any notable upcoming games and demos?https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest_june26_press/>the next fest hasn't actually started!! I want to play videogames
>>740924079sprawl zero is pretty good >mid 2000s shooter with slo-mo and a grav gauntlet
>>740924079previous press preview steam next fest threads from newest to oldest:>>740756858>>740578116>>740421712>>740243252previous threads that died early:>>740737106>>740411105>>740359658>>740314624>Preview links Violentmonkey userscripthttps://github.com/kani-ge/DLSite-Links-Plus
>>740924159kino graphics
>>740924079We get to play over 100 levels of Game of the Year early!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMPlBMzfsQ
>>740924159I was looking forward to this game until I played this demo.The 1 weapon no reload shit ruined it for me.
>>740924079I tell you when the fest actually starts
>>740924079ive got an insane backlog of demos as it is
>>740924079the amount of ai slop is sad
>>740924660This shit is stupid as hell man
>>740924079AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAMERO
Pretty short demos so far. I don't mind, I sank way too much time into them last time.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4665530/Brigador_Killers_Demo/Loot guns and parts, take them back to your garage, and build them into mechs, technicals, tanks, and anti-gravity vehicles. There's also a tutorial campaign with a little bit of story.
>>740926006Ain't no point to the game
my highlights so far:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3853010/FantasyJourneyDemo/2d hack and slash, combat feels satisfying and the art looks nicehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3536620/Glory_On_Pluto_Demo/roguelike strategy/puzzle. you put different fuels into a rocket engine and it spins up, applying different effects and synergies and stats, depending on the fuel and their placement. seems like there's a pretty good amount of mechanical depth and I haven't personally encountered any game that has its system. cool presentation. I think it can manage to become a nextfest hit if it gets enough starting traction.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4421880/Catechesis_Demo/shoved some basic survival horror combat into an rpg maker horror game. you'll be playing mostly for the story and visuals, which I both thought were interesting enough to want to see more.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3714420/Delta/fps trial runner, will probably skill check most people because it kinda requires being good at stuff like bunnyhopping and strafe jumping and angle vector rocket jumping at a minimum, but if you enjoy that kind of stuff it's pretty great.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3710740/Drone_Sector_Demo/the ac-130 cod mission but its own game. I think they were in a past nextfest, but they show up in this one with a new demo so idkwtf. anyway doesn't seem super in depth or anything but if you liked the cod mission you'll probably have fun with this.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4493160/Sludgineers_Demo/powerwasher simulator but as a 2d incremental. pretty mindless and it'll rape your wrist, but it's fun.
Children's Garden caught my eye on the first few days of the (press preview) next fest because it looked schizophrenic, but unfortunately lacked a demo at the time. Excited to try it out and see if it's actually good.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2994630/Childrens_Garden/>>740926890I really enjoyed Fantasy Journey, when I initially thought the in-game artstyle would prevent me from doing so when I first saw the trailer and skipped it. I much prefer the cover art.
>>740924079Order of the Sinking Star is getting a demo, 20-30 hours long.https://youtu.be/jIMPlBMzfsQ
>>740924660>>740927227Respectfully, given how many years it took for this game to be made it's pretty sad to see it looking like Clash of Clans from 2015
>>740927331Blind retard take. I looked up what Clash of Clans looks like and it has nothing on this game. Have some gameplay footage.https://youtu.be/he78sfGu_ww?t=10
>>740924079https://store.steampowered.com/app/4796320/__Spring_at_Dawn_I_Am_a_Monster_Demo/I do not know if i could recommend this but it seems very good for a disturbing visual novel high school game. It's a very short demo but it seems like it will be fun to play.
>>740927424I meant to say A psychological horror ADV game.
>>740927424I don't know why but the song they use in the trailer makes me not want to play it
The furry torture game will be here. Does it mean that it's getting a proper release soon?
Any horror game
>>740926572You just push blocks and shit
>>740926517Love that shit.
>>740924079>I want to play videogameswtf someone stop this individual
>>740928810too manyremove horror
Man. That orc problem game sounded neat at first, but the general lack of meaningful stuff in it would probably kill the game just as quick.
Choro Q/Penny racers, but fullsize and anime>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3113580/Kaido_Genkai_An_Anime_Racing_RPG/
>>740924660Blow has been triggered to the point of crying at least once for every game in his career thusfar. What's gonna send him over the edge for this one? Anyone wanna take bets? I have some good money on another cock joke.
>>740928758>nextfest demo>near releaselol
Lazy Witch's Factory was fun enough, but got repetitive quick. Might partially be because you only have four sponsors available in the demo, which determines your access to "buildings", so there was only ever one strategy to employ for every stage. If it's super duper cheap, then I'll get it.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3971650/Lazy_Witchs_Factory/
Found RetroSpace to be disappointing. Enjoyed the style, but the movement feels awful and it permeates everything you do in the game. Skin Deep was better.
>>740926517Was pretty disappointed by what I playedThey basically took the first game (good) and added a fuckton of inventory micromanagement that slows everything down to a crawl
>>740929858Oops. Forgot link.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2783450/RetroSpace_Demo/
>>740929580The fact that it's going to sell terribly despite him pumping so much money and years into it maybe. I'll be playing it myself but he better not be expecting a sokoban to sell well.
I honestly feel like some time after balatro released every fucking dev started scraping the bottom of the barrel with 'what if game but roguelike'
>>740930312This is the history of gamedeving since Doom
>>740930356Kinda is. But I don't think I've ever been annoyed by it that much.Not even by all the vampire survivor clones or the sea of mobas in 10s.
mortal shell 2and brain hack squad
>>740930434You have an irrational hatread of this genre.This means you want to fuck Balatrolike gamedevs.
>>740924079Jonathan Blow's new game.
Isn't it better when the threads are spaced out instead of trying to force generals
We are waiting until the 15th, it's just 3 more daysThreads are dying, stop trying to force this shit, faggot
>>740924079I have a ton on my wishlist that seem to be in this fest but annoyingly Steam only shows a few of them on the "On Your Wishlist" carousel.https://store.steampowered.com/app/632950/SiN_Reloaded/https://store.steampowered.com/app/499170/Order_of_the_Sinking_Star/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2929250/over_the_hill/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4300500/IRON_NEST_Heavy_Turret_Simulator_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3073940/God_Save_Birmingham/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2965560/Alpha_Spectrum/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2569760/The_Mound_Omen_of_Cthulhu/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4040750/Paradoxical/
GREAT:>Kinny and the Cosmic Cauldronhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3330210/Kinny_and_the_Cosmic_Cauldron/>Shutter Storyhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3798860/Shutter_Story/>Pulsebreakerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3851600/Pulsebreaker/>Silver Pineshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2333000/Silver_Pines/>Neverwayhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2318330/Neverway/>There Are No Ghosts at the Grandhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3725190/There_Are_No_Ghosts_at_the_Grand/SOLID:>Virtue and a Sledgehammerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/Virtue_and_a_Sledgehammer/>Gretel & Hanselhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3299820/Gretel__Hansel/>Your Forever Friendhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3948370/Your_Forever_Friend/>Fields of Aaruhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4410710/Fields_of_Aaru/>Lou's Lagoonhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2100020/Lous_Lagoon/>Ambroise Niflette & the Gleaned Bellhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3355070/Ambroise_Niflette__the_Gleaned_Bell/NEUTRAL:>Spiritsteadhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3501540/Spiritstead/>Moonfrosthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2561630/Moonfrost/>Gossip & Potionshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2691410/Gossip__Potions_Tales_from_the_Witch_Shop/>Jupiter Junkworkshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2913540/Jupiter_Junkworks/>The Road of Dust and Sorrowhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3895110/The_Road_of_Dust_and_Sorrow/>DekaDuckhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3715040/DekaDuck/bound to change, as some demos are not out yet
>>740931354Virtue and a Sledgehammer was too repetitive for me. The style was neat and reminds me of that El Paso Elsewhere guy's games, but the game was just a lot of slow walking and breaking things.
>>740926280None of these language learning games work. Just play a normal game in Japanese.
>>740931916I agree, if the game doesn't change things up it's gonna drag on. it's really story-driven and a walking sim at heart. I just really dig the whole philosophical stuff and the story with the mother
>>740930804Shill
Raise Yukkurihttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3520120/UDONGEIN_X2/
>>740930231He was surprised by braid remake barely selling, but maybe that put him in perspective. I hope he dissolves the studio after this because it's clear the games he likes making are no longer what the market wants. at least retire with some dignity and money left.
>>740932646I'm very sure there's a market for a Witness 2 or a similar first person adventure puzzle game if he makes it. Myst clones are niche too and one that's about solving puzzles on a board even more so, but there's still some overlap with people just liking pretty walking simulators and they sell a decent amount. But I don't think he's the type for sequels or repeats.
>>740932646From his own standpoint, giving up on making games is the least dignified thing he can do. He genuinely loves doing it.
>>740932646>I hope he dissolves the studio after thisThe plan was to use the language and engine he developed to make more games, and faster this time.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3318210/Doomed_Otaku/English translation (from Korean) is a bit shoddy due to MTL use but the main character is endearing in her retardation. Great presentation and story hook too.
>>740933263I didn't say that, he can continue funding solo projects, but if he only makes 5M from this he probably won't be able to sustain the studio.
>>740929858I didn't mind the movement but it did feel jank. And not in a "soulful" way.
>>740933717He can't really do solo projects. Blow is just a programmer and game designed. He needs to hire artists and musicians.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4210100/AENIGMA/
>>740924660>over 100 levelsNeat.
>>740931354Greatly appreciated. Genuinely.
boom n shoot that feels somewhere in between duke nukem and serious sam. I don't think it's great or that a lot of people will like it but it scratches an itch for me https://store.steampowered.com/app/4400030/MEGAPAIN/Very charming choose your own adventure book style RPG with an old vanillaware dev working on ithttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4508570/Veritas_Tales_Witch_of_the_Dark_Castle/Janky but pretty solid boss rush game. No idea why it's tagged with souls-like https://store.steampowered.com/app/3537960/Puppeteer_No_Strings_Attached/
>>740930892No, not really. Dumb thing to say.
>>740935631:)
>>740935889>Veritas TalesOh shit. I didn't realize that got a demo. Nice.
>>740931354Neverway? Let's go
Pulsebreaker looked promising but those controls weren't made by a human being.>>740924159Yeah I had some fun with it. Never played the og.
>>740931354>>740936586Silver Pines looks great too. Good Next Fest kung fu
>>740931354Going to try Kinny's game.
>>740936597>Pulsebreaker looked promising but those controls weren't made by a human being.yeah, it's really clunky. that makes the game more tense, but a better control scheme would go a long way
>>740936586It's a female only farming sim. I can't play this.
>>740924292Demo in image?
>>740935889Veritas was pretty good but it's extremely linear, almost every choice you get seems either inconsequential or a fake outGranted plenty of actual gamebooks pull the same shit, so it's accurate in that sense
>>740939059The demo does cut off right when it would seem to open up more so who knows.
>>740924292no demo available. it's the new game made by yunyun/needy girl overdose devshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4150720/Drunken_Goddess_Reflux/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4348420/PIERCING/kinda creepy but fun rhythm game with minor puzzle elements (you need to plan your steps)
>>740939915was meant for >>740938841also if you want something somewhat similar in look, maybe you'll enjoy thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4413070/Red_Chat_Ritual___TSUMIMI_TIME/
>>740940019bonus: this made me hard
>>740931354I am filtered
>>740935191muv-luv but bad
>>740941848kek, get the whine
>>740924079over the hill
from my wishlist>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3244790/Sojourn_Past_Demo/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4773830/Surf_Sandbox_Demo/>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2805070/Screenbound/
>>740939915>yunyun/needy girl overdose devsthose two games had different devsand ame's game actually had top tier localization while yunyun was post modern irony millennial slop
>>740943514Sojourn past looks kino
>>740930231sokoban is a niche but they sell decently if they're well made. Baba, sausage roll, and parabox all performed pretty well off the top of my head
check out my nextfest game anons.. I made it for you>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2824880/SHRIMP_GAME_OVERKRILL/
There was some platformer in an older thread that was really spastic and OCD and it looked amazing. I thought I downloaded the demo but I can find it. help.
>>740945764time to dig up >>740924292
damn the front page sucks rn
>>740944428Baba Is You is the only sokoban I'd say achieved mainstream success because it just has a really great premise that'll attract people who don't normally play puzzle games. After it, there's a GIGANTIC powergap to the other somewhat popular sokoban like Parabox, Void Stranger, Monster's Expedition and Sausage. With how much money he's burned on Sinking Star, I'd expect he wants it to sell at least as good as The Witness did, which is somewhere within that powergap and is unlikely because it doesn't have cool hooks like Baba and Parabox or a mystique like Void Stranger. Of course, this is all speculation and guessing on sales and popularity, but regardless Sinking Star has a very uphill battle ahead of it.
>>740946594Treasure 'n Trio sisters... we are forgotten...
>>740946594given the hints at it being somewhat story-based it might be able to capture some of that mystery with the demo, I can't imagine anything as compelling as void stranger though. I can't imagine the whole "worlds collide" premise being as compelling as he probably thinks it is since it's really just weird framing for different puzzle elements which any half-decent sokoban like is inevitably going to have
>download thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3714420/Delta/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4247830/SPRAWL_zero_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3605570/Hyper_Bun_Buster_Rocket_Hammer_Action/>enjoyedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4250680/AGX_GP/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3807830/The_Wells_Blessing_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4663910/Dungeon_Settlers_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4245250/VHOLUME_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4658760/Mythmon_Mythic_Monsters_Demo/>neathttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4615080/Hypnagogia__Broken_Dreams_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3695930/Penguin_Colony/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4176140/End_of_Eden/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4516190/My_Beautiful_Faraway_Please_Dont_Be_Cruel_To_Me/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4491050/The_Comyths/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4793300/ASEMA_Demo/>looks interestinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3892520/Claire_Detective_1__The_Monster_of_Flavoria_Lake/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4579270/MagosWadeholke/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3930950/FARCRAFT/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4807300/ABISMO_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2610770/Dust_Front_RTS/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4127830/Love_Matrix_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4677550/Courier_Beware_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4610080/Bering_Tonnage/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4625930/ONIGASHIMA_Awakening_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4783600/Little_Elementals_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4601050/County_of_Fortune_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3929380/Golf_5_MAX/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4821740/Eldread_Horrors_of_a_Dark_Moon_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/2876710/Hammer_Dongers/
>>740946859The lack of lesbians and having the puzzles be the path instead of the obstacle will definitely make at least comparatively compelling.
>>740924079https://store.steampowered.com/app/1387640/Where_Birds_Sleep/ the most unique Disco Elysium inspired game I've seen instead of an outright clone like most. better be in Next Fest cos I'm tired of waiting for a game to scratch the DE itchOther honorable mentions:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4114100/Inkblood/Didn't see this mentioned in the thread either, great one of a kind artstyle, detective horror game.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/Virtue_and_a_Sledgehammer/Looks good, but it's made by devolver so probably not.
>>740948025void stranger really should have had some way to jump around more straightforwardly, it's weird how player unfriendly it can be given how hard zeroranger tries to make bullet hell approachable to casuals
>>740948304void stranger is a game in a casual babby genre while zer oranger is a game in a genre that is generally way too fucking hard for normalfags, so i feel like the shift towards the center in both games is actually logical.
