Indie Insights – Bonus Stage: Steam Next Fest

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Steam Next Fest highlights upcoming games from smaller developers and publishers, giving things that could be buried under the seemingly billions of games released every day a chance to be discovered.

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There is all manner of genres on display for this Next Fest. There are vegan vampires, glitchy RPGs, epic Zelda-style adventures, and so much more on show.

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VOLTAIRE THE VEGAN VAMPIRE Voltaire has denounced feeding on blood and has decided to sate his hunger through plant life. But, having been cast out from his home, Voltaire has to make it on his own.

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First to note is that this is very Don’t Starve in style. The game features similar mechanics and a very similar art style. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; there’s nothing wrong with taking inspiration from others as long as it’s done well, and developer Digitality Games seems to have done well.

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TOWNSEEK This piece almost became entirely focused on Townseek from developers Whales and Games. I made the mistake of playing this demo second out of my long list of things to check out. Four hours later, I had become an airship piloting shark, traveling the land and seeing a whole bunch of weirdness.

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Your mission is to find the missing pages of Sir Sharkinston’s journal while exploring the world in your sick airship and helping out different townsfolk.

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THE STAR NAMED EOS In A Star Named Eos from Silver Lining Studio, you play a young photographer struggling for inspiration. Your mother is also a photographer and is off traveling for work.

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The game is a point-and-click puzzle game similar to The Room series and games like Assemble with Care. To solve the puzzles, you must carefully examine everything in the area and use logic and deduction to put the clues together.

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The Last of Us Episode 3 Reveals Bill & Frank's Story

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Indie Insights – Bonus Stage: Steam Next Fest

Steam Next Fest highlights upcoming games from smaller developers and publishers, giving things that could be buried under the seemingly billions of games released every day a chance to be discovered.

There is all manner of genres on display for this Next Fest. There are vegan vampires, glitchy RPGs, epic Zelda-style adventures, and so much more on show.

VOLTAIRE THE VEGAN VAMPIRE Voltaire has denounced feeding on blood and has decided to sate his hunger through plant life. But, having been cast out from his home, Voltaire has to make it on his own.

Your mission is to find the missing pages of Sir Sharkinston’s journal while exploring the world in your sick airship and helping out different townsfolk.

THE STAR NAMED EOS In A Star Named Eos from Silver Lining Studio, you play a young photographer struggling for inspiration. Your mother is also a photographer and is off traveling for work.

The game is a point-and-click puzzle game similar to The Room series and games like Assemble with Care. To solve the puzzles, you must carefully examine everything in the area and use logic and deduction to put the clues together.

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The Last of Us Episode 3 Reveals Bill & Frank's Story

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