It's up. Steam's currently shitting itself though.https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest_oct26_press/
>>749298693AI filter when
Some Jap devs/pubs added some demos earlier today:https://store.steampowered.com/app/5214670/Warota_I_Live_Next_to_The_Demon_Kings_Castle_LOL_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3427370/A_Passing_in_the_Night/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4562750/Dungeon_Sweeper_Plus/
>>749298693you were not supposed to make this thread agdg trannoid
>>749298693Why is everything AI sloppa
>>749298896and it's the same fag every time
Oh boy a whole week of anons rushing with the press access page and shilling absolute slop only for the actual nextfest to start and games the thread never even talked about get all the discussion.
>>749298798there wont be any left lmao
>>749298693userscript to preview steam/DLsite links posted within a thread:https://github.com/kani-ge/DLSite-Links-PlusThat way even the laziest anons who just want to see thumbnails instead of opening links to see if a demo is worth playing, well they can. Sometimes a single picture is enough, I suppose.
Games with recent demos that I don't know if they'll be part of nextfest:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4553990/Fuman_Ghoul/>doesn't look like much from the trailers but is actually quite a good arcade game once it's in your handshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5192690/Subgloom/>have yet to play it but it looks inspired by Noitahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5220590/Massive_Collapse_Demo/>successor to the old Shadowrun FPS
>recommended for you3/4 of the thumbnails are blatant AI slopthis shit store has 3 years of juice left in the tank
>>749299075desu there's a bigger issue than agdg trannies because of AI slop so i'll leave you alone, now this is truly ruining the steam next fest
>>749298693Its finally time to play 50 demos and wishlist 3 and never buy them when they come out.
>>749298693Great, I can shill the demo of Highroller Penny. No one cared when I made a thread the other day, not sure if it's going to be part of the next fest. That said it's another one of those gambling roguelike/roguelite games, I still really love the presentation, music, anime style and whatnot.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4944410/High_Roller_Penny/+ you can click on boobies
>>749298798FPBP
>>749299193Unironically, what explains this? I can sink 30+ hours into a demo but when the full game comes out, it's like all the enjoyment or hype I felt at the time of the next fest just vanishes. Granted there can also be real life preoccupations, if not issues that can affect a gamer's mental state before getting to play a game but I don't know.
TRY THE CURSE OF RESTHAVEN DEMO FOR ME (MY PC IS CURRENTLY GETTING REPAIRED)IT'S ALREADY OUThttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3796150/Curse_of_Resthaven/LOVECRAFT TRADING SIMULATOR
>>749298693Reminder that by middle-clicking on links inside the steam app, it opens a new window/tab
>play this demo that has nothing to do with the actual next festGo away
>recommended for you>its just a bunch of AI thumbnails
>>749299439>thread about game demos>noo not those demosDoes it really matter if the game is part of the event or not? I personally don't mind, some anon could post a game from itch.io I wouldn't see the problem
>>749299439If the demos are being released now, then it's obviously for the steam next fest.Why are you bitching about a one week early demo in a one week early thread?
>>749299362because you don't want to spend money
>>749299545>>749299543cope and seethe
>>749299387>rogueliteFucking WHY?
>>749299543nice
Imma be playing the "Roll to Riches" demo. It's an incremental city-builder, and I love both genres.
Can't you idiots read?THIS IS FOR PRESS ONLY (game journalists)
Not playing shit till the real nextfest starts.
>>749299683Oop, nevermind. It appears to be AI vibecoded slop.Lots of fucking AI bullshit in this fest.
not going to bother this time, the threads being made two weeks early kill all the hype. fuck you OP
>>749299362I think its mostly because you're looking for something new. And when you know what to expect, you don't feel as compelled to play something predictable.
>>749299740Cool, you can leave now
>>749299827Make me.
>>749299912What do you get from this thread if you aren't gonna play anything posted in it?
>>749299963What do you get out of ruining the event before it even starts?
>>749300014I'm not the one releasing the demos. I'm just playing them.
>the most over developed AI art assets imaginable >"The game does not use AI to generate content for the game. Some of the game content was developed using AI, but the game itself does not use AI to generate any content."who are they kidding?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5106460/Feet_in_Food/
I forgot to buy FF7 remake damn
>>749300040You're not playing anything, you've turned these threads into some weird parasocial ritual
>>749299817It's only 11 days early, ackshually.
>>749300057>Some of the game content was developed using AI>but the game itself does not use AI to generate any contentUuuh what?
>>749300057Promotional banners are not game content, schizo
>>749300157literally in-game screenshots
>>749300057>>749300146the game doesn't have AI in it that makes stuff? I guess it means it isn't like that indian call center game that has you apparently talk to an AI chatbot. Or that it doesn't have you prompt stuff in game to generate content.
>literally just a space marine>"The art, music, and written text in this game were created using commercial generative AI services, working from the developer's own designs and ideas under direct human supervision, with each asset and passage curated and edited by hand. All content is pre-generated — no AI runs while you play."
>>749300309what a lying faggot
I appreciate the audacity to just make a great crusade simulator with the branding filled off >demo playable guess I'll give it a go
>AI thumbnail misspells the game's name
>>749300785Jesus Fucking Christ, FUCK OFFI can't do it, man. This industry is going to the toilet. Indies used to be my cozy bunker.
Anime mystery game fans, little heads up but this has a demo, hopefully in english. I remember when the title was only in japanese for some time.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4991210/Angelic_Agency_Soul_Salvation_Unit__Demo/Title is a bit of a mouthful though>Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation UnitSeems to be targeted at people who enjoyed Urban Myth Dissolution center (and women given the artstyle) so unlikely to be some thrilling high-stakes story. But who knows
>>749301081>5GB demoI hope this has godly writing
>>749301303Just play BLACK SHEEP TOWN.
>>749301081>Anime mystery game fansShironagasu Island 2 a.k.a Return to Zeroes also happens to have a demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4782040/Return_to_Zeroes_Demo/good time to be reading mystery VNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVlyMMWeXfQ
Guns of Eschaton is a really cool looking game with art design by Viktor Antonov about shooting enemies in spots in a specific order with little to no tells or else you deal no damage. Shot the head first instead of the right leg? Fuck you. I have no idea what the devs were smoking.
>>749301960the book has the tells right there though?
I have a question for next fest expertsAre the games you already wishlisted showing up on the queue implying that they will have a demo this next fest once the event starts for real?Would be nice to have the demo of pukey goddess shot trick, even if it's the same localization team behind yunyun denpa syndrome.
Gonna be 1000% honest with you chief, these press previews are never worth checking out because the slop is completely unfiltered.
>>749302075I would think so. Or at least they are planning on it.>hey lets sign up for nextfest, known for having demos!>except we intentionally won't supply a demoThere are instances where a demo isn't ready in time so they have to drop out, but yeah, I would expect them to have one on day 1 instead of day -7 or whatever.
not like this...
>>749302075Generally, yes. There's a good chance it'll be there but don't count on it. A dev might decide to pull out before it starts or fail to submit a demo and be disqualified and whatever.
>>749302232How do you use AI for translation and then have your AI disclaimer be this ESL?
>>749302232>NOOOO I NEED MY TRANS-LATIONThis is the best use-case of AI
>>749302304Maybe he told the AI to translate literally like how English-speaking AI users do for Japanese.
What the fuck is thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5146370/ProutoPulsion_Fart_on_your_friends_Demo/
>>749302437>I did not used No language is like this, it's a classic ESL mistake.
>>749302551I assume that part he tried writing himself.
Not sure if it's going to be part of the next fest but if you liked the aesthetics of Katana Zero, try the demo of NOIR BLOOM.https://store.steampowered.com/app/2685100/NOIR_BLOOM/I precise aesthetics, because the gameplay is unfortunately more akin to a 2d bamham game mixed with nine sols (parrying) than something truly punishing. Story beats are also somewhat similar (MC has to protect a younger woman, a REAL woman not some schizo hallucination) I saw another katana zero inspired game in the next fest queue called Rain Of Lead, this time anime girls take center stage. (and that's a good thing) I'll make a webm of it later but gameplay seems good at first glance. hopefully you can reduce or disable the hitstophttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5086270/Rain_of_Lead_Demo/
>>749302669Yeah but what I meant is that that's not a literal translation, that's just not understand how [whatever the grammatical name for using "used" like that is].
>>749300927lmao which game?
>>749301960I mean, the order's right there, though that's a lot of different dudes to remember the patterns for. That is a pretty bizarre concept. I like the Deadlands-y aesthetic though, I might give it a shot.
>>749303043You have to take a step back and study the book whenever you see a new enemy. It's extremely silly. The game's weird in many different ways too. The Mixed reviews is deserved. I personally hate it.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4578780/Hell_Wait_Demo/actually good mahjong deckbuilding, unlike aotenjo or demonic mahjong>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3796720/Mr_Magpies_Harmless_Card_Game_Demo/kinda like minesweeper but as a card gamemuch improved over the playtest build I tried months ago but I'm not sure if I would get the full game
Oh shit this got a demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5217230/Generic_Fighter_Maybe_Demo/
>>749298693>This preview is not subject to any embargo and you may share your impressions with your audience any time. However, please do not share this preview URL. This page is for press only.
>>749300947Really slopping the barrel with this one.
>>749303373KEK
>>749300947>AI art was checked with the paint bucket tooltop kek
>Legalism Simulatorhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5242230/_/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4327060/Elzypon//x/core, but>Kickstarter
>>749303113That's extra funny. Does the game pause while you're reading or do you have to run and hide in cover while you flip through it?
>>749298798>wipes out 85% of the total demos on displayLolLmao
>>749303936Fuck Legalists, let me train farmers in martial arts and have a peasant uprising.
All these ai slop games are so shameless. Its at the point you can just see it on sight because of how they look.
>>749304037What are they talking about?
>>749304452that's the laziest sloppiest part. AI games don't HAVE to look like that, but so many do
>>749304178You have to hide since the bestiary is in-game.
>>749298798This I need to filter out all games not using AI. If you hate AI you're game will definitely be shit.
>>749304446Based Mandate of Heaven enjoyer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4163740/Honey_2_Orbit/Futa game that doesn't look like it's just being a meme to get a bunch of wishlists.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3891160/CRYMELIGHT/Genuinely one of THE prettiest games I've ever played in my entire life... but it's a rogue like with a slay the spire-like map structure and there's like an hour of VN cutscenes at the start. This is one of those passes that hurt my soul.
>>749304473They're having a brainstorm for their next single.
>>749304452>going full doubledown knowing full well that subtlety is no longer requiredIt's almost comical with how blatant some of these attempts are.
>>749305053I tried the demo when it released and I thought it was serviceable at least. Nothing spectacular, but enough that I'll still keep my eye on it.
>>749298693Did they add a way to filter out any and all usage of AI? No, I will not try your game even if promo artwork is the only AI.
>>749302720>Rain Of LeadEnded up being much better than I expected, even if I have small issues with the gameplay. Guard sprites are almost 1-1 copies of what you can see in katana zero lol. Audio design and feedback could be better, I now realize that music also played a massive part in making Katana Zero so great and it's kinda lacking here. Having a dedicated button to transition between floors by opening doors is a bit clunky especially when you go fast, probably a skill issue on my part. I should use right click for guns more, but muscle memory from katana zero will be hard to forget in that regard since grenades you collect on the map require another button entirely to be thrown. It's really close to KZ, satisfying to play and cute, granted yuridyke content doesn't make you puke. I found it more enjoyable than Kats Trigger, for those who played that.Writing could be better but I think it's more an issue with the translation than with the game itself, there were weird sentences and grammatical phrasing by NPCs at times. Wishlisted in any case, I had as much fun with this as with the demo of inari. Also that mecha segment was fun as hell
>>749298693My favorite threads are back
https://store.steampowered.com/app/5074070/Impetuous/Obligatory coomerbait platformer
>>749305842
>>749299115I prefer this one >>741302328
>>749306280but it's uh vibecoded THOUGH
Excuse me?https://store.steampowered.com/app/4690890/Living_with_My_Bratty_Neighbor/
This finally has a demo out. Actually more interesting than I thought.
>>749298693They all look like dogshit
>>749306743game name?
>>749306797Beastfolk Barber
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4369110/DEMONS_GATE__Paintball_Ops/I just had a stroke watching this trailer
>>749298693>Steam Next FestFINALLYThe wait for this fest from the previous one felt like it took foreverThese threads are so comfy, time to see what games we got this time
>>749307257>AI‑generated content is used in the following parts of this game: AI music composition based on original lyrics: TopMediAI • Image generation: Google Banana / Fooocus, Development support and coding assistance: Antigravity / ClaudeCord, Video generation: Grok / ComfyUII was expecting to laugh, but got this shit...
>>749307257is every game ai slop now
>>749306556Saikey and Kagura love putting cheap loli games on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3736800/Dungeon_Picnic/This looked half decent. Only AI usage seems to be the base designs that were later redrawn. He probably just spun the roulette wheel and said "I like that one, I wanna draw that"
>>749298798bro, your eyes?
>>749307426Don't use that term, you'll make the AI niggers mad and they'll tell you that hypothetically, in a perfect world, someone could potentially use AI for anything else than shitting out low effort crap (that world is not ours, but conveniently, that doesn't matter).
>>749302720>>749305540I guess people who liked flirting with the receptionist will be really happy with this game, the yuri love is literally in your face
>>749302720>hopefully you can reduce or disable the hitstopI strongly disagree with you. Tastefully aggressive hitstop combined with screenshake is an exquisite thing to punctuate arcade-style violence. I am all Vlambeer diehard so I have a bit of bias but you have no idea how hard it is to find games that use those effects well.
Mega Man Battle Network inspired. I know there's another one out there that looks a little more polished than this but I can't find it right now. The other one's not out yet either.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4310010/Ghost_in_the_Cloud/
>>749307586i find it really weird that all the screenshots just show off the menu.i kinda doubt theres too much under the hood
>>749303373The press is fucking useless, they only highlight what steam already highlights at the end of the eventYou cunts and assholes on /v/ are all the press I need. You guys actually play weird and niche vidya and are willing to drudge through the discovery queue for something novel to get engrossed in.I wouldnt trust anyone else.
>>749303298Tried hell wait, seems enjoyable, but I still think I'd rather just play a normal round of mahjong...
>>749305278You'll have to wait until the main event starts and use SteamDB's page for it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2731030/Dungeon_Automata/this also has a demo now, but its been out for like a monthit used to be called algolemeth but some western cunt changed the name because it was too unique
>>749305053>furyu6/10 at best if you don't mind
>>749308404Yeah I was hoping for there to be a plot but based on that, I don't think there will be one worthy of talking about. Just something to get you moving through the game.
>>749307787If these cunts can't handle a little trolling they're never gonna make it in this life.
Didn't expect it so soonThe demo's not up yet
Gonna take a look at Dreadmoor.I found Dredge to be disappointing, hopefully this one will be a better spoopy fishing boat game.
>>749308632I'm very interested in this but I feel I don't want to play the demo because it will just blueball me.
Oh shit the demo's herehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1373530/Militsioner/
>>749309425I don't know why, but I look at this screenshot, and I can hear my PC revving up.
>>749299289I found it boring, and I didn't like her eyes.
>>749299789who cares it's fun
KWEENS
I think i'm fucking going insane here.thats not even remotely all of em
>>749305053
>>749310650sorry chuddy buddy but the term roguelite is a genre
>>749310650No one cares
>>749310650Can you go make a berlinfag thread elsewhere instead of invading a videogames thread?
>>749309425Dredge was shite. First like 3 hours were alright, then it was such a boring slog.Hoping that one will be better.
>>749310613fuck is wrong with peopleat least forklift simulator was funny
hurray :3
>>749308632It's a very good name change, to be honest. I'm not playing the demo to this, I'm just waiting for it to release.
>>749310037>purposely doesn't make the giant a femalewoooooooow
>>749310613part 2
>>749307817I was going to skip over it for being chinese, but holy shit. I think I'll make an exception.Even if this was a straight romance, I think I'd still be playing it because of this.
>>749311104Everyone hopes that they're going to be the next game to be randomly picked up by streamers.
>Miss me?
>>749310856people yearn for the work sim
>>749311249yeah but you gotta have some self awarenessthese dudes are selling sand in the sahara next to 35 other sand merchants
touhou katamarihttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5135600/Cirnos_Snowball/
>>749298693Gabe, you fat fuck, i'm on the reservation list, let me buy the fucking thing already!!!!!!
>Eulogy of an Insect demoFINALLY>Not up yetFUCK
>>749310613i love how the only constant tag for all of this dogshit is "collectathon" so if you want to filter this fucking slop out you also need to filter out 3D platformersvalve fucking REFUSES to fix their abominable tag system and actually just made it worse
Day 1 for me. A miracle of the world.
>>749298798>asserts/artsoon, maybe>codenever ever
>>749311554>FAKKUshan't be supporting jewcob
>>749311554>FAKKUDo not.
>Steam Next Fest threads back then>Joy, wonder, whimsy, fun>Steam Next Fest threads nowadays>Us having to deal with the flood of AIjeetsI wanna go back
Oh shit finally
>open link>2/3rds of the games have obvious aislop thumbnailsits over
>>749299685press deez nuts in yo mouf
>>749311554A dead of the brain localization??? Holy shit. Is it uncensored? Also why the fuck is it published by FAKKU?
>>749311519i specifically searched for "collectathon" + "relaxing".Theres probably more under other tags
>>749311601>>749311632FAKK U everyone.
Can someone give me a brief rundown on FAKKU? What's the problem? They haven't released any games yet.
>>749298896/v/ is press, it's ok.
>>749310613You are doing it wrong. You are supposed to focus on the demos you enjoy not the ones you hate. No wonder you are having no fun lmao.
I can't play the demos for another 4 days or so. But I will be here, clicking add to library for every one that looks cool. I will have a huge list to get through once I am free it will be fun.
>>749304204>>wipes out 85% of the total demos on displayyes
>>749312029Former scanlater who copyright strikes every fan translation of anything they have the rights to
I have come to this thread to shill ANOMALITHhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4017880/ANOMALITH/Give ANOMALITH a chance.It's a real time dungeon crawler. You don't have a party with you. Reminded me of SMT Strange Journey.
>>749307817katana zero dlc looking fire
>>749304204
>>749312561That's ok I guess. I just want to play the zombie game.
God, those AI based FMVs should be punishable by death.
>>749312586Keep in mind that the game has a lot of cutscenes, enough that I'd consider tagging it as a VN in addition to the gameplay you see. I liked it, but it will definitely put a lot of people off.
In my name is pretty cool, demo is even available https://store.steampowered.com/app/848380/In_My_Name/basically the gimmick is too balance balance a number of civilisations using god powers so they'll grow, develop and slaughter each other but never actually win so you can eat their souls, more a puzzle game but is a surprisingly engaging plate spinning act
>>749312825Only at the start, really. I played the demo and after the starting lore dumps there's barely any.
>>749312586looks more like a resident evil game than anything i'd call a dungeon crawlerRE6 from the looks of the screenshots
>>749311317I don't think anyone misses this piece of shit publishing programletting everyone put their game on steam regardless of nepo connections is a far better system
>>749312586Ehh, tried the demo before and it just felt like a bad modern RE clone
>>749312586>20gb demoI shan't. 2gb max, anything else is not a demo but plain laziness
>>749312979Basically you have a limited inventory and need to find save points where you ship the stuff you find back to HQ, and it's in some SCP dimension so the level layouts change every time you enter an area. The fact that the dev will sell a deluxe edition doesn't really fill me with hope to be honest, if you sell super janky jap stuff, you need to be aware that you're selling super janky jap stuff.
>>749312891Oh really? I guess I stopped right before then. I figured the whole game was going to be like that so when I finished the tutorial run, I put it down for the night.
>>749313125Depends on the game, I'd say. Dragon Quest Monsters demo is like 15 gigs but also 6 hours long.
>>749312586Wasn't this just backrooms: Japan?
>>749298693>strategy, 2547 games>"Uhh, add RPG to it too",>strategy+rpg, 519 gamesI'm doomed
>>749313165I can't blame you for that, I like arcade games and hate voiced VN cutscenes—I don't mind them when they're text only, because I read fast—but I'm too much of a spastic to enjoy characters talking for 10 minutes, while looking at static models. But I like SCP so I endured, and found that it's very light on the exposition once you've entered the first proper area. Personally, when I play a demo and it has cutscenes, I just skip all of them.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2097940/Theatre_of_War_Rearmed/Remaster of some solo dev WW2 game I've never heard of, looks basically identical to Men of War, which sounds like it'd be right up my alley, but it doesn't actually have a demo yet.
Heres a wall of stuff i found that i was remotely interested in after wading through a river of shitGames:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3594550/Billy_the_Hero/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5138910/Cthulhus_Eldritch_Kitchen/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5135600/Cirnos_Snowball/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3891160/CRYMELIGHT/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4735110/Your_Painting_Sir_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4913730/Still_Trails_Camping/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4423230/Watch_Out_Shark/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4553990/Fuman_Ghoul/Games w/ AI disclaimerhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4696520/Arena_Bot_Manager/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4793900/World_of_Slime_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3736800/Dungeon_Picnic/Porn:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4690890/Living_with_My_Bratty_Neighbor/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5106460/Feet_in_Food/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5074070/Impetuous/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5207160/High_Roller_Penny_DEMO/Software:https://store.steampowered.com/app/4990520/NOODS_Maker/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4856440/RPG_MAKER_U2U/
>>749301960I got this impression from the trailer. I get try new things but this seems way too over engineered. People just want to shoot shit in an FPS.It's shocking to me how fun games like painkiller were, and how devs can't seem to replicate such a simple formula.
>>749312561What's the early life section say about this?
>>749313746>your painting sirnot from this next fest, I remember it from last timebased still
>>749308285I actually agree with you, some games really benefit from the cool factor added by well designed hitstop or screenshake effects. It's just that in katana zero it felt a bit cheesy if you enabled it, and it's more satisfying in that game to cut through enemies as if they were butter. It's not that bad in rain of lead I'll say.
>>749314178for comparison
The best fest of the year is here!
>>749303298>hell wait
>>749298693best time of the year is here again
>>749304204You say this like it is a bad thing. 90% of everything is garbage, this just helps me cut down the vast majority of it.
Holy shit, 85 totally arcade style classic beat 'em ups for me to try?! I can hardly believe it!
Time for the most miserable genre to be a fan of of all.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4688700/Project_ExhibitionistSeems like something you would enjoy if you liked Secret Flasher Manaka and/or Secret Flasher Sereka
the shmup section has some actual shmups, what the fuck
>>749315779whoever posted above how the early threads kill the hype has to be wrong, day 1 and already some good fucking food manthanks king
>>749313125>>749312979You kill stuff and get random loot/upgrades for weapons and armor RE doesn't have loot autism as far as I am aware(my last RE was 6)
>>749315779>no demoLooks interesting but I want gameplay damn it.
>>749299817>Kill the hypeA peculiar comment. The only time hype can exist is before the event begins. A thread before the festival even starts is evidence of people being excited for the event. I don't think you know anything about hype crescendoes or anticipation. You just sound miserable, honestly.
>>749315779>banned in my cuntlove living in a third world shithole
>>749316349Germany
Moltyn is conceptually very cool. But is the execution of the foundations actually fun to play?
>>749308632This game is a highlight. I'm super excited for the full game.
>>749316536we're literally on par with China and Saudi Arabia now in terms of freedom
idk what's going on this fest but compared to the previous ones I've played 5 games and I loved them all enough to wishlist
>>749313746your painting sir is great, played it a while ago
Give me your cunnycore gameshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4912280/PATRICIDE_Demo/It looks like soulful japanese junk. I will play it tomorrow since I have to sleephttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5193260/Oblivion_2666/Not next fest demo but I want to shill this VN just because of the style.>>749315934You are welcome!>>749316274A shame, indeed. I have some games from my wishlist would get a demo like Where is my sword, Convent Of Magical Chambers(dev if you are here tell me if you will miss this fest too or not) and Shadow Mate but sadly I have to be disappointed again.>>749316349>>749316629Condolences from neighbour kek
Any racing gamea
>>749316974https://store.steampowered.com/app/4475750/GRIP_2_Combat_Racing_Evolved/
>>749316629The saddest thing is that it's not even the actual content being banned, like in Australia, but instead anything without an age rating gets banned, and 99% of smaller devs don't want to spend the extra couple shekels to rate their games.
There's too much slop I just cant anymore. Gimme the rec list
>>749298798Right after the country filter.
>>749317369nah its both. 90% of games that have any nudity whatsoever are bannedI don't think i can view literally any porn game on steam
>>749317439games posted ITT seem to be fun
>>749317726Yeah because none of them have an actual official age rating, anything featuring sexual content needs to have one, else it can't be sold in Germany. Not even Fear and Hunger is available.
Give me your finest roguelike deckbuilders
>>749298693I've installed so many demos lately wanting to play them later, I have a backlog to get through before I can start dumpster diving. I'm working this weekend, might get a bit of time on the Deck in, but I'm starting for real on MondayFinally we have a derelikt demohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/DERELIKT/
>>749298693wow that's a lot of trash
>>749311554>giving money to FAKKUI'd rather wank with a rusty gauntlet
back from posting about delta and the one frog game. always monitoring the demo situation...>play thishttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1193170/DEFICIT/>enjoyedhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4841090/Code_RAPID_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4121440/The_Fallen_Chronicles/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4654720/Dinghai_The_Ocean_Pillar_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4911460/Violence_of_Action/>curious abouthttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3285390/SeverLink/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4898420/CodePhantom/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4237450/Star_Striker/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3582810/Dandelion_Void/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3642910/Wyldheart/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4008790/Kings_Courier/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5356080/Deep_Six_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/4173770/Ghost_Justice/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3876140/SUPERPANEL_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/5301290/Dead_Set_Warriors_Demo/https://store.steampowered.com/app/3484960
>>749318107https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090960/Not_Quite_A_Fairy_Tale/Thank me later ;)
>>749316950>https://store.steampowered.com/app/5193260/Oblivion_2666/that artstyle is really pleasing to the eye, into the wishlist pile
>>749320348>trailer at the endwhy?also that looks pretty sloppy
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4714530/Veyora_Demo/Veyora got a demo, fucking finally
No demo yet but this looks cute it's like worms but with little witches. For some reason the video only shows up in the next fest list though.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5022650/Mana_Boom/
>>749316274Check in two weeks when nextfest official starts. I'm sure it will have one.>>749315779He's specifically mentioned those games as his inspiration. I've been keeping up with development but... I dunno, something is stopping me from getting excited. Maybe feature creep? I remember he posted something about getting RNG game-overed if you upload pictures to in-game solcial media.
ENDLESS SLOP IT JUST KEEPS SCROLLING
>STILL nothing for eden schematahttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1630450/EDENschemata/one day
>>749321130I've been waiting for 5 years now, I can wait a bit longer.
The visual novel genre category queue is literally impossible to browse it's full of AI garbage
nvm it's not only the visual novel one but every genre is affected by the AI curse kek
>>749323096Works fine for me.
>>749298798that reminds me>steam removes rpgmaker tag>can no longer filter out hundreds of low effort jrpgs and h-gamesso dumb
>>749320206I still don't understand the big deal. He sperged about buying rights to stuff and had a weird credit card payment incident or something.But now steam is secure. If it's that big of a deal I will pirate the thing. I just want to play this. Looks fun.
>>749320814You don't see Worms-likes every day
>>749304204That's the point. Having to sift through all this shit is tiring. Even just seeing it for the 0.15s required to react to scroll down past it is something that adds up when it's happening thousands fo times
>every single one of these low effort AI slop games had to pay $100no wonder steam does nothing against them
>>749323096that's every category
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4629670/ERI_Emotive_Rhythm_Interaction/rhythm game chads here's another schizophrenic experience
>>749323447Don't they keep submitting takedown requests for doujins on other sites while offering more shit translations or none at all ? I thought that was the main gripe
>>749323673If I search for the deckbuilder tag, there are almost 650 games. But you can't actually see all of them, you get to the bottom before exhausting the tag. So steam doesn't even let you filter out all the slop manually.
>>749323853AI completely ruined steam next fest to me, it's almost impossible to search for good games now.
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4791910/Alethra/Who the fuck thought it would be a good idea to name their game "urethra"?
>>749307817the chinese don't pull their punches
what is the solution to steams tagging, keep in mind that steam will never allow fully custom tags in cause they spell swear words or whatevermy only idea is hooking the steam curator system somehow so people can make a 'no pickup simulator' or whatever and groups of people can crowdsource which games are removed
>>749310613>>749311104it's sad because the library game that started the fad was actually quite good and had legitimate potential for imporvement, but even if that improvement is made one day it'll never be found in the sea of dredge
I have a superpower; I can see an AI generated game and I can keep scrolling through the list without having a meltdown about it.
>>749328013okay, have fun scrolling through 10,000 AI generated games
>>749328013Instead of scrolling through 3000 games, now you have to scroll through 3000 games and 7000 AI slop
>>749328013I don't like pages stretching out for a long time vertically. Makes it a pain to scroll back up in case you forgot something, and it consumes a lot of RAM.
I wish steam could give games an AI rating. a rating they slap on your game based on how much AI is used. and users can filter based on how much they can accept
>>749328254>>749328114>>749328286Lmao had a bit of a meltdown there, huh? It must be hard to hear about people succeeding where you failed miserably.
>>749328430games lie about using it all the time, this would do nothing
>>749328964What?
Any good daughter raising games coming out? Or really anything like long live the queen.
Should we retire from NextFest brehs? We thought we had 2 more in us but the AI boom has been demoralizing.full: https://n.uguu.se/Zhdigcgn.jpg
>>749328964uh oh meltie
>>749330081Drapline came out recently.
>>749330952Already own that, thanks tho
>>749330952Only 94 CP? I can't jerk off to that.
>>749330040You lost to the list.
>>749328013>not using steamdb to filter out AI
>>749332370Dunno why I'd bother with that. I wouldn't see the AI games that way.
Why is every other game AI slop? Does steam have no quality control?
Strange amount of seething freaks in this thread.
>>749334216Slopjeets are always like that, they don't have the self-awareness to understand why nobody likes them.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4157190/Sandnight_Hill_Revelation/first cunnyvania of the fest
>>749298798based first post of the fest>>749312556> 0,15 x 8029 = 1200 games remainingI wish it could remove 95%
>>749299138>successor to the old Shadowrun FPSwtf do you mean? are the original devs involved? the trailer looks incredibly ass in all regards and almost made me disregards your other links out of disgust
>>749334083It does not, no. They think the cream will rise to the top. That's why threads like "Hidden Gems" and these threads exist to begin with.But now the AIslop is such that it's getting exponentially harder to dig for gold.
>>749299387>seemingly great VA>decent art>poor animation>rougleliteidk mang, I'll put it under "maybe later"
>>749300541lol that looks more accurate to space marines than GW latest models even, how brazen
>>749335464You're just a weakling whiner. You have insufficient gumption.
>>749334541Cool. Budget Ender Lilies. I'll take it.
>>749335397No, just a bunch of guys who liked the game decided to make a totally-not-sequel. It's a bit rough, but they've been receptive to feedback to make it better
>>749301834Machinarium 2 // aw yisss Astral Ascent // didn't this release 3 years ago? Hela // will try demo for the cute animalsVolatiles // at first this looked like Killknight but worse, but might be OKLazares Sacrifice // cardslop with great artDrunken Godess Reflux Stronghold 4 // will try but looks modVaultbreakers // co-op slopTalos 3 // hope this is better than 2Pony Island 2 featuring chink retard who gatekept himself Gods with badges // x-com X police quest?Kingdom Two Crowns // looks decentWaltz and Jam // new demo? the last one was over a year ago, no? pretty slow so I didn't keep tabs on it Dandelion Void // Silent Running - the game? looks like a zomboid modPrison of Husks // previous demo was promising, I wishlisted that one. will try again Röck Beasts // Iggy Pop as a cameo VA in a bojack horseman spinn-off game? wtfProspice // already wanted to try thisMilitsioner // looks like that game with an oil-painted look from almost a year ago? Little Prince Tyger // looks awesome. no demo? fucking gayFalse Echo // I will give every papers please clone a shotAftergods // vampire but pantheon? mehSulfur 1.0 // about timeEscapist 3 // what year is this?the rest weren't worth commenting on. Decent showing overall
>>749306743>Actually more interesting than I thought.For me it's the opposite. I was hoping for more interactive hair making.
theres so many aislopped 1v1 card games holy shit
Algolemeth/Dungeon Automata is really fun
I kinda hope frostrails next demo isn't as dogshit and they actually scaled for single player
>>749302075I think it means they have submitted a demo which will be accessible when the main event starts, but quite often devs change their minds and hold back the release
>>749308445love you too kissy kissy
>>749304037>no demoOK?
>>749308445Don't know who in their right minds would be listening to game journos these days. Every cunt and their dog just sticks with a resident talking head like a streamer or Youtuber for ready made opinions. Some moron that can't complete the Cuphead tutorial is going to get dropped faster than a bag of rancid horseshit. Whatever reccommendations they had died in the era of print magazines. At least they tried to be impartial when it came to coverage. Because these overbloated companies are whipping their shills into a frenzy and blacklisting anyone talking shit about their subpar products.
>>749305053looks goodcheck this one out too thenhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3372060/Hell_Maiden/>but it's a rogue likeanon...
give demos that don't have female protagonists
>>749305540>I found it more enjoyable than Kats Trigger, for those who played that.everyone seemed to gush about that demo but it didn't click for me
>>749307257I love how decoupled nips are from the AI discourse, they just fucking go with it
>>749326714>it's sad because the library game that started the fad was actually quite good and had legitimate potential for imporvementIt looked just as causal sloppy as the rest of them. what were it's good aspects?
>>749311453oh shit
>>749311453I always wondered why there weren't more Katamari clones. Even though I like touhou this doesn't capture the feeling.
>>749337163My only worry is that builds might be somewhat linear as you progress. Like there might be a clearly strongest setup that you only need to modify for a specific floor.
>>749308632I think the retards changed it because the "AL" part of it is spelled as "Al" which looks like "A -EYE-" and they were freaking that hypothetical idiots would think it was all made by A.I. and so they wouldn't buy it, or some other dumb shit.It didn't change UNTIL they got a western publisher, so you know those retards probably fucked other shit up as well.
>>749308632Import option for portraits is a wonderful thing.
>>749338150Even if it has cool Touhou music, it's just not going to feel the same without any catchy vocals.
>>749338508just wait for some "[song] with lyrics" cunt to show up on the jewtubes
>Silver Pines from the last fest came out same day as thisFuck.
>>749323330>Remove the 40k tag despite it being a massive franchise with piles of games from different developers>Still no raising sim tag
>>749325624I played a short Chinese puzzle game recently that suddenly had a yuri true ending out of nowherePut me off trying to get the last few achievements despite having some ideas for how to get them
>there are fucking rpgmaker games that aren't porn listed on herelmao steam is a fucking cesspit it's like newgrounds but somehow even worse the amount of AI shit is insane
Is there a next fest every month now?
>>749339527no
>>749330081Long live the queen children of revelation hit 1.0 recently.The recent bad reviews are early access buyers upset it launched at enough discount to be cheaper than the early access price.
>>749339527There's one every February, June and October.
I'll wait for the actual event so I don't have to go through slop
>>749337632AI shills froth at the mouth for their shareholders. It's hilarious.
>>749339579I mean princess maker children of revelation>>749330081As for long live the queen though if you aren't already aware it did get a sequel of sorts called Galaxy Princess Zorana, the death dodging is still there but the core of the game this time around is swaying electors.I should play the 1.0, I only ever played it in early access, as I understand it you get to see the numbers about public opinion more now
So after Food trick driver simulators , how about games where I'm a Doggy bus driver ?
>>749315341HA HA HA -no.I feel you, but your suffering is insignificant compared to how the Traditional Roguelike tag has become The Raped
>>749317369They don't even have to pay to rate them, they can just write teen/18+ or whatever iirc It's just that it might limit hits depending on what people use for filters
The AI singularity will be brought about by 1,000,000,000 Indians shilling through a ChatGPT translator for a 3-rupee allowance
>>749316629>>749316349normally you can just sail the high seas but it sucks in cases like thisjust get a vpn and secondary account just for demos bro
>>749315779This may be the best game ever made
>>749298798game engine filter is needed firstsick of having to scour the internet to find out if a game is in the malware payload delivery device that is unstraight troongine
>>749339924I actually don't know how much a rupee is worth. It's probably much less than in Zelda.
>>749336378>It's a bit roughthat's an understatement, based on the trailer I hope they manage to do something cool with it
>>749299543considering the thread is LITERALLY about nextfest, yes, stop being a dumb nigger
>>749339782Maybe they should just have a traditional roguelike tag as an alternative to the main one, there would be edge case stuff people would argue over but at least you might avoid the nothing fucking like rogue in any way games
>>749311554I might get this just to trigger the anti fakku autists
>>749307426no, but /v/eddit doesn't play or know about games, so you will never see them mentioned herealso steam is for some reason deciding to showcase nothing but aislop in this nextfest, which is extremely disconcerting
>>749309667that's the smart move, every day that goes by without a release date announcement has been pure torture for me after playing through the demo, at this point i'm sure it's not coming out until 2027
>>749298693>roguelite cards open world crafting metroidvania AI slop x10000somehow worse than last year
>>749337632I've been saying this for 15 years lol
>>749340220traditional roguelike is already seperate from roguelike and roguelite, it didn't help. shitters and sloppers already tag their releases with anything remotely close to get as many hits as possible. there should be dev tags and user tags, independently searchable, with votes for each tag maybe. that could circumvent scummy devs. well, it might help but would also entail double the data for valve, so I doubt it would happen
>>749339326So did Cyan Heart! I will probably buy it in a few days.
>>749340417this year it's >AI>sorting 3D objects>friendslop>sorting 3D objects friendslop>AI sorting 3D objects friendslop roguelites
>>749305053This one has melee combat so it’s not a total letdown. Now if it was a Vampire Survivors game…
>>749340598Shmups are like that and absolutely no one cares.
Good god these recommendationsHalf of them are slop
>>749340649>yfw encountering people actually claiming friendslop is "bringing people together" irl>sitting in a dark room with a headset in your 20s is the new hang out
This... is the Steam Next Fest...
>>749307817I will now play your game
>>749340305Why wouldn't Steam try to get people to accept the easiest, quickest new form of revenue? They're not moral, they're in it for the money. Unless they can prove it hurts their business, AI push is here to stay.
>>749310613>>749311104I have a feeling these games are not for Gamers, but for streamers so they can overreact or have something to be quirky/wacky with and get content out of.
>>749340906fuck off, retarded nigger
The way every nextfest has gotten exponentially worse with each one that passes is existentially depressing.
>>749342327Cope from a casual.
Could y'all niggas stop complaining about AI and post some games insteadthere were like 2 demos posted in the last 10 hours
>>749342993ive been in 6 next fests and average 30-50 demoshes not wrongvamp survivor was a major dropoff as it led to thousands of low effort clones, balatro was too, now ai is a thing
>>749342327the fact that devs are intentionally releasing their demos up to a month ahead of time is really telling at how shit of a system it is
How a̶u̶t̶i̶s̶t̶i̶c̶ peculiar have you gotten about maximizing your merriment from these events, fellow fest enjoyers?>all this only to play less than 2,5% of the total demo count, a percentage steadily dwindling down from one fest to the nextI love these events but damn...Let's aim to play at least 200 demos, I know you can do it! ◟(＾∇＾)◞
>>749343621fug
>>749343459The thread will pick up once I begin to participate. I do about 500 demos each festival.
>>749343463Sit down, casual. The demo king is here.
>>749343834>500that's crazy, most I ever saw was one anon whos steam survey showed that he'd played 750 demos over a year, you'd double that. I no-life, even take a week off for this and usually end up at around 170-220 each event
>>749344078Demos are fun and easy to play if you know what you are doing it doesn't take long to get through them but most of this thread cannot even parse the list correctly let alone play the games in any form of efficient manner.Feel bad for the strategy game fan that posted though. Strategy games are a huge slog even worse than visual novels. It's going to take him forever.
>>749344078>>749344007>701okay it was 700. speak of the devil... I couldn't even post my previous comment in timeI KNEEL>>749344195yeah you just gotta stop playing when you know what you're dealing with. save the playtime for the full release or play more of the demos after the fest if they're still up.
I really do wonder how many copies those 100% AI VNs sell.
im the mating pressok now that the shitpost is out of the way, i cant see any good, new strategy or simulation games.
>>749344270Most games you don't even need to play to understand if they are appealing to you or not, trailer and screens are enough to judge that and you can always pirate after release too.
>>749343459>nuoooo, you can't rightfully point out an endemic issue plagueing the industry, stop noooticing, goyim!aislop needs to be called out until retards stop using it, we need butlerian jihad yesterday
>>749344993Ah. It's a ivory tower libtard who thinks "raising awareness" is a form of protest.
>>749344993good job doing it in a thread about playing demos on a rastafarian weed-smoking forum instead of anywhere people care about.or you could just ignore the ai shit and post about demos you're actually looking forward to
>>749345242No he can't. He's not looking forwards to anything.
>>749345242>just ignore the elephant in your living room that's taking a liquid shit on your couch
>>749345091Ivy tower libtard vs marsh swamp AI goblinWho wins this epic Pokebattle
>>749344993>I HAVE TO SCREECH LIKE A RETARD, BECAUSE IF I DON'T, WHO WILL?Waow...what a hero
>>749345642your ad hominem is only further proof that it is more than necessary, it should be what everyone is doing
>>749337825gameplay was meh, but the story was pure egdekino which probably helped people forgive whatever the game lacked
>>749309425is this just dredge with better graphics?
>>749310446game name?
>>749344561Definitely enough to cover the $100 steam fee and the $0.25 development costit won't stop
>>749302720
free shilling for iron bramble if you liked rusted mosshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4634780/Iron_Bramble_Demo/
collecting demos in my library. soon i will start playing them
>>749344993
>>749301081>Angelic Agency: Soul Salvation UnitFun demo, a few weird TL issues. Amazing soundtrack/sound design and artstyle, both reminded me of TWEWY. Kinda wish there wasn't a separate music playing when you open evidence or character profiles in the menu so you can listen to the outside themes more, but that's a minor nitpick from me. Deduction/contradiction logic was easy to figure out like a 1st ace attorney case, but that was only a demo so who knows. I like the main characters, dead people forced to investigate paranormal disturbances involving ghosts. ("ghosturbances")MC has an ability that allows him to peer into memories of the ghosts he interviews, so I suspect future cases will have the player point out inconsistencies between a witness recollection and their emotional state like Athena's mood matrix.The demo unfortunately ends abruptly as you're about to point out a contradiction, so you don't get to finish the first case. It's not as kino as of the devil and seemingly lacks schizo potential compared to psycho sleuth, but it is still promising as far as anime mystery VNs go. Wishlisted the game for the soundtrack alone.
>filtered dimensions: 1024x1024>it was indeed a garbage postfeels good to know I am protected now
>>749348149youre in this thread to see if someones posting about your 100 dollar bomba arent you lol
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4863090/Bravemech_The_Century_War/Concept is alright but everything else looks so fucking shit, idea guys can't make a combat system that doesn't look like garbage even if I understand that it's a throwback to these SNES Gundam games.
>>749349416>me when I have zero artistic vision
>no golden idol clonesMy brain yearns to deduce things reeee
>>749349851Don't think it's part of the fest thohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4475210/Inkblood_Demo/
>>749315779>>749315934https://store.steampowered.com/app/4424750/Moeka_Exposures_Temptation/seems there's a few of these exhibitionist hentai games, sereka and manaka must've been successful. enter moeka
Here we go. First game.>Ratshot - A game that's nostalgic for 2010
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4553990/Fuman_Ghoul/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4970850/COMETROX/the first few seconds of the trailer alone made me wishlist cometrox, I hope this gets a demo. love weird rhythm games.
>>749349942oh, I have that wishlisted from last next fest so it doesn't show up
>>749312586>FuryuYou can step on rakes only so many times
>>749350221This sounds like it'd get super uncomfortable, a minute into the song, hope it gets a demo too.
>>749350221They want you to pick up your keyboard like that? :o
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3466240/Valkyrie_Iteration_Mecha_Pilot_Raising_Pocket_Simulator/another one of those "tamagotchi but it's a cute mech pilot" games and that's a GOOD thing
>click on "show more">resets/fucks up the scrollbar position on the list so you have no idea where you wereTHANK YOU GABEN!!!
>>749350054looks neat, thanks anon
>>749350770:D
Why are there so many "desktop companions" jesus christ do people not play games anymore
>>749350567the UI wasn't made for more than 30 games and it showsthats why endless scrolling will always be dogshit compared to simple numbered pages
>>749350956need something to play while scrolling tiktok and watching a stream on the 2nd monitor
man I'm so sorry for laughing at ms paint graphics, deviantart visuals and low effort asset flips if I had known how bad AI slop would be I wouldn't have laughed and encouraged people instead what the fuck do the people who make these thinkdo they really believe someone will stop and look at their games fuck fuck FUCKKK I hate jeets so much
>>749351197RAISE THE STEAM SUBMISSION PRICE GABEEEEEEEEN
>>749350221I played Frets on Fire back in the day. this seems to be the exact same idea, but with a worse UI orientation
>singleplayer game demo requires you to agree to some retarded EULAaaaand ignored. get fucked if you do this devs
>>749343834>>749344007how the fuck evenlast fest i didn't even find 30 i was interested in and i still barely had time to play em alldo you just install every garbage and only play em for 5 minutes
>stumble upon a game called "escape from prompt" made with AI slophahaha ok that was funny ironic self acareness
>>749298693why are you making a thread 10 days early, retard
>>749349416>ser we cleaned up the AI assets which is why it has the same UI as every other slopped web game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3380100/Estella/Estella is another rhythm game gem, especially for people who liked weird control schemes like In FalsusGood times to be a gamer!!
>>749307817>>749325624Thanks, I would've skipped the game anyway for being Chinese, but yuri is too much. It's just physically impossible for me.
I pray Last Ditch Effort gets a demo this next fest, looks awesome.https://store.steampowered.com/app/5056630/Last_Ditch_Effort/emphasis on looks, gameplay seems a bit slow
>>749298693Steam Next Fest is usually one of my favourite Steam events. As someone who enjoys discovering and writing about indie games, it’s basically Christmas but several times a year. Thousands of demos, countless hidden gems, and never enough time to play everything that catches my eye, not to mention the joy of bonding with other anons over gems they have found that I’ll have to add to my wishlist. It’s great. This time around, though, my excitement evaporated surprisingly quickly.I don’t care if a game looks rough. I don’t care if a demo is unfinished (I mean, it’s a demo, right?). In fact, some of the most memorable indie games I’ve played started out as more than janky prototypes with more ambition than polish. What I care about is seeing human creativity on full display with a game reflecting someone’s ideas, effort, values and artistic vision, regardless of budget. That’s what “Indie” is about to me.Instead, I found myself repeatedly running into games featuring AI-generated content, with a lot of the titles not even disclosing it properly.Steam Next Fest has gone through several iterations over the years, and Valve has generally done a decent job with improving discoverability, but despite that, the event still very much relies heavily on recommendations (not just from friends but also from sites like this one) to surface games based on your interests. There is an algorithm but it hasn’t picked up on my disdain for AI slop yet. No algorithm is perfect but even a perfect one wouldn’t be able to cope with the sheer number of titles involved each Steam Next Fest.The one thing that would solve all of this debacle would be a simple yet meaningful way to filter out games that use generative AI.
>>749351197>man I'm so sorry for laughing at ms paint graphics, deviantart visuals and low effort asset flips if I had known how bad AI slop would be I wouldn't have laughed and encouraged people insteadAbsolutely. We had no fucking idea how good we had it.
>>749350221Why not the F keys and space bar like Frets on Fire?
>>749345091>>749345242>>749345642>Bitch on /v/ about woke shit>Bitch on /v/ about AISimple as. If you want me to stop, then stop releasing it, dev.
>>749353045>weirdthis copies some mobile game that I forgot the name of
>>749353561arcanea
>>749316950I haven't finished PATRICIDE yet(because not turning auto-save on was a mistake) but I will be buying it day 1. It has 3d turn-based combat(first fight was running away from enemies and it took some trial and error to get used to the system) and so far it looks like it tries to tell a serious story while being sometimes hilarious at the same time. Controls are janky but it isn't that hard to get used to them(though I played on a gamepad)I recommend it but PLEASE TURN ON AUTOSAVE or you might lose lot of progress if you forgot to save.Also it has pantsu shots.>>749320524It is, friend recommended it to me and I enjoyed it very much.>>749339964Possibly>>749349980Good, I need more exhibitionism content
>Stu, why are you recreating Bruegel's monastic landscape paintings of Hell in a Popcap-style puzzle game?
Scrolled through like 300 lewd games and the only one that looked decent is https://store.steampowered.com/app/4107690/PUBPET/>gigantic NTR warningGoddamnit
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4476380/Prerolled_Demo/rolling dice to sell them? I don't get it, and the sounds are obnoxious>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3861370/Diecast_Demo/seems polished visually but your dice overlap which is annoyingalso some obvious hand types (full house, for example) feel like they should be there from the start>https://store.steampowered.com/app/4698670/Samota_Demo/poor translation and I don't understand it at all>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3796720/Mr_Magpies_Harmless_Card_Game_Demo/Much better than the playtest but i still dislike how you can't actually minesweep the jerries. Often you do just have to guess, or give up the round early which feels worse.
>>749337167>permafrost>the long dark 2: Blackfrost>Frostrail>out of all three of these survival winter vidya only one can actually have a good releaseLets just hope all their years of working on barotrauma actually pays off.
wasn't this game in a previous next fest? pretty sure I played it some time ago
>>749344993If I ever see a post with>noooooI instantly know it's made by a faggot
As usual with the press preview circlejerk threads, not a single good game has been posted. Wake me up in a week or so when the algorithm filtered out all the parasites and slop. No point in the steam next fest when the event hasn't even begun.
>>749353863>>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/3796720/Mr_Magpies_Harmless_Card_Game_Demo/Looks like a My Friendly Neighborhood spinoff game. I like it.
Is there no agdg in here? Are the threads finally good now?
>>749354623/agdg/ here >>749354623
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4285930/Rakshasa/SAAR, YOU WILL REDEEM THE DEM--oh shit, it doesnt have a demo yet. fuck.
>>749338460I can't tell my units apart
>>749354961I'm actually really interested in this, this and Appa are the two jeet games I'm willing to give a try.
>>749308632>Yuzo Koshiro Damn
>Dungeon Sweeperhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5366460/Dungeon_Sweeper_Plus_Demo/Mine Sweeper on a hex with some neat generated graphics. Simple and fun if you like taht kind of game
>>749355885Did he do Etrian Odyssey? I can actually hear it now.
>>749354038Could be. I've already seen other games that already were featured in previous fests. There doesn't seem to be rule against it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4117830/Your_Painting_Sir/this was also in the last fest apparently but its really good
>>749320334>https://store.steampowered.com/app/1193170/DEFICIT/Thanks anon. Glad to see something that does not look made in the PS1 era.
>>749356326nyes
>>749354038>>749356737No it was not. This does not happen. Games can not be in multiple next fests.
>>749301303Reminds me of the Game Dev Tycoon threads where the text adventures maxed out in graphics.
ballistic.exe demo is awesome imo, little bit unnerving and a creative/annoying spin on shooting that somehow hasn't been done yet
>Echoes of Nothinghttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3903960/Echoes_of_Nothing_Demo/The trailer alone sold me, demo not yet up sadly
>>749303339The demo got updated, there was a demo months ago. It's very good.
>>749357704Games are often in multiple next fests even if it isn't 'allowed'
>>749358460No, they are not.
>>749358510Rubinite was in like 6 fests. But I forgive them.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3245640/Starfinder_Afterlight/Starfinder, that's literally Sci-Fi Pathfinder. Although the game isn't made by Owlcat. I don't have pc to run it, but I imagine it's worth at least looking into if you're rpgs fan.
>>749359898I'll get to this in the weekend. I was surprised by how absurdly successful the Kickstarter was. Hope it's good.
The Militisioner dude looks like a homosexual. I don't want to interact with him in the slightest.
>>749359898no offense but the characters are ugly as sinits hades2-esque
>>749358510No, I remember Poke All Toads in being than more than 1 and some others I think too. What you can't do is submit the SAME demo in multiple fests, you can participate more than once if you submit a new demo
>>749361460No it was not, it was spammed here though. The whole system is automated, like everything Valve does, you can't apply to join a steam next fest if you have already been in one.
>>749359898>Paizo post 2014uh soz big noes from me
>>749353396Other than self reporting, or having a human look to determine if Ai was used how would you properly filter them?I suppose they could implement an Ai to weed them out.
>>749358054Yeah that trailer is actually pretty good.I might have passed on this based on the screenshots alone but that trailer got me hooked. I hope the gameplay holds up.
What the fuckhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/4351460/BigWall_WildKnight/
>>749359898I can smell the they/them from a mile away.
You fags won't believe me but this is fun
>>749363867Mystery Dungeon is cool, so I can see this being cool too.
It's getting more and more difficult with these events to find interesting games.
>90% of things recommended to me is blatant low effort ai slopwhat the fuck
>anorther Brush Burial gameIt's like what, third one already? Are they any good?
>every other game is friendsloppa
>>749363867I mean, Mystery Dungeons or Shiren-likes are kinda not hard to mess up if you just take care to add a lot of options and have a modicum of a miniscule of a quantum of restraint and just the tiniest bit of knowledge about balancing.It's a solved game genre by itself, if you switch up the flavoring and don't horribly fuck the numbers crunch it's going to be ok. Whatever gimmick/innovation you bring simply needs to not DESTROY the base gameplay and you're gucci.
Shamelesshttps://store.steampowered.com/app/5166910/MECCHA_OCTOPUS/
>>749338053There are just a lot of little micro strategies and optimizations you can come up with to help you find and sort efficiently. And then once you unlock magic you start off with really slow cooldowns so you really look for ways to maximize them. The main problem with the game is the power curve scales up too fast and then plateaus. Like the game is roughly paced as>2 hours - unlocking the first spell>0.5 hours - using the little magic you know to unlock and max all the other spells>1.5 hours - just tediously waiting for a spell cooldown to end and having nothing worthwhile to do between thatLike if they stretched out the 2nd phase but made the 3rd phase way shorter, it would've been an amazing game
>>749323939I am schizophrenic and it's pretty good desu
>>749323939OSU! with squares? Holy shit how much I do not miss that game.
>>749363867the game is apparently already outhow is this part of the event?
>content servers unreachableVery cool
>>749365256the genre is already crashing due to oversaturation, this is basically the last few desperate attempts to catch the last embers of hype
Any good R18 demos?
>>749366824It had a demo and I played it
>>749366824Retarded anons just post any demo even if it isnt part of the event and the game is already out
>>749354623the agdg trannies will prolly never leave from these threads and i made peace with that factthere's just a bigger enemy to worry about which are AI slop "creators" who are really ruining the steam next fest
good games with cute anime girls?
>>749357704lelu 100% was in a previous fest
>>749372056rain of lead, see these>>749307817>>749346953>>749305540>>749314253https://store.steampowered.com/app/5086270/Rain_of_Lead_Demo/
>>749372434I'll check em, thanks
>>749372519sorry it was only one game I just quoted the posts with screenshots or webms of said gamefor other games with cute anime girls you can check temu ender lilies, called sandnight hill revelation here https://store.steampowered.com/app/4157190/
I prefer to say this now but please if this thread dies don't make one immediately after, let things cook. Give anons enough time to play games and prepare reviews for the next threads, better yet wait until the steam next fest starts for real. Not everyone is a neet
>>749372616kek gotcha
KINO gamein split decision you play as a referee in boxing matches, not saying anything more. really funny demo kekhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3002010/Split_Decision/
>>749350518>another one of those "tamagotchi but it's a cute mech pilot"There is more than one? But that sounds good.
>>749353532
>>749372054Well if something is already ruined it can't be ruined again. You are kind of stupid.
>>749375413shut the fuck up AI jeet
>>749375210relax anon or i'll shop a gigachad face on your carefully constructed strawman
>>749354390As is typical with a joyless freak, he is incapable of enjoying anything. Thousands of games and he doesn't like a single one. Hates AI but begs an algorithm to do the thinking for him because he has no thoughts of his own.
>>749375458
>>749375593You think I personally created that image? Heh. You really do think everyone you speak to is a developer.
>>749299289Those eyes really ruin it
>>749376157the image? heh, think againyou think i wouldn't know?that you are really the ghost of moot who has come back to haunt us?
>>749373092Got a black screen after the second fight. Was just getting into it too, damn
>we have aria of sorrow at homehere we gohttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3704270/Magnavale_Eternal_Soul/
>>749307257Going from the totally epic AI slop trailer to the second video showing actual gameplay was pretty funny.
>Bad Magpie got a demoNeat. I'll check out the rest of the fest tomorrow.
>>749373092>>749376671Same here, the game just stops after the ricardo fight.
everything I have downloaded
>>749376792What the fuck is that ugly ass main character? Looks like some spyro obsessed furry made a fan mod for SotN.
>>749377637these are the ones I've downloaded so far
>>749353181Why is zero from Drakengard 3 a man now
>>749376792Uh, thanks bro, but I think I'd rather just replay Aria of Sorrow.
is it that time again? to pretend indies are still good and that they've not been mostly creatively bankrupt slop for years now and the retarded dev is not asking too much when they price their slop at 20+ monetary units when it's barely worth 5-10 monetary units?yeah miss me with that gay shit
not new to next fest but I enjoyed the queens domain demo
>>749378587
>>749378587you are trans
>>749377692>"just listen to the players, bro">the players:>>749346235
do not make a thread, wait
Girl here, any horror game?
>>749378972why? aside from the ai screechers this thread was goodand most demos are already playable
>>749379170I need time to play the demos, make reviews, webms and stuffI feel fomo if I know a thread is up.btw hemlon the grey is your run of the mill 2D sidescroller soulslike parryslop, played because the cover art was cute. even on max difficulty the game seems to be easy, just defeated the first boss with no trouble but things might change later on.https://store.steampowered.com/app/4348370/Hemlon_the_Grey/
.>>749363867>suggestive, but no adult contentWow, so not even tits? Or does it just need a patch.
>>749378802>>749378867brown handed
>>749308632Played the demo for this as soon as it came out, good shit.>>749311453Should've gone with Bossa Nova mixes.>>749313746Fuman Ghoul looks like it might actually be really good.>>749314983>>749315341H-hahaha...
>>749379679>btw hemlon the grey is your run of the mill 2D sidescroller soulslike parryslop, even on max difficulty the game seems to be easy-AAACK!!!!ok that was funny, wonder if there's a way to beat this fight without losing. I'll try later
>>749379957>H-hahaha...There's honestly a surprising amount of GENUINE shmups in the fest. But the beat 'em up category is an absolute catastrophe, 99% of the games featured aren't actual beat 'em ups, and the ones that are, look genuinely horrible.
>>749298693>infinity slopsteam should charge a $50k fee for listing anything.
