Thread 723059045

Ni hao which of the 300 cultivation demos are you playing my gweilo bros

Someone skim through all the AI slop farms sim with roguelike deckbuilder mechanics balatro clones for me please

Any cool co op games i can play with my friends?

>>723059318
Try this
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1833200/DuneCrawl/

>>723059045 (OP)
Intriguing...

Extremely weird game but once I got over initial hurdle of the controls, I enjoyed myself a lot.
>build bombs with materials and arcane runes that you draw yourself
>chuck them at things
>environmental destruction
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3503810/TERRORtypeALCHEMY/

You forget the last thread anon

>>722924618

>>723059045 (OP)
>Not posting link to press preview
You had one job OP!
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest_oct25_press/

>>723060019
what are you some sort of journalist

>Ni hao
Mandarin.
>gweilo
Cantonese.

anyone tried this yet?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1263240/Skate_Story/

>>723060054
Why do you offend me like that?

>>723060089

same thing

>>723060101
Yes, it's the typical Devolver Digital game, of course it will be one of the most talked about when the Fest begins

>>723060101
>criticize game
>get banned

>>723060089
ching chong nip nong

>>723060180
So is it any good? I'm looking for some horror kino

>>723059045 (OP)
A Tetris that plagiarizes Balatro's aesthetics and scoring system, some devs are really desperate and short of ideas these days
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3908810/Stackflow/

>>723060443
It's not a horror game. It's a skateboarding game with a lot of stylistic flair. I liked it.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this game, it's easily the most aesthetic demo I have played in many next fests
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/BIRDCAGE/

>>723060443
If you compare it to the absurdly low bar that the +3k demos have in general, it's certainly good and outstanding, but objectively speaking, it's a bit of style over substance and an absurd overload of visual effects.

>>723060652
because shootem ups are niche

>>723060652
Looks great, too bad I don't like shmups or any heavy arcade focused genre, but nice discovery

less than 24 hours before the steam next fest thread can actually be usable without the agdg trannies
jannies lost
troons lost
previous didn't even reach 500 replies KEK

>>723060652
Nice find and I'm happy it comes out soon compared to Rainchaser

>>723060089
ping pong nip nong fong bong

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3757210/Agreeee/


I DISAGREE

>>723059045 (OP)
Anything more radioactive and red-flagged than this?, literally Filipino wokism
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2251220/High_Times__DatingCooking_Sim/

>>723061206
Is this Papa's Donuteria for lesbians?

>>723060652
> I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this game
Look harder, nigga. Funny how I don't even really like shmups and it's still the best demo of the Fest so far.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3845600
Has anyone looked at this with the patch applied?
Is it worth it?

>>723061206
There's this game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3859120/A_Tale_of_Dirty_Whiskers/

>>723061580
>best demo of the fest so far
that would be cutting edge or yunyun rhythm psychosis

>>723059694
This game looks cool but holy shit does it control like hot ass. My mouse cursor keeps snapping back to the character.

>>723061951
I regret the day when that degenerate community made me learn their flags and symbols through sheer and repeated exposure against my will. That pin says everything.

>>723062186
fucking furries, why do they have to ruin everything

>>723062402
I don't know. It's a shame because the game is really great

Yunyum Syndrome has a fantastic selection of songs even for the demo.
Problem is that the dialogue is fucking dumb as shit.

I notice the knightling came out, any nextchad that played it care to comment onit?

>>723062186
>Time to skibidi denpa all up in this bihhh!

>>723063173
I'm not EOP

>>723063292
you don't have to be to know how cringe today's memes are and how fast they'll be out of date

>>723061951
Cute cat!

>>723062402
>>723062186
>game all about anatomy
>use fictional species instead of humans
I'm not even that against furries but this is just stupid design.

It's not on next fest but the demo was stealth updated
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1053900/Radio_the_Universe/

>>723061580
It's called evil egg and you're a fag for not mentioning it

>>723064209
sorry, dev, i'll be better next time

>>723061597
You can grope her in the bath and that's about it before the demo cuts you off. You can edit the game files and basically play the full game if you want though. Here's the full list of things you can do. I honestly don't play that many porn games like this but it seems alright. You can fluff her tail during sex so that's nice.

>>723064272
Hot, downloaded.

>>723064085
That's never going to be released, deal with it

>>723064272
Based Valve for letting this happen

>>723064085
>stealth updated
Do you know what changed?

Wonder if those 2 parasite eve clones will get demo this time.

>>723064272
>lick nipples/pussy

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2506100/Shadows_of_the_Afterland/
You're maid who died in 1960 only to find herself in the afterlife with memories and personality of future detective from 1988. Obviously you have to find out what happened. Looks like decent point'n'click and the two puzzles in the demo weren't bad. If you're fan of the genre you might check it our.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3692360/Akumas_Bloodrain/
Shooting waves of enemies on small arena. Fast-paced and fun, but nothing I'd play for longer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2551380/Beyond_R_Rule_Ripper/
I was hoping for something in the vein of Ace Attorney but the game took so long to get started and had so many loading screens I couldn't bother. Maybe someone else will find it interesting.

>>723064272
How do you can edit the game files?
Asking for a friend

>>723064272
>creampie begging
ULTRA BASED

>>723065427
With dnsSpy, edit the Assembly-CSharp file, and remove the methods that have an if-block that set demoPanel to true in Daytime\EventController and Util\SceneDrawer. You'll run into errors compiling probably, but they're not too hard to resolve.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3738090/Deiity/
This one I find intriguing. You explore dungeons killing weird monster like walking tree-stumps or snowmen in glasses and ties. It rather slower paced game, even jumping is slow and methodical tho not necessary in a bad way, and you'll be doing lot of it. I find the whole weirdness quite charming. Dev mentions Halo and Ultrakill as inspirations but I don't know if I see it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3127750/Pain_Pain_Go_Away/
Am I stupid or this game doesn't work?

>>723067896
probably you, I played the demo like a day or two ago without any issues.

>>723068578
Then please tell me, what am I supposed to do here? I tried typing everything here or pressing tab and nothing works

Does anyone know a less wholesome chungus version of this?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3784760/Elfie_A_Sand_Plan/

I enjoy the shape rotator gameplay a lot.

Here are games I enjoyed the most and would recommend checking out. In alphabetical order:

>Dobbel Dungeon
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2622820/Dobbel_Dungeon/

>Fatal Claw
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2827750/Fatal_Claw/

>Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3105440/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era/

>Jackal
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124230/Jackal/

>Kriophobia
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604630/Kriophobia/

>Smash it Wild
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432240/Smash_it_Wild/

>Whiskerwood
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2489330/Whiskerwood/

>>723068940
words just appeared from left side and i typed them. sorry bro idk how to help you

>>723069126
Don't worry about it, it just means something is wrong with my game then because from what you and the game say words I need to type should appear on the screen.

>>723067153
nta, but ur so goddamn lucky I love fox girls
download dnspy and follow pic related, should be easy enough

Bump

>>723069465
>drawings included
Based.

>>723065496
I've been looking forward to that game. Had it on my Wishlist for a few months I think. The fuck is going on? demo just glitched?

>>723061951
> 0 cute furry girls
dev is a retard

Autist game. But I heard someone whining you couldn't listen to recordings. who gives a fuck? I don't want to hear stupid noises. regardless. now you can.

>>723071728
>dev is a retard
And also a furry, so a retard by default.

>>723071726
No idea. I tried restarting it and all, but it wouldn't budge. Apparently you have to switch from Vulkan to OpenGL so I guess it's a real 2001 game.

Is AI not a filter yet? Porn sites give me better tags.

>>723071775
>criticism is whining
Hey dev.

>>723061580
What is this, geometry wars?

>>723071907
shut the fuck up already. you're not clever when you accuse some random person for the millionth time of being a game developer.

>>723069465
I generally just edit the IL directly nowadays and replace the jump target

>>723071798
I dont see issues with furry as long as there are cute furry girls or it caters to my fetishes.
Of course., duh.

Show me demos made by 4chan

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3512750/Vampires_Veil/

Game looks nice, MC is hot and the spritework is strangely great but by god this game has the worst sound design I've ever seen, it actually made me quit 5 mins in

Level design also seems kinda bland sadly. I'm debating whether I should give the feedback or just consider it a lost cause

The whole point of trying the demo was to see if it could really generate an accurate map of my hometown for me to play in. But that feature wasn't available in the demo.

>>723069091
this one works but you need to know a little bit of programming
you can also hard code every pixel i guess
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3401490/Replicube?snr=1_25_4__318
you can also look up picross 3d ripoffs. for steam there's voxelgram, which has dlcs and steam workshop support.
>>723069465
based retard stealing from fox girl game devs
teach a man to fish and all that

Anyone got some 2D platformers or 'Vanias to recommend?

>>723072771
Replicube was one of my favorites from the last next fest. I might pick it up now that it's officially out, didn't know it had come out.

>>723072917
>playing 2D pixelshit

>>723073060
yes

>>723072917
If you ok with tranny shit - Constance

Also Alruna_End_of_History - fairycore

>>723073093
Whatever floats your boat. Glorified newgrounds flash tier games. I hope there's a comforting message about overcoming depression in there for you.

>>723071726
Got it to play properly, but it's too boring. It replicates a mediocre 1999 shooter nicely, but why would you play a mediocre 1999 shooter?
Also, no resolution options higher than 1156x852 and IDK why people do this when every fan patch for an old game makes there an option to go to 1920x1080. I even wasted several hours to make some old Delta Force games to launch at higher resolutions. It doesn't make spotting guns/items any easier too.

>>723073442
nta but why are you even in this thread if this is how you're talking with people

>>723073534
Jesus fucking Christ, I boot up the next game and it's this shit. God, please, annihilate this faggotry.

>demo is 10gb+

FUCKING
STOP

>>723067742
>Halo and Ultrakill
This shit looks like some janky immersive sim.

Not very many high soul puzzle games this year

>>723072546
These two
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2849280/Ascendant_Dawn_Demo/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2302320/Poke_ALL_Toads/
Although they were in previous Next Fests too.

It's kinda odd how gory this game is. The MC really just falls apart whenever she gets smacked by the enemies or turns into a puddle when falling from too high up. Usually you'd just have it fade to black or something.
Maybe they're trying to go for some realism in the game, but it just seems weird next to the Kuudere MC

>>723069091
I tried it. Hate how you can't flip the camera around.

There's literally never any stealth games at Next Fests, hasn't been for a long time of its existence. Why are indie developers so talentless? why aren't they capable of releasing games in that genre? I'm aware of games that list themselves as stealth. But they're such amateur work that it can't be taken seriously and as anything that would compete with Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. I suppose they've never figured out how to make games of equal quality and scope to the kind that were releasing in the years of 6th console generation.

>>723076582
Stealth games are fundamentally shit.

>>723076441
I agree, but you can work around that by building from the back up. I really wish there were more games like this though, it's really a fun thing to do (rotate the shape in your mind)

I feel like there is a lot of mileage in taking IQ test components and making them into games.

Any good puzzle games?

>>723076618
No, indie developers just don't have an ounce of talent to recreate them is all. It's above their pay grade so to speak. There's also things like programming AI in which they could never handle.

>>723071775
Looks interesting but it reminds way too much of Tunnet.

>>723076306
Have you played The Citadel?

>>723076978
They don't recreate them because they are fundamentally shit.

>>723077127
No, was never really a fan of shooters

>>723065319
>Afterland
Nice corporate memphis fag art.

>>723077195
Just the lack of talent really. It stems back even to the industry outsiders like Notch, Johnathan Blow and Phil Fish. All hacks that pioneered this sick excuse for a video game industry on it's last legs, otherwise known as the indie scene. The next wave of poser developments were worse than all of these three men too. The issue is that we've endured a generation of slackers that never got knowledge passed onto them by real industry veterans about how to make good games,.

>>723077981
*Poser developers
Typo

>>723072556
Yeah, got similar feeling. The MC is hot but the game isn't amazing. Also what kind of idiot bounded special move to up + attack button? I wasted it a couple times just by accident.

Fun digging game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3809940/Drill_Bird/

Seems like he's going for the bespoke levels instead of procgen which I like

I was looking through my unplayed demos and going through the ones from last fest. Found this one which I liked a lot, but apparently steam Mary'ed it?

Anyone know what became of it?

Steam should remove action and adventure then put this at the front. Those two are such non-descriptions.

>>723064272
>>723065896
>>723069465
How did you even figure this out? Do devs often use that dll for demo logic or what?

>putting ecelebs in your slav religion game
Why would you do this?

>>723079684
Itch probably

>>723081768
https://arcanepengi.itch.io/strip-battle-action-cards

Ah I found it on itch.

Looks like they don't even sell it there anymore, dude I hate puritans so much

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2885530/MeowPowerYachiyo/
New River City game is here.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3941820/Revolgear_Zero/
Probably not part of the Fest, but a new shmup is here.

>>723072917
Fatal Claw is decent

>Duskfade
Action platformer, very amateurish. Floaty as heck. I feel like the dev is biting more than they can chew.

>Kriophobia
Silent Hill Russia. Made in Brazil LMAO. Tank controls, fixed camera - very cool. Limited inventory space, but you can wear a different outfit with bigger backpack with worse mobility, there's a temperature gauge you have to manage. Weapons have durability and double as tools (knife cuts taped doors, ice axe breaks ice barricades). Item box to store your shit. Potentially a good survival horror. At least from the gameplay point.

>Truckful
Strand type of game. Physics-based truck driving delivery game with a bit of spookyness at the end.

>Dead Format
Fatal Error. Thanks Timmy. Man, it's such a turd sandwich or douche choice. You either pay for Huang's new designer leather jacket and another slab of gold he will gift to the retard in oval office or you support his niece who can't not fuck up. Guess I'm buying nVidia in 5 years to replace my current 7900xtx. And 3kWt PSU.

>Beneath
A shooter with horror elements. You start in a corridor with zombies, game tells you to conserve ammo, everything is loose. And then game throws a bunch of soldiers with infinite ammo at you (you loot 3 rounds of 'em of course). It has this Unreal stank.

>Whiskerwood
Colony sim with Z-levels. Quite charming and you even a have goal besides just surviving.

>House Fighters: Total Mess
Casual flight game, but you're toy plane. It's alright. Very obvious AI-generated assests.

>>723080560
Action would imply skewing towards combat gameplay while adventure would imply skewing towards exploration gameplay, though I'd agree many games have overlap and merging it into action-adventure would be better for ease of use.

>>723059045 (OP)
>cultivation

>>723076729
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3933120/CiniCross/
roguelike Picross but it gives you anxiety

>>723085442
That actually looks really cool

>>723080619
Most of a Unity game's logic is in that DLL. I'm a complete noob at modding Unity games though. It's just something I know.

Actual nextfest starting soon.

>>723087048
>she waited until press review version was over
Too bad i played all the demos already and there's nothing left for you. Better luck next nextfest, sister!

>open game
>UE5 launcher
>close game

>>723087048
Why Monday? Shouldn't it be right about now so I can play these 2 instead of going to work?

>>723088278
I think it's because they want to rope AAA and AA studios into it and they wouldn't launch on the weekend in case something went wrong and they needed the boys in the office to fix things

Shieeet I was waiting for the start of the festival to publish my demo. How fucked am I?

>>723087048
Just in time for the real deal
>>723090819
You retard, there's a submission window and you've probably long since missed it. At best you can try shilling it here like some other guy did.

>>723088278
>I think it's because they want to rope AAA and AA studios into it
They are doing a poor job then, most of these studios don't put demos in Next Fest

>>723090819
I think you might be too late.

>>723091195
>10 am pdt
So it's in about 20 hours?

>>723090932
I already submitted it, I just did not make the demo public yet

>>723091636
If it's already submitted then it shouldn't be an issue, at most you missed the press preview which isn't publicly shown and only autists ITT will get started with it. It was probably still a good idea to release it earlier so you can get started on shilling and ironing out inevitable bugs.

>>723090932
the more i let yunyun simmer in the back of my head the less i wanna play it when it releases.
Or i am just gonna go through it in japanese and with a dictionary.
Might be horrible to go through a game with hikkikomori slang as a learning experience but fuck whatever that english translation is.

not enough FPS games all other genres are TRASH!!!

>>723092023
Fuark, it was not ready by the press review so I did not make it live. I had private testers all the way at least, so I have fixed a lot of the bugs. I only have 100 wishlists so I may be fucked

>>723092676
what genre?

>>723092202
2008 called lil bro, they want you back

>>723093094
im likely old enoug hto be your dad

>>723093042
Idle aquarium keeping

>>723092150
If yunyun is anything like needy girl overdose, the internet slang and memes are everywhere too in japanese except it's all from their side of the internet which makes it infinitely worse to parse for someone who isn't way past N1 level.

>>723094619
it's been a while that i played needy girl overdose but yunyun's english translation feels a lot worse with the "let's throw in all the random bullshit words".
They still do random untranslated weeb shit like "you make my kokoro go dokidoki" which i don't mind as much as "skibidi rizz".

>>723093142
That's not something to be proud of bro

I return from dumpster diving with an interesting game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3595850/City_of_Spells/

Another in the "talk to an LLM" genre but I enjoyed this one a little more because the dev is using a less "west coast millennial" model.

Final Sentence has been fun. Type Racer but with some last man standing mechanics

>>723061580
Looks like a modern Robotron

Any Ace attorney like demos?

>>723095790
why wouldn't it be? ageing happens

>>723092150
The Japanese slang in it really isn't that bad. The English translation overexaggerates the hell out of it.

>>723091391
The deadline was August 25th

>>723097106
>>723097106
Psycho Sleuth and The Real Face of a VTuber. Sorta. I liked them both.

This game wants to be Final Fantasy/Octopath Traveler so bad, but it's so goddamn ugly with the usual shitty HD2D pitfalls of mixels, vector UI over pixel graphics and UE5 postprocessing spam. Also I'm pretty sure all the voice acting is AI generated but they didn't put anything in their disclosure, perhaps other assets too, and the character sprites are pretty much just edited FF sprites.

>>723098382
>Redditus

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3756520/PIXEL_DASH_Toast_of_Destiny/

This one is very fun but is really really lacking in that it doesn't have panty shots which it should have. Conspicuous in their absence but I blame mary, hopefully a patch appears.

>>723059045 (OP)
Wait seriously? There's cultivation games this time?

>>723098671
man it's been a while since I last thought about runner games

>>723098671
it just looks like a less charming Montaro
https://store.steampowered.com/app/971680/Montaro_RE/
they even let you steal pantsu in this game

>>723059045 (OP)
This is easily the worst fest to date, I didn't even bother logging the few games I played
Can't believe indie games are fucking dead now too

>>723098998
Yeah montaro was the one I was reminded of, I even saw a very similar shot of a shibu in this one.

But I'm confining myself to the bounds of the fest best I can. I doubt my critical commentary will ever reach the devs but they need to fix it if they want to move copies.

>>723067742
>roguelite
The worst meme to ever happen to indies. Worse than card collecting games or even AI.

>>723100503
No demo, not part of fest

Cloudheim is weird. I like the physics-based combat where you kick, launch and grapple enemies to deal a lot of damage, but overall it makes me feel like I'm playing some Korean MMO with the dozens and dozens of random mechanics like building, crafting, shopkeeping, RPG progression, and tons of grinding. Not sure if I want to get it if it comes out and neither are my friends. Playing as a little girl and picking up and piledriving an enemy four times my size is fucking hilarious though.

I can't be the only one who sees the inverse correlation between demo size and quality.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2991310/Eternal_Palace_Sakura/
I guess that's what you get if you have a 3d animator make a game. The character is cute and the animations are nice, but gameplay is eh and the dungeon/roguelike mechanics are barely there

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3513150/CLOWNOUT_Demo/
these guys finna get cancelled

ITT dweebs, furries, and gen alpha with fake nostalgia of boomer shit. And not a single good game to be seen.

>>723101518
It's really a shame with how good the animation is. Wish he'd have worked with a team or something.

>>723101241
Yeah Balatro is the best game ever

>>723102612
he did recently make a post that he's hiring people that have unity experience, but it's still a very short timeline to make the rest of the game if he wants to release in early 2026

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3685570/FIGHTQUEST/
First person brawler about punching gnomes.
And it's actually another one of survivor roguelites.

>>723099673
I am feeling you, anon.

>>723102541
And you don't post any games whatsoever like a faggot you are

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3722780/Love_Blades_and_Run_Demo/
Actually fucking embarassing.
I had my eye on this since last nextfest which it was supposed to be in. I'm one of those sick fucks that think spiderman 2 GC is one of the greatest games ever made.
The full game has a release date of october 23rd. The demo is purely a barely functioning movement system in a single level.
Whats shown could be made in a week by some with a tiny bit of experience with unreal engine.
I expected nothing and I received second hand embarassment.

>>723101518
>Senran Kagura x R-
Amazing how 1 words can completely destroy a game

>>723102823
I can see it becoming pretty acceptable with 4-6 months of work with a good team. But yeah, it'd be best if they moved it to late 2026.

>>723101518
>we have genshin impact at home
>>723102823
games get delayed all the time

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3942860/Nirih_Demo/
Super short demo, reminiscent of AAAAAaaaaaaAAAAAAaaAAAAaaAAAAA!!!!! and other such "sky diving" classics.
I'll grab this depending on price, unsure of potential content more than anything else.

>>723103842
genshin but with appealing characters yeah

>>723079684
If I remember correctly it was going to release in early access and steam allegedly made a universal change against adult EA games since that would entail doing content checks every patch to make sure things are kosher
payment processors created a stupid mess

>>723104904
Yeah it looks like he's selling it through a one time purchase through patreon now but I doubt it's going to succeed without steam.

Is it on already? Didn't they used to have a banner on the homepage for these things?

>>723105383
I did some further investigation and it looks like he was just a casualty of visa/mastercard, when pressing for a human response he got the same canned answer as others before him. No second chances.
It's ridiculous that we're needing to get to the point where an explicit game would need to be developed and released as SFW with an off-site patch again.

>>723105570
starts tomorrow, this is the press preview

>>723104837
trvke that single character already has more personality, hope the dev can make it

>>723081080
third-worlders worship e-celebs, anon.

>>723099673
I just want some games with persistent progression instead of meta progression

>>723083209
Its trash

>Amy Hates Robots
>This game uses AI to assist with shaders or small sections of code
lol

>>723106274
why would you even admit that
not like anyone is ever gonna find out
and now the Anti-AI crowd is gonna dogpile your ass

>>723106274
>>723106568
Someone believed their teachers and parents telling them to tell the truth.
High compliance individuals aren't really compatible with modern society

Any good coop games to try out with my friends?

>chinese ai sloppa
>russian ai sloppa
>jeet ai sloppa
>american ai sloppa
This may actually be the worst nextfest valve seriously needs to add a filter for this shit.

>oh, this looks interesti-
>roguelike deckbuilder
its always the same
its like you have to chose between good aestethics and good gameplay

Just gonna post my favorites real quick

Jackal - 3d hotline Miami with procedural layouts and fun gore effects. Highly recommend.
Skate Story - artsy skateboarding game with a unique, and poorly explained control scheme. Maybe it's deliberate. Love this but won't be for everyone.
MENACE - feels like a modern take on classic XCOM. kinda janky in spots but will be watching closely
All Will Fall - a cool physics based, vertical city builder. Very comfy. It's like the movie Waterworld
Cairn - I like mechanically deep games about climbing shit. Seems cool but just got delayed to next year

Honorable mentions:
Half Sword has the best demo on steam, I play it more than games I've bought. It may get an update when the next fest starts proper.
Road To Vostok - really interesting hardcore survival shooter trying to emulate Tarkov but for solo players. Has a ton of good ideas and functionality already but doesn't feel ready yet. Expect a lot of weird jank on top of oppressive difficulty.

>>723107198
Hmm yes almost like it's hard to have both and is reserved for exceptional games

>>723081080
He works for their publisher

>>723100503
Opus pussy peak

>>723107364
yea but thats not my problem, is it?
people want to be the solo dev of their dreams but don't have the skills to back it up
if its that hard then make it easier by working with someone else who can do what you can't

you grow flower than you crouch
CUTE!

>>723106568
Either you let yourself get boycotted immediately and avoid further controversy or get witchhunted by autists for concealing it, especially if the generated content is glaringly obvious. Though for assets like code I don't see why anyone should disclose that since it's not like the consumer is going to be reviewing their source code.

>>723107320
>It's like the movie Waterworld
I don't generally care for city builders but I do like waterworld.

>>723108012
And then you have companies like Microsoft who blatantly use AI, never mention it and nobody cares anyway
its all so weird

>>723073827
>>723073534
what game

Why DO H-games suck so badly? So many of them are janky and awful, not even up to the baseline quality of an indie game.

Why?

>>723108590
They tend to be made by people without very many ideas for the actual game part.

>>723108590
because its usually 1 guy (1 artist with little coding knowledge) who knows hes not gonna get his investment back because nobody buys porn games.

>>723108883
I buy porn games
I've bought
Anthophobia
Apprehending the Adventurer Chan
Castle in the Clouds
Drain Mansion
Flip Witch
Living with Sister
Mad Island
Maumau
Midnight Castle Succubus
Scarlet Maiden
Tamer Vale
Third Crisis
Elf Girl Pinball

But I can't find many others that are competent.

>>723108395
The one with the table is Klostyn. Dunno about the other.

Isn't this 800 review game out of place compared to all of these Next Fest games?

>>723109780
That's because it was featured in previous fests and somehow loopholed its way back into the fest again.

>>723108883
>nobody buys porn games.
I'm nobody
I buy them, but only on dlsite.

>>723109852
I thought the whole point was that you can only participate in one nextfest

>>723109852
And what of this one? I thought most of these would be sub 20 reviews aside from Yunyunslop.

>>723110074
I mean if it didn't get a nextfest before it gets one now

>>723110074
I mean there's nothing saying you must release your demo only around a next fest. So if you already released your demo and gathered a small following but haven't participated in a next fest, you can still submit it to be featured in the next one.

>>723107320
>try road to vostok
>starts me completely naked and unarmed
>wander for twenty minutes
>find nothing but a little bit of ammo and a bunch of junk and a lot of orange juice
>get shot at, inaccurate ass enemy apparently has infinite ammo
>eventually hits me and I die
>retry several times, cautiously exploring for anything, but always run into enemies before I find a weapon
>find a 1911 once, but no magazine, can't even put one in the chamber
>2.4 hours played, never fired a shot

>>723111158
that's some shitty luck

>>723111158
you start the game with a Makarov and inside your house how could this possibly happen

>>723108590
Because they don't need to be masterpieces. I play them to fap, not because I want to play something to pour 1000 hours into.

>>723112717
I want to do both, that's why free cities is so fun

>>723111158
I'm looking forward to The Path into the Abyss, more so than Road to Vostok. Simply because it's just a STALKER clone. Which was always better than Tarkov. Also guns fire physical projectiles and originate from the weapon, rather than where the camera is pointed. So they aim to bring that kind of stuff into the game too.

>>723099673
I put shit on ignore when I see it in the tags nowadays.

>>723114878
I think that's a bit too broad a brush

>>723081080
...Would he even have been okay with that?

>>723101518
I was excited for this for years because I love this character but its a fucking roguelite after all this time. I've never been so fucking disappointed.

>>723106274
I thought people were apparently okay with programmers being replaced. I never once saw a single hint of people giving a shit about us code monkeys being inevitably fired for AI.

>>723116014
I guess, but 90% of the time I hate it from the get go, and the rare chance I do like it, the fact that any hint of level design was thrown out the window for a rotating series of rooms is tiring at this point. I'll ease up on it, I guess.

>>723116673
With a title like that it just isn't right for the dev to like robot made code.

>>723116879
Ahh, understandable mistake. The dev's name isn't Amy. Amy is a tranny that posts niggerfication fanart on twitter.

>>723116767
Rooms still need to be designed you know. Even something that is significantly more random like Noita needs a designer to build the foundation for the algorithm to work with.
Just see it as an extension of board game randomization, an event deck can only contain so many different cards but the game that runs it can still be fun.
Its not a simple binary, there's a gradient of effort. Only the laziest of randomization should be an immediate turnoff

No need to make threads after today, all the good demos have already been played.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3738090/Deiity/
I can't decide.
Mechanically solid, looks like it will have a decent amount of gameplay variety and builds.
But it feels empty, soulless.

>>723118510
the weird enemies scream that the dev couldn't make any proper ones so he tried memeing it out

>>723108395
Terror Type Alchemy

>demo
>not a VN or ADV game
>suddenly loredumps me for 3 to 5 minutes the moment it starts

>>723118975
>>723077054
>>723073827
Did you ever figure out how to get it running correctly? I wanted to know how that game was. It looked interesting aesthetically. But the gameplay looks like absolute jank. It was the one stealth action game I picked out in the previous thread I was curious about.

>>723107175
They do ;)

>>723121730
How do you do that?

>>723059045 (OP)
Whats the newest FMV waifu simulator from the Zhongguo land anons? I played Love Is All Around and i want more, give me the ones with the cutest girls.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2740750/Rollin_Rascal/
This game proved to me that it really must be hard to make a GOOD 3d Sonic.

>>723103135
Yeah, I was impressed that somebody took 10 years to make a worse version of Energy Hook, which was already a worse version of SM2.

>>723072546
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/
https://panic-ok.itch.io/panic-floor

>>723119724
>demo
>starts with credits

>>723124924
>Doesn't post it

>>723124259
It's so hard not even the Sonic Team can do it

>>723124731
>pettanko with a fat ass
I will now buy your game

>>723125187
Well alright, it's called Delivery Must Complete. Dumb name, dev wanted the DMC acronym because he wanted to make an Ace Combat with more combat mechanics.

https://youtu.be/83QYgUB9m8o

It looks a bit like a fever dream, but I'm sold on the boost mechanic and the music.

>>723125515
>Putting a grapple hook on a fighter jet
That's dumb as hell.
I will now play your game.

>>723072546
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2445240/The_Cat_Tower_Demo/

>>723122031
Next Fest has an algorithm that activates once the festival starts. Wait two days and most of the sloppa gets filtered.

>>723072546
I think Wonder of Blue was made by someone from /agdg/?

>>723125515
>roguelike
this is an actual cruel joke for such a cool looking game

>>723126096
I'm not sure to what extent of it IS "rogue-lite" beyond the randomly generated stages and enemies. The weapons themselves seem to be fixed, unless that's something coming later.

And to be honest, in this one instance, it doesn't bother me too much. Because the game is seemingly setup for back-to-back combat. None of the downtime of Ace Combat where you listen to 10 minute briefs if you want anything resembling a cohesive story.

>>723125809
Played this two next fests ago, did the dev add anything new to the demo?

>>723106963
Tried a few with my friends and the only one we're sure we'd want to get on release is Godbreakers. The others are kind of just "Ehhhhh, I don't know" Those were Tears of Metal, Roadside Research, YAPYAP, Long Drive North, Restaurats, Cloudheim and Car Service Together.

>keep getting bodied by the hardest difficulties in Yunyun
>when I could easily A to S rank those back then

Bros... I'm rhythm washed...

Million Depth sucks fucking ass as a game considering the aesthetic. 100% would have enjoyed it if it was a VN and not this generic roguelite
>>723108590
Good games for the wide majority need two hands to be played, require your focus and follow arcade design. Good H-games need first and foremost to be good porn so design-wise the gameplay should require your important hand to be free at all times. That, or clearly separate the gameplay from porn scenes. There is no reason to seek out good gameplay in porn games because normal titles already provide that. If your game is an actual game and not a porn gallery, past the first 10 minutes you don't really care about the aesthetics that drew you in and focus on beating the objective. Which means it's a failure as a H game

>>723126502
nta but ty, godbreakers looks interesting. I really liked cloudheim too til it got to building. UI needs work too but EA and all that. comes out the 20th and godbreakers the 23rd, might have to buy them both

>>723126096
do people who start shitting themselves over seeing this tag only like movie games? i don't get it. roguelite done well will elevate the gameplay. roguelite done poorly means the dev didn't have what it takes anyway.

>>723126540
Have you tried activating skibidi denpa mode yet?

>>723127481
Roguelikes are to level design and game direction as generative AI is to artwork.

And no I generally dislike movie games.

>>723127481
Rogue-lite is, 99.99999% of the time, just an excuse to use RNG make the game extra-punishing in order to pad out what would otherwise be four hours of content tops

>>723096024
>interesting game
>"talk to an LLM" genre

>>723127481
I fucking hate movie games kek. I prefer traditional arcade game design
If all roguelites played like Isaac or necrodancer it would be one thing

Highly recommend Death In Abyss if you haven't already played it
Demo's been out for a while but it's officially entering Next Fest this time
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2076520/Death_In_Abyss/

>>723128048
that's what I'm saying. a good game with roguelite mechanics will be a great game. a shit game with roguelite mechanics is still going to be a shit game. it just so happens there are a shitload of shitty games, so it's retarded to base everything in the genre on this tag

>>723128920
>a good game with roguelite mechanics
oxymoron

>I'm just a singer of simple songs
>I'm not a real political man
>I watch CNN, but I'm not sure I can tell you
>The diff'rence in roguelike and roguelite

The solution to -Lites is to take out the permadeath so you can just, bash your head against the boss as if this is a normal vidya.

>>723128920
Unfortunately, whenever I try roguelites I encounter the anti-fun and tedious game design philosophies that also plague rpg moviegames on top of the randomization element that turn the game into a reroll number go up grindfest before it can be fun. I understand why the incentive is strong for indie devs to make roguelites/likes, it doesn't mean I have to tolerate it. The few roguelikes or lites whatever that I enjoy are closer to arcade game design in nature for a good reason.

Balatro was unironically more enjoyable and honest than most roguelite slop from the get-go because the aesthetic didn't lie about what kind of game it was and skills it asked for the player. I had fun gold staking almost every deck but I wasn't lied to with fake gameplay to reel me in

>>723129831
ooof that was some grade A absolute bullshit. You are truly delusional. Did everyone see the fucking knots this guy has to tie inside his own brains to convince himself he doesn't like roguelites even though he enjoyed balatro? good god. Watch me make this super simple.

You liked Balatro. Balatro is a Roguelite. You like Roguelites.

>>723130056
>You like Roguelites
That's only one roguelite thoughbeit. So at best you can say he likes 'A' Roguelite

>>723130331
you like roguelites
you like roguelites

you and roguelikes sitting in a tree
kissing

>>723130056
I guess I don't dislike roguelites by default i just associate the tag with the low effort games that almost made me give up on indies as a whole. It's like filtering single moms for potential relationships

>>723059045 (OP)
I'll play let it die inferno

>>723129831
>If you're too good at the game, we'll strap on this boon that kills you
The pinnacle of roguelite design.

>sensitivity slider without quantity
instant uninstall

>>723077054
yugioh?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1836560/Aether__Iron/
Aesthetics are nice and hardboiled.
Writing seems to be acceptable, if a little stiff.
I'm interested in learning more about the setting at this point.
Not sure if the tactics rpg sections will be any good. Customizing your car is cool though.
I was ready to instantly hate this, it's got me hooked now.

>>723131459
Why is she black (and white)?

>>723130437
>i just associate the tag with the low effort games that almost made me give up on indies as a whole
that's reasonable, because there is a LOT of bullshit out there. after a long enough time, you can just look at a game and know it's good or shit

>>723131459
How many Disco-likes are we up to now?

>>723131459
>nice and hardboiled
>playing as a woman
no, just no

Now that the fest if starting for real, what was your favourite game this time?

>>723134237
Turnip Mountain

>>723069465
Should the lewdness stat show up immediately if I've done it right or will it show up after the typical demo block? My file looked correct compared to the image, but I don't have the lewd stat in the top right. I'm only on day 6, but started that save before editing the file . It wasn't present on day 1 for a new save either.

>>723134295
Fun little game I like it. But the inertia makes the game a bit too easy. I hope they can come up with some good level designs to counter that.

>>723134853
It should show up right away, but that has nothing to do with that file edit. It sounds like you haven't installed the R18 patch.
https://saikeystudios.com/patches/

>>723135824
Ah, of course! I am an idiot. Thank you anon

>>723134295
Controls were weird, but fun.

>>723072546
>>723126020
Here you can check out almost all the games made by /agdg/
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-62/entries
So all of you don't get confused later and can't tell when a devanon is shilling their game
If anyone recommends any of the list here, they are definitely hidden advertising on the thread.

>>723127060
I feel like the game would be a lot more interesting without the stasis field.
...given the overarching plot, I have to wonder if the game will rob you of the stasis field eventually.

>>723136710
Automon Arena is working from the shadows, not a single mention of it when it's in the Press list.

it's too easy to make game nowadays, any retard can just do it
it was a mistake

>>723136862
Not having any trailer on the game page is a big handicap

>>723136938
Why didn't you listen to him?
In a better timeline, all devs could have been required to master the power of the CELL...

>>723134853
yeah, my brain crosswired installing r18 patch with file modification, you can ignore lewdness screenshot, sorry

>>723060652
>cool aesthetic
>generic shmup trash no. 1235246234567

>>723137152
If you want aesthetic, it's that or short as fuck walking sims like
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3909220/Yuki/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3715810/Sinking_Eternity/

Cool looking Subnautica clone but he should know "made by a solo dev" isn't a selling point to consumers/customers unfortunately. maybe it's to temper expectations.

I thought it was just a short shovelware, but it has a nice twist at the end
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3896110/No_Food/

>>723059045 (OP)
>by the time I wake up this will be up
well, looks like I ain't finishing silksong this week.

>>723136710
That's an old list, this one is more recent:
https://itch.io/jam/agdg-demo-day-64/entries

The Menherarium demo had a patch and got suddenly a lot more playable, but also easier. Some runs would be really unfair now it's more balanced
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3394770/Menherarium/


I still can't unsee her fucked feet lol

>>723139491
It got patched like three times in the last day.

>>723139491
They're very unfortunate feet.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2547010/Mik/
Tried this, fps ambient exploration/parkour in some fucked up megastructure. Environments were more dull than not, there's a lot of boring log reading, and its "environmental puzzles" are just finding clipboards with 4 digit codes that you put into a nearby computer to shut off something blocking you. I ended up in a pitch black hallway with a mysterious green light at the end, started walking down it, after a minute eventually got an achievement telling me to keep going, and then I kept just holding forward with the hallway going on and on and on. I finally gave up and said okay you gotta be fucking with me, so I turned around to go back to see if it'd do that stupid silent hill turn around bit, but after a minute it became clear that okay I was actually in a 100 mile long tunnel. Then I turned around to keep going forward and I just held W for like 3 minutes with nothing still happening and I then I alt+f4'd.

>>723139491
Wow, they're taking the forum comments quite literally. Can't complain that they're acting on feedback, but I hope they stay the course a bit for the real Next Fest.

>>723139491
>the feet
It's like that picture of the horse perfectly drawn on one side and kid's doodle on the other

>>723131459
>woman MC
lol, lmao

>>723139491
Hah. Searched the forum and apparently they plan to fix it.

>>723140391
heh

>>723140391
Not even a footfag but good for them. Because yeah, that is some extremely unfortunate anatomy.

>>723139645
I'm really not into megastructure parkour. Why would I want to run across metal beams? Ain't no point to the genre mang.

>>723139645
thanks for saving me the trouble.

>>723139645
>I just held W for like 3 minutes with nothing still happening and I then I alt+f4'd.

>>723127481
what a retarded strawman
>oh, you don'l like x type of games?
>it can only mean you hate gaming in general lol

Any excited steppe-bros ITT? Apparently Quarantine wasn't a demo but something like a proof of concept similar to Marble Nest.

>>723139645
Wow, 1:1 my experience with the game when I did the playtest. Bit scary how close this is.

I need more demos like of the devil and trials of innocence to scratch my AA itch

>>723060652
Yeah, I saw that one too and initially got really excited.
>cool looking poster, maybe an awesome new hack n' slash action game or rpg
>haha NOPE it's just bullet hell trash
I'm happy for the bullet hell enthusiasts (if it's good) but that shit is not for me.

>>723141449
have you tried playing good roguelites

My favourite demo so far, cute characters with nice backgrounds, great soundtrack and some difficult aim gameplay.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2652590/AMNYAM/

>>723141830
Yes, and I had fun for a while but 9 times out of 10 I prefer a properly designed game with set progression and gradually changing decorations instead of rng lego pieces.
The problem is that every other indie game nowadays is roguelite completely overshadowing everything else. For example I want a proper top down shooter like HM or Alien Shooter, not a VS-clone or rogue-lite. I don't want to pray for lucky roll with weapons but use a wepon which appeals to me.
Why are you acting so dense refusing to aknowledge the differences in design philosophy of roguelite and issues these differences introduce?

>>723125515
never have i lost interest in a game quicker than reading this description

>>723076306
It's a good game from the demo, but they really need to fix the Navigation to tell people where to go, and make it easier to platform at points.

>>723141573
It is? Wonder how different it'll be then. Hope they announce a full release date soon too. 2025 is ending.

>>723142175
>I don't want to pray for lucky roll with weapons but use a wepon which appeals to me.
you are playing bad roguelites if not every weapon/option/whatever isn't appealing

>>723139491
>Spoiler
Give criticism. They will fix it. That's the whole point of Demo's and NEXT FESTS post your criticism on the forums and they will listen to feedback.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2991310/Eternal_Palace_Sakura/

Played this, it's much better than the first Beta. I decided to leave feedback in the forums. It's fun combat wise and level design wise even though it needs more polish and work. Especially with the RNG.

>>723142356
Seems like a first few hours of the very beginning of the game.

>>723137371
>That music
>The themes
I do not know anon, I have seen this before many times, it reminds me way too much of the Trans creators.

>>723103842
It's not even Genshin Impact lol. Did you even play the Demo?

>>723090932
>Motorslice
>Unoptimized
Should have called out some of the weird platforming and bad navigation lol.

>>723142649
Needs better hit feedback but its getting there

>>723143454
Kino...

>>723143454
every aspect of that developer is drenched in cringe

>>723143454
If he'd only put this much effort into writing a plot for his game, it could actually be good

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3824840/Nezori/

Combat is surprisingly decent for a game whose whole premise is "local foxgirl wants to go to the hot springs, but the wolfgirls won't let her".
Hope they improve group enemy AI, fighting more than 4 at a time is a pain

>>723143696
For some strange reason, the trailer reminds me of Dolls Nest. Obviously not the visuals/setting, but something about the combat.
Will give it a try.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3621930/Unsent/
Rather average platformer. You got your double jump, dash and projectile attack. The jump is kinda floaty, I overshot a couple jumps before getting use to it. The setting however is neat, this kinda of fantastic office building. I don't know if I saw that in platformer. It's also the kind of game that annoyingly has characters talk about meaningless shit for too long instead of getting to the point. The beginning was the bigger offender in that regard.

>>723143297
Agreed it's getting there.

>>723143696
Going to give it a try on my end.

>>723079684
It wasn't because of Visa or Mastercard, a Steam reviewer told the dev that his characters look underage and that was it.

>>723143454
Ace combat but with incoherent Marathon terminals between missions.
Could be kino.

>>723145003
Sorry, that was me. I was trying to give him some encouragement, that the fact they look underage was a good thing.
I guess he took it the wrong way.

>>723145234
You should have told him to make them younger.

>>723125515
>roguelite
nooo

>>723139491
>put four ones on my first two dice
>they never roll 1
This landmine is a cheating sack of shit

Zako is sweet. She says she'll actually stick by your side to tell you how much you suck every day ;_;

>>723145795
Play yunyun bro

>>723145884
Yeah it's time to skibidi denpa all up in this bihhh!

Goblin Nest is fun, but I can't stand that horizontal grid layout where visibility sucks ass, the zoom system and certain HUD elements are an unreadable mess
Also, I think it seriously needs automation of some kind, although as I have reached a point where it's not progressing anymore in the demo, I don't know if it will have it later in the complete game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3782910/Goblin_Nest/

>>723145795
Your rate of demo tasting is poor like always, keep it up, and above all, never give the names

>>723146098
Cool. Glad we're on the same page.

>>723146136
Please name the games when asked anon. I'm begging you it's just unfair sometimes

>>723060652
I was expecting it to be bad, came away surprised at how good it was, especially on control schemes. I do wish for an Unlimited Continues, and some polish when it comes to enemy attack patterns.

>>723146029
The demo's progression ends after you fill the town's progress bar at lvl 2, likely after you've done capturing the big tiddy barbarian

Can you fags post actual demos

Any good first person platformer demos?
Also, a new Lumines game by the tetris effect dev is a pleasant surprise.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3847360/Lumines_Arise_Demo/

>>723146468
The best platformer of all time. You will Agreeee.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3757210/Agreeee/

So when exactly does it start?

>>723146724
in 6.5 hours I think

>>723146446
Well, I guess I have to install it again

>>723146724
Didn't you know? Once it's begun, it already has ended.

>>723145748
>beat the demo
>never, at any point, realized I could replace a number with a different number, just swapped my bad 1s for better 1s

>>723146705
The full game better actually have a platformer to play in the end, even if it's a shitty one.

>>723146928
How in the fuck did you manage that with a vanilla number layout
I'm brickwalled on day 3 most of the time

>>723147186
I abused the shit out of those items that let you set one die to any number you want until I brute forced enough doubles into triples, I just assumed it was supposed to be fucking hard.

>>723147408
Absolute bullshit.
Triples aren't enough to get past day three without committing bullshit like having heal on half your dice.

>>723061206
Filipino try-not-to-be cringe challenge: IMPOSSIBLE
kill me

>>723059045 (OP)
>Played demos: 25
>Remaining demos: 46
I'd rather kill myself already

>>723127481
Because that's the one thing that is somehow worse than movie games.
A "movie" game (basically any linear game ever made post-1990s) knows where it must end. Because of the budget constraints, it cannot take longer than necessary and the dev has to fit the most in what usually takes a single day to beat. You progress through it as you're told by the developer and it's their main job to feel the progression feel natural enough.
Proper roguelikes (as in Rogue) just don't give a shit about how you progress: the entire game is open to you and the only way to progress is to gain knowledge about how it works. You can beat it on your first run, you can beat it in a month: the difficulty is mostly is you getting to know it.
Arcade games are also a bit like that but with the planning and organizing you'd usually do with a cup of tea in your other hand replaced with a trance-like state where you think about nothing but the projectiles. You end a run because you're not fast enough, so you try harder. Your "build" is usually chosen within the first 15 seconds.
Flash games, from which "roguelites" actually take inspiration, have gating you behind upgrades be its entire design. However, they fully expect the novelty to wear off in an hour or two and are designed to just kill some time in a library.
Roguelites are the weird fucked up child of design conventions which is actually full of air. It takes half an hour to beat like an arcade game but it's actually a difficult game to beat until you spend 30 hours in it and then it's extremely easy but not because you've become actually better but because you've spent 30 hours unlocking the upgrades. The builds and tactics are dripfed by the game but not in a "i only have a single bomb but i don't have to use it if i sneak by" way but in a "alright you win this run, dude, good job" way.
At this point I'd rather buy a 5 hour game for 20 dollars and see everything than put another 40 hours in a gameplay emulator.

>>723069091
The fuck happen to my game!?, i only see a grey void

>>723148705
every reply to me has only chosen or used shitty roguelites as examples

>>723126502
Godbreakers characters look so fucking lame it turns me off from the entire game.

>>723148786
This is the inside of the mind of the non-rotator

>>723130437
You'll see dozens of low effort games in any tag if you start looking. Roguelites are popular in the meta so it's to be expected a lot of low effort games have that tag.

I think we are sort of getting to the point where 'roguelite' means a run based game.

She can only see the east half of the world? How anime...

>highest tier creature is a fucking vampire
The absolute state of Necropolis...

>>723149181
the art style is a huge turn off in this

>>723149181
Personal I'd switch liches and vampires around.

>>723145003
Guess I'll buy it from his patreon, demo was fun.

>>723146724
last week

>>723149118
do they not know that one eye can cover more thn 90 degrees of vision

Anything like Hades?

>>723130437
Yet somehow I do not see the same amount of hate coming toward
>walking sims
>metroidvanias
>looter shooters (all of them are bad and low effort)
>crafter survivors

>>723150017
Apparently it's an advanced hemiplasia that's a superpower? Or maybe only the MC gets superpowers like in typical mystery gaems

>>723150243
none of these are 2 hours of content bloated to a 30 hour runtime
even "good" roguelites have that issue.
and none of these are flooding the market except survival crafting, which easily has the same amount of pushback.

>>723069117
bro, the name of the game is in the address. use your writing prowess to describe the game instead.

>>723150517
>NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T PLAY THE ACTUALLY GOOD PART AS LONG AS YOU WANT!
>You VILL watch the cinematic cutscenes
>You VILL walk pointlessly for hours
>You VILL read the wordslop
>And you VILL be (passively) happy!

>>723150517
NTA, but i like roguelikes as a little time filler, when i want a "cinematic experience" ill go play some walking sim style game, like obra din, or outer wilds, or a factory builder like factorio or satisfactory if i want something long form.

roguelites are kind of ruined if you play them in a sprint, because instead of enjoying the differences in a run, you're stuck on the similarities.
its not 2 hours of content stretched to 30, its 1 hour of enjoyment, 30 times.

I like Roguelites where they actually challenge you, and you have to get better (like spelunky)
I DON'T like roguelites which lean on the permanent progression crutch to extend gameplay by making it almost impossible at first without unlocking bullshit.

>>723151415
I genuinely only play Isaac, StS and Chrono Ark at this point. I've genuinely had it with most roguelitkes.

>>723151415
you don't like roguelites
you like arcade games

>>723059045 (OP)
Next Fest went woke
Don't support this garbage

>>723151596
Slay the Spire is like the archetypal example of "fail to progress"
Even FTL could probably salvage each run if you're a savant but not in StS

>>723151639
Don't get me wrong here, base StS is kind of trash. But there's a lot of good mods.

>>723151609
That is true! But all arcade games now are called that, so you never really know what you're getting.

I like linear games and arcade games.

Gamers when the GAMBLING is LOW POLY

>>723151009
>has to already resort to greentexting his boogieman instead of addressing the issues
>with a gacha pic no less
i accept your concussion
most roguelites are just from devs that don't have the ability to create more content

its like instead of writing an entire book for someone to read you have them read the first page 50 times before moving onto the second one and then it ends at page 4.
i don't care about people playing roguelites but it almost always makes games worse.

>>723142228
>every location is procedural
barf

>>723106752
AIslop is highly noticable with art and nearly not detectable with code
if some loser decides to report you to steam they could permaban you as a dev and that'd be suicide for an indie dev.

>>723152773
what is there for that feel this next fest?

>>723149253
Only good part about the art are the butts

He means us. We're the only place that takes part this early. After all, it hasn't even really begun yet.

>>723155040
Look I know you're reading this then, give us sexier costumes please and I will buy your game.

Finally, a game about managing a colony full of literally me's

Blatantly made by one guy. He actually used his own voice for multiple characters and didn't really even bother to change his register when switching between characters he was voicing which made conversations sound like he was talking to himself and it was rather confusing. English might be his second language. Controls might need finetuning. In general lots of things need finetuning but that's what demos are for. I thought initially the sluggish controls were just because you were driving a car on ice and maybe it was immersion but then you get out of the car and turning around takes like ten seconds. must be a fat cop.

Anyway, they try to imply that maybe the slaughter at the police station was the work of a "large beast" like a wolf or something. Wolves don't tie your intestines around a coat rack, nor have they figured out how to operate chainsaws and I could hear the chainsaw revving when one guy got murdered. I'm no detective but it's probably not a wolf doing this stuff. But they throw lots of weird information at you like the document that implies there is an "unidentified sailing object" that landed at the port. Sort of like a UFO, but it goes over water instead of air. and it has "strange contours". It's a reasonably original idea. So maybe it's aliens/evil government conspiracy and not a chainsaw massacre situation.

Also the TV was playing a old horror movie that I instantly recognized. I think that movie featured a Yeti...which, yeah maybe that sort of "beast" could have done that massacre. It was snowbeast(1977).

I preferred the "Snow Beast" song though. Mercedes Lackey was great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s2wYg-9pA

>>723151639
FTL is the only well designed roguelite

>>723155228
>libtards want you to feel empathy for these creatures

>>723154961
And ghost titties, can't forget about them.

>>723155310
yeah yeah it's popular so it's good

>>723155228
Which one is this?

>>723155667
Goblin Nest

meh

>>723155867
elaborate, nigger

>>723155867
Comparing it to Makoto Shinkai is high praise

>>723155994
Well, it doesn't look that great based on the store page but I think I'm going to give it a shot anyway. Fair is Fair. This is about playing demos not glancing at them. But it has to wait.

Ground Zero is arguably the demo I have been anticipating the most of all and it just got released so that comes first.

>>723156073
Shinkai is shitty director tho

>>723156138
i disagree

>>723156182
and i respect your opinion - to each its own and all that.

love me some deckbuilders

WHEN THE FUCK IS IT RELEASING

>>723156323
I loved Children Who Chase Lost Voices personally. You should watch it.

looks like some sort of Bejewelled thing instead of Reccetear

>>723156682
That's a jar of piss

>>723157076
Is that a piss bottle mini-game?

>>723157076
No way!

>>723156607
>a game in next fest ever releasing
heh'd

>>723157076
Correction: elven piss.

>>723155040
She's so hot. Mating press.

why do I even bother with this shit, man

>>723157256
Get in line

>>723156607
>Dead as Disco
>No release date

>Blight: Survival
>No release date

>Denshattack
>"2026"

>PVKK
>"Q3 2026"

>>723158039
>Haste
>released

>Easy Delivery Co.
>released

>Little Rocket Lab
>released

>Star birds
>released

>Grooveyard
>releasing in 10 days

I think i'll only try out the 2 or 3 touhou games i've seen
nothing else really looks that interesting

>>723158039
let them cook

>>723150017
It's a brain problem, she can see it but her brain doesn't comprehend it until she's executed by bisection down the middle, allowing her to finally see everything in sight for a few seconds.
>>723150253
All the characters can manifest their mental condition as psychic powers that can affect other people, like the MC's synaethesia causing hallucinations/illusions that look, feel and taste real in his presence, while his imouto's OCD compels everyone around her to always tell the truth. The cult girl's inability to 'see' the left side manifests as cloaking everything on the left side of everyone's FoV, which she uses to hide in plain sight of everyone in the room by standing on its left half.
With these powers in mind, they play a death game styled after Werewolf.

let it die waiting room
just call me senpai

>>723158659
>Haste
Is this actually good?

>>723158659
>Easy Delivery Co.
>released
Do you recommend it, anon? Based on the video, I love the PS1 aesthetic and the music, but is the gameplay good? And actually, is the music in the trailer representative of the game itself?

>>723159193
just be a evropean where it starts at 7pm

>>723156104

So I tried it out. Easily a 10/10 game, I would probably pay $45 for this game or something but I happen to really love survival horror, I purchase and acquire pretty much every single on that comes out. It's certainly superior to Flesh Made Fear, as an example of another upcoming one. I might even prefer it to Tormented Souls 2 but not everything has to be a contest, they can both be excellent games in their own right.

I was astonished to see the use of actually accurate Canadian military equipment. I had read in the store page that a character was Canadian, but that is usually just on paper and they don't have the character act any different than an American so it's just window dressing. I spent time working with the Canadian Military so I noticed that immediately. Attention to detail like that from the developers bodes extremely well.

The game also has secrets and unlockables and different costumes for the MC and what looks like at least 3 difficulty levels that are more difficult than "Hard mode". That's nuts. It might imply that there's New Game Plus and extra content on subsequent playthroughs like in the original Parasite Eve with that Tower.

The only real problem I found is I'm not a huge fan of tank controls on an analog stick. I always used the directional pad for my tank controls. I might have to bring that up to the developer.

Day one purchase for sure at whatever price they end up setting. Maybe even the best demo I played this festival, but again, I'm huge on survival horror.

>>723159294
I liked it, might be a little short for some people. Really love the aesthetic, I don't think it's too expensive, definitely should try.
>>723159205
It's a roguelike running game, I think they added multiplayer too, though I haven't tried it. For me the levels were too short. I'd rather a long maybe even infinite level.
The bosses kinda sucked too.

>>723159193
You can add demos to your library with the steam mobile app while you're shitposting. Can even initiate remote installs.
Odds are you were never going to play hundreds of demos anyway. Let Anonymous filter through some of them for you

>>723159625
On that note, I'm probably picking up Resonant Dusk, as it came out today. It has no demo, but I acquire pretty much every survival horror game sooo....

it's fine. I know people who buy a pack of cigarettes every single day. Survival Horror can be my "pack a day" habit.

schizo game

>>723160340
>al gore
>schizo game

>>723133846
>>723139998
Most predictable responses ever.

>>723146237
You are only encouraging him

Just 2 more hours until Let it Die demo. Please be good.

Those screenshots sure looked a lot nicer than the demo ended up being. This game is notable for being the second demo in this festival to have feces in the toilet instead of it just being clear water like in every other game since the start of time.

I hope this isn't the start of a trend. I do not reccomend this game.

>>723161556
didn't Let It Die come out like 7 years ago

>>723161587
Dark Souls started that trend

>>723161171
predictable != wrong

The crime of ground zeroes is tank controls suck balls on an analog stick. Luckily it offers an alternative scheme.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2408350/Hermit_and_Pig/
Pretty fun and charming rpg despite how "tumblr-like" it might appear. You play as asocial old bum living with his pig and feeding on mushrooms. I like the artstyle. Combat is mostly based on picking the right attack type to strike enemy and putting the attack by pressing short button combinations. Dialogues play out as a different kind of combat where you take damage if you say something embarrassing. All enemies in demo are inscets and other woodland creatures but from the store page it's clear there gonna be more magic foes involved.

>>723151639
Unwinnable seeds are extremely rare (as in one in a million) in StS. Accept that you're just not good enough

>>723161818
It was so damn easy I deleted it.

>>723161870
With the starting deck?

>>723161818
I dig the artstyle but I refuse to play because of the mc

>>723161952
In ascension 0? yeah
In ascension 20 you'll certainly need all the unlocks that you can get in about 5 runs or via editing a text file

not a bad little metroidvania thing I suppose but you need to do a lot better than "not bad" to make the cut. pass.

>>723160546
>futa
Picked up

when is it
i need pathologic 3

>>723151639
StS has only has 1 seed found that was unwinnable
https://oohbleh.github.io/losing-seed/

If I can't play it, I can't play it. Onto the next one.

>>723162523
That card set is not the starting deck. I want to see the odds when you just have the 20 fireball cards they give you at the start.

>>723162619
If you have a starting deck you're on ascension 0 which is trivial to get 100% win rates on

>>723161606
There is a new one. Demo in 1 hour and 30 minutes.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2576150/LET_IT_DIE_INFERNO/

>>723162851
looks like garbage

>Ghost Hunting Journal
I bring to you a slutty main character. Haven't played it so I don't know if it's good or not.

trailer was better than the demo. cuz it's a moviegame.

They added another stage to the ZAKO NO AHIRU demo. Get it while it's hot.

average room escape game

its so over

>>723163541
Why?

>>723163420
That's cool

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2129530/REANIMAL/

this boutta go hard

>>723076306
>Guro
Picked up

>>723163710
Those other developers fucked up LN3. Everyone has high expectations for this one.

>>723163945
I played it it is not that great either

>>723164052
played what? reanimal? the demo just came out like minutes ago.

>>723164127
early demo key

>>723076306
Game?

>>723164178
Motorslice

>Rust Moon
Absolutely terrible. Can't kneel, can't shoot while retroceding, can't shoot while jumping, abysmal animations, and more. This is a disaster.

>>723163710
>>723164052
Yeah, atmosphere is good as expected but the co-op design is even less interesting than LN3

>>723156682
Does this need a patch?

>>723164269
Thanks!

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Curated list of all types of games for those who can't find things on their own. I'll post it in the thread that starts for the official festival kick-off too, I'll just post a copy here now so I don't lose it. Pretty good work trawling through the demo depths this time.

>>723163710
into the trash it goes

>>723165453
based stutter enjoyer

I have one request while I’m at work… tell me if Hell Maiden… is good or not…

>>723165213
pretty good list desu

>>723165213
wow this is actually the main st shit list any retarded fag has ever made
please don't make the next thread once people actually want to discuss the game

>>723166468
>roguelike deckbuilder vampire survivors clone
>good or not...
anon...
Character art is great though