicons like me.Never mind that you're the only ones bringing attention to that game, this thread was completely ignoring its existence so far, so at best you're doing advertisement for them right now.
>>723357508that's literally what the L stands for retard. if you dont like it take it up with the dictionary
>>723351920Somebody buyed or pirated that headpatting VN that came out a month and a half ago, and was slightly spammed at the previous Fest?
>good comfy thread>sudden tranny shitflinging discourseNoticing.
any good PVP demo's ?
Final Sentence needs ways for players to fuck with each other.
>>723365695I bought it but I don't know what anti-sharing measures are in it.
>>723362020I figured as much. The levels being mostly wide and barren space while also being linear, especially reusing the highway tubes to pad out the level length, was pretty on the nose and judging by snippets of the other levels in the first trailer, it doesn't seem like it'll get much better. I can't tell if designing the game around speedrunning is some artificial attempt to entice people to keep playing or Fabraz is just this inept at making a good platformer. Could also be Atari not pushing them harder beyond "just make a playable Bubsy that's not shit".Seems like every indieshit dev's trying to make their own "Mario Odyssey at home" these days.
>>723366114what's the extension called
>>723367341the game isn't going to be combat-focusedif you want combat, you're not going to find it
>>723363874Far from it. I'll even admit on a production level standpoint the game looks great and Atari struck gold picking Fabraz to make/advertise 4D. Other than that, I'm not an irony poised memer, furfag or a YIIKfag, so the humor doesn't appeal to me.
>>723367598Stop feeling offended over criticism, faggot.
>>723366553What do you mean by anti-sharing?
>Played 13 demos so far>Nothing good yet at allWorst run of any next fest so far.
>>723353647There are better reasons to avoid that developer's games than some gaming "journalist" being a retard (redundant).https://x.com/AstralShiftPro/status/1842527480504066285
>>723368276I'm retarded and forgot the term was DRM because I think about that so little.
>>723367902>faggotHe said le heckin f slur!
>>723367902empty levels, sure, i grant you"this game doesn't have combat that it never pretended to have" i will not
>>723363467>Demon Turf was a well made platformerNo one would give a shit about it if not for /v/ being full of lolicons because that's the only reason anyone cares about it.
Demos I liked so far:>Final SentenceReally fun concept I like typing games but needs more game modes (current mode, team typing and maybe some kind of accuracy mode). It also needs to have bots just fill up empty lobbies because getting a 15 person lobby kind of sucks, I've had the most fun when it's 30+ and the cacophony of gunshots starts to ring out.>Vital ShellSurvivor-like but with a really awesome aesthetic both in terms of the visuals and music choice. Mech designs are pretty solid from what I've seen so far, Bloodfang being my favorite since multi-arm mechs are cool. Builds seem pretty straightforward and while you can get some fun effects from upgrade gems for synergies there doesn't seem to be a point in mixing damage types. Hopefully the full game will have more complexity.>DicealotTabletop-style Roguelite in the vein of Balatro but it's Farkle instead of Poker. I like the visuals and all the different designs for the dice faces are nice, the little voice acting there is is deliberately goofy. I need to play this more and get a better feel for it but I liked what I saw so far.
>>723351920anything co-op? preferably with rpg elements?
>>723364234I was going to post about this game as well; the artystyle is mostly good (needs more enemy variety) but all the game mechanics are like 75% of what they should be, like kind of aping other game mechanics without really understanding them maybe?Game also feels like it was built for mobile and then they pulled it back and went PC
>>723368389>Portuguese indie studioI've always found it curious how these western devs are so rooted in anime/asian artstyle despite coming from a culture that directly disapproves the activism they try to inject into itIt's literally cultural impersonation, tourism behaviour at its finestIf it weren't for "le mahou shoujo 90s aesthetics at home" no one would pay attention to their "tributes"Also, fuck Squeenix
>>723369437Ah, another Vital Shell appreciator. I admit I clicked because of the sword & shield mech aesthetic and barely cared about what kind of game it was, but it's one of the more enjoyable VS clones I've seen and that aesthetic really does hit.
>Game is meant to be a spiritual successor to beloved classic on the PS1>No controller supportPants on head.
kek
>>723351920I just realized this fest is literally for people that are ok with ai slop, chink slop, survivor slop and just blatant clones of better games. Anything good has already been picked up by an actual publisher.I will see myself out.
>>723369557https://store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/Absolum/
>>723360997wandering sword was in a next fest
>>723369957The AI slop I see this year is so fucking disheartening man, like just straight up uploaded straight from chatgpt or whatever right down to the poisonpill yellow ghibli filter.
This game looks amazing in motion so it's a shame it plays like shit.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/Effulgence_RPG/
>>723369950Based
>>723369950>women can have beardsDangerously based and dwarfpilled If I do say.
This shit SUCKEDHow is an entire station full of people somehow less important than one lesbian whos mad at her step mom
>>723351920Any good 3D CAGs? It's hard to find them because there's so many souls-likes, top down games, and fps games in the hack and slash category.I played Homura Hime which would be what I want, but the gameplay is just so braindead with how strong parries are and how non-threatening enemies are, the bullet hell aspect didn't even really come into play. Also tried Motorslice but it turned out to just be a bad parkour game with enemies that you kill in one hit and insane suck-to-target. I really don't want to keep going through each game till I finally find something decent.
>>723363918psycho sleuth is the big surprise for me this fest. it's the best game I played that wasn't already on my wishlist. elthough the videos are fucked and won't play on linux, which is a shame. hopefully either the game or proton fixes it
>>723370204You should've been able to tell that that game would suck from that image alone.
>>723352145>Male romance
>>723370258I knew the story was gonna be gay but I hoped the game itself would be fun, turns out its just an awful version of powerwash sim.
>>723369863Hell yeah, sucks it won't release until next year. I just hope we do get more build complexity, like it seems that each mech has a favored damage type but maybe I'm just missing something.
>>723368389This one is a natural born girl so they're missing 4 letters of the whole LGBTQ thing
>>723370246In terms of 3D, not much outside of the Yasuke pre-alpha build which definitely feels pre-Alpha to the point where I'd say they're at least a year too early to be making it public. Tears of Metal is more Musou/Kingdom Under Fire where the focus is on the whole battlefield instead of just you even if you're the main one controlling the tide of battle. If you want good 2D action though, I really liked Kats Trigger and Bottom-Up Beatdown: Hostile Takeover.
>>723370594Not enough salt on that pretzel.
>>723370451The manual seems to imply there's a ton of little unlockables/progression things you get by doing different builds with the default options so I think more interesting stuff will probably come eventually in the full game. Even if it's a little too basic, the dev's pretty open about this being a stepping stone to a proper mech action game with the same aesthetic which I am 100% down for if I can play the default mech from this.
>>723370791Oh shit I didn't know he was planning on just a proper action game, cool.
>>723364234How fucking mindbroken are you
>>723364234> I thought this shit was over
The Japanese fishing horror game is fun
>>723371831yupI was a bit retarded and it took me forever to find the flower fish thoughalso can you kill that massive eel thing that flies by when you sail to the school area? I killed the initial big guy, but since that second one was out in the middle of nowhere, it seems like it'd be more tricky to do
>>723360569I hear many people talking in the mic, so is real.
>still 0 good games posted in the threadgrim...
>>723372285I know people say this every time but this really does feel like the weakest next fest so far
>>723372365There's no weak next fests, only weak people.
>>723372285https://store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/Effulgence_RPG/
>>723372285Would help if you told us what games you like dipshit
>scroll through available games>AI generated covers and/or graphics>deck builders>roguelites>vampire survivor clones>barebones my_first_project>job simulators>the only interesting games I've found after an hour and a half of scrolling through games is a passable shooter with shitty name and Bubsy 4grim
>>723372568I hate video games
i can't believe the marvel beat em up is good
Top 5?
>>723372285>good gamespost one (1) good game or else you are a furtranny
>>723372576Well at least you're on the right board
>>723372660there aren't any clear winners, except maybe motorslice.
>>723352934I need a complete list of applicable games.
>>723372692Finale Sentence
>>723360096What do you have sexual content visible on then, dummy?
>>723372572at least for roguelites, vampire survivor clones, and deck builders, you have no one to blame but yourself for not filtering out the roguelite and action roguelike tags>but what about the 1 out of every 1000 roguelite that's not terrible!you'll hear about it from threads like thisI wish there was a tag to filter to get rid of the maymay x simulator games that are just cheap asset store quickly hacked together pieces of garbage. the fact that the simulation tag covers park ranger sim, drunkard sim, tabletop game shop sim etc, and stuff like starsand island, and and stuff like crusader kings is insane
>>723372692Megaman Battle Network 7
>>723372285>iracing>carx>power wash sim>hollow knight: tranny editioneven the featured list sucks this time
>>723356284Played some of the Kats Trigger demo. Can attest it is indeed edgy Gook Katana Zero. I've been enjoying it; I like how you can use the grapple hook to do some cool things like swing around and pull in enemies to kill em. Hope the full game is good if and when it comes out!
>>723372923>you have no one to blame but yourself for not filtering out the roguelite and action roguelike tagsYou can do that now? I remember I could only filter BY tags, not filter OUT tags in nextfest tag searches.
>>723365695I'm the one who made that webm and I bought it. It was decent. Chaotic humor and tons of headpats.
>>723373674https://store.steampowered.com/account/preferencestags to exclude
>>723351920The typing battle royale is pretty good, but I feel like this game's gimmick will only be plausible within this festival.. When it goes on sale, it probably won't last even two monthshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4021860/Final_Sentence_Demo/
>>723374052Feels bad not being able to try it since my keyboard is kinda fucked and a few keys keep repeating.
>>723374052just make DLC Captcha
>>723374124For some reason my n key frequently breaks down
>>723373719i kneel
>>723374052It needs a team mode somehow, not sure how that would be implemented. Maybe a score attack mode where whichever team has the most points wins?
>>723374224Funnily enough, N is one of the keys that's broken on my keyboard too. I can't imagine why.
>>723372771Stella of the End(ing sucks)
>>723374306>shitty endingCan't be helped...
>>723363918based. The more cool anime art style games, the better
>>723373810thank fuck, time to exclude all the management sims
>>723374224>>723374256based
>>723372557Controls take some getting used to, but it certainly looks interesting
>>723363709I played most of them>Sleepy ManThis is okay, movement is nothing special but I like the idea of being a guy just causing trouble around the town and some of the collectables are creative in how you get them.The guards chasing you around is a cool idea but boring since the only thing they can do is chase you. I wish there were different guard types that had different moves but I do like that some of them can interact with things to try and catch you.Moveset is okay, there's some creative ways you can get around and some neat ways to build momentum.Controls need some work as they feel pretty stiff, the car controls are ASS and I don't like the camera.Collision can be wonky sometimes but is overall consistent enough it doesn't bother me.The purple shell animation lasts for way too longThe visuals and music are soulful and I can tell the guy making it cares. I might buy this if its around $15 or less, no wishlist though>UnsentWas not feeling this one based on the steam page but when playing it was pleasently surprised.When changing to fixed camera angles, the camera snaps a little too hard that it's disorienting, it needs more smoothing. Some of the camera angles are completely against you like in the vine area, that can just be a normal camera.Movement is okay with a little depth and it feels alright moving around, I think air control is a little too stiff. Animations are weird but I can still get a feel for the movement. The infinite dash spam you can do is funLevel design is not bad, platforming in some areas is alright. This is one of those platformers where I wish it had the first person camera view so I can better look around for the stampsI'm surprised this game gets frame drops, then I saw it was made in UE kekIf I see a better demo in the future, I'd wishlist it1/2
>>723374983>Bubsy 4DLots of people already spoke about this, the game controls much better than any previous Bubsy game and it's not suprising since it's by the Demon Turf devs.Movement is a little too floaty for my tastes though and I'm not the biggest fan of 'the floor is lava' type movement designs in platformers but the game is well made and I don't doubt the game will be bad on release when the physics problems and bugs here and there get fixedHonestly skipping this one just because I don't care for Bubsy and the movement design, maybe I'll change my mind if I see it on a sale. I prefer more grounded platformers that have more concrete design where skipping stuff is earned instead of effortlessFuck the camera in this game though, there needs to be a deadzone for when you jump up so it doesn't instantly follow you when you jump and the obstruction is way too sensitive and aggressive. The camera bounces back and forth way too erratically>SpongebobSkipped this as I don't care for the Spongebob platformers>Big HopsThis one is just bad.Movement's very simple and has little depth, level design is forgettable, but the swinging physics and vines are cool.Not getting this one, there's a lot more upcoming 3D platforms I've got my eye on that feel more worth the time and money.Overall I'd say Bubsy is the best, Unsent 2nd, Sleepy Man 3rd, don't care for the other two
Bubsy has good movement but really bland everything else
>>723375049Bubsy has always been floaty and slippery, so I guess I get it.
Aquametsis is unironically fear1/doom engine immersive sim kino my fav demo so far
I just played one demo so far and it was Skate Story. It has that Hyper Demon look and some nice music.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ZQikZI7xYMan, it is such a good demo. I just downloaded it blind (didn't even watch the trailer) because had skate in the title and it fucking surprised me. Maybe my expectations were too low but it was pretty fun.
Play it
>>723376767Can I fuck the dolls?
Anyone tried this Satisfagtory clone?https://store.steampowered.com/app/1783560/The_Last_Caretaker/
>>723376767Jap dev?
>>723377223I like the concept, but it looked and felt too much like every other unpolished UE game. I just plan to check it out again when it comes out of EA.
>Right next to ZakoMan /vt/ really does just eat anything the brand endorses
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941820/Revolgear_Zero/I dunno why i play shumps when I have zero interest in the genre and no real experience with clearing any.It feels ok, the sort of life bar/shield thing is cool for someone who doesnt touch these along with the big fuck lff beam leaving you weak after or having the ability to tank stuff with the same button.Character chatter isn't obnoxious.It has a mission tutorial mode and arcade has 2 stages. The two characters have 2 firing modes, two options each and two option behaviours that are available in the demo.But what other games have mechanics similar to the burst (beam/invincibility evasion) or the ability to toss your object bits as a weapon?
>>723378479What is Zako even? Some sort of rage platformer with a mesugaki?
>>723378956Exactly as you described.
>>723378590>But what other games have mechanics similar to the burst (beam/invincibility evasion) or the ability to toss your object bits as a weapon?Not-Radiant Silvergun. Can launch your sword as a projectile, and it also eats enemy bullets.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2618150/BIRDCAGE_Dryad_Ecophene_Module_Object/
>>723377528Probably frenchy, but Jap?.. not at allhttps://x.com/d42mon/status/1978000346526986416
>Hades x Vampire SurvivorsReal original devs.
>>723378956Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy, but Bennett Foddy is a brat loli and makes fun of your very existence no matter what you do
>>723379653>>723379280Okay thats kino
>>723379653Hey I blacked out and my penis is out and somehow the game installed?
Directorate femc ass is waaay too big it looks grossGround zero and Phase Zero are good RE clones
>>723380164just looking at the trailers, it's not that insane. like yeah it's a fairly large ass, but it stands out less than the ground zero mc's ass because the ground zero mc has a silly outfit
>>723380373Yeah. The first time I got a good look at it, it was under a lamp post so it made the pants look more skin-colored and I had to do a double-take.
I thought it's a coomer game but it's actually pretty fun.
Everything you've posted is trashLike, wtf, 5000 games release every moth on Steam and yet LITERALLY there is nothing
>>723379615>sell a gorillion copiesit's what works these days
>>723380737What is it?
>>723380964homura hime
>>723380964nta but it looks like homura hime to me.
>>723379615I remember some softcore ecchi succ game being like that as well
>>723369830>cultural impersonationJaps do that all the time and I bet you have no problem with it
i recently broke the spell that made me only play multiplayer slop. any kino story games to look out for?
>>723368389yeeep thats a skip
>>723382895
Haven't found a single fucking good game so far, this fest has nothing.
>>723383096Give me a list of your 10 favorite games
>>723364502this was on the last fest, good game anda sequel to Vivid Knight which I did play and like. Don't know if I would ever play it but it is good.>>723382895Congratulation! You can try out Nine Sols, it was the last game I played that I gave a 10/10.
>>723383079Nta but how is NaPUTA?
>>723383284AoE 2 God HandD00s sexThiefs 1/2WC3 AC (flying) 4-6Gothic 2PathologicLa Mulana 2Jackie Chan ah fuck
>>723368389>today I will skip on a game because they made a bad post on twitter a year agoYou fags will continue to be literally the same as SJW were back in the day.
>>723383417Warned you about the pendulum sis.
>>723383369It's actually great. The remaster was handled by falcom themselves and the music is some of the best they made.
>>723383079>>723383358will check them out. thanks
>>723383417At least he's just skipping and not doing anything like those sorts did
>>723383461What pendulum? The movement a decade ago was to prove them to be retards that didn't care about games, just about sending out political opinions. All you people do these days is act exactly like them.
>>723383558>he's just skippingHe's clearly trying to smear the game's "reputation" by constantly bringing his issues up and even checking out years' old posts by them on this thread, so no, he's doing the same kind of cancel culture as SJW back in the day were infamous for doing.
>>723383587>hurr durrrWell carry on I guess, some things will never change
>>723383403Ah yes, the "/v/ approved, as safe as possible" edition as usual, thank you.
>>723383797Yeah it's quite spicy, shoulda put in Dwarf Fortress too I suppose. Maybe System Shock 2.
Anyone checked this out? It's from the Tetris effect devs, looks pretty coolhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3847360/Lumines_Arise_Demo/
>>723383883>>723383797So, going to just cry about it?
Can someone post the updated contrarian /v/ 3x3
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3594120/Brush_Burial_Gutter_World/try her game. imsim assassination game
>>723358417phase zero and ground zero are carbon copy resident evil games if you liked those
>>723384024No, I'm gonna laugh about it. Going by your list I suppose you haven't truly enjoyed a game for at least 10 years, so it adds up. Your ONE not completely safe pick is pretty weird, with it being AC 6, even though it's probably considered the weakest AC game out there, and 7 being a more recent addition that was generally well-liked. Wonder why.
>>723384279Is it actually good tho
>>723384279>throw object to stun and then execute>repeat 20xEhhhh.
>>723384279>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3594120/Brush_Burial_Gutter_World/>Expect some revealing outfits, occasional suggestive (but not explicit) animations, and some infrequent innuendo in conversation, with implicit undercurrents of sadism and masochism.I will now play your game
>>723376767>Forced walking>Muh lesbian>Slow as fuck to exploreDroppeped
>>723384679>forced walkingkek
>>723376767I did, it was shit.
>>723384359Actually I like 7, I just wish it was longer and the best content wasn't DLC. PW is great too, could probably include them as well but it's a list of 10 and I don't want to to focus too much on one genre and just listing every game in a series is a bit on the nose.
>>723383895It's Lumines. You should already know exactly what to expect out of Lumines. And it's high quality Lumines, so I'm excited for it.
best spooky multiplayer demos ?
>mechanicus 2 has a demoI guess I'll try it out, though I don't have high hopes
SW seems rater ambitious.Still, the 4x part is far from done
>>723383417>>723383587>>723383686Skipping a game isn't the same as literally turning on the cancel culture machine against a game, contacting publishers, making noise online, and mobilizing to get people fired for their opinionsCompanies only condemn right-wing stances these daysI've never seen a developer fired for being a terminal leftist or insulting their clients for the sake of "owning the fascists/chuds/nazis." Leftist ideology is literally the norm, protected, endorsed and supported by all the journos and the establishmentAn anon pointing that a developer and those involved are woke garbage isn't the same as evoking cancel culture in the same way they do.. Since they seek to attack and eliminate the person behind the opinion they don't like, we simply decided not to support them financiallyWe don't want them fired, just that they stick to the failure tendency of their ideology and their desire to alienate and reduce their product to that shit.
>>723385625whoa this guy still thinks you can talk to animals
>>723384679Where's the lesbianism? I didn't notice it when I played it
>>723385749>My girlfriend
>>723376767This demo has The Room writing>There is the shop, go there. Oh you fought a doll here is a flashback. Btw my sister killed herself. Here is a code btw
>>723368389easy skip then
>>723385778That can be interpreted as a friend too, It's not a categorically romantic term, but I guess we will know better as the full game tells what the suicidal girl's school life was.
Subversive Memories kinda reminds me of the based Urbz/Sims gba versions but the constant COMMUNISM IS ACTUALLY GOOD is dragging it down
Detective Worden is literally Wordle but the words you guess for are related to a murder you're investigating and become your clues. Kinda interesting as a story game, I guess.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3894590/Detective_Worden/
I've been playing the new HoMM demo.Honestly it's pretty good. It adds some new mechanics to keep things fresh, but none of them are disrupting the formula, and they work quite well. I'm actually surprised by the fact that so far I had 0 bugs, and even the balancing seems well thought out, even though it's still just a demo.My only real complaints are about the art. The game doesn't look as bad as it did on screenshots, but the UI is still too clean and generic, wish they'd touch it up. It needs some soul forcibly inserted into it, at least add some nice patterns on the generic blue, better yet if they are faction-specific. Music is another thing. The faction themes are pretty nice, but the battle and exploration ones are way too mild and safe, they just lack personality and variety. You could google royalty-free fantasy music, and it would fit right in. And sound effects are probably the worst offender in terms of how generic they are. The effects from HoMM 3 are drilled in my mind - I would recognise the gargle of a troglodyte, the screech of a harpy, the rattle of a curse spell or the melody of a new week everywhere. But here? None of the sounds are even remotely distinct or memorable. I doubt I'd remember them even after a thousand hours of gameplay.
>>723385625>I've never seen a developer fired for being a terminal leftist or insulting their clientsYou've been actively ignoring a lot of shit then. A lot of text to say you either aren't following the scene anymore or are blatantly lying.Not that there's even an issue with firing developers that say dumb shit online when they're related to a big company's project, that's actually something that should be done.But you failed, it has been the exact same thing, it's only silly to even bring this up in this case, since of course, no one is going to get fired here, it's an indie developer's social account, they won't fire themselves.
>>723386841I think it's been great, the music is absolutely the game's weakest point for now.Art is okay to me, I don't get the "mobile-looking" or "soulless" stuff, but it could be better for sure.
Keep Gambling was kind of amusing, can imagine it'd be a bit more fun with friends but feels a little shallow right now. Decent proof of concept albeit
any good deduce-em-ups? (blue prince, lorelei, myst/riven vein of games)
>>723386882Lmao, get fucked ghost of ACKei shitters
these are the games i have enjoyed so far. very underwhelming next fest this time around.> [terror] type: [alchemy]>aquametsis>the silent junglethe following are the only demos i have yet to try that interest me>nekomimi destruction>homura hime>shock>directorate novitiate>ambrosia sky>skate story
AFTER ALMOST A FUCKING DECADEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3575980/Fantasy_Maiden_Wars__DREAM_OF_THE_STRAY_DREAMER/
>>723386882For one case like you bring here, there are hundreds of developers with right-wing ideals who either have to remain aseptic and completely apolitical, or else, in a system despotically conditioned to be only tolerant to leftist thinking, they become marginalized and forced to have no positionJust look at the contrast, if a former CEO and founder like John Gibson (Tripwire Interactive) says he simply supports an anti-abortion regulatory law in a state.. Journals, publishers, and developers with significant media power like Cory Barlog raid on him as if he had committed the worst sacrilege or as if he were abusing women. His own studio and allied publisher resigned from his name so he could leave immediately, and wall texts were posted on social media expressing total disapproval of him.Drew Harrison (Sucker Punch), on the other hand, was not only applauded by her studio, her superiors liked in social media her open mockery to Charlie Kirk decease, and when Sony pressured the studio from administrative high spheres to fire her, the studio didn't even stance a statement condemning her actions. Total and absolute radio silence.The treatment in both cases and the reaction of the cancel mechanism operated very differently depending on the political leanings of the fired worker. Not the exact same in the slightest.
>>723386841Make me wonder why they're going for early access release if the game seems pretty completed.
>>723351920Any good retro shooters?
>>723369557I assume most of the next fest is that or MMOs since that's all I got from the discovery queue (even though I only have single player games on Steam)
>>723388285>if the game seems pretty completedWell the demo seems like that, but it only features 4 out of 6 factions and no campaigns or scenarios. Just 3 templates for randomly generated maps. Who knows, maybe the rest of the content still needs a lot of work.But I'll take the state of the demo as a sign that the game won't stay in EA for too long.
>>723351920Any good coop friendslop games?
Ball X Pit is out by the way
>>723388794>$15nah
>>723351920>all this rogueslop and survivorslopNext year is going to be balatroslop, be prepared
>>723389168considering how many of these low effort demos look like they were thrown together in just a few months, I'm surprised that's not already the case
>>723356674Turnip Mountain is kino once you get the hang of it
Where are the cope posts from failed devs please
>>723386841>The effects from HoMM 3 are drilled in my mindthat's pretty funny because lots of them are from generic sound packs
>>723390141Doom is nothing but stock sound effects yet they're extremely memorable
>>723390302yeah Ive heard the door opening one so many times
>>723351920went through some of the top demos and this thread, how'd I do?Time for some videogames
>>723390001https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1o7zi4s/next_fest_experience_ive_been_developing_my_game/>To give you some background, I'm honestly devastated. My dream has always been to create a classic Zelda-style game, with exciting combat... https://store.steampowered.com/app/2892040/The_Shadowed_Rune/https://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1o7pedn/i_made_it_into_next_fest_and_now_im_feeling/>I made a game with a friend of mine and published a demo for Next Fest. We worked at mobile companies for years and after layedout try to make it our own game for Steam. We released a demo saying we dont expect much but we hoped we get some good visibility on the first days of the next fest.>After the first day we only got 14 wishlist and thinking we made a terrible game etc. I starting to look for a job at that point.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4093580/Growmon_Island_Demo/Meanwhile Psycho-Sleuth chadshttps://www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/comments/1o7djvd/10000_wishlists_no_ads_no_publisher_no_marketing/>Hey folks! I'm the developers of Psycho-Sleuth, a mystery visual novel and our third indie game as a small, scrappy five-person team from Taiwan. We recently passed 10,000 wishlists on Steam, all without spending a cent on ads, hiring a marketer, or working with a publisher.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3432860/PsychoSleuth/another win for mystery VN GODS
>>723389168you're just not looking for the balatroslopthere are plenty of games that meet one or more of the following criteria>exact same UI as balatro, down to the font>chips x mult mechanic with the same styling>a nonsense title that sounds a bit like balatro>X but with jokers>poker but with X
>>723363918>Yunyun Syndrome>filled with mutt humorJesus fuck imagine having to play this in English.
>>723390612Whenever I see a dev complaining about everyone ignoring them, their game always looks like a piece of crap made with Paint or a straight up shovelware. I mean, don't they have the self-critical sense to notice that their games have no appeal or anything that makes them stand out? In this fierce market, you can't win with rainbows and good wishes.
>>723390612>We worked at mobile companies for years and after layedout try to make it our own game for Steam.People could tell. Glad they flopped KEK
>>723391106They are too retardedLike look at this faggot who just "started looking for a job" instead when like half the successful games were a random dude who made a game in his free time because he wanted to and not because he was stupid enough to believe that it's some ebin free money investmentEvery time some dev nigger keeps crying i get reminded of Atlyss where the dev had to EA on Steam due to hitting the free codes limit and got buried in money because it's unironically good for a cheap ass game made around two concepts
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2446760/YASUKE_A_Lost_Descendant/Anyone try the latest yasuke-like?
I like anime sluts. Demos have been good so far.
>>723353795Has the aquametsis demo gotten an update, or is it the same one?
>>723391589Yes. Shouldn't be in the fest. Its a buggy mess with poor QoL, unfinished animations, poor tracking on the moves and barely functional enemy A. Its literally an alpha
>>723372365Yeah typically when I think a fest is weak some good shit gets dug up down the line, but there hasn't been anything that's gotten a wishlist or even a follow from me yet.
>>723353247this HUD looks so retarded wtf
>state of nowhereWhat if Papers, Please but worse and with really cringe writing>from the topBeyblade roguelike, seems decent>orbiteersYou slap shit together to make space stations, seems pretty dull but it looks cute
>>723390612Unironically reddit guy is rightThe guy contacted 10k streamers and saw an uptick specifcically because of a streamer
>>723390612Man, if you wanna make games like that that's fine I guess, but I don't know how you expect them to possibly be enough of a success for you to not have to work a regular job as well.
(You) do leave your feedback on steam forums, right?
>>723392468Sometimes, typically for demos that I really like but feel like they have some clear flaws.
>>723392468Depends on the game.If it was fun, yea, to say it was funIf it was promising with issues, yea, to say thatIf it was a dumpster fire, yea, to say that, as bluntly as possible so the devs can maybe fix their shitIf the game was just meh maybe notSome devs are retarded and will respond to feedback lik 7 months later, when next fest is so over there's been another since then. that's t oo late. no one cares about you'is game now
DECRYPTO Project's another one of those desktop job games where you work for the government. You decrypt user messages that have been sent in different ciphers so that the government can root out criminals and soon train a computer to do it all automatically. I highly recommend playing all the way to the end. I thought it was just alright at first, but I became very interested when that next layer to the game showed up.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3565680/DECRYPTO_Project/
>>723392468for games I actually like, yes
>>723391106>>723391554I think the problem is you can end up working very hard on something and put in a huge amount of hours, and it just isn't good.Like you're having to put in tons of hours to learn a lot, and then to get better at making stuff, and then trying out different ideas to see what's actually fun gameplay, and all of it adds up to hundreds or more likely thousands of hours just to end up making something terrible.It happens to big studios all the time; a good game just doesn't come together, like they have all the talent, they have ideas, they have art, story, music, etc but something about the gameplay or the core concept or whatever doesn't click.Blizzard threw away millions of dollars and an unfathomable amount of man hours when they scrapped the PvE mode for Overwatch 2, which was itself an attempt to salvage some Overwatch MMO thing.And that's a huge studio with an infinite budget and hundreds of developers.
>>723392468No. I only give feedback if there's a feedback form. I'm completely averse to leaving public posts on the internet tied to my username.
>KlostynThis one is legit good, it like unreal, enemies are aggresive and duckroll. the weapons felt good and have a secundary shot/mode. the initial pistol is good and even if you think it's lacking you can change it to six-shot. I really liked it and is a long demo too. only bad thing was the little platforming it had and climbing but is not something somplicated so is a non issues as of now. recommended.>WaterjackedIs a little 'puzzle'? backpack game. the thing is eh...you seee...is fucking slow, too fucking slow. nothing to see here.>frogspinis roguelike platformer, jump king style, you have a slot machine that drops effects both good and bad and deal with it as you jump to the finish line. Fun little game although I would like to know what the effects do.>Kats TriggerGook Katana Zero but less kino and less tight combat, I won't understand why koreans always have that touch of vanity. "tough guy with a girl kid? well but this time she is a sexy gyaru thick", is like the idea of a normal girl is impossible, at least she is not an idol, yet. anyway, I think I hada bit of fun with this game, just need some music, one real big flaw is the writhing because it has quips, fuck quips.>Myths are 100% TruthAlright, this game is pretty fun, the music was nice and the humor ain't terrible either. It really itches that perfectionist inside me. also off-topic, is the voice actor of the CEO Jaiden?>Hell MaidenI suppose that if you like VSlikes then you will like this, I do like that you have to choose what cards to equip to each weapon, giving building your character more weight. still like holocure more. Still not my cup of tea those games.
>>723392743>I'm scared of the public kwab
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>>723392468A dev replied to my thread once and it fucking spooked me
>>723392468The only forum I post to is 4chan. The Dev's will have to come here if they want my feedback
>>723392468I post my feedback sometimes, the devs usually reply almost instantly.
>>723392468Last time I did that I got the dev messaging me in chinese or whatever for a whole month
Where is Brigador. Tell me what you know.
>>723393367Kek. Either your feedback was that good or the game had no one else interested in it.
>singleplayer game (not even local coop)>PvE tagDo devs just add tags at random?
>>723392764>Gook Katana Zerois it actually gook?
I've just been grabbing demos for 3d Platformer Collectathons
>>723392732Well it's life in a nutshell, time translating to anything other than wasted time is a meme
>Ambrosia SkyOh cool immsim->black lesbian MClol lmao
>>723351920you guys aren't actually enjoying this slop fest, right
>>723394216I wouldn't mind if she was hot but she just looks like a CalArts derivative.
>>723394325Nigger faggot
>>723393909Player versus Environment. But yes, thy do in enough quantity that it's annoying.
>>723394376i know that you are one, thx for confirming.
>>723394325
>>723394341Yep, a damn shame gamedevs don't want to make ebony queens
>>723394404>Player versus EnvironmentIsn't it every game with combat in it?
>>723393909Maybe they're trying to cover as many tags as possible.I don't really get why you'd tag a singleplayer game as PvE though, that's redundant.
>>723393995There's a Twitter link right in the Steam page that shows the dev tweeting in gook.https://x.com/gixgamedevAnd generally, you can tell what country a dev is from looking at the supported languages of a game. English + Japanese + Some Random Language for an anime-styled indie game that doesn't have a publisher that'd help with multi-language translation usually points to the game being Korean, Chinese, Russian or Spanish depending on what you see there.
>>723394478yep
>>723392468No, the only feedback I've ever given was to some agdg dev with a pogo game telling him his game was shit and that whenever encountering any bug I just quit uninstall and move onto the next demo I'm not QA.
>>723394550>JK slutpicked the fuck up
>>723394325I enjoy everything I do in life. Being negative and moping is a waste of time, life is too short. :^)
>>723394074What have you been playing, I could use more platformers to play after playing these ones >>723363709
>>723394478No. You don't fight the "environment" in PvP games like Counter-Strike or Apex Legends. You fight other players.
>>723394741>I enjoy everything I do in lifex (doubt)
>>723394550>the dev tweeting in gook.fuck so it is gook, one less game to bother about then
>>723392468Next Fest is one of the rare times where I can legit talk to so many devs. I remember giving feedback to 15 separate steam forums and 9 of those threads had the thread reply to it.Shit is crazy.
>>723394964fat retard kek
Because I've been wanting the OST to BIRDCAGE, I vibe coded an extraction utility to get the demo OST files and uploaded them for those that want it. Sorry to the dev in advance, but it is too catchy.https://gofile.io/d/YLs4HD
>>723392764>Gook Katana ZeroFine, I'll bite. That huge-tittied girl on the store page looks pretty out of place next to the 2edgy4me MC but I can make do with this trying this clone out until Katana Zero's DLC comes around.
>Katana ZeroWhere THE FUCK is the DLC
>>723395032coping shitskingooks and making good games are mutually incompatible
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>>723395317They'll probably pull out Silksong and turn it into a standalone game.
Finally gave Motorslice a try, here's my takes>Like the Mirror's Edge, PoP, SotC, and Nier Automata inspirations. The game feels unique>Not a fan of how extremely automotive the movement is and how everything's bound to one button. There's so many different things you can do, but since they're all bound to one button they have to be context sensitive which makes the controls feel kind of clunky to me as you're relying more on the automation to work correctly instead of doing good movement organically like in ME or PoP>Not a fan of the voice acting, the little SoL moments are nice though and I like that (You) are the robot for them>I know it was just a demo but I hope the full game has some open areas you can explore with some worthwhile secrets or side areas to explore instead of just full on linear levels>Surprised there's no way to manually ledge hang and have ledge hanging movement>Unless the main game adds in lots of moves, I don't really see a point of combat being in this game with how simple it is, feel like the enemies could have just been hazards to avoid>Demo boss was fun and was one of those bosses where you can feel the dev was having fun making it but I hope later ones have multiple different ways of climbing them like in SotC
>>723395102> track 9goddamn i love acid
>>723395584didn't ask for your discord avatar
>>723395587Still coming as DLC as far as we know.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDq3kdMRPhY
>>723392656This is pretty cool. But I don't think I have the interest in cryptography to play through a whole game of this. Also I don't like time limits. What's the next layer? I only completed the first two (or three?) days.
>>723395589Enemies in properly made oneshot or get oneshotted games are in fact mobile hazards
>>723394550The fuck are those fingers
>>723392656ngl that infinite credit trick really got me
>>723395708ok fat retard
>>723395102I never grew up on shmups and thus am complete dogshit at this. But one day I WILL git gud enough to listen to that whole Stage 3 track in-game. Birdcage is fun as hell
>>723394946why do you doubt my friend
>>723396056Me neither, but (you) can do things on Normal just fine.
>>723394776Literally all of those lol
Are you ready for the next coopsloophttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3834090/YAPYAP
>yet another hundred rougelike card gameswho the fuck keeps buying these things? is it literally only because they're easy to make
>>723395898Some people do have double-jointedness/hyper-mobility in their fingers that let them bend weirdly. Mine can do thatThough I don't think the artist did that intentionally in this case. Might be a case of an artist that's not used to drawing hand poses.
>>723396190FWas hoping there were more 3d platformers out there
>>723396392No, its just shit art, there's no need to cope for themIts old ai tier
>>723357309> Alabaster Dawncome back when you find single white person in there> "but but the main bad guy inst in the demo anon I cant"keke
>>723396731>tranny game>white people
>>723390612>$9.95 for Shadowed RuneShouldn’t it be $5 if he’s in the coping phase? That and 40 TikToks before release day.
For reasons, I haven't had my PC for the entire Next Fest period, the press-preview window included. That's regrettable. But I can finally let lose and dive in deep into the Next Fest even though there are only a few days left. So what are the must-try demos I've missed? Usually I'd try random stuff and share it with everyone. But with only a few days left I feel like I've got a lot to catch up on, and less time to try random stuff.
>>723397451>For reasons, I haven't had my PC for the entire Next Fest period, the press-preview window included.stop being poor and buy a deck
>the OPUS intro
>>723398129It feels really sus to me. Like the little girl is gonna turn out to be him imagining his childhood as a girl because he grew up without a mother and needs to reconnect with his feminine side to accomplish his broken dreams.
so whats the official recommended demo list?currently downloading: painkiller, dark light and midnight walkers
>>723398836>painkillerlol
>>723398951no good?
>>723398836For mainstream picks>HoMM>Reanimal>Everwind>Motorslice>YAPYAP
>>723399097no good.
>>723399293kek
>>723398836Wonder of Blue
>>723397451This thread's nearly done, you'd have better luck skimming through the past threads than waiting for other guys to reply to youThe fest this time has been really scattered, no real major hitters, anons are just posting things they like in a multitude of genresAlabaster Dawn and Motorslice get posted about a lot to start you off at least
>>723399097I think they changed the core of the game, similar to PAYDAY 3 or Killing Floor 3.
>>723398714There's a bit at the beginning where Eugene's grandpa calls him by a different name and Eugune tells him not call him that because his parents will get angry. My guess is he is supressed trans and Rin is who he wanted to be.
>>723399739Oh shit. You're right. I thought Rin would be the name of his ex-wife, but that's more likely.
>>723399739I guess it isn't out of the realm of possibility, I know nothing about the devs. I was surprised when the JP dub was so scuffed, maybe that's related.
>lolipdedos get easily baited into trannyshit gameyou just LOVE to see itgo and take your HRT, groomers
>>723400232Easily? The game isn't even out yet. You can't trick loligods.
The real reason Psycho-Sleuth won
>>723360836inconsistency in the art makes it look like an asset flip
>>723400232>baitedPure speculation, there's no confirmation yet. The game isn't on sale yet so I'd hardly call it a successful bait if that's the case. You're mindbroken.
>>723400232What are you even talking about
>>723400347Until she gets sawed in half Danganronpaul style
>>723400232More like trannies projecting themselves into a game because they have nothing better to do.
>>723400386all these lolipedos posting gosling, please. fucking kys, pedos
>>723400573Nah, keep seething.
>>723400232explain
These rogueshart devs have no idea on how to make interesting upgrades. Why wouldn't you pick health over the other things?
>>723400935Because health is only required in amounts to not get insta killed and the rest goes into the damage instead?
>>723400935hp is meaningless when to don't get hit because you kill the enemies before they can hit you and/or you just dodge
>>723400935I'm not a little sissy that picks HP when there's damage right there
>>723400935more projectiles is the auto winner unless whatever you've got isn't a projectile.
>>723400515Even better
Clearly you fags haven't played Hades 2 where the surface deals a million damage so everyone has 300 health by the final boss.
>>723401093
>>723401172>we didn't play trannyshityes normal games don't force you to spam health to survive fucking ground
>>723401172That's so retarded, good thing I didn't buy that remake
I played some typing games, it was a really lame haul this fest:Keys of Fury - a somewhat short demo, I disliked the pixelshit fonts, very punishing for mistyping, not too difficult if you type accurately. 6/10 - Meh.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546690/Keys_of_Fury/Press&Release - seven minigames, two of which are available in the demo, clever game ideas but sadistically difficult even without extra options, hideous font. 2/10 - I can't stand playing this. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3987440/PressRelease/Zombie Typing - an actual top-down shooter with a bit of tactics and not just plain key mashing, but extremely short demo with zero replay value, really easy, too. 7/10 - Cautiously wishlisted.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3949700/Zombie_Typing/
>>723400515They might not do it that way for all of them, it'll probably be some death sequence appropriate to their autism power
>>723390612Is there anything more disgusting than game dev entitlement? I'm glad Psycho Sleuth is doing well tho, the game is nuts.
>play Bladesong expecting it to just be an autistic sword making game>it asks me for my pronouns>then I choose stats for dialogue checks>the sword making is literally just you clicking on a slab of metal with a hammer and it inexplicably getting longer, wider, sharper, more tapered, etc.>there aren't any different steps to it, it's just one screen on the anvilWhy the fuck would you make this a narrative-heavy RPG and not just a simulator? Retarded.
>>723390612>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2892040/The_Shadowed_Rune/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4093580/Growmon_Island_Demo/Imagine complaining about lack of attention when your game looks like it was made by a 10yo. Presentation is everything, that's the first shit they teach you at anything related to media.Meanwhile the VN looks like they actually put effort into it.
>I truly believe that a challenging, fun action roguelike with real puzzles and great combat has a place in the market. I genuinely believe that. But if Steam doesn't help me, no one will ever discover it.lol
>>723401983>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2892040/The_Shadowed_Rune/lmao, the only post
>>723399293>Amiga graphics >needs the latest shit to runIdiocracy.
>>723391554Im jealous of hobbyists who can balance stuff like game dev between work, im too much of a bum after hours
>>723402701It's usually a combo of jobshit work where nothing happens for extended periods of time and having the lucky autism that makes you focus on actually useful things (you can't obtain this one don't even bother if you lack it)
>Cyan Heart>Homura Hime>Ground Zero>OPUSAll recommended>Eternal Palace SakuraHas potental but needs a lot of polish. I hope the dev is reading the feedback and also played Homura Hime for reference.
>>723402428it's a game boy color rom in a godot emulator wrapperand frankly kind of boring
>>723403230>Cyan HeartIs not being able to see in front of you not really annoying?
>>723403818It's not a game that requires quick actions, so no. The demo is pretty short anyway, a single puzzle.
>>723353795Nice list anon
>>723403230Cyan Heart is fucking shit>look at me le cool game with selfie camera>btw you need to 180 or change to the front camera view to interact with shitTHEN WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT
Destiny Code is pretty cool. I like the 16-bit sprites. I think it's made by the Muv-Luv creators but I've never read Muv-Luv. There's probably no porn.
>>723356284>is like the idea of a normal girl is impossible
>>723391589purchase an advertisement slot
Skibidi Denpa was the worst line you ever read in your life and for me, it was Tuesday.
>>723405731I don't really play those sub-culture games sorry lol
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3187880/The_Fable_Manga_Build_Roguelike/It's roguelike but it's pretty interesting. It has this aesthetic of seinen manga about gangsters (can't put finger on specific mangaka, sorry). Your moves are represent as panels of various shape and it's all about fitting them the best way on the comic page. Enemy's hits make hole in the page, so it's even harder. In between battles you get to add new moves, upgrade current ones or even some mini-games. I think it's cool.
>>723406117looks cool
>>723372923>at least for roguelites, vampire survivor clones, and deck builders, you have no one to blame but yourself for not filtering out the roguelite and action roguelike tagsHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I fucking WISH. There's games like that for every single tag, even shit like rhythm.
>>723392656Ok, so from what I understand 2nd layer only gives you 3 bugs, but 6 locksnow, I assumed it was just a demo limitation, but I was curious and went digging through the game code. and there you have 14 bug descriptions. I thought they would not do anything, but they didand the game actually acknowledges this, which was a nice surprise, also I guess the intended way is to work with other people, as I assume they get other bugs
>>723407332Oh, that didn't occur to me. I got bug reports about overloading windows, duplicating currencies and trashing the task app. What did you get? I managed to work out 3 more on my own.
>>723392468No time for thatI have enough curating demos and post them hereDevs can go fuck themselves.
>>723407493same stuff, but I also ran into a real bug, like with real crash window lol, I guess I corrupted my save when I was fucking around
>>723383895Lumines is completely unapproachable for me. No matter how much I practice I can never get it down
>>723383895Presentation is really cool and all but I'm just too retarded. Unironically too low IQ.
Umigari is fin-e, I recommend even if nobody is capable of swimming.Any other watery games?
>>723406117>It has this aesthetic of seinen manga about gangsters (can't put finger on specific mangaka, sorry)It's based on The Fable. It's right there in the title.
>>723406117>can't put finger on specific mangaka, sorryIt's the name of the game.
Chinese RPG puzzle game, Requiem of Reuinis. No porn unlike Cursed Blacksmith I believe. Also the dungeons are puzzles and not a mystery dungeon. Find the keys to unlock the crystals in the correct order.
why are none of you fags talking about curse of faces, i wanted to try some demos last night but spent 4 hours finishing it instead, is the game good or is it a case of me trying kings field like for the first time?
>>723410378I love Verho but I played it a while ago now and when I booted it up my strength stat was 0 so I have nothing to talk about
>>723406117I recommend the fable movie
>>723371831Name?
Demos I liked>Frontline Logistics Isarian Warfare>Erranoth Renaissance>Hell Maiden>AquaMetsis>Reanimal>yapyap>The Fable Manga BuildDemos I didnt like>Motorslice>Everwind>Steelfront (cool idea but the demo and game is dogshit)
>>723411001https://store.steampowered.com/app/3969060/UMIGARI___Demo/
>>723411649wtf you can catch korean schoolgirls?
>>723353562Just played it, it's pretty fun.
>>723411649If IRL I could catch so big tunas with that ease, I would be rich
Goats:>Metal Eden (feels good when an FPS is optimized for a comfy controller)>Junji Ito (Jap walking spook simulator finally)>Final SentenceGood:>JRE (sound design is sexo)Dead Format (interesting but fucked optimization graphics, especially when you pop in a tape)>Undead Sentence (it's 1996 all over again. I can see me playing it)
>Dead Cam (also Jap spook walking simulator)I like that we finally get games like these with the Jap sensibilities and stories. I am tired of western spook walking games.>Oh no, my dad killed us all>Oh no, my boyfriend was a drunk monster abuser>Oh no, family drama and family men being monsters>>723413713
>>723412025Now there's a Pokemon game I would play
>>723408969Well now I feel stupid. It didn't even occur to me that the game might be based on an actual manga. At least that explain the weird title. And now I know what I'll be reading during Fall.
>>723352145Why are we getting low camera angles on the little girl? I am throwing up.
>>723411649>huh, fishing horror sounds fun, maybe I'll give it a sh->chilla's artfucking dropped
>>723414354What's bad about it?
>>723414354What's wrong with chilla's art?
>>723401983You can have whatever art you want as long as there's soul.
>>723410164>uses porn sprites>no porn>not even MDwhat is the point then
>>723406117>roguelike>posts a roguelite
>>723415323The "soul" you speak of isn't found in those games either.
>>723415545Mystery dungeons aren't all that
>>723415787I know but if they made a non porn game they could have at least make it a MD, a decent MD is impossible to find
