https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest_feb26_pressGame journalists, dumpster divers and particularly agdg developers are welcome to share game demos ITT. No one will judge you here.Previous:>>732988504
What am I missing /v/irgins
>>733106223>No one will judge you hereI will
Any good H-game demos?I enjoyed these so far.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4363950/Bellagarths_Quest/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3593520/Lust_Arcanum/Also this but I haven't played it yet because I don't want to get too spoiled on third crisis. Got to play through that before this drops.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3400350/Third_Crisis_Neon_Nights/
How do you get the steam store to stop showing ai slop, pron slop, and just pure fucking trash? about half of the new releases are shovelware.
>>733106660set your filters to block those gamesthis only really works for porn games because they have the decency to properly self tag
>>733106306The Last Salvage Squad, if you enjoy first person shooters. I don't play those games much but had a great time with the demo, up to fans of the genre to say if this is a good thing or not.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/From those you have on your list, I've enjoyed (and recommended)>HyperTyper 2000>Lelu>MIGHTREYA>Moto Rush Reborn>Schrodinger's Call>Walk The FrogCan also heavily recommend INARI even if it's not part the steam next fest but you have to download the demo on their kickstarter page
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3803190/Edens_Inferno_Demo/Chud trigger warning brown woman.Dungeon crawling was alright, air movement when you get the shotgun helps a lot. Hidden trial rooms with platforming to gatekeep upgrades was nice.I'm a sucker for a 3d map.Gunplay sucks dick, souls style bonfires/healing/respawning doesn't feel needed especially with how low time to death is. Projectile parry felt unreliable, hard to gauge projectile distance unless strafing in a large area.Got to the boss and quit.
>>733108093>Erm, the chud is right behind me isn't he
>>733106660You can filter by type (like early access or VR), sexual/mature content, and by tags in your store preferences. You can even exclude devs/publishers if they have a page. Not much to do about AI, tho.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3132850/HARK_THE_GHOUL_Demo/Fun if you like physics based shooters. Very good atmosphere and managers to be a good shooter with that style without being full boomer shooter
Only played one demo so far and it was excellent. At least the second map was: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2423690/Luna_Abyss_Demo/
>>733106463https://store.steampowered.com/app/3114080/Vtuber_Hack/
>>733106223Wow I can't wait to see another dozen game trailers for games that won't be out for 5 years
I look forward to checking through the 50 games tagged as "beat em up" for the 3 games that are actually beat em ups.
>>733107792>Schrodinger's CallFor whatever reason every time I try to launch that game I wind up stuck on a black screen after two logos show up. Not sure how to fix but I would like to try it out sometime.
>Traditional Roguelike tag>no traditional roguelikes
>>733110905We lost that battle a long time ago. 90% of the games with the roguelike tag are just terrible Vampire Survivor clones.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3832030/BOOST_VECTOR_EX/Played more like a sonic riders style racing game than I was expecting, that's not necessarily a bad thing.Turned off almost all "speed" effects and camera movement but it was still a bit much, I like to be able to see where I'm going.UI and menus are phenomenal but overdesigned at the same time. Writing and characters were cute I guess.I'll keep an eye on it, gameplay needs some more polish and visuals need to be toned down.
>>733111907I loved this one, allegedly it is based on a roblox game?
Cool looking nip game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4055020/TOMOHIGARA/
>>733112910No idea, I don't research into shit outside of the steam page and playing it myself.
>>733106306idk wait for the Withering Realms demoCompile Heart dropped some interesting stuff and I was never interested in NeptuniaGotta wait for the indie publishers like Devolver and Playism since they don't accept AI games I think
is there a /v/ approved list of demos worth looking at? I downloaded 3 games and uninstalled them within minutes because they were horribly unoptimised and/or had absurdly bad presentation, i played a dwarf version of banished that was enjoyable though
>>733108156oh no. that's way too tumblr for me.
>>733114779Not yet. Here's the ones I kinda liked so far, at least:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092360/Super_Alloy_Crushhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4164140/Break_Shoothttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2393870/Whispers_of_the_Luminarieshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3729530/Knitewingshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0https://store.steampowered.com/app/3759130/Island_of_Ruinhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4285110/Tunnel_Escape_Fates_Entwine
A few roguelite billiards games out there this festhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3774770/Midnight_Billiards_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4164140/Break_Shoot/Dunno if there is a canonical game in this genre I've missed but both of these are fun.
>>733108961>Already in a previous next fest>Current demo was released months agoAt least it'll be out soon?>>733109359This was also in a previous next fest, for both of these games I already knew I'd be getting them the first time.
>>733116993>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0Why is Japan obsessed with Space Harrier?
>>733118159Better question: why isn't every country obsessed with Kino Harrier?
Why does literally every demo have either a foid or a nonwhite protagonist
>>733113445This looks nice.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3275050/Ex_Sanguis/This looks like it might be a copy of Othercide but I also haven't played Othercide so it would be new to me even if it did happen to be a copy
>>733120239Oh wait it says from the same creators
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3929470/Warhounds/Can anyone with a trained eye tell if the textures in this game were AI generated?
>>733121054You have to request access so never mind. I'll just play Ex Sanguis then.
>>733106223Tomorrow I will start playing demos and I should get through 300, 400, 500 hundred easily.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3867360/Hovercrafts_x_Nihilism/Now THIS is my kinda weird bullshit.Only a little bit of a headache after finishing the demo in about 40 minutes. Fiddling with the res/visuals a bit more might make it less painful.Wandering around the find the bosses is fine I guess, having boost be on a skill check like an active reload was a nice idea."Platforming" up to the third boss and the boss itself was definitely the highlight.
best survival horror so far:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4234670/Parasite_Mutant_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3726370/Heavy_Metal_Death_Canhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3337980/Ivayami__Cradle_of_Fog/
>>733113445>0 byte downloadDumb nips.
>>733121520I really hope Parasite Mutant gets finished
Oh yeah, it's schizokino time.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4325460/___a/
>>733122096Never mind. Fixed it. :^)Went to properties and set the language to Japanese. The dev made a separate depot for English users but left it empty and put the English files in the Japanese depot.https://steamdb.info/app/4055550/depots/
>>733122251Wait, that page doesn't link the demo.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4353960/___a_Demo/
Game where you drag around physics objects to lay some railway. A little frustrating but I think its got good bones.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4178440/Train_Goes_Right_Demo/
>>733122650I made one section, looked at how much there was left to go, and went "Fuck that". Cool prototype though.
>>733122791yeah, I only bothered to do the whole thing because there was an achievement and I have that 'tism in me.It was really annoying that I couldn't pre-lay out all the ties.It almost feels like it was made for multiplayer but I'm sure the dev would shrivel at the idea of netcode
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>>733110403Might be a good idea to report this in the steam discussion forums or in the trooncord server
>>733118801why wouldn't it be?
>>733122096 Lmao classic. Devs doing their best to lose what little interest people still have in these niche releases. At least it's a good litmus test for whether they're competent enough to finish the game.
>>733117395Yeah I tried Break Shoot and despite me liking the girl, I thought it was very buggy. Then I tried STCIKER/BALLhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3537690/_STICKERBALL/But I didn't understand anything about the bonuses. It looks like addictive hypnotic gambilng slop with all these colors and effect, surely by design. It was fun but kinda felt like a non-game
>>733109383Ah, this gameI thought I was going to get something like hacknet but it was actually a stock market simulator
>>733123968This is cunny harrier, not kino harrier
>try out action game>no controller support>notice there isn't even a keybind for "attack" in the controls>start game and immediately notice janky movement>walk a few steps down the hallway and see yellow paint>climb up to wherever Uncharted-style>10 minutes of no gameplay and Alt+F4Video games.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2657340/Firva_Strings_of_Fate/
>>733124929No idea why people pay $100 to drop games like that
>>733124929There was the demo of a metroidvania that gave me a similar experience of pure unprofessional jank, lol. >steam prompts with the "grab a controller and kickback!" window when launching the game>title screen only has start and quit, no settings (but it has the discord and X buttons)>get in the game proper>pressing start gives you access to the settings>play for 2 minutes>game asks the player to press F1, F2 or F3 to alternate between weapons>look into the settings to see if I can rebind the keys to controller buttons>there are no options to do itaand uninstalledthe game was called momogatari or something, it was a hand-drawn metroidvania. the downsides of dumpster diving during next fests for sure lol.
>>733125854I also played that. You have those three weapons, but only one weapon has a proper combo for fighting. The great sword and the dual swords had only one slow attack and were literally only for solving puzzles or breaking obstacles. Terrible.
every next fest I am drooling at the mouth waiting for r/indie and r/gamedev posts of developers making absolute trash but complaining about getting low numbers of players and wishlists during the eventI hope this year gives me a satisfying haul. Only two weeks left to wait
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3634710/DWARRF_A_Pinball_Roguelike/Fuck I love Balls. Starts slow but could get wild. Has all the negatives of pinball and roguelites in one package but I still found it enjoyable.Dwarf mine inspired presentation works well. Fuck the spider stage.
>>733122447So that aside, the game is actually pretty interesting. It's a puzzle dungeon kind of game where you need to be efficient with your use of time, and inventory items can slow you down depending on how heavy they are, so it's a matter of figuring out the correct sequence of doing things. Not frustrating at all either since you can rollback your actions. It's a demo so I just killed the robot as soon as I could and stopped playing there. I'm already sold on the game.
It's a shame that this game is likely way less interesting than it looks. Which is a shame. Because I really like dungeon crawlers. And visually I really dig the style.
>>733127389what makes that game bad, the art def looks good
>>733127389looked up nakara on steam but it doesn't bring any results.looks really good, as you said. but I've been "burned" once with a dungeon crawler I thought looked awesome and had somewhat interesting gameplay but ended up disappointing me (FIGHT KNIGHT)Not saying it was a bad game by any means but I didn't end up having fun with it
>>733127469>what makes that game badDon't really know. Might be unjustified. But the focus on ring gathering makes me kind of worried. Might just be some kind of run&collect as speedy as possible while trying to survive the monsters. As opposed to some kind of meticulous dungeon crawling/exploration and if it was to be more focused on ring gathering than either combat or exploration, then I don't know. But that may very well not be the case at all. So I don't know. Judge for yourself. I'll try the game soon. But I've got a few demos I'm going to try first. >>733127478>looked up nakara on steam but it doesn't bring any results.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4083770/Nakara/
>>733127635Thanks, I really don't know why the game wouldn't show up in my search results. I could see random H-games in my discovery queue meaning it's not the adult only tag. Anyway, thanks
>>733124929Any time you see that kind of shitty half-broken movement on starting a game you can just uninstall it immediately because you know the dev doesn't give a shit.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2476700/ARIE_Moonprayer_Demo/Ostensibly an island exploration game but it's more of a narrative walking sim. The graphics are shit and the gameplay is so jank that I was about to write it off as another kusoge but what kept me going to the end of the demo was the story and directing which are both surprisingly good, and the music is great. It's a melancholic story about the moon falling towards the Earth and most of Earth becoming submerged with the few surviving humans waiting for death, and your two main characters deciding to go on a journey before the protagonist dies (from illness). If you can get past the jank it's effectively emotional.
>>733127389Oh wow I wasn't expecting this to get a steam release. This game already released a while ago last year (Sep 15) on DLsite. Never played it myself but it looked decent for what it is.
>>733127389I didn't bother downloading it when I saw that every girl has the same DD sized boobs and there's an abundance of footfaggotry.
>>733128531But there isn't a single footjob or anything in all the screenshots or trailer? Is it just that the girls are barefoot at all? They're monsters. But even so, a surprising many of them still appear to have socks even so.
>>733128795>the MC getting his face stepped on during sex isn't footfaggotryYour fetish is repulsive, footfag.
>>733128531>I am transwe know
>>733128991>>the MC getting his face stepped onYou made me take another look at the screenshots and rewatch the trailer. Where did this happen?
This was a pretty fun demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442520/Akatori/
>>733129649ugh I hope this won't be another constance
These little buggers are adorable
these are the ones that i have my eye on>jennie the witch>bromech vendetta>nomori>eletta>the longest tale>gwenblade>robolucion?hounded>dreadweave>heyoo>barkour>ratddoodle adventure>spot zero>mazebound>mercy incore>monkey do>orken>brighter days>gloomveil>super meatboy 3d>the last salvage squad>walk the froghope to find more interesting ones.
>>733131030>list slopno one cares
Actually greatly enjoying this, wandering around finding shit.Found a secret area and got destroyed by a large mantis enemy, first real enemy I'd seen so far.Game broke on respawn.
>>733128227Yep. But for that one, I kept going out of curiosity. I looked into the game more and a year ago it used to be pretty different and had actual gameplay with stealth and combat even if it was more jank and unpolished. I guess they thought a movie game was easier to make.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1042320/FAR_FROM_DEAD/far from dead more like far from good was just okay. some people might enjoy it but I found it too simple, it's just some run and gun action gamethat said finally a male MC kek
>>733116993>whispers of the luminarieswhat the fuck lmao I rememeber playing the demo of this VN like in late 2024
>>733109359The devs knew what they're doing with that logo, didn't they?
There are five different anime FPS games for some reason. Last Salvage is the least bad, I'd say, but not good still.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4077400/Blood_High/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3818000/Guns_and_Nuns_Storming_Hell/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3733710/FIRESTARTERS/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4102700/GAL_VS_VILLAGE/
>>733125854Sentinel Girls 3 demo this next fest. Trust
>>733135156Guns and Nuns got soul points for being a /v/ project but yeah the selection of anime fps has been lacking. I was about to post "I wish there would be anime TPS games like S4 league or Gunz instead" but then I remember foobar zero and code zin both floppedI don't think this type of multiplayer experience can be satisfying when created by indie studios
>>733135156>weebshit boomer shootersIndie devs are creatively bankrupt. It's just shooting fish in a barrel at this point.
>>733135969It didn't occur to you that people might make these games because they want to make themAn anime doom clone is a good idea. I know wads exist but it's not the same
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4004630/Pizza_Syndicate/>thought it's Pizza Connection knock-off>it actually is Pizza Connection with AI remade capsule art>not even sure if it's a remaster, they don't call it that at all in the descriptions.I don't get what's the point.
>>733136421Fascinating.
>>733135291>the selection of anime fps has been lackingWell, it's not like that's ever been a great selection. I've yet to try The Citadel, but I think the only anime FPS games I've liked are ones that were just made in GZDoom so they don't really count.
>>733106306https://store.steampowered.com/app/4033270/Rosepine_hotel/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3856670/Terminal_Shift/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3184290/Interrogator_2/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4116450/Signal_Hill/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2092840/The_Occultist/
>>733136603Weird because the two Pizza Connections games had the same producer yet you can buy them on GOG so I guess it went to a different IP holder? Kinda stupid to made all the work without being sure you will be able to release it.
>>733137687It seems to be the only game in the series that's not sold digitally anywhere so I'm guessing they wanted to fix that, but can't figure out the IP fuckery.https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Fast_Food_Tycoonhttps://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Series:Pizza_Tycoon
Shill me the 4chan games.
>>733138363Plinkomancy
Three days until Demon Tides comes out. I'm not a big fan of platformers and the characters were too talkative but other than that, no problems.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2585890/Demon_Tides/
>>733138653>3d
So uh, how would I tell if a demo I ran was actually a day 0 virus and my AV didn't catch it?
>>733138905you have to pay $100 to list the games, no one is bothering with a scam with such low returns. You'd have to actually make a good game for it to work and scammers aren't industrious. Their whole thing is avoiding work.
>>733139032There were three or four cases of viruses on Steam last year. It's only a matter of time until one slips into a next fest.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2949120/No_Vacation_for_an_ExecutionerPS2 kino
>>733136421>>733138106Speaking of, I wish we would get more tycoons where aside of legitimate business you can delve into illegal actions.
>>733106223Any horror game
>>733121520>>733139802
Well, I tried it. Never played a vampire survivors game or clone before, I guess I can see why it was so popular. It's probably better in 3D, though. I was sort of confused at first why my gun kept firing, thought I had a key pressed down by mistake. I expect slowdown to be an issue, the amount of enemies generated was colossal. I didn't even get the giants to appear. I found some thing that said an alien was coming when I activated it but died before I saw what that meant. Actually seems reasonably fun, but I don't know if that means I'll go for it. very tentative reccomendation.
>>733140371Between the fetish, the AI artwork, the rip-off, and whatever else, I think you'll be hard pressed to get anyone to admit they had fun playing this one.
>>733140516The models are unsurprisingly just storebought too or whatever. I recognize the middle one here from those VRchat webms.
>>733140820This one.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3236930/RosterAlices_White_Mouse/first person hack n slash game set in a lab full of meat monsters
I saw the post complaining about the controls in this game being bad, and I suspected immediately that it was yet another case of someone just not knowing how survival horror tank controls worked. And yes, that's pretty much what was going on. The developer even tried to make sure you know by leaving a note that said it was on purpose.It is obtuse in a slightly different way than normal though, so you will have to get used to it, but it won't take long. Anyway, you can take the elf's clothes off and run around naked, as advertised. Also when you die, your skin colour changes? Must be an elf cloning facility. Anyway, the big draw is REALISTIC AMMUNITION and reloading. so few games do it. The demo is supposedly coming to steam soon, but definite wishlist and purchase here.
>>733141154>its bad on purpose
It delivers exactly what it promises. Fuck it, whatever.
>>733141349When you quit a game instead of overcoming it's challenges, it's you who is bad on purpose.
anything non anime that doesn't suck ?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4410620/OOPS_Simulator_Demo/>can you walk down a street without something randomly exploding and killing youno i don't think I can actually.
>>733141154You can turn on tank controls in the options. I found those even more disorienting, tho.
>>733140874>The one wearing a thong instead of bloomersSlut.
You guys ready for>Not Palworldhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3884970/Layer_Land/>Tranny River City Rampage meets Undertalehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3967680/VizuL_1_EMPATIA__Adventure_in_Nice_Colors/>Not single player Maplestory meets Trapthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2900870/Yuma_Nest/>Little Witch Nobeta rip offhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3385140/EverCastle/>Pillow loli version of Ender Lillieshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3866890/Mona_The_Endless_Journey/>Based Chad Simulatorhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3838100/Scumbag_Streamer/>Cat exploring algae cellshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4045010/Meowtabolism__Examining_Feline_Behavior_within_Unicellular_Algae/>Donut Steele My Little Pony RPGhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4219000/World_without_Time/
Enh, the 3D version was much better. Ironically, that's brand accurate. No one liked Resident Evil Gaiden.
This game was pretty competent but a bit tedious, which makes sense since it was originally released on the Playdate (lmao). If the full game has more mechanics rather than just having darkness everywhere, then I'll check it out.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3908650/Ratcheteer_DX_Demo/
funny game. I think there's more to environmental storytelling skeleton than meets the eye.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3464670/Dead_Watch/
>>733142902It is. I liked it even if figuring out puzzles were pretty easy
is it just me or do these get worse and worse every year? the first few years were fucking bangers
Kind of difficult actually, but progress in demos don't matter. You can tell pretty much instantly whether a game has soul or not, so I just went until I got killed the first time. It'd probably be more accurate if the submarine corridors were even more narrow but enh, they're narrow enough and the game doesn't need to be super accurate. Looks like they are going with an evil oil plotline, like in Still Wakes the Deep and The X-files and probably a million other games I've already forgotten about. If I include "strange black substance in general", then it's RE8 and Song of Horror as well. Whatever. The black oil is evil. Makes people into zombies. I was a submarine guy, once, briefly so you know I'd be on the game for details like you waking up in a room with a Captain's Uniform on the wall. Am I the captain? I don't appear to be that high ranking. Why would the Captain's uniform even be in the radio room? Storage space can result in stuff like that on submarines, but a dress uniform, at that? You don't really need that underwater. It's probably just an insignificant background detail and not some puzzle to be solved.
>>733108093The movement in this felt like ass. I quit pretty quick.
>>733143121I played about three dozen demos two fests agoLast time I played like five, and this fest isn't any better
>>733143228so if it's the united scandanavian states, shouldn't it be USS? Doesn't Scandanavia imply unity already? That's a regional appelation.these developers might be getting an email
>>733143121Depends on the fest, at least for me. I found some good demos but not good enough to buy them. So far then only one I am willing to buy is Guns and Nuns if it's at reasonable price and INARI but this one isn't part of the next fest
>>733106223I'm here to shill Delivery Must Complete for zero compensation.https://youtu.be/ezlR_mwZDFQ?si=-I7sZdEm0kDXI5BXhttps://youtu.be/xxgeBZfhAhs?si=Cdcm4Ne2VFK2gLyM
>>733143228>on your feet, soldierholy shit I almost lost it at that line. The men who staff are submarine are referred to as SAILORS. or Seamen, more commonly.
>>733143481sometimes they even call them submariners
I'm sure this schlock is good for people who like the genre, but it's of no interest to me. next.
>>733129649At this point I tend to only look at metroidvanias if they are also H-games. What makes this one better than the H-game metroidvanias?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333010/Directory_Dungeon__File_Explorer_Dungeon_Crawler/A cute little RPG that's played entirely through the filesystem. Not much to it but the novelty made me smile. Feels like a freeware game you'd see someone post about on a forum 25 years ago.
>>733143285>>733143454I'm holding out hope some better demos get released when it goes live officially
not the first time this one was in a next fest. I don't see the need to replay something that was already good.
>>733143969Same. I hope new Inti's game will be in Festhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3882650/Kingdoms_Return_TimeEating_Fruit_and_the_Ancient_Monster
>>733141154Wait what is this one? There are 15 of these games in the fest and I want to take the elf's clothes off.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3778290/Scrutator_Tenebris/
>>733142902Stock photo man's theme was pretty good.https://vocaroo.com/15ZhlkiZqW9j
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>>733141650How tf is this game still allowed to be featured in the Next Fest? I thought you could only participate once?
>>733144215>Demo only on itch so farAh that must be why I don't have it. Guess I'll wait for the steam release. Don't know how much I trust itch demos these days with all the viruses
observing a bit of a similarity between the monster in colony and the monster in dreadweave
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4055020/TOMOHIGARA/didn't even start. pass. next.
>>733144360the viruses that turn you transgender will still be in the game's code when it releases on steam, I assure you
>>733143375>so if it's the united scandanavian states, shouldn't it be USS?Förenad = united in Swedish. Similar in Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic too. Finnish is a whole different animal
sometimes it's like: why the hell did i even download this shit?
>>733140874holy AGPkino
Any cool mech games?
>>733143892That was really neat. Nice find.
So many weird design choices in this one.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4307720/Starship_Troopers_Ultimate_Bug_War__Demo/A female protag, which I'm fine with but I feel the target audience won't like? Trooper difficulty (seems to be default) is way too easy as well. I'm enjoying it, and will probably end up getting it at some point, but some baffling decisions (why sprint in a game like this?)
>>733106463Monstergirl hunters
>>733145067That you just run around from objective to objective without resistance to defend objectives from assaults that conveniently start when you arrive made it very lifeless and boring to me.
Not one good demo posted itt.This looked promising>>733118016until>bullet-hell
Decent MegaManX ripoff I guess, but seemed a little too fast paced for me.
>>733106223any mech game?
>>733145409Well, it goes better if you actually play games yourself instead of being a whiny baby who just sits here and reads.
>>733143892That was pretty fun. A bit easy and too short but cool as a proof of concept
>>733144801>>733145472>23 games tagged 'mechs'>most are either shit, turn-based or hardly even has mechsHow about this?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008700/Eagle_Knight_Paradox/
>>733144801>>733145472Mecha Force. It's ok. The translation is terrible
>browse through 100s of steamfest demos >select 6-7 games that interest me>game 1 doesn't launch, developer fucked up and uploaded wrong version>game 2 launches, but has really old version uploaded with fuck all content and bugs>game 3 only works in tiny window>game 4 is blatant false advertisement with shady online component>game 5 is great, but stuck in early access/development hell>game 6 fizzles out 15 minute in>game 7 releases but vastly differs in gameplay compared to demoI don't have the energy for Indie games anymore
>>733146339Once the fest starts the algo pushes the bad stuff to the bottom. Press preview is for those who enjoy cumpster diving
>>733141154>complaining about the controlsMight have been me, but really the camera is worse than the controlsI think the clunk in controls is a bit intentional to slow down the pace, but I don't think flipping which way is which whenever you transition cameras and needing to go from camera direction controls to tank controls until you stop, at which point you again go to camera controls was very well thought out, made traversal disorientatingAlso I hated hiding attacking enemies in camera dead angles which happened to me twice
I've been finding an inverse correlation between filesize and quality.Anything over 10GB = almost assuredly trashAnything over 5GB = Danger zoneAnything 1GB or below = Could possibly be good but probably trash
shit i didn't know this had a demo now. it doesn't look like it's part of next fest?
Only six games with male protag. SIX (6) games for whole thread. What's wrong with you?
>>733135156>blood highYou can't just edit vegeta and put him in your game, lmao.
>>733145479But they're too many to dig through (I tried) so I'm hoping some screenshots / comments from anons would pick out some good candidates (wisdom of the crowd and that sort of thing).Personally I'm looking forward to thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2675650/Decrepit/
>start playing Evercastle>Power supply starts screechingAnother UE5 classic
>>733147579Even the trailer has stuttering in it. Why did you even bother lmao
>>733147802Someone said it was like nobeta.
>>733147579why would the psu be screeching?
I have spent an hour in goblin nest demo somehow and I am keep going. I do not understand, this game it's weirdly addicting even if it is pretty simple.
Hypnosync just started an open playtest.
>>733147024The age of men is over.
>>733147024I'm just mad about the lack of upskirtable characters with panty shotsYou would think indies of all people would be less scared to do it.
>>733116993>>733145432I played Super Alloy Crush two weeks ago or so and didn't really like the controls even if the game looks and sounds really good.>fast-pacedI'd say the opposite, actually. Even in later waves the game would be too slow and easy with damage sponge enemies
>>733149878you need an NSFW patch for this game, even if you have to charge for it via Itch or something. I'd happily pay 10 (insert local currency) for it.
>>733147024Idk about other genres but female protags mean good metroidvania.>The good 2D metroid games: Female MC>Rabi-Ribi: Female MC>Rusted Moss: Female MC>MIO memories in Orbit: Female MC>Silksong: Female MCCastlevania had male MCs for the most part and they sucked Hollow Knight had a genderless (I think most believe it's a man) MC and it sucked compared to silksong
>>733149878I hope access to the playtest is easy. Been waiting for hypnosync, freaked fleapit and Yunyun syndrome rhythm psychosis for a while now
>>733150636I got in like 10 minutes after I found out and applied. Shouldn't need to wait too long.
>>733150534It's also better to have female protagonists for horror games and psychological visual novels because it makes more sense in these settings. Unfortunately in the last 15 years or so the internet has been populated with a certain type of people who think self-inserting is the most important aspect of immersion
>>733144071Did they even confirm a demo?
>>733151353Not really but Majogami was in last next fest and I saw it in my discovery queue so I assumed there would be demo
I don't know if it'll be in next fest but the queue shoved this one at me, anyone know if it's good?https://store.steampowered.com/app/3203440/Tales_of_the_Moon/
>>733144151That was interesting, but I'm not a fan of all the extra stuff they add to the usual Paper's Please gameplay. Just slows it down for me.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4100170/Balathrone/>lets just ape 9 kings>and name it after other popular roguelikeSome of those "devs" really need annihilation
>TOMOHIGARA demo is 0 bytesshame, looked interesting. skip
>>733148880Anon is pushing his 5090 on a poor 80+ PSU
>>733153903change the language to japanese in the game properties
>>733148880I dunno it has been since I got a 5070tiIt's a 1000W PSU too, didn't screech on my old 800W one.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4174310/Retail_Hell/I'm a sucker for immersive sim shopkeeper games, and the art on this is outstanding.
SAAAAAAAARRRRRShttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3484850/Scam_Centre_Simulator_Under_Kingdom/was genuinely funny for a scam center siumlator kek/spoiler]
If the Plinkomancy anon is here, it's fun but far too easy and it takes too long to get rolling compared to Nubby's Number Factory. I also recommend getting some catchy music for the game
Damn CICADAMATA looked really cool, kind of like Neon White? But it doesn't have a demo yet. I'll be keeping watch on it https://store.steampowered.com/app/3817250/CICADAMATA/
>>733142209>Yuma NestFuck you, dev.
>>733145067>A female protag, which I'm fine with but I feel the target audience won't like?They're social-contractually obligated to do those these days
Knitewings was a surprisingly fun Space Harrier clone that looks like it should be a porn game but isn't. Worth trying the demo if you like the genre
>>733146339>has bad taste>blames othersAs a bonus, you also seem to lack determination!
>short>cozyI'm pretty sure I prefer long uncomfortables, actually. enh. It has a timeloop. I'll try it.
>>733106223My game isn't in next fest because I released it years ago but I did recently release a demo to try and salvage it.
Damn, another cool looking game that is totally ruined by the phrase:>from the creators of Disco Elysiumit's amazing that has happened more than once in this festival.
>>733145067I'm okay with femprotag in ST game but she and that negress sound so casual like they're discussing some tv show. It annoys me.
anyhing good for the coop bros?
>>733158181>From the creators of "popular game remastered" (not actually the game creators)Lol Disco Elysium deserves it for being a scam for podcast slacktivists anyway
Based. it's also clearly Bowsette and Booette. The whole thing is just Luigi's Mansion lmao.
>>733158886The demo is so short, it makes me wonder how long the real game could possibly be
>>733120239Othercide was shit, since the game was a roguelike it was balanced like shit to ensure you will keep losing, so you could only win by constantly grindingFor example i barely managed to beat the first boss in my first run then made it all the way to the second boss just to find it has thousands of HP and unavoidable attacks
>>733158641https://store.steampowered.com/app/4187140/Dont_Panic_It_is_Just_Turbulence/
>>733158886much like the characters they're based on, the ghost girl's the winner
maybe i should have been keeping track of how many demos I played, but enh. Steam tells me at the end of the year. In 2025, I had 701 total.If anyone is able to beat my total demos played high score, it'd be someone here.
>>733159941kek I kneel what the fuck
>>733143892https://store.steampowered.com/app/3968100/CDROM/these games actually aren't terribly uncommon
>portal ripoff in 3rd person and you're a titty monsterenh. pretty sure portal was mostly good because of the plot.
>>733161439>plotYou mean dialog. Plot was you are a test subject and you escape the testing facility. Very simple. Portal's atmosphere and black comedy are what made it really memorable.
Queen card looks cute. Hope this is one of those erotic solitaire games.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4222200/Duppy_Detective_Tashia_Demo/We finna try Duppy Detective Tashia
This was a very weird but intriguing game. The visuals are probably going to put off most people but I encourage anyone who likes point and clicks to give it a shot.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2955720/Panthalassa/
>>733162310Are you playing on a Leapfrog? That's pretty cool.
>>733161814Game lacks the "double click to send cards to the top row" thing. Seems like solitaire would want that. Anyway, it was pretty entertaining I might actually get it. It helps I haven't played solitaire for a while, and it's "solitaire with a plot." The cards talk to you. Almost like Harry Potter Chess.Wishlisted. In the category of:>this shouldn't be as good as it is.
replaced, limbo like with blade runner settingdarwin's paradox, limbo like squid adventure
tentative wishlist but I am not the biggest dungeon crawler player. good studio to check out for people who like that stuff though.
This demo has been out for a while but I guess it's nearing release. Forest Fire Card Game for real.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2822980/ARSONATE/
>>733158641There's a ton of entries and a ton of trash. I was scrolling through them and did a double take when I saw one of the titles.
>>733159157This one seems to be the same.>Do 20 stages to collect 20 resources to increase your damage by 5% to do 20 stages to collect 20 resources to increase your damage by 10%If you like the gameplay loop it's an infinite treadmill at least
>>733165001this is unironically fun though
>>733157686Agreed, I was very pleasantly surprised.
>>733159941based demoGAWD
fuck I have no vowelsthis game is okay I guess. it's no solitaire though
>>733166252EA should remake Bookworm or something. Or actually no they shouldn't.
>>733143479You made me believe there's a demo, damn you. But yes that looks awesome, I usually hate meme games based on a joke idea, but then I saw the videos..I only hope it plays as good as it looks.. so hopefully not yet another ultrakill situation, which I just couldn't get into personally.
This one's already out, but I think I forgot to talk about it last next fest or maybe it never even entered. I'm probably going to buy it at some point. It's got a lot of unique stuff that will take me quite a while to figure out. I don't know why they let pick up ash trays and eat the ash out of them, leaving me with an empty tray. Or maybe I'm just assuming she ate it? It made a sound like eating, and if I just tossed the ashes on the ground, that shouldn't make a sound. What's the point of an ashtray at all, with or without ashes? Also she has this kickass tail you can jab people with. Few games do non-human physiology.It actually kind of reminds me of early hitman games because I walk in a room and TRESPASSER fills my screen and everyone gets mad at me and starts shooting and I'm barely certain what I did. I thought this was a gas station? I guess it's an exclusive members only gas club. I don't have time to devote to this game during a demo festival. It will take me quite a while to get this game downpat, but for now, onto the next demo.
>>733167270Outrider Mako also came out and it didn't get such a warm reception
Siren's Well 2 is supposedly getting a demo for this festival.
This was such a piece of shit that I did wonder if it was just a front for a virus. Usually I check each game before running the demo to make sure it at least has some online presence but this one I mixed up with a different game.
>>733167270>>733167642Was this a shill post? My bad.
>>733167270>>733167642>>733168019You should let me know if it's a paid advertisement so I can respond accordingly as if you're a consumer or a salesman
huh. I found a Star Fox clone. That's something you don't see too often.
>>733168126>>733168019If you want to know about Hierachy and Control, there's demos for that.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4287470/Caerlin_Rising__Season_1/
>>733168284wat
This one was reasonably spooky.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4243670/Invocation_Ghost_Photography/Actually, better post Shutter Story too. This post can be a 2 for 1.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3798860/Shutter_Story/
>>733167642Because Outrider Mako was bad. Even with the demo alone the combat felt clunky and unfun which is a shame because the game looked good
horror farming, probably not as great as Welcome to Elderfield though.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3670630/Besmirch/
is the weird beast with a coffee cup king on his back a well known slavic legend?
>>733159941You are a true GAMER
>>733106463Nakara looks interesting but I haven't played much, Harem Of Ankhutep (VN) was ok for a weg
>>733169350why was the psycho sleuth demo SOOOOOOOO kino?? that shit came out of nowhere.
>>733159941Nice, I kneel>>733169628I can't wait for full game, I want to see if my theory about second case was right or not
pick onehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3464670/Dead_Watch/
>>733169942Comi
Anything with actually unique mechanics and not just repeating old stuff?
>>733169942cunnies or patriotism? those are always the hardest choices.
I think this looked cooler than this was.
>>733170014Are there any games where the Goddess Athena is totally nude and bent over at a ninety degree angle while she covers her mouth with her hand and she giggles because she just used god powers to give an ironic punishment to Arachne?
>>733169101It's German/Austrian. Alpine as in The AlpsThere's also interesting subtypes of perchten
>>733170491I want to play this game
>>733169350>186 demos>4 games playedAnon, I think you missed the point of demos.
>>733170670We're known as the sample guy at our local Costco
>>733170558Oops, uploaded the thumbnail
>>733170670GGn and csrin help with the full games
>>733141650Releasing next month (hopefully).
>>733169101>slavicAustrian
>>733169350>>733159941Damn I gotta step up my demo game. I generally try at least 1 game and 1 demo each week of the year.
>>733170813kek
I understand that you have to do all the set-up first, but it takes forever to realize I'm a rogue car AI when I knew that immediately. I just want to get to solving serial killings, like Kit. Or for a gaming example, this game kind of strikes me as similar to Death Trick. Where you possess mundane objects to manipulate reality around you.Anyway, I turned it off before I got to the good part but I have a pretty decent suspicion a good part exists so it's wishlisted.
>>733172360You mean Ghost Trick? If you want something like that, Crushed in Time gave me the same feeling where characters just stand around while you manipulate reality and then go "Oh, hey. My problem magically solved itself."https://store.steampowered.com/app/3858650/Crushed_In_Time/
>>733172839Nah I think he meant death trick double blind
>>733143479Made my nipples erect.
Thymesia was a decent mix of Bloodborne and Sekiro from Taiwan, and now China's trying to do it too, complete with Guts from Berserk and many ripped off sound effects and minor animations. It's pretty ass but playable. The true final boss of the demo is a complete piece of shit.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333250/Crimson_Oath/
ahhhh naruhodoso desu ne
>>733149878>indie gachawhat in the...
>>733173787Fate is an indie gacha.
So you play as a woman in the past but she wears pants and a tie and is also a detective very unrealistic but she also does sort of look like a boy anyway so what the fuck ever I guess, sometimes they did masquerade.The translation is a bit off, and the re-use of NPC assets was pretty blatant, but it seems pretty decent. There's also stealth sections like in Metal Gear Solid. or FF7. It's also got that blurry look just like I'm emulating a DS game, very committed to the bit. fun. wishlisted.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2611210/Connected_Clue_Demo/
>>733173942that's at least established IP
>>733170862Ah, fair enough.
>>733173761Wow even had to add parrying to the guy with the biggest sword in human history
>>733173776You thought Body Type A and B were bad? In the future, languages will be Option A and B.
ball bouncing nes game, interesting feature of the levels being connected so if you miss you can return to the previous level.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4253370/Mega_Kaiju_Boom_Ball/
>>733173761>big plate armour knight suddenly does a ninja flip
>>733174740He's got the Dark Wood Grain Ring.
Croak looks kino>no demo yetOf course. Happens a lot with the games I wanna play. still wishlisted lol. some games are like that, one look at the video and you know it will likely be goodhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2616540/Croak/I love fast paced 2D platformers
meh, I don't fucking know. had a weird EULA disclaimer that forced to me agree not to export the game to embargoed nations of either USA or EU, like I could do that with a shitty digital game anyway. It's a ripoff of Dukes of Hazzard but starts you off with the Starsky and Hutch car probably because the confederate flag is RACIST.pass
>>733168850It was fine. You just had to play frogger on the enemies' heads.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3968040/Hollow_Stories_Lockdown/Unironically don't let the AI voices deter you from this game. Became my new favorite horror demo, even above ground zero from last year
>>733175685okay well Phase Zero was the best horror demo but I might try your game anyway
pass
this should hit all my buttons but there's something about the trailer video that just didn't sit right with me about altered almahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3119940/Altered_Alma_Demo/idk. maybe it's metroidvania fatigue
>>733176335Probably just general fatigue. That Luigi's Mansion h-game looked cool too.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3823650/LUCKROT/Arena shooter with your typical rougelite elements. That's random upgrades between stages. I think the setting premise is neat. You're streamer in dystopian future shooting up mutants for views, but the gameplay is just alright. I found the movement a bit too frantic. Had to turn of camera bopping in the options.
>>733176335Maybe it's the shaved side-cut dyke.
Solid metroidvania. Control scheme is a bit atypical but not unlearnable. Don't usually see goblins as anything other than bad guys. maybe i'll buy it someday if it's cheap.
>>733177148tits could've been bit bigger
>20000 games get made every year on steam and the number keeps increasing?>generative AI has made vibe coding and slop development even easier for third worlders?>steam still hasn't increased the barrier of entry? >there's no easy tag or way to separate low effort shovelware, AI WEGs, roguelite decbkbuilders, idle clickers, EVNs with shitty art, janky joke projects from actual solid games trying hard?>Waku Waku ! Let me scroll through the discovery queue, doc!the steam next fest experience™
This is complete slop but it's charming somehowhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4205060/DopePie_Survivors_3D/
>>733177148Haven't tried yet but assuming they slap on a button editor down the road, all the better.
>>733109359>Only played one demo so far and it was excellent. At least the second map was: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2423690/Luna_Abyss_Demo/Alright I have no played two demos and the second one was good too: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092480/Super_Alloy_Crush_Demo/Are there any other actual games people found that aren't either horror, hentai or some weird pool/camera simulator slop?
>>733144071>>733151353>>733151591It showed up for me when I was exploring the press preview link the other day, so yeah it should be getting a demo sadly this looks like this shittiest inti game since umbra claw imo
Certified Hidden Gem uncovered, though I don't know if I'll be able to say that about this studio much longer. Tainted Pact is making a bit of a name for itself with Suffer the Night and Flesh Made Fear and now this new demo. They might become reasonably well known, like Puppet Combo, if they keep it up.Anyway, the opening monologue was hilarious, I'm pretty sure they stole some direct quotes from Rorschach's opening monologue in Watchmen, like "city drowning in own filth."https://store.steampowered.com/app/4310610/The_Skin_Stapler/
>>733178219Gridbeat. Plays somewhat like necrodancerDialogues are cringe but there's potential for good shit
>>733178524It seems like the Skin Stapler keeps jumpscaring you when you politely ask him not to
>>733106463>Any good H-game demos?>it's current AI year>can't buy storage for my server because of ai shit>steam next fest is still filled with disgusting ass DAZ3D porn games when AI is a 5 step installwhy are they like this»
>>733179102Have you almost connected the dots that AI art is lower than a daz wegger
The world needs more pokemon likeshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3807690/Yami_Kids/
>>733178513It doesn't look that bad(I think) but we will see when it releases
>>733178219>>Only played one demo so far and it was excellent. At least the second map was: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2423690/Luna_Abyss_Demo/>Alright I have no played two demos and the second one was good too: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092480/Super_Alloy_Crush_Demo/>Are there any other actual games people found that aren't either horror, hentai or some weird pool/camera simulator slop?Played another one. A metroidvania that seems kinda neat this time: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442520/Akatori/There are a lot of abilities that seem fun and you have an insane jump height, classic backdash and a throw for puzzles. Could end up being good but feels really chaotic in a bad way (not sure what is happening in the game). In any case I dig the art style.>>733178585Thanks anon, I'll check it out.
>>733179252it really isn't but i don't expect basic bitch dazzers to use anything other than basic unmodified stable diffusion or similar
don't know how into bureacuracy games I am. probably not very
>>733177148>goblin>normal human proportions
a body pillow of our main character on the title screen of our poetry dungeon crawling game is a good sign, I think.
>>733176397>Luigi's Mansion h-game?
decent little top down shooterhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3859430/Waterpunk_Through_the_Rust/
why would i play this and not reccetear, again? who knows.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3951460/Furry_Detective_Blacktail_and_the_Case_of_the_Blood_Moon/
>>733181287I feel that about pretty much every shopkeeper game.There was one I liked a while back where everything had physics but I've forgotten the name. Merchant's something
>hand drawn tutorialHOLY SOULhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4249320/Evoluth/
>>733176335Demo was alright, but I’ll have to see how the full game shakes out. Parry timing felt a little off, but I could adjust after some practice. Not really a fan of how much it seems to be leaning into precision platforming over combat. Not that I don’t expect some of that in a metroidvania, but typically you ramp up to it a bit more
you will never solve this
>>733177625a lot of the garbage asset flip games fall into the same category so being smart with your tag filtering should catch a shitton of them immediately.Having a Slop tag would also greatly expedite the filtering but that'd be dependent on people actually tagging things properly.Digging your way through the queue of 3k goes a hell of a lot faster when the obvious garbage doesn't even get a second of your time, and most savvy hobby gamers can be repelled by a shit game within 5 seconds.Still gonna power through it 3 times a year. The amount of things I actually wound up enjoying enough to consider picking up has kept me sane amidst the daily blunders of the modern gaming landscape.
>>733159157Othercide would've been more palatable if those french faggots implemented mod support to add QoL and cute skins for your units.
>>733179878>>>Only played one demo so far and it was excellent. At least the second map was: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2423690/Luna_Abyss_Demo/>>Alright I have no played two demos and the second one was good too: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3092480/Super_Alloy_Crush_Demo/>>Are there any other actual games people found that aren't either horror, hentai or some weird pool/camera simulator slop?>Played another one. A metroidvania that seems kinda neat this time: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1442520/Akatori/>There are a lot of abilities that seem fun and you have an insane jump height, classic backdash and a throw for puzzles. Could end up being good but feels really chaotic in a bad way (not sure what is happening in the game). In any case I dig the art style.Alright I found an FPS that is pretty neat if a little basic. There are like 5 total weapons (dual wield rifles is the most fun but Katana is dope too): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3551190/The_Last_Salvage_Squad/If you give it a shot play until the demo is over and try the bonus level. Could be a really fun game if it is like 10 bux.
>>733182595The hole needs to fit the casket she put in the goldfish in.
>>733182595She's burying the fishbowl.
>>733183923>upgrades don't make her tits biggerwhy bother?
>>733182595goldfish is what she named her dog.case closed. i am the smahtest
>>733183923
>>733150270I think it's because there's too much hitstop on basic attacks
>>733164586Enjoying it but they need to fix the resolution because my mouse feels so weird to play with
>>733135969Point to any successful game and it has 4 clones. The whole tree is rotted.
>>733182523>>733182595added these two. thanks lads.
>>733179631dokimon sucked what tells me this won't
>>733150270The game is way more focused on the melee, playing the ranged dude feels like a completely different game
any anon games?
>>733157686>KniteThird this, so far it is the most fun demo i played, and i'm not even into space harrier
>>733157686It's alright. There was a sprite animu one last next fest that was faster/better. If Knite had a bigger butt and removed the cloth flap it would be a better game tho.
AGDG devs?
>>733191465some anon posted plinkomancy here a day or so ago saying it was his.
>>733189481>>733191465plinkomancyguns and nunsand skeletons posted by >>733158116
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4307640/Tooned_Out_Duo_Dippin_Demo/I've had this on my wishlist for over a year.I can confirm it's an actual playable game. The first track launches you out of the course and one of the audio tracks has the worst pops and artifacts I've ever heard, actually had me worried for my equipment.But hey, it's Mario Kart Dual dash I think. And it has the NSX.
Play my first person goblin equip-em-up demo pleasehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3019490/I_Wont_Let_You_Level_Up_In_My_Goblin_Town/>>733189481Yeah mine
>>733194625i ignored it because the title card art looks like some incredibly brown person adjacent ntr mental illnessfuck you
>>733194829huh
>>733194829I'm not super happy with my title card but is it that bad? jesusWould more color contrast help?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4165970/CRT_Corner_Right_There/I thought CRT: Corner Right There would be fun but the fact it has a cooldown to place the redirector thing killed my enjoyment immediately
My sister really enjoyed this game. Charming presentation, decent puzzles even if on the easier side for adventure/point and click games. The MC is weird but cute.https://store.steampowered.com/app/1661610/Apopia_Sugar_Coated_Tale/
bump
>>733168137https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921490/Wild_Blue_Skies/
>>733194625It looks like you took all your assets from RPGMaker and made a 3D game out of them.>>733195182>Goblin I Won't Let You Level Up In My Town
>>733177625be nice to indies
>>733197376>what if Star Fox was made by bara furries and had no sense of speed
>>733194625bro I was cracking up at that in a previous thread
>>733197597>It looks like you took all your assets from RPGMaker and made a 3D game out of them.Yeah it's supposed to look like you're in a jrpg and fighting off the heroes as a random tiny goblin. I think the game is pretty though, a lot nicer than the RPG Maker RTP stuff. The textures are all custom.>>733197801Fuck yeah I'm glad you like the concept
>>733195182>>733195182NTA but your title card does look pretty bland and genericIt's just kinda basic, and gives me the vibe of games that I'd gloss over, but I don't have anything useful to say in terms of how to improve it aside from that edited one looks betterI'm not the target audience for that kinda game though so feel free to ignore me and call me a retard
this one took fucking forever to get to the point. whatever. mark it down as a maybe and move on.Impatience doesn't make it bad, necessarily, but demos are supposed to get to the point quickly.
>>733198229Yeah, I agree. I've had a hard time replacing it but I should probably try againThanks
>>733198846I'll try the demo now and see if I have anything useful to say but you can never go wrong with a sexy female bait. Put her somewhere in your village, give her something to do, and then put her on the game cover art.
>>733195182It's not that bad. I suppose it could be better? I'm no graphic designer.What about the stereotypical photogenic hero cast on the top, overshadowing your runt goblin protagonist, seperated by the title name? Sort of evoking an underdog theme. A david and goliath theme for christians.
>>733199097I have been seriously considering adding a cute femgoblin for marketing purposes yeahHonestly a missed opportunity that I don't have one already
damn he anticipated that I would just pile all the items I need right next to the bridge before triggering the fight
>>733128795>>733129206Anti-footfags are extremely mentally ill.In terms of mental sanity:People with no strong opinions on feet >> Footfags >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anti-footfags
>>733110171Are you me?
I should probably stop replying to everything, feels like I'm taking over the thread. Thanks for the feedback though. I will keep reading.>>733199243Solid idea actually, will keep it in mind.>>733199395One of the first things I fixed, would not be much of a game otherwise.I considered letting you keep whatever 2 items you have in your hands but it made it so that you basically just always grab the two strongest defensive items. In which case I just balance all enemies that they are still hard in case you do so. There would probably be ways to make it work but I'm pretty happy with the way it is now.
>>733194625Looks cool anon. I like the focus on movement in the gifs. Might give it a try if the enemies have big butts.
>>733198846While I did say I'm not the target audience, your game's visuals do look nice there and are of much better quality than the cover artI really dunno what you could do to improve it, maybe instead of the stock goblin, a pic of the town against a sun or moon for contrast?Or maybe a pic of a group of goblins fighting off/defending their town against some human adventurers in the standard rpg outfits (knight/warrior, wizard, thief, priest/cleric)?If you have some cash, maybe look for some decent artists to see if they have better ideas>>733199249Works for GearGrit and that's another anon gameOne look at that gob girl and you know the anon making that game is always in the gob threads since her design looks exactly like all the gob art those guys post in there
>>733194625I played it, I enjoyed it, I wishlisted it. Fun concept man.
every game in this thread looks like shit. there really is no one left alive capable of making anything good, huh?
What are some good games with hot anime girls /lewd art without being rpgmaker porn slop.Can't they make games with hot girls anymore
>>733200935wtf is that grip even, wth she want to do with the sword when holding it like that?
good enough for a wishlist, certainly. Might not be the best survival horror so far, but far from the worst.
>>733200935just watch anime fag
>>733201302>>733201302>Untitled
>>733199809>>733199985Thanks anons>>733199935Yeah I wanted to do a more dynamic piece for the capsule originally but it was hard.I'll probably keep iterating on it, thanks. It's nice to know that the feeling I was repressing about it not being good enough was probably right.
this one's art style freaked me out, that robot has a plait! get it away from me. no wishlist.
>>733201407The name is here, if you have the werewithal to find it.
>>733201675nah, don't care that much to bother
>>733201756I didn't think you did.
>>733201791fuck you too
>>733200935
>>733202010This one was good, wishlisted. It's kind of like brainteasers or twenty questions. The first riddle was like this: A man took your stuff and destroyed it. You thanked him. What was the item he took?You can ask questions like: "Was it a large, or small item?" to narrow it down. The answer in this case, was: The man was a ticket taker. He ripped your ticket it half and you thanked him because amusement parks are fun. I got it right on the first try btw I am super smart. Here's a riddle for you: figure out the game even though I didn't post the name. You can ask me questions about it, but I will only answer with "Yes, No, or irrelevant."
>>733202465>The first riddle was like this: A man took your stuff and destroyed it. You thanked him. What was the item he took?"Rubbish" is an obvious and valid answer.
>>733202598>my answer is heckin valid
not bad I guess, an actionier version of pixel dungeon
>>733195182needs 1(uno) hot female goblin shortstack on the title card
>>733194625gotta add goblin town upgrades and world building. one potion at first, but you can unlock more potion slots at the store by buying them with money or points or something.Obviously going to need a wave enemy mode, and the short length makes it seem like it might benefit from some sort of roguelike features, perhaps.You could go with a "kidnapping women and keeping them as sex slaves" feature but probably a bad idea in this case. There's good and bad that comes with sexual content.
>>733196491apopia caused my computer to shut down kek
Any games similar to Keep Driving in the sense of inventory management and going on a long trip? It doesn't have to be vehicle based, I just like the idea of packing shit and going traveling.
Finally, my career as an e-celeb can beginhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4178210/Video_Editor/
>>733176397name or link?sounds fun
another certified hidden gem uncovered. go play it right now detective game fans. it even has a roman-dictatorship aesthetic.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4230860/Code_9_Demo/
>>733203016I'd love to make an H version some time, the concept is perfect for it. I'd probably have to team up with an actual porn artist though, I don't think I have it in me to draw or write sexy stuff. I might give it a shot after release.It's tempting to add town upgrades and stuff but I'm trying to keep the scale down for now. I could definitely see myself adding a randomizer/roguelite mode with that kind of system after release, though.I don't really like roguelites to be honest but the game would work pretty well with a randomizer mode I think. I sometimes fantasise about a mines of moria version underground where you create your own very vertical town out of pre-made collection of parts. Like drafting rooms in Blue Prince but they connect and become 3d platforming challenges of your own making with items strewn about.One day...
>>733204278Ray's Hotel Adventures. It was already posted above but somewhat easy to miss:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3675870/Rays_Hotel_Adventures/Not sure i'd call this a H-game though. Wouldn't it be a WEG?
>>733204474Bridge Upgrade: A goddamned railing. 500 goblin bucks.
>>733204474I dunno, slaves you catch don't have to be sex slaves, you can make them work in mines too and bring you ore to make better weapons and stuff. it could be good, but people will bore of running back and forth pretty quickly.
I've been pleasantly surprised with mystery EVNs since 2024 with games like of the devil but I have a feeling 304 seconds will disappoint me and I don't want to try in order to find outThere was a not!Danganronpa clone that I skipped too
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3580070/Within/decent escape/puzzle game
>>733204474Sex Scenes are lame but nudity is based. Just add a feature where you chain up female prisoners near the moat and take away their clothes to get adventurers to try rescue them. This means you have to come up with a reason you want people to attack when the whole goal seems to be preventing that. meh.
>>733204936>Sex Scenes are lame but nudity is based.I think it's the opposite. Official dev-endorsed nudity only makes sense in H-games or VNs with sex scenes, otherwise there's no point. You get the worst of both worlds for everyone involved. Devs lose potential audiences because of the NSFW and people who might seek out pure gaming experiences will skip the game thinking it sucks because the focus is on ecchi content instead of gameplay. Coom mods are better imo
>>733204309As expected, it uses a LLM to parse the users input. I would be interested to see how simple it ends up being in terms of how it decides what qualifies for correct input.But I would end up spending more time thinking about that than the game itself. No thanks.
>>733205316Always impressive how they manage to come up with the stupidest possible comments, but stated so earnestly.
>>733204702Downloading now
>>733204661The biggest problem with the previous game was that the main character was a faggot. It was mostly ignorable though, and just focus on the puzzles.Pretty decent demo, you're a heterosexual this time, and the neighbour girl sneaks over to your bed. But you wake up and she's gone. And you also have some weird Ai eye implant like Aiba from uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Somnium Files. Wishlisted.
>>733205385>write your deductions in your own words rather than choosing pre-made answersIn the steam description tipped me off.>The game uses a large language model to evaluate the player's deductions.At the bottom of the page. I bring this up because I have no faith in a LLMs use for this task. In a classic text based game or a "pick from the choices" option there are a limited number of possible things that the systems accepts to produce an outcome.A LLM is doing this same thing of trying to put what it receives into a very limited box of outcomes the game actually needs to proceed. I don't see how this makes for a better game.Now do you want to be angry or have a discussion?
>>733205606I just wanted to insult you for being an idiot, I don't go around trying to convince people to play good games. If anything, I prefer it when idiots do not get to enjoy anything so your decision is preferable to me.
>>733205701Ok, have fun I guess.
>>733168651Nice. No demo on this one, but I'm looking forward to it.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3460960/Echograph/
this one seems like a "just watch the events unfold and at the end of the chapter, I'll ask you who you think did it."it could be decent. tentative wishlist.
>>733135156>Citadellikes
>>733204702Were you able to actually play this? The shit game keeps freezing at the intro cutscene. I've reinstalled it twice and verified the integrity of the files, so I'm chalking it up to retarded Russians incapable of making a video game.
>>733206098worked on my machine. a steam deck, actually
>For homicide detectives, the clock begins ticking when they are called. The chance of solving a murder is reduced by half if the detectives don't find a lead in the first 48 hours.kino. let's goooooooooooooo
>>733206135I switched the language to russian and got past the intro cutscene. Now I gotta figure out which vodka rune means settings to turn it back to English.
>>733205316>As expected, it uses a LLM to parse the users input. I would be interested to see how simple it ends up being in terms of how it decides what qualifies for correct input.
>>733205541I'll take your words for it. If this ends up being slop I will order DeKiller to "take care" of Anonymous from 4chan /v/
>>733135156Are these animen ones Citadel-likes
>>733206219ah shit I think I already solved it. darn. maybe we won't go for it then.
I didn't think they were being literal when they said I'd play the game in file explorer. That's too freaky. pass.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333010/Directory_Dungeon__File_Explorer_Dungeon_Crawler/
>>733206310Thanks for the webm anon, I audibly snickered at the "no shit".Seems as simple as I feared and unless the dev personally wrote every single response to the player than the line on the steam page>The game does NOT use generative AI for dialogues, 2D art, 3D models, music, or voice.Is already proven to be false. It's also arguably worse than an old school text adventure that would work as you would expect it to.
>>733180650this is for you>>733204562
>>733206543>>733206310That's a different game, fuck me I need to sleep
>>733206603you still won't have a brain when you wake up tho
>>733206645At least you will still be easily identifiable from your writing style so I can enjoy laughing at you.Please Continue.
>>733135156Last salvage is way too easy and simple, sadly.
>70% offWorth it or not? I don't exactly have a spare 100 hours thouh
>>733141349Tank controls are great for survival horror
>>733202598>You thanked himyou don't thank jannies, they do it for free
enh I'm not going for it but maybe someone else likes this nonsense.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3672920/Not_My_Hand/
>>733159941Awesome. I had just above 800 iirc
not sure about this one. probably leaning towards no. good atmosphere though.
>>733203781As I expected, Video Editor ended up being a great puzzle game. Cute in its presentation and clever in its mechanics
https://youtu.be/M6jWZlfxXeQ
Forastero better have a demo this time.
>>733207514>>733203781This is actually cool. Rad,
>pixelshit>roguelite>roguelikes>souls-likes>moeshit/weebshit/otakushit/shitty weaboo games>porn games>metroidvanias>boomer shooters>vampire survivors clones>resident evil and silent hill clones with tank controls>half arsed dungeon crawlers>games that are supposed to be treated special if they use the term immersive sim for their marketing but are half baked shit or feel nothing like thief, deus ex or system shock>cozy games>turn based/4 niggers in a row>deckbuilders>farming sims>walking simulators>quirky EarthBound clones with metaphors for depressionIndie developers are proof that this is whole medium is a rotting corpse that can't ever be resurrected. It's a shallow imitation of better times.
>>733195182It's very, very green. Yeah, it's a goblin game but it just makes it not very interesting to look at. Boring suggestion, but you might want to commission an artist. Change it to a goblin carrying a mountain of stuff at once or something to get the premise of the game across.
>>733209653UN FORASTERO
>>733135291what demo is that
>>733209674That’s a lot of variety already, what exactly do you want?>I want a game that would take a budget of 100 million dollars to make
>>733209674As opposed to what exactly?
>>733210310>>733210409>replying to baitHe won't name his favorite games nor what he would want to see more of because that was never his intention. Ignore that culture war troon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3289360/Gary_Goat_RPG_Legend_of_the_Jewel_Seeds/I guess it was only matter time before we would get Mario RPG clones. This one is fine but the battle music is hilariously bad. Like if someone mashed piano keys.
>>733210498>it's culture war to talk about how every single indie game is the sameThe only thing i left out was survival crafters but i hit the nail on the head with all of it.
>>733210516There was a Superstar Saga clone too. It had that Steamboat Mickey style though.
>>733210560so if I play baba is you, obra dinn and balatro I'm playing the same game? retardyou don't know what you are talking about. if you are not baiting then you are genuinely low IQ
What is wrong with games with pixel art? I never understood the hate against it
>>733210560what classic game is webm rel copying? I'd genuinely like to know
>>733210730>so if I play baba is you, obra dinn and balatroNo, but you are playing shitty games by a scene of wannabe developers that are propped up by twitch streamers and normalfaggots
>>733210516>Inspired>Many of what seem to be the early game areas mimic Mario RPGs early game, but painfully generic>That soundtrackHope the dev is here somehow because I have to say the early impressions I have of this fucking sucks. I'll stick to Another Crusade if I need a Mario RPG clone fix. It may have its own issues, but FUCK they actually tried to put some effort in to try and set it apart.
>>733210798you are projecting nowhaven't even opened a page other than the next fest discovery queue and this thread lolretard
>>733210754It's hard and expensive to do well and as a result of lazy indie devs doing shit art it has become associated with babby dev's first game.
>>733210730>>733210795>>733210910Stop replying to bait and share cool demos instead. You are wasting your time
>>733210910I'm not impressed by indie developers and i think anyone who suggests that they're making gaming better are lying. That they're just as soulless as the multi million dollar companies. We just need an actual revival of the concept people commonly refer to as double A funded games instead of indie. That's the only thing that can actually save gaming. It's below their pay grade and capability about what can be done to fix the soulless state of the industry.
>>733194625I kinda hope at some point something starts trying to stop you from helping battle goblin.
>>733210627Link?
>>733211010Not any of those anons but so far I haven't found anything interesting. The only two demos I really liked so far are Guns and Nuns and Schrödinger’s Call but they aren't on the same level of demos from previous fests, like Mirage Feathers, Theta and Paralldoxes Worldlines, Psycho-sleuth or Placid Plastic Deck
>>733211032you are arguing against ghosts in your headno one ITT has been saying that indie games are saving the industryno one has denied that soulless trend chasers who make unoriginal slop existi agree that there's been some conflation between indie and small studio games as of late but what point are you trying to make here lol>NOOO only big budget needs to make gameswith people like you flash games that were genuinely good could never have been madeyou don't need big budget and massive scope to make entertaining games, even today. you give some autistic kid a level creator and he could make something great
>>733205385>LLM parserNo thanks.
>>733211226same. where are the rainchasers, dolls nest, BIRDCAGE, rubinite, of the devil, nanoapostle, poke all toads and nine solsthe only one that could compare was inari but it wasn't part of the next fest
>>733211265>NOOO only big budget needs to make gamesBut they always attempt games they're not capable of making most of the time and then it just ends up being unimpressive. See example of someone referring to this indie game as "reminding them of hitman" when no one in their right mind could associate this game as feeling anything of that premium quality. >>733167270 Even by now "janky" early 2000s standards (still more polished than indie devs).
>>733211203https://store.steampowered.com/app/3490730/Fuzz__Dizzy_PartTime_Heroes/
>>733211474Exactly. I hope all the good demos are waiting for us when next fest officially starts because otherwise this will be one of the worst next fests.INARI was great but yeah, technically not a part of fest.
>>733206974>>733159941Nevermind it was 582, I kneel
>>733210754Every indie game seems to do the same exact style. At least for metroidvanias. I'm not sure what the fuck universal guide they're following but its frustrating.
>>733211635is there a mod that turns the blind prince into a blind princess
>>733211795I do not know of existence of that kind of mod
>>733211592Thanks. Judging by first impressions just from the trailer alone, it is aping the M&L formula a little too closely. I won't be too harsh on that front since I'm assuming this was in the pipeline before Brothership was announced and they were probably hoping to fill the hole M&L would've left had they not got a new entry. I'll be keeping an eye on this. Hope it is good even if the M&L inspiration is a little on the nose. Looks better than that new Mario RPG inspired game that's for sure.
>>733211728>MIO: Memories In Orbit>Rusted Moss>TEVI>Constance>Bo Path Of The Teal Lotusthat's 5 different metroidvanias (or very close) games that came out in the last 2 years and they all look or play differentregardless of their quality (constance sucks) already you are objectively wrong
>>733212132Making me eyeroll, but it was hyperbole on my end so I'll admit that's where I faltered. Fact of the matter is that you KNOW what I'm talking about. That common "low detail" pixel look a lot of them have.
>>733212193idk lmao. I don't pay that much attention to the low effort shovelware slopyou look back 25 years ago and you'll notice the exact same trends that are plaguing indies today with chasers. The karters, JRPGs or goldeneye clones of old are the roguelike deckbuilders of todayor even flash games. nothing has changed and we both have tunnel vision
>>733212347Fair enough. Its not like I'm disagreeing with you at all. I think pixel games can and have looked great. Hell, like you said, there are examples of it. Its just that common issue of there's more garbage than quality.
>>733212347>goldeneye clones of oldWhat? The only one I could even think of is the Mission Impossible game and that was third person.
>>733206219>>733206310What game?
>>733212404You're retarded on at least three levels.
>>733210754Most anons are just angry at whatever they are exposed too much (pixels, roguelikes etc.). Pay it no attention.But it's true that most devs use "pixel art" as lazy crutch for design and animation.If you would use one color pixel to make character legs, you would be kicked out of any serious studio in 1980's.
>>733212347>you look back 25 years ago and you'll notice the exact same trends Nothing is the same as it was 25 years ago if we consider the fact with most PC releases every single developer were making their own propriety engines. That alone should tell you about a minor barrier of entry involved. Even though people could still shit out garbage despite that. Only those multiplat games that went to consoles were all renderware. They were often forced to build game systems from the ground up completely on their own. I'm not saying it made the games better, just that it was slightly less amateur at times.
>>733213163Flash was the low barrier of entry engine of the times.This means you got 1000 shitty games for every kino one.
Show me games with great character designhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4228390/Curse_Chapter_Dawnthief/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3374020/Buddy_Bug/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4309740/DashnDrops/
>>733211795Use your imagination.
>>733200935Anime vidya is kind of a solved genre. The most optimal projects are either low effort lewd games, medium effort fotm, or high effort gacha.
>>733215486how about you use your non-existent penis
>>733211554I actually played, and beat, all the Hitman games, even the original one that no one liked. Times haven't changed much. I still am willing to play new titles that maybe don't have the best quality control. You're still a loser.The games coming out today are going to be the classics of the past that you wish you played, at some point.
>>733211637I think I win, no one has managed to outdo me. 582 is a pretty good number though.
FYI to any anons reading and wondering if this fest actually sucks, this happens every year in the press preview, it's always a bit shakey (3000+ games!) until steam turns the algo on and winners are selected.
>>733212404Whispers of Luminaries.
>>733218197I struggle to play more than 200 games each fest and I even take the Next Fest week off from work, then play both a week before and after each one. What's your secret?
>>733218264I play them outside of next fest. At least once a week, I sort by release date>demos and play about twenty of them, all year.
>>733182523It looks fun which is exactly why I will skip on it. I have 700 hours in backpack battles and I can't introduce new addictions right now.
I want something like Witch Spring R
>>733218407I see. I also play a few outside of the fest. Nice to see another game mechanic appreciator. Do you have any genres you go to or avoid?
>>733214090I doubt you could recognize great character design if it hit you with a truck and teleported you to another world where everyone has great character design.Cool bugs though.
>>733218507Plenty.Avoid: Sports, Idler, 3D Platformers/Precision Platformers, First Person Shooters, Multiplayer Games. RhythmDrawn towards: Survival Horror and Mystery. Farming Sims.
>>733218723I'll play anything if it looks interesting or well made, but I tend to avoid 3D platformers, horror outside of resident evil style survival horror, idle games and tower defense.
>>7332189643D platformers just tend to be uninteresting unless they are exceptional examples of the genre, like with Blast Cats, say. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2007430/Blast_Cats/I'm more willing to go through a Resident Evil clone even if it could hardly be called a standout of the genre, though. Like Resonant Dusk.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3889080/Resonant_Dusk/
Better post a new thread.NEW THREAD:>>733219323>>733219323>>733219323
>>733219283I don't see why an RE clone wouldn't have a hot girl these days, there are so many competitors which do.
LOOKING FOR DEMO SUGGESTIONS.I like:>detective games, like Golden Idol or Rootrees>roguelike/deck builder games, like Slay the Spire (not reflex roguelikes, slow)>second monitor games like Backpack Battles or Darkest Dungeon, for play during work>cRPGs that are heavier on the storytelling and characters, not dungeon crawlers that are 90% combat>turn based strategy games, like Rimworld or Civilization
>>7332192833D platformers are almost always a downgrade from 2D. The extra dimension doesn't add anything and they are often slow and meandering. There are very few exceptions imoBlast Cats looks like absolute ass though. The Big Catch, now there's a game with promise. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2985610/The_Big_Catch_Tacklebox/Resonant Dusk looks neat, very close to Alone in the Dark.
>>733219765Yeah, well, harder to make a 3D platformer than a 2D one. They're not entirely wrong when they say that indie devs games tend to be worse. Like most things, they just blow the whole issue out of proportion.
>>733219571>turn based strategy games, like Rimworld or Civilizationhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2275300/Folk_Emerging/Civilization set in stone age basically.
