It's up.https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest_feb26_press/
>2.23kys
>>732851979no Dandelion Void demo still.
>>732851979FUCK OFFWE DONT NEED TO KILL NEXT FEST THREADS A THIRD TIME, WAIT FOR RELEASEDONT ENGAGE WITH THIS AUTIST
Not sure if these'll be part of it, but their demos came out just yesterday. They were pretty promising. Both have a great artstyle. Helix starts off really simple but seems like the later puzzles seem promising.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1206070/Phonopolis/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2736370/Helix_Descent_N_Ascent/
>This preview is not subject to any embargo and you may share your impressions with your audience any time. However, please do not share this preview URL. This page is for press only.I've had enough of criminal scum like you, OP. Your time is up, bucko.
More like Steam Bore Fest, I'll just wait until people point out which ones are at least decent, because there's more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more garbage everytime.
>>732852696This is a game journalism board, chud. You'd know that if you ever played multiplayer with /v/ and saw how bad we all are.
>80% of games don't even have demos up yetWow, cool.
>>732851979>let's kill the hype before the event starts again awardkill yourself
>Hark the Ghoul is in it againAnother cheater. Hope it's good.
Fuck. Already? They need to make these less often.
Come to think of it, I'm surprised there aren't more copycats.
>>732853805Isn't it only 3 times a year?
>>732854052Needs to be two.
>>732854273I like 3. The wait between 'ests is hard enough as it is. I always feel a little depressed when one ends even though I know it has to.>wow you're a real loser!Haha yeah...
>>732851979The best time of year is here.For those of you who are too much of massive faggots to go into the jungle demo yourself and find good stuff, I have a list! I will not inform you in advance if it is a list of good demos or a list of bad ones that I made as a joke, though. Here it is:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3337980/Ivayami__Cradle_of_Fog/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4246440/The_Big_Hollow_1982_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4234670/Parasite_Mutant_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3103560/SideEye_Highhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3726370/Heavy_Metal_Death_Can/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3917630/The_Chronicles_of_Nesis_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466790/KIYO__Bunny_Tyranny/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4326150/Dead_Watch_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2891650/SOS_Forgotten_Planet/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4127340/Little_Squirrel_Cabin
Too busy breeding cats.
>>732854809Oh, I tried Dead Watch. It's pretty neat. Think I found Outcore through Next Fest too.
>>732852523lol this guy must sit by a calendar to know exactly the minute he has to start seething about the press preview. i can't even tell what brings me greater joy, playing the demos or trolling this retard.I have a twelve hour shift at a job where I don't do anything and can play games all night. I'm going to, to, and there's nothing you can do.
>>732851979First three games that show up are already using AI art...
>>732855108Yeah, Deadwatch was kind of juvenile humour, but I haven't seen anyone try that in a long time so it's kind of refreshing to see. I particularly enjoyed the royalty free sample music song they had.
>>732851979>click on link>greeted by over a dozen AIslop games immediatelyits over for the indie scene, isn't it?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102050/The_Dungeon_Of_Horror/>Make the dungeon yourselfDear god why
>>732855195There's no data for the algorithm yet so the first three games might as well be the last.
I also have a list of games that were well received during previous festivals, that are releasing this week. The legion of whiners whining about these demos never turning into full releases are wrong, and stupid, and ugly-they smell bad.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3204320/Welcome_to_Doll_Town/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583520/Under_The_Island/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2510020/Placid_Plastic_Deck__A_Quiet_Quest/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2506100/Shadows_of_the_Afterland
Looks like ass, bro.>Early AccessExtra ass.
>>732853241The demo was already great, hopefully this means it'll be out before July.
>>732855475>the creator of Legacy of KainWhich one? Because the gameplay in LoK always sucked and it was carried by Amy Hennig's writing.
>>732855475Gang's all here.
>>732855558Denis Dyack, who was only involved with the first game.
>>732854809Ivayami was an excellent SilentHill-like, they're bringing the fog back. It featured a cute cat and a ripoff of Willy Wonka-female.They're also bringing back Parasite Eve with Parasite Mutant, that demo was fantastic.The Big Hollow devs deleted my post because I was able to guess the ending of the game from just playing the demo, lmao. Pretty good mystery game, it goes for gruesome details you don't usually see in crime games.SideEye High was fucking ugly but it sure had excellent gameplay.
>>732854809This one is pretty neat toohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4159360/MIGHTREYA_Demo/
>open the preview>broken sword 2 reforgedI heard the first game's reforged was worse,
>>732855734What's the ending of Big Hollow?
>>732855297That song was suprisingly good. I'm annoyed the dev hasn't uploaded it on YouTube yet unlike the other songs.
>>732855858Your mentor is the killer all along.
>>732855778I don't usually go for Hack/Slash, but Motorslice wasn't bad so maybe I'll try this one too. It does LOOK good.
Scrabble Balatro is kinda kino and the demo is already out.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4344750/Jargon_Demo/
Colorgrave is back at it, a demo for their game should be coming up sometime.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4228390/Curse_Chapter_Dawnthief/
>>732856090I still remember Motorslice. I said I didn't like parkour games but I realized all 3D platformers are parkour games.
>>732855314Part of the Next Fest experience is filtering out slop for hidden gems so it's business as usual, just with more slop to go through.
>>732855314The moment that we can filter an AI tag out the world will be a better place.
>>732856424This but a westoid dev tag.
>>732856090>wasn't badYeah. I hope it figures out what it wants to do with the combat. The boss "fight" was awesome and justifies the existence of the game with that alone but the combat's pretty bad. It's supposed to release this year though so I don't know if I can expect a massive improvement on that front.
>>732856214I guess, but there's still a distinction to be made between games inspired by Mirror's Edge compared to ones inspired by Mario or Spyro.
>>732857319Mario is still megastructure parkour but you just can't run across a wall
what if...instead of playing demos, I threw a tantrum about AI, like I do every other day?
Here's your Mini Metro rip off.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4219060/Idle_Ways/
Good little list to startProbably won't go for a deep dig till the 23rd
multiple games attempting to replicate balatro, but with coin pushinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4284580/CoinPit/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3784030/RACCOIN_Coin_Pusher_Roguelike/
>trying to get to the bottom>"here, lemme refresh your game list"thanks, bitch
>>732851979Schrodinger's Call is barely a game but for people who enjoy easy "deduction" games (think urban myth dissolution center or the really easy cases in Ace Attorney) they might enjoy it. Great artstyle, music and presentation. The plot is a bit strange but I love Mary, the main character.Here's to hope Eden Schemata finally has a demo this year
>>732851979Why did Edmund carpet bomb all of the NextFest games? There aren’t gonna be any videos if people are all playing the trending thing.
I'm hoping that new demo of Knight's Path shows up this fest.
Did any of the /v/3 anons show up in this one?
>>732858558I had a student in my class who was from Britain for some reason and she thought shag carpet was a specially designated carpet for having sex on.
>>732858558The actual fest starts in 1.5 weeks when more than enough people will be done with cats. This is the press preview for journos(lmao) and autists who want to demomaxx.
Mina the Hollower Status: No Demo, No Game, No Release Date, No Headquarters, No Money, No Hope.
>>732858724I think Monster Freaks, Wandering Blue and Devil Spire already showed up in the last one, not sure if they will try to cheat another go.
>>732858773I don't even like cats. I need woofgenics.
>>732858842They had a demo like two fests ago. I have no idea why they decided to kill their company making that game.
>>732852920Of all the problems Steam Nextfest somehow still has, this is the one that gets me every time. How have they been doing this shit for this many years and they still don't have a way to just automatically filter out the games from retard devs who didn't get their demos out in time? The press page is at least kind of understandable but everyone knows half of these games aren't going to get their demos up until midway through nextfest because that's how it always is.
>>732858938>he doesn't know how to filter another filtered retard
feel like I saw this one in another festival already. not like it matters though. I'm not a big fan of rules. fuck rules. break them.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3220050/Big_Beautiful_Women_Giantess_Dating_Action/
Next level slop
>>732851979>almost 4000 gameswhat's even the point anymore
>>732859162awh poor baby, is 4000 too much? Guess you just can't handle video gaming, the easiest hobby. maybe try something like birdwatching you dumbass. sit there and stare. it's all you're good at.
>>732859261>sit there and stare. it's all you're good at.erm there are incremental games now
I hope they find a cure for autism so you stop making early threads.
you hafta do next fest the way I SAY or I will STOMP MY FEET, HOLD MY Breath, and cry. here's the ruleset:you can play demos when I am awake not when I am asleep I don't want to miss any, you can't be black skinned, like, at all, and all games have to have redheads, which are women, redheads who are men are not people. controller only no keyboard shit, none with breasts that are too big, no: sports games, 3d platformers, or textadventures. you have to wear a hat.
What's the word on Parasite Mutant? I've seen it pop up as threads a few times with mixed opinions, usually about graphics or presentation.
>>732858341the raccoin playtest a while ago wasn't very funit has the forced dopamine, but your agency as a player is low
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3019490/I_Wont_Let_You_Level_Up_In_My_Goblin_Town/holy KEK>adventurers are fighting a goblin>you play as some asshole who runs in the battle and throws equipment to the goblin
>>732859115First time I've seen that. Thought it was just the footer.
>>732851979pre-release threads are lame. Half the shit doesn't even work and you make the legit threads lamer and gayer down the line.
I'm previooing! Not much to play though, could take a few days or weeks before the fest is actually usable.
>>732858910>Wandering BlueHow can a released game sneak back into the fest?
>when you tell them to stop nextfesting but they keep nextfesting
>>732851979I'm gonna boom shoot
Eyyyy here's this fest's femboy game
>>732859882>Giving raunchy VN protag a nameWhy are all devs who make content for sexless pariahs literal aliens who don't understand which things are hot and which aren't?
>roguelike>deckbuilderMake the hurting stop.
>>732858558for the life of me I cannot understand why people still play this fat manchild's ugly games. is it literally just inertia from getting in early with meatboy/isaac? two games that are ruthlessly mogged within their genre by a billion other indie offerings these days.
>>732859825People who play Nextfest demos early are frauds, but the press preview is at least good to download a lot of them ahead of time. Especially this time, since RE9 is releasing right in the middle of this nextfest.
>>732860483https://store.steampowered.com/app/4215520/Godfinger/
>>732860617>seething this much about getting beaten to finding the hidden gemsyou snooze you lose
i just woke up am i too late to start?
>>732858724Devilspire Falls was in one of the previous nextfests.
>agdg trannies already ruining the thread with their slop>two weeks before the start of the next festand it's over
>download Mightreya demo>can't even play itwtf is wrong with japs
autists like this kind of shitehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2803490/Atomcraft/
>>732861058This means you'll leave and not spend the next month and a half whining about it, right?lel
I haven't played Killer7.
>>732860709I like to open my Christmas presents on Christmas with everyone else because it's fun. Not everything has to be a FOMO goldrush.
>find semi-interesting game and might give it a try>female protagaaaaaand that's a pass, it's all so tiresome
>>732851979>This preview is not subject to any embargo and you may share your impressions with your audience any time. However, please do not share this preview URL. This page is for press only.@Valve@gaben@FBI @NintendoDO SOMETHING
>>732861612I like to stomp and crush all your presents just before you get them and watch you cry about it. You are obligated to respect my preferences.
It looks good this time. A lot of spook games and some of these new tactical spooky FPS games.Are there any AAA demos?
I think this one reminds me more of Gunstar Heroes even though it's claiming to be Mega Man X. Either way, added to the list.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092480/Super_Alloy_Crush_Demo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3591070/Valerie_Demo/No LGBT tag? I'm surprised. Well I guess Celeste wasn't LGBT when it released either.
>>732861756I'm not saying you can't or shouldn't, I'm just calling you a little baby with a fried attention span.
Got these plus Alstan, Cicadamata and Mayor May Knott (no demos yet)
>>732860483https://store.steampowered.com/app/2479240/Grabby_Lust_Ghost/
Speaking of Edmund, Super Meat Boy 3D is part of the fest. The demo was already out in December though. Steam didn't tell me about it even though I had it wishlisted.
It's time.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3238940/A_Simple_Life_with_My_Unobtrusive_Sister/
>>732862410I beat it a while ago and I usually don't play demos outside of Nextfest
penis https://store.steampowered.com/app/3268150/Peregrinohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4084170/ZEROAD
>>732862660because you're a corporate drone who does whatever he is told
I did not personally like this one, but I suspect it's the sort of game that some people will really really like.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2949120/No_Vacation_for_an_Executioner
>>732852185That's an awfully strong reaction to a vidya thread.What's got you down, little guy?
>>732862739Yeah playing a 3D corporate sequel to an indie game is quite drone-like behavior
bodycam games never seem to have any idea where bodycams are worn on peoplehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4119380/It_Reaches_Demo/
>>732851979It's hilarious that the two biggest Disco-likes both end up in the same eventhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2057760/Esoteric_Ebb/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2863680/ZERO_PARADES_For_Dead_Spies/
>>732863370That's because if they were realistic, the bodycam would be turned off.
>>732863537Esoteric Ebb was already in one before and I'm sold on it. No matter what, even if I end up liking it, Zero Parades is going to be a pirate.
>>732851979Saw this thread, went through my discovery list and i found this game. I don't want to make a new thread about it but its pretty cool https://store.steampowered.com/app/3933120/CiniCross/Its nonograms with items and bosses. I know there are people here who play these kinds of games because i have seen other threads succeed talking about them,
>>732852523>>732853000>>732859369>>732859825>>732861058You spend so much time and effort trying to stop press preview threads but never get anywhere with that. Whereas I ruin Next Fest threads without even trying. Very Ironic and extremely amusing.
>>732863653Same. I'm interested in checking out the Parades demo, just to see if the writing is as bad as the trailers make it seem. But if Ebb keeps the same quality as the old demo, then it'll easily blow Zaum away. Which is also funny, considering its just one guy.
Ok so not really the thread for it but I might as well try anyway. A while back I remember seeing a trailer of a top-down beat'm up in GB graphics with a gangster lady in a suit as the protagonist. Did that ever come out? Does it have a demo?
>>732851979Sweet! I love these threads, as a seasoned gameplay-avoiding game journalist.Here's the first contribution I've enjoyed: KILL THE WITCHhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2878760/KILL_THE_WITCH/Kinda looks like Momodora and Rabbit Hole (the newgrounds game)Fun 2D platformer with basic combat. Nothing groundbreaking, but I like the artstyle and the "vibes" of the game, edgier than it appears. Also surprisingly punishing in lunatic difficulty. Some music tracks in the demo are placeholder classical compositions which is funny, but clashes with the game sort of.
>>732862575boring autistic grindfest, the H-gamesister monochrome remains king of the genre
>>732865142I played this demo before, it was kinda clunky and repetitive, not to mention short and it seems to be entering early access next week with only 2 stages (stage 1 is the demo) done. I'd give it a buy on sale/10
>>732865142The superior witch killing game that is kind of unknown, actually but a 9/10 game.
Vultures scavengers of death is getting another demo and another next fest just work on the game not more demos.
>>732865480>clunky and repetitiveyeah that's an accurate descriptor for kill the witch. I played a demo recently called broomstick exorcist and while the animated trailer looked really good that game was also hard to control (not in the "fun to learn" kind of way)Such a shame. Conceptually the style of the game is a great idea
>the eternal life of goldmann will have a demo this next festgoyims in shambles
Heros adventure is somehow in it even after it's been released. Didn't know you could do that.
>>732866856Gonna try that one out of curiosity. Game has a million composers for some reason.
>>732866856it's been on my wishlist for a long while now
>>732866856Mario if he collect every coin
>this will sell our gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4326840/Alchemickal_Demo/
>>732854000>Igor Cunev
>>732867540it worked well enough for you to give it a look.dead estate did the same thing, can't blame the guy for copying what worked
>>732863754>You spend so much time and effort trying to stop press preview threads but never get anywhere with that. Whereas I ruin Next Fest threads without even trying. Very Ironic and extremely amusing.
>>732868770>needlessly harassing that weirdo for no benefitfeels bad man
giantess bros eating good with DopePiehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4205060/DopePie_Survivors_3D/
>>732869450Check out thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3220050/Big_Beautiful_Women_Giantess_Dating_Action/
>>732870014thanks king. much better than the AI cover game I posted
>>732867540So he’s from /agdg/ but he doesn’t post here and he didn’t make a /v/ thread for himself…
>what if we made side pocket but it's a balatro roguelike clone>it's actually funshamelessly shilling for Break Shoot, I really enjoyed ithttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4348210/Break_Shoot_Demo/
Browsed 900 games, enough for today. Here is list of games that looks somewhat decent(to me), I will play them tomorrow so I don't know if they are good or nothttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2090390/Schrdingers_Callhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3857430/Interdimensional_Vending_Machinehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4078500/Servohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3936730/STARDUST_Wish_of_Witchhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3818000/Guns_and_Nuns_Storming_Hellhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2949120/No_Vacation_for_an_Executionerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3782910/Goblin_Nesthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2947280/Solateriahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2900870/Yuma_Nest/>>732870378You are welcome. I am not into giantesses but I saw this while looking through demos and thought this looks good compared to all the slop out there.
>>732871813Schrodinger's call is nice for VN fags, someone posted it aboveGuns And Nuns storming hell is from a /v/ anon and it's great too
>>732872007I saw anon posting it but decided to post it anyway for myself for better organization. I played previous demo of Schrodinger's Call so I wonder how they expanded upon it.Nice, I saw it once recommended randomly on youtube and thought it was interesting, nuns with guns are always cool
>>732871813Goblin Nest was in the previous fest, simple but oddly engaging for a colony sim game.
They should stop this press preview garbage because it allows journalists to shape what demos go viral
>>732853805>>732854273You're crazy. There are thousands of demos each time. Three is a good number.
>Xenogen is not called a Metroidvania despite HEAVILY looking like Super Metroidhuhseriously, watch the trailer lmao. it feels like a romhackI'll try it at home later but I hope it doesn't have any viruses lolhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2472090/Xenogen/
>>732871813>servolove me some trials, downloaded.
>>732872747press have no real influence, most of the gaming population is actively distrusting of them. the real big players are the ones who captivate streamers and their clipfarming viewers, which is what actually shapes where public attention goes. That's what gets eyes on a game these days. Only small pockets of the internet house autists who actually go through the weeds to find obscure shit, even steam's own self-reported best performing demos is largely just a list of all games that would be popular as streamerbait or "friendslop" content. There's no fucking way that an AI-generated femboy game was actually top recommended, it farmed engagement for being ridiculous, like back when people gifted each other Bad Rats as a joke.
>>732871813And games that I found but don't have demo yethttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3812210/Firebird__Tale_of_the_Stolen_Light/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3986690/Ariana_and_the_Elder_Codex/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3964330/WALTOhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4228520/Iron_Colonyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4007890/SetunaLegend_of_Hamburger_2https://store.steampowered.com/app/3882650/Kingdoms_Return_TimeEating_Fruit_and_the_Ancient_Monster
>>732871813Interdimensional vending machine may be a strange ripoff of anomalous coffee machine. For whatever reason. Maybe a spinoff?
>>732877802They're from different devs but coincidentally they're doing a collab with each other
>>732875376>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3882650/Kingdoms_Return_TimeEating_Fruit_and_the_Ancient_MonsterKino
>>732872747Not if you shape things first.
>>732852523>I have no brain and I must seethe
>>732871813>try yuma nest>softlock in the shop menugood start
I wish there was more moderation for demos from previous fests.That and an AI tag would really go a long way in helping browse the whole thing. Anyway, see you guys in two weeks
>>732882005>Aifags keeping their fucking mouths shut for two monthsNope. You cannot go five seconds without making a post that reads: AI slop. You literally cannot do it. Nothing can make you shut up about it.
>>732873117Maybe they didn't call it a metroidvania because it isn't one.
>>732872007>And it’s greatIt’s unloseable and unengaging. Literally a game for TikTok children.
>>732885837You are one stupid motherfucker
Well time for bed. In a few days I should be able to play all the demos I gathered.
>>732871395This kind of sucks. I put the +value on bounce on the white ball and then made every other ball explosive. Won by several hundred over the required score every time. It doesn't really capture the Balatro feeling at all.The game also locked up in the tutorial because a ball got stuck spinning endlessly in a corner on the triangular table.
>>732859115>playing the demo literally costs them moneyhmmmmmmm
>>732859825>>732860617>>732853000>>732852523>>732861058The preview threads are vital to be able to play all the things you want to. >3973 matches
>>732851979New Airframe Ultra demo? https://store.steampowered.com/app/2522120/Airframe_Ultra/
>Demo not out yet but advertisedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2871520/Deep_Dish_Dungeon/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2675650/Decrepit/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092530/Fate_Trigger/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3125540/Blade_of_Wiz/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3265700/Vampire_Crawlers_The_Turbo_Wildcard_from_Vampire_Survivors/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4356650/Darkhaven_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442520/Akatori/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1675860/Junkster/Recommended for 3D platformer fans, controls aren't the best but it's pretty charming and well-presented
>the murder of my winter crush still in legal limbo I FUCKING HATE AI/CRYPTOBROS KICK ALL AI/CRYPTOBROS INTO A FUCKING TRASH COMPACTOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du1lymvHRZc
>>732893362Boy, do I have good news for you!https://mega(dot)nz/file/TGQhlS5A#-izECj_FJITOJse4MF7JdEiPgGPs-AYbqEJqyBDvq2I
>see cute girl>fart joke withing two seconds of the trailer>party game slopwhat a waste
>>732893495is this the demo or something else? im not clicking it on the off chance it creates mustard crystals from my pc
Ok DEVS I know you are here, SHILL your games to me.
>>732893362I still believe. We're gonna get our SSR Wives, whatever the fuck that means
>>732894093it was originally supposed to have some kind of gacha ai crypto NFT shit until i guess the devs convinced the fag shareholders that it was a retarded idea and its also a pun on SSRIs, a class of depression medication
>>732893913It's the demo as of its final update. If the game never comes out or the legal limbo never resolves well, this is probably all the game that there's ever going to be, at least from the original dev anyways.
>Hell Maiden from last February still isn’t outIs it really that hard to clone VS…
>>732894545I dunno how I feel about Astral Shift having enough of a budget to break away from RPG Maker.
>>732894034This, I will always play every anons gameDon't be shy, shill your wares
>>732855734>The Big Hollow devs deleted my post because I was able to guess the ending of the game from just playing the demo, lmao.LOLPoor guys
>>732894595I'm going to be honest; I don't think Goldentraum was better than the original Pocket Mirror.I don't think they should be nor deserve to be funded by Square Enix.
>>732854809>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466790/KIYO__Bunny_Tyranny/This was in the last fest, pretty weird game
>>732855723>Denis Dyacklol I remember Too Human
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3077640/MIGHTREYA/>From the Developer of Spy AssaultNice>One button smasher>Spectacle over combos>Hyper shaky cam>Control scheme is kinda badI know some of these can be fixed, but I can't put in words how disappointed I was to find it was just a one attack game. And no, having a couple of extra uppercuts and a shoot button doesn't make it less bad. And I was really looking forward to it, maybe someone else will like it so sharing it here
>>732855407I don't understand why the Placid Plastic Deck demo was so warmly commented on, it ended right after the tutorial, you didn't get to play a single game yourself
>>732896025You actually could play one game with the duck deck, but it was entirely undocumented how. You had to input the konami code on the title screen (with a keyboard, not a gamepad)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4266970/Function_SUE/Build platforms out of mathematical functions. I don't know how arbitrary the functions get later but the concept is pretty cool so far.I remember having an idea for a game like this 10 years ago, I'm glad someone finally did it.
>>732856863Cool
>>732858135All of these look dope. The trailer for Last Salve was cool and the last demo for Airframe was interesting. >Tooned Out Duo Dippin >47 GBLOLIt just looks so retarded I'm going to have to try it
>>732851979>VHOLUMEhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4131730/VHOLUME/Fun first-person parkour cityscape/megastructure runner. Right now it's just a couple of time trials and a sandbox map, but I think the dev intends for there to be a story eventually going by the description. >Being and Becominghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1917990/Being_and_Becoming/Don't actually know if this is part of the current Next Fest but saw it while digging anyways and it's a fun metroidvania. Gameplay's good, music's good, it's very pretty to look at, but the writing is a little eh and didn't grab me. MC is a diver woman stuck in a straight jacket which is hot so it makes up for it.
I am once again asking for cunnyge recommendations.
>>732858556>>732858724>Devilspire Fallsyeah the dev even gave away a few keys here, I got one, cool game
>>732860396Weird, it isn't among the first five games recommended to me every single time I refresh the event page. Did Valve fuck up their algo? Sheesh.
>>732897081No, that dev just pumps out endless slop
>>732861547Why do so many devs put so much effort into making copies of 20+ year old games, but can't even manage to improve on them? Are they even fans or just larpers?
>>732896878https://store.steampowered.com/app/3562120/Magical_Princess/
>>732897272Thank you.
Was Sword Hero in the last fest? The demo was updated with a tournament mode and it's fucking sickhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1739080/Sword_Hero/
>>732863370Yeah the unrealistic body cam location takes me out of the immersion of being jacked off by a five meter long noodle arm
on-rails shooters are rare, haven't tried those yethttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4177790/Alastrius/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4244990/Eskadrila_X__Rift_Protocol/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3729530/Knitewings/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0/
>>732895940You forgot the biggest sin of all>shorts under the skirt
>>732895940The game has a special spot in my heart already for having the robot voice be the Shinkansen announcer lady. But I agree on the controls being kinda ass.
>>732897472It was, yeah. The dev's been updating the demo a lot to promote the Kickstarter.
The Starship Troopers FPS is very mediocre. It's like they wanted to make it an online game like Helldivers 2 but didn't.
>>732896878I haven't really seen any. Need to wait until the selection gets finalized.
>>732893007Akatori's had a closed playtest recently and it was pretty fucking shit. It had a Chapter One demo like two years ago that they've unlisted and I really liked it back then but the game's changed a lot since. The dev used to be part of HypeTrain Digital but the credited dev on Steam was silently changed to some random dev in Kazakhstan recently. I think they might have been laid off from HypeTrain or the game was sold off because holy shit the game is so much worse now.
>>732855609>fully destructibleMight be good.
>>732897218I looked at his previous games and most of them copy the artstyle of Killer7. He's trying really hard to capture that niche.
I was not expecting REPLACED to have BamHam combat. How bizarre. Dropped it at the stealth section.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3998510/Cyclopean_II_The_Dreamlands/
Wanted to like this one but it just felt too jank. The folklore is cool at least. If it were "coming soon" instead of estimated to be 2026, I'd be willing to wait on it and see if it gets better but if it's already coming out then meh. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2461440/Bylina/
>>732851979>game allows you to LARP as the yellow flash from nardohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3910680/INARI/I know this game will likely not be part of the steam next fest and you need to download the demo on their kickstarter page, but I believe the dedicated dumpster divers I mean game journalists of these threads would greatly enjoy the INARI demo. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1hpstudio/inariIf Katana Zero, Nine Sols and Kats Trigger are among games you've enjoyed recently you WILL have a great time with it like I did. Animated cutscenes, fluid pixel art, cute characters (Izuna the mc especially), fast-paced and responsive gameplay. Only weak aspect is the music I'd say and controller bindings (you can't re-assign the B button) but it's much better to play with a mouse to throw the kunais around anyway. >>732855407>Under The IslandReally great news. It was one of my favorite demos of the previous next fest(s), solid Zelda-like even if combat was on the easier side. Into The Inferno was much shorter when it comes to demos, but I enjoyed it slightly more. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3245830/_Into_The_Inferno__A_Knights_Journey/Also is it just me but is the next fest this time around much more horror-focused ? Been browsing the page for like 10 minutes and I've been mostly seeing atmospheric or FPS horror games, usually it'd be roguelikes and low effort stuff. One can hope steam improved their anti-slpp algorithm kek
>>732909210Inari looks sick. Will probably pick it up and get filtered hard but will do my best to git gud at it should it release.
>>732875376>still no cracked version for theta's gameit's over piratefags
>>732896878>cunnyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3024120/Eletta/Eletta might be of interest to you. It had the cute&funny tag on the steam next fest discovery page, but not on the game page proper for some reason.No demo as of now though.
I'm actually a huge fan of the press preview next fest threads, because it gives you more time to play games. One week isn't enough with the sheer amount of demos and games available. Meanwhile with two weeks you have time to build your list and properly play
>>732910127Oh, her game's out now? Might just pick it up later once I finish work
>>732910549my only concern is that people put next fest in the subject of threads so its easy to archive dive or at least backlink in the OP
>>732910549What's the status on this one again? Couldn't catch a single fish and knew I would need to lock in on the full game.
>>732910604sinker sound? it's still being developed. no release datehttps://files.catbox.moe/y9gufo.webm
yeah we will never get comfy next fest threads again with the e-bloggers and agdg trannies. it's over
>>732865142I love the sound effects when you hit enemies in kill the witch. Kind of jank thoughhttps://files.catbox.moe/4w1kkt.webm
Has anyone found a good roguelike deckbuilder?I saw Bloodletter but was immediately disappointed that it didn't have something to do with creating words. It would have been a good title for that kind of game.
>>732910570It is, so far I am having fun with it>>732910127Just buy it, it is pretty cheap.>>732881498Berry good, indeed.>>732880268I am excited, considering it is an Inti game. I wonder if there will be cameo of characters from Majogami because Wizard appeared at the end.>>732909210Oh right I forgot I have Inari demo downloaded, thanks for reminder.
>>732906416Oh no I had it downloadedThe visuals looked really good
>>732894189That was retarded nonsense someone made up and you believe it because you believe every stupid thing you read because you, yourself, are stupid.
>>732905493Well I hope he keeps at it in that case
>>732855407Nooooo
>can't even look at the funny ecchi games anymore because Ofcom cucked me
>>732855407Duck game is coming out in three days? Huh.
>>732911515It's comfy right now. Everyone's playing games and finding ones to share.
>>732855407SOON
>>732913571>STEAM IS IGNORING ME AND THEY REFUSE TO VALIDATE IT AND AND AND AND kek how come it's always these fuckup indie devs with these retarded-ass stories.
>>732913747you are NOT welcome in Doll Town
>>732873117So I played Xenogen and I really liked what the demo offers, even if it's 5-20 minutes long depending on your skill level (I am a shitter.) It's like>what if we made super metroid but it actually was a momentum platformerIt takes a little while to get used to what you can do, but basic movement is fun once you get it. Would've been a comfy flash game back in the day.
>>732913808the game isn't coming out anyway
>>732913571Man, I hope this doesn't turn into another Fortune's Run.
>>732873117>>732913826and this segment took me 15 minutes. Ended up wishlisting Xenogen
>>732913920The dev would have to get arrested for that to happen
>>732857832That seems like a better use of time than ignoring the game
>>732858341That first one is a CloverPit clone, so much so I had to check if it was the same developer
>>732858558shut the fuck up npc last time the excuse was deltatroon
>>732859115absolutely proprietary.
>>732859783Finally a turn based game with gameplay
>>732851979nice, it's that time of the yearplease include visible store page links or at least the name of the game in filename when sharing demos, or I won't read your posts simple as
>>732851979there are demos from previous next fests I have yet to playI am stuck in a hell of my own making
>>732860639So here I am
>>732861658A shitposter on /v/ is a better journalist than "gaming journalists"
>>732863076slop boy
>>732914540For me, it's Stella.
>>732893797What game?
>>732910336So true, sister!
>>732859115Which game is that?
>>732913571Steam moment
>>732914054looks like shit
How are the cat games this time? Are there any actual cat games?Because this other popular new cat game is not a pro cat game. It's mostly disgusting anti cat sandbox.
>>732915224You don't want to know, it's a dumb multi-player monkey Lara croft ripoff
BOOST VECTOR EX was fun, kinda felt like Haste. But it made my PC fans really noisy lmao. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3832030/BOOST_VECTOR_EX/
>>732851979>search tag>stealth>88 results>not a single game in there is actually thatAh indie devs never cease to disappoint me in not ever attempting this genre or think it's worth developing games for. Tell me this: if indie were really saving gaming then why won't they make anything here? is it so hard for them to create something that resembles Splinter Cell or Thief. Perhaps even Hitman? yeah fuck these assholes. They never want to make anything that i want to play.
wait a few more minutes before intravenous shills mysteriously show up to reply to the post above
>>732917078And before you say Spy Drops Gaidan. No this will not qualify to my standards. Not all.
FamCram seemed to be a funny puzzle sokoban-lite game but it has no demo yet. I love the idea of a dad having to move in esoteric ways to put his daugthers to sleephttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4109040/FamCram/Press preview is great but like it's the 4th game I see that I want to play with no demo
>>732915791https://store.steampowered.com/app/4210300/Pawbay/Maybe this? Glanced at it in the discovery page. Idk what constitutes a good cat game
>>732915791>>732917817Stumbled on this right after lmaohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3417940/Cat_Chaos/
>>732917146>to reply to the post aboveYou're talking about one game in a sea of numerous other games that are shat out for convenience and safe bets in popularity sake. It is largely a dead genre in which indie have not lifted a finger to help with.
huh maplestory is in the next festfelt nostalgic hearing the title screen music again but I won't fall for nexon trying to exploit this very feeling lol.
>we NEED realistic nurse care mechanics in our RPG maker ecchi gameswhat the fuckhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4123600/Alisas__Incident_Report/
>>732917817>>732917868Yee buddy.
What's worse about those who have claimed to have made a stealth game in their descriptions I'd might add is not having any baseline reference to the design. Or thinking they can simply get away with using cone vision enough to have qualified. Let alone even the games that try to make the cone vision an actual challenge being rare. But what they absolutely will not ever do is variable sound. Nor will they ever use variable light meters either. You don't understand the genre you're claiming to have created. The shitty spy drops one shows an indicator but in reality it's not very complex either.
>>732917146wdym? it's a good game
What's good in the H-game list?
>>732914791Is that what we're calling Meat Boy in the big 2026?
>>732859805steam changed the policy again. made it so you don't have to admit to using AI in most cases
The last salvage squad is a cute FPS with robot girls but lacking level design and difficulty. I really like how the game looks but it plays very safe and generic. It's no beyond citadelhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190
>>732917078Stealth games are hard to make and even harder to sell. The fact that you can't name any of the upcoming projects despite actively looking for them proves how invisible they are how little discussion they attract. Indie devs may be dumb, but most can recognize blatantly unprofitable endeavors to avoid.
>>732921879>The fact that you can't name any of the upcoming projects despite actively looking for them proves how invisible they are how little discussion they attract.They're stealth games
Some of those titles make me chuckle kek
>>732919530And one thing i forgot to mention is that today's indie devs are so unbelievably pathetic that literal east euro slavpoors could shit out better (whilst half baked) games in the mid 2000s these hacks ever could dream of. It's just shameful that their quality is below games that came out in 2005 that worked on shoe string budgets out of the poor side of europe.Gaming is dead.That's all./rant
>>732921776Damn didn't know the Virtua Boy is still getting games
finally anime chesshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4016280/Checkmate_Heroines/
>>732920939If you liked succubus prison, you will enjoy this demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2709090/Cycle_of_Corruption/art is nowhere near what shiki can produce but I had fun with cycle of corruption
>Discovery queue disappears after 1400 gamesHuh?
>>732923503So I'm not the only one who thought this was strange. First time I ever reached the "end" of the discovery queue
>>732915494https://store.steampowered.com/app/2500500/Survival_Of_Runt/
>>732921879I'm aware of the conceptual existence of 12-13 in indie. However that would be a very loose definition from a purist perspective. So cutting it down to 4-5 perhaps. And even those ones are incredibly rough that they won't go anywhere or move things forward.
>hiroshimoot's game is LITERALLY impossiblehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4201210/All_Me_Action_Game/I give up
>>732859882name QUICK
>>732923587It is my first time too but I was surprised it finished that quickly, didn't last fest have like over 2000 demos?
>>732921776SEXOOO
>>732851979Why do you keep making the next fest threads two weeks early? By the time the next fest start the hype is already over
>>732921776>>732924856Um yeah this looks kinda sex
MEWWWWWWWWWWgenics
>>732909210>1HPSTUDIO>has a journalist mode for shitters granting 3 HPinari is likely going to be a great game despite that, but this feels inconsistent and unnecessary
there we go the e-blogger tranny filth with his gay collages who refuses to name games is herehe is worse than the agdg shills who ruin the steam next fest
>>732921776>but lacking level design and difficulty. Perfect for me. I suck at shooters
>>732926476I was gonna add an agdg game actually. I'm many steps ahead of you.
FUCK SPEWY
replaced is goodlimbo-like with cyberpunk setting and bamham combat
>>732915028Good taste... But SQueen mogs. That said any mystery or death game VNs of note this time around? Demos like psycho-sleuth's, kumitantei's or of the devil's. Had a cursory look but nothing caught my eye other than Schrodinger's Call which was interesting and Rose Academy who looks meh if I'm generous.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2423690/Luna_Abyss_Demo/The Lunar Abyss demo added a new small level where you can fuck around with double jump and boost movesAlso an actual boss fight
>>732917078I still know where to find exactly the sort of games you want.I still won't tell you their names.You are still a whiny baby.
>>732926476Well if it's already ruined once it can't get double ruined. So it's no problem. Agdg, be free! Post as you please.
>>732929929>an entire general of amateur devs is scared of one weirdo spammerno one man should have all that power
>>732930028For how long has he been doing this. At first I thought it was free bumps for the threads but now I'm not so sure
>>732930028>The bear tax is keeping bears away
>>732930169For years, lmao
>>732851979>It's already time for another Next Fest againyay actual videogame threads on /v/
Over time I've learned to recognize posters, their tastes, writing styles and their lists/games they tend to post in these threads. Like there's a few people who enjoy detective games in the traditional sense while there are others specifically looking for anime visual novels but they can overlap. There's the slow horror game fanThere's also the guy always making webms of 2d sidescrollers, the guy always posting racing car games etc
>>732851979>Nothing even remotely interestingNext fest is dead
>>732931338fake news, i just haven't gotten around to posting MY super cool incredible haul.
>>732851979I'm gonna be travelling on buisiness during the actual next fest so this is actually useful for me for once
>everything is remotely interestingNext Fest is great!
>>732931448This is me. I've already downloaded like 20 games kek. Glad the press preview exists
>>732856147I could've sworn this was already in Next Fest
>>732856154Nice, I liked all their previous games
>>732931565Same, downloaded 20 games and there are 10 more without demos yet
most people won't click your links if you don't actually say what type of game it is.
>>732932289Don't care. Click Cowards aren't my problem.
>>732858724You could add in lots more games there like jenny, genokids, geargrit, underspace, poke all toads, boing boing brosjust to name a few examples
>>732932289not my problem
>>732916913Oh hey, it's Cloudbuilt. Glad people are still making games like that. I'll give it a try
I'll give these a try tonight and report back
Hey just reminding you stupid niggers that post lists of dogshit indie games with no context or explanation. Nobody's reading or opening those links. Post a fucking image or at least a sentence describing the game and stop recommending your entire backlog of bullshit you'll never play.
I click every single link I see. Can't afford to miss a game. It's not exactly hard, though. Clicking links is super easy.
>>732926160what game is the 4th one? :0is it https://store.steampowered.com/app/3056850/Soulscape/?
>>732933281https://store.steampowered.com/app/4398610/Bound_Crystal_Saga_Demo/
>>732933281https://store.steampowered.com/app/4281330/My_Eerie_Lair_Demo/
>>732933281https://store.steampowered.com/app/3867360/Hovercrafts_x_Nihilism/
>>732933832Nihao that is World War VNewest game added is Crimson Banner: War of Liberation. It's quite easy because the CCP team legally isn't allowed to lose.
the thing I hate about these threads is the faggot who makes them just spams hundreds of links to pages with absolutely no information or context. Scrolling these retarded fucking threads is no different than scrolling the steam page. It's actually worse because he doesn't even post fucking images on this imageboard. I just don't understand why you do this. Do you think it's helpful? Is it just the only thing you have in life that feels like purpose?
>>732927056For now, I've only found Dead Watch. It's more comedy than mystery, but I found it to be charming.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3464670/Dead_Watch/
>>732932289I thought this was basic decency. A steam store page link, if not at least a picture with the name of the game clearly visible, stated in the filename or in the post with a small description of what the gameplay or story is about should be the bare minimum. I think the "buy an ad shill" culture is making people not want to look like marketers when the very purpose of next fest threads or other exhibitions is to talk about games, especially the less known ones. Even devs shilling their own games is actually a great thing. Gameplay videos are the best. Why isn't everyone posting webms
>>732935004You actually can lose nvm lolI guess it's just "failing a surprise attack" instead of losing the war though
>>732935062lists are not useful now but for months/years later in the archiveI often found great games in such lists because some of the names were mentioned along small releases I enjoyed, so I figured the anon behind the list had similar tastes to mine which was true. Serendipity takes you far
>>732915553Feels good to play however
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4106270/Ecrazeus_Castle/Big Titty anime girls in a 3D arcade action game.
>>732935062The link leads you to a place with information and context.
>>732936649Ain't no one need that on the internet
>>732936525>AI disclaimer is meticulously detailed in what specific parts of code development it was used for.Rare appearance of someone not being excessively indian.
>>732935964Eh, webms are a hassle to make (even with steam's recording features), but taking a good screenshot that showcases something interesting about the game is easy enough.That, or just saying what caught your eye about a demo enough to want to share it is more than enough to get some people on board more than just putting a mystery link (or a fucking mystery screenshot lol)
>>732936649and steam has the full list of games with images, descriptions, and even video. your threads fucking suck and serve no purpose. you're a fucking mongoloid retard for not understanding this and even attempting to argue against it. fucking kill yourself I fucking hate smug retards more than anyone else in this awful world.
I quite like the artstyle to this one. No demo yet though.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1748110/Town_of_Zoz/
>>732937697https://store.steampowered.com/app/4270390/D1ALogue/
if you're too lazy to click links then I'm afraid I'm too lazy to press F12 for a screenshot it's just too hard my finger can't reach all the way up there soooooooooo far :(
>>732858724Monstergirl Hunters dev posts on /d/
>>732937697Don't bother wasting your energy on these faggots. They revel in being attention whores. The agdg schizo is annoying but if there's one thing he is right about, it's the retards who play hard to catch when posting screenshots and not providing source. I don't know what they get out of it. I understand why too much spoonfeeding can be detrimental for the health of any given community, but it's the steam next fest thread and the idea is to highlight the good stuff in the sea of trash. This is why I become a game journalist and partake in the joys of dumpster diving to share the good games (in my opinion) that I happen to find. But I don't have unlimited time nor do I have a dozen monitors to watch and play every single demo. There are some titles I will scroll past that because it's not in my targeted genres for instance, but someone else might notice them and point why they're a actual hidden gems that could seduce people like me who skipped at first glance
just found this. what did I think of it?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3114080/Vtuber_Hack/
>click any of the links that anons recommend>anime game carried entirely by the pictures of anime girlsSorry nigga I'd rather just watch anime
>crypt of the necrodancer (kinda) but you hack stuffHopefully Gridbeat actually comes out soon because freaked fleapit is still not giving any signs of life which is a shame. But I had fun with it so for people who enjoy unorthodox rhythm games like sinner sound you should try https://store.steampowered.com/app/4076710/GRIDbeat_Demo/
>>732940801But I liked the gameplay of inari?
>>732934179I just fell of the map kek
>>732940843>sinner soundMeant Sinker Sound fuck
Is there a way to filter certain tags so that i'm not forced to see roguelikes and card-battlers?
This one seems like it could be a pretty funny murder mystery reversal. Only in moon atm, but the page description is in English. Adding it to the 'ishlist in case it ends up getting a English translation at some point.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4087550/_/
>>73294196890% of the shit it shows me is clickers/idlers
>>732871813any good horror or porn/hentai games?
>>732942527Can't say anything about horror games because I skimmed through most of them because I am not fan of those even if I watch Manly a lot.For hentai/porn games, most of them were either AIslop, shitty WEGs or RPGmaker games. The only two games that looked interesting were:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4110220/Room_404_Erotic_Massage/This one doesn't have demo but looks like nice erotic massage simulator. When I saw it I thought it was the same dev as one behind Secret Flasher Manaka.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3782910/Goblin_Nest/I still have to play it but I heard it is pretty good, though it doesn't seem like it is 100% focused on porn.Sorry I couldn't be much of help.
>>732942315Looks kino. Reminds me of the "Crime Or Punishment" and "Yoram" demos. Thanks for sharing this
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4293720/Cralon_Demo/Ex-Piranha Bytes devs (Björn and Jenny Pankratz) are making a "indie immersive sim dungeon crawler with RPG and adventure elements"It kinda sucks ass
>>732913571>set release date before the game is actually approved for releaseYou too can make this simple fuck up
oh shit it's here. BIG News!
>>732940801 Fair, but the problem is anime girls sell better than actual gameplay these days, especially on Steam. Half of these devs treat the store pages like dating sim Tinder profiles. "Look at our pink-haired foxgirl waifu with big eyes!!!" Meanwhile the actual game is a half-finished puzzle platformer with Unity store assets. I'd take a grainy SNES throwback with tight mechanics over another VN with three choices and a jiggle slider.
>>732944358
>>732943604Yclept is another game with a dumb name, if that helps.
>>732943615Same last name, cool. Are they also having sex with each other in breaks from Game Devving together?
>>732944358>demo coming soonWhy tell me this tahday? Why not tell me tamara when it's ready? Nyuck nyuck nyuck.
>>732944358>>732944720Fucking phoneposters, post the link next time retard
>>732945840
>>732945929Oh now you want links. I thought clicking those was too hard.
>>732851979NO ANON YOU CANT DO THAT
>>732946163Really dude? We aren't all bait posters.
>>732932326When are those Indomies going to be done?
>>732946391Didn't you know? I am a seasoned game journalist
>>732946391Funniest thing is that the link is always the same, it's just the date that changes. So you can just look up the date of the next fest and make your own press link before every Fest.
>>732946391I'm a journalist. I write for /v/.
>>732921776I just tried it and thought it was pretty fun.
I'm seeing double.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3977290/Rewind_99/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3552140/Retro_Rewind__Video_Store_Simulator/
>>732926160what's the top left you stupid nigger where's the links
>>732904169awh that sucks, hope you gave them feedback in the forums>>732901065it's so fun, but I haven't been able to beat assassins yet. really good difficulty even for a demo - the AI really ramps up in its ability to dodge, counter and knowing when to pump arrows etc
>>732865142I feel like I never see any longer articles or pieces from journos digging through Fest offerings
>>732949612They had a Google feedback form where they ask if you've played the original demo so I compared them a lot, and tried to urge them to focus more on the uniqueness of fighting with a bo staff since that's the namesake of the game and what I liked about Chapter One. I'm too cynical to think they'll change course again, but at least I can say I tried.
>>732935218If it's anything like outcore, I'll probably play itShame I had to run that game in a virtual machine, it was really not designed to run on linux
>>732950130Well done. Did you play Mark of Kri on the PS2? Best bo staff game
>>732950241Huh. Never heard of it and it looks really solid. I'll check it out. Thanks.
Finally some good gamehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4193560/Futa_Slug_EX_Demo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3955630/Mayor_May_Knott_Demo/You play as a kid who becomes the mayor of an abandoned town trying to repopulate it by exploring, solving puzzles and playing minigames.I think it's supposed to be similar to Moon and 24 Killers
>>732949565I don't remember the name of game itself but it's by creator of Epic Battle Fantasy series
Seeing this screen was very overwhelming.Its a fun backpack autobattler though.Probably only works if you like wuxia shit already though.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3972650/Backpack_Jianghu/
>>732946391I guarantee you /v/ writes more about this event than every journalist combined
>>732851979>scott pilgrim exdude fuck yes
>>732853000If the games were good the hype would endure
>>732851979Fuck me, my SSD hasn't gotten to me yet to revive my build. Hopefully I'll have time to binge and play this.
>>732949565>>732951556Matt's Hidden Catshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2624670/Matts_Hidden_Cats/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3843030/Mining_Merchant_Demo/Its not very good, admittedly I didn't make it past the first mining day, the mining just wasn't very satisfying and the movement during the shop section was annoyingly slow.
>>732949565Yes that's why I asked, I love EBF but I can't find this anywhere.>>732953806Thank you. Looks completely uninteresting to me but I wish the dev all the best.
>>732939910nta but you posting a screenshot or even a single sentence describing the game is far easier than me having to open every single fucking link in every post just to find out if i even care about the genre, believe it or not you aren't the only faggot posting gamesIf you want people to check out the demo you liked don't it properly, if you don't, just don't post your shitty mysterious link
>>732954731It's not a concern because a retard like you cannot possibly share any interests with High Intelligence men, such as me.Feel free not to click, you'd never like what you found anyway.
>>732955107TrukeThese dad gamers harassing us for links is real annoying
>>732852523>>732853000>Missed out on some of the hype from the last two next fests because I didn't know about the early threads>Now I found the early thread and can play demos over a week before it starts.I was upset at the early birds before, but now that I'm on this side I'm conflicted. It's quite the moral dilemma anons.From what I remember, the press page isn't one-to-one with the actual fest though. Some demos get pulled and others wait to release until the day of
>>732944358Wow the controls are really bad. And somehow I thought this would be turn-based tactics but it's actually a Resident Evil lookalike.
Excuse me why haven't I been spoonfed links to redheaded bondage porn games beamed telepathically into my head so I don't have to click links. You guys are ruining next fest, and the world as a whole. My breakfast was also ruined.
Any farming sim or open world survival craft to look forward in this fest?Not a shitpost I like these genres
>>732944358damn>respawing enemiesDAMN
>>732955916Can you narrow it down? You want them violent or cute, singleplayer or friendslop?
>>732956609Anything, as long as it's well made
>>732956609No thanks, no recommendations from a slopworder. Take your shitty perspective and shit on it, you fucking skin head.
>>732867540A nice and funny touch
>>732852696why wouldn't they made the preview URL an actual secret code instead of nextfest_feb26_press
>>732957087So that the notorious hackers known as 4channel can pretend to be members of the press, duh
>>732869089That person obviously needs some therapy or at least diet and wardrobe assistance. The camera woman needs to grow up lol
>>732888571>. Won by several hundred over the required score every time.wut, it's easy to crush scores in balatro? (I only played the demo for both)
>>732957087I don't think anyone at Valve really pays much attention to the next fest to even care. Not like there's any harm in some /v/irgins playing demos a few days early.
>>732871813>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3857430/Interdimensional_Vending_MachineBlue cheese .... the horror...
>>732956751>>732957063Whatever. I don't see anything particularly good or otherwise interesting at a glance anyway, aside maybe OddFauna.
>>732958163Mint cheesecake?
>>732873117idk, I like super metroid but cribbing this hard is kinda lame
>>732958246shocking. who could have predicted you would have no taste whatsoever? Very unexpected.
>>732958163
>>732955916https://store.steampowered.com/app/4361960/Pawsome_Resort_Demo/
>>732957087There's no real reason to actually hide it. They just officially don't want the general public to talk about an early version of the fest that doesn't have everything yet. Otherwise, it's harmless.
>>732957087Well most people get too confused about the concept of links so it's a pretty effective deterrent actually. Just post all of next fest here directly instead of using a byzantine link system from the middle ages.
This thread is full of casuals and game journalists eww YIKES !
>>732958246Just added this one thanks>>732958548Looks bad and good at the same time, thanks anonHere's some I've foundhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3655990/Calm_Horizon/https://store.steampowered.com/app/1579420/Guardians_of_the_Wild_Sky/
>>732915224It was Banana something. Sorry but don't bother with it, just google some Damz 3D
>>732896163>this will sell my game
>>732946391The owner of the store treated me to one game demo
This was neat. A "typing escape" game where you're at the mercy of a malevolent entity.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3406810/Dyping_Escape/
>>732944358Looks cool and I like the idea and a lot of the gameplay butGod that camera is awful, always flipping perspective and disorientating plus having to stop moving to make controls match camera directions againPlus they hide enemies off camera that your character can see but you can't so you unavoidably lose health when they shoot you and also have to blast offscreen not seeing what your character is aiming atControls are clunk too, I guess it's a slowish game so not a huge issue, but with the camera shit it makes moving a chore
>>732959874I look like this and say this
>>732899169We had this last festhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2349940/Sligga_Trigger/Pretty cool levels, lots of alternating paths and gimmicks. Lots of genitalia gags for some reason. The driving section on the third level sucked ass though, killed my interest
how did steam sissies single handedly manage to bring back demos
What's the best demo so far?
>>732907654Looks cool but the vfx kind crashes with the theme and setting>10 gbhmmm
>>732909210>Also is it just me but is the next fest this time around much more horror-focused ? Out of the almost 4k demos? No, it's anything but focused lol
>>732910549I always read every comment in every thread, play 200 demos and take the main week off from work, every fest lollove this I'm working this weekend and evenings next week, but I'll be able to play and browse games 90% of the time anyway. Three weeks of gaming, since I usually keep playing demos long into the week following the main event
>>732912727your drawing? nice
>>732944004What's the process? I thought you had to pay moneh to get the game on steam and they'd eventually check it out. Doll Town has been on there for months>>732913920Is the dev in jail for assault? There's a simple trick of avoiding that fate - answer the call of the void
>>732914054Dark ambient themes always seems so toothless when coupled with platformers
>>732916913>VECTOR EXThis makes me sadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/476360/Strike_Vector_EX/I 'member
>>732962619You pay money to list a game on Steam. But you still have to submit a build for Steam to review so they're sure your game is real, more or less does what's advertised, isn't doing anything illegal, etc.
>>732913826>>732914054good movement in this game
>>732960140Yeah I had this downloaded, will try this in a few
>>732929806Everything you've linked prior is half baked crap. I knew what all of it was you talked about or just showed some unnamed screenshot of, literally all in a notepad for me in 'bad games that will go nowhere' except for maybe Deserter having a chance. Yet still not being incredibly complex either. Indie devevelopers are all untalented and this is a fact you need to accept.
>>732921776Yup pretty much. Even on hard I didn't die once besides the ??? timed survival level. Cute giant robot girls though
>>732921879>>732917078put more points into PER
>>732922117these days anyone can download a free game engine and faceroll gamdev after watching a couple of youtubers talk about visual coding basics. Back then you had to study linear algebra and make your own engine, if you were that invested you better believe you tried to make it work. What's really impressive are actually quality productions like Doom, Unreal, Halo and Half-Life, also made by a handful of dudes without publishers. Halo was almost done before Bill opened his wallet.
>>732963417Dolls Town dev didn't do that? That would be silly
>>732966605He did, but Steam isn't approving it or saying if there's anything wrong, so there's nothing to do but wait. That's all we know, unless the dev also gets mad and starts ranting about crazy shit.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4113380/Ship_v_Maze/Ship v Maze is not interesting nor groundbreaking but I found this demo to be somewhat addictive in short bursts. I'm weak to provocation, somewhat hard to control and simple "beat your high-score!" mobile tier game design it seems.
>>732966912either way, entertainment
>>732931448Aye!>>732931565>20 gamespssh kid, get on my lvlI've only played one so far
>>732935964I'm playing a minimum of 200 games, I don't have time to coddle you bro I'll talking about games, dropping names. It's up to you to check them out or not. If you're too lazy to search for a game when you get a name your opinion is worthless anyway, but I agree that just posing images and not writing any name or anything is pretty gay
>>732952428This, most journos already had the chance to play these games at cons or at preview events. That's how they have demo lists so soon after the event starts, but that means that the majority of journos only played the stuff that was put in front of them, which is the tiny minority of the demos. /v/ plays way more stuff at these events because /v/anons go dumpster diving instead of sticking to the dev/corporate circlejerk
>>732967578I know this is because I'm unc, but all I can think about is playing those infinite falling games where you dodge walls on a ti-84+ graphing calculator.
>thread already deadcongrats agdg trannies for once again killing all interest in steam the next fest on 4chanyou had to make /v/ so disgusted. better shitpost in ragebait culture war threads instead of playing comfy games
>>732913571First SSD Wives, now this. Still no Echograph demo either. Can I please get some fucking pseudo-late 5th gen/early 6th gen KINO already?
>>732873117A Super Metroid style platformer is an interesting combination
>>732851979qrd
>>732972948Steam demos soon, bitches.>how many?Yes.
>>732950646>Futa Slug>male on shemale AI slopI hate western devs
It's kinda crazy to me how the guys who play hundreds of demos and make lists and collages have the absolute worst taste. They play so many games yet don't develop any sense of quality or style. How does this happen?
>>732966361Some of the are just zoomers who love Dishonored's Creed era of stealth and don't think being quiet and manipulating light is apart of the gameplay. Indie dev scene is filled with new casuals too. But above all i would just say they're trend chasing money whores as to why they won't make anything that i want to play. They'll claim they're going against the current of triple A but that's not entirely true. What you said about them being talentless youtube tutorial watchers is undoubtedly true and being forced to make your own engine usually meant you tried to create the proper systems for game mechanics.
>>732851979New Esoteric Ebb demo on the 23rd. Can't wait for more Kino of the Year. When the fuck does the game release? https://store.steampowered.com/app/2128090/Esoteric_Ebb_Demo/Dev says 23rd but my demo updated today and save was wiped so might be out now. Not sure.
>>732915224>>732959067Found it, it's called Banana Keeper
>>732974191What list are you talking about
>>732863653>>732863537It's a NEW demo. Question is after 4 hours in the first one do we bother playing it when it drops on the 23rd? Or wait for release. I dunno if I can wait much longer. Ebb is going to be a fucking MASTERPIECE.
>>732974191Can you say you really like anything when you'll play literally anything?
>>732975914What list are you talking about
>>732975569>>732976237here>>732854809>>732871813there will be more list and collagefagging when the actual fest starts
>>732854809>>732871813You missed this one. I've yet to play the demo myself but it might appeal to those who want to play first person shooter interconnected level design vent em ups. Or in other words some budget version of a Deus Ex style game. It's probably the only one I'll play at Next Fest actually.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910410/Blood_Facsimile/
AIIIEEEEE VALVE SAYS THAT YOURE NOT ALLOWED TO SHARE THIS
>>732957087they didnt anyone was that much of a fuckin loser to just scrape and find that sort of url. unfortunately, this is 4chan
>>732851979My game is in it. Really hoping it will get some coverage through next fest because youtubers nor press have responded to my emails even though when they play it at physical events they seem to enjoy it.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3019490/I_Wont_Let_You_Level_Up_In_My_Goblin_Town/
>>732976505idk man schrodinger's call ended up being kino but yeah the other games are gay
>>732909210>challenge boss is literally impossibleand that's a good thing!
what the fuck am I supposed to answerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4133050/VIOLA/game (VN) is VIOLA_
>>732979425nice art
