PlayStation decided to do things a little differently today. The Indie Spotlight announcement gave space to upcoming projects developed on the indie scene that will arrive on PS4 and PS5. In addition, the digital showcase displayed seven IPs separated by a 15 minute-break each, so you could relish and even take the time to reflect on each project (and to us journalists, to write and read about them!)
Which were the seven games announced? Here is every title mentioned at Indie Spotlight:
Sea of Stars
Sabotage was founded with a clear goal: presenting our own “definitive editions” of the game genres we grew up playing. By combining retro aesthetics and modern design, Sabotage shoot for experiences that capture what we love about games of old while leaving behind the elements we feel might hold them back today. In Sea of Stars, combat is turn-based without any time bars, avoiding pressure to let the player make decisions at their own pace.
SCHiM
SCHiM is being developed by a team of two: Ewoud van der Werf the lead developer and Nils Slijkerman. The team of Moonsailor does the audio. In the game, you play as a Schim, a shadow creature trying to get back to the shadow of their person. You’ll travel through ordinary Dutch-inspired locations where you’ll meet other schim and characters with whom you can help and interact.
Cult of the Lamb
In Massive Monster and Devolver Digital’s Cult of the Lamb, players take on the role of the Lamb, a cutesy cult leader and adorable harbinger of doom, saved from death to serve The One Who Waits. Players embark on crusades through randomly generated dungeons filled with hordes of monsters and false prophets to find new followers and resources to bring back to their cult. To run a successful and productive cult, you must keep your followers healthy and their faith in you high. They have needs that must be met; otherwise, they will become unhappy – and eventually turn against you.
Signalis
Signalis is not only a classic survival horror game but also a psychological horror story with elements of cosmic horror. It is an atmospheric, melancholic horror story set in a retro-tech sci-fi world. You are Elster, a technician Replika, who wakes up from stasis to find that her spaceship has crash-landed and that the pilot Ariane Yeong, the only other person on board, is missing. Elster soon finds something hidden below the planet’s icy surface that should not be there and receives a mysterious radio signal that changes everything.
The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition
The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition will launch on September 6th in Europe and North America and on September 7th in Japan. The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition takes place within an alternate future following a failed experiment to unite the minds of all humanity. The return of civilization now lies in the hands of Projection Clones, life forms capable of venturing deep into the Void in search of preserved human survivors. That’s where you come in…
If you’re a returning player, you’ll no doubt have noticed many interesting things in today’s gameplay trailer.
Cursed to Golf
Cursed to Golf is coming on August 18th! It’s a ‘Golf-Like,’ meaning it’s like a 2D side-scrolling golf game with some genre-twisting roguelike elements. In Cursed to Golf, you play as a would-be golf champion who tragically dies just as he’s about to win a tournament. Instead of making it to heaven (or hell), you find yourself in Golf Purgatory. Once there, a burly apparition informs you that you’ve been… CURSED! But it’s not all bad; if you can golf your way through the ever-changing 18-hole course, you’ll be able to ascend back to life. In the grand tradition of every adventure story, no one’s ever made it through before, but hey, things might be different this time. If you fail a hole, prepare for your pesky curse to whisk you all the way back to the beginning of the course so you can start over again.
Inscryption
For those of you who may be unfamiliar, Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that’s part deck-building roguelike, part escape-room puzzler, and part psychological horror. As video game genres go, it’s a pretty potent concoction. What starts as a devilish deck-builder soon becomes something altogether different, but I’ll leave you to discover its darkest secrets for yourself.
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