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After over an hour of AA and indie goodness, that’s a wrap on the Convergence Games Showcase - remind yourself of all the announcements below!
September 26, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Explosive Alan Productions :
London, UK - 26th September 2024: That’s a wrap on the first ever Convergence Games Showcase! Miss the experience or want a refresher? All of the announcements below.
Want to watch the full show? Watch it on YouTube or Twitch.
Mars Attracts
Exclusive gameplay reveal from developer and publisher Outlier
[Youtube Link]
Developed and published by Outlier, Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Picture yourself building a theme park. Now, picture yourself building a theme park with human abductees as the main attraction! For the Convergence Games Showcase, Outlier provided an exclusive gameplay reveal, which you can check out in the link above.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2760580
Last Helion
World Exclusive from developer and publisher TruePlayers
[Youtube Link]
Last Helion is a high-octane extraction shooter developed by TruePlayers. Built for short, heated play sessions, Last Helion will see you track down fugitives, secure loot, and craft your own gear and ship across procedurally generated worlds. Today’s showcase was the global reveal for the title!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3209530
Shadows of Doubt
1.0 Launch Trailer from developer Colepowered Games and publisher Fireshine Games
[Youtube Link]
Developer ColePowered Games & publisher Fireshine Games launched the 1.0 of an immersive sandbox detective stealth game set in a fully simulated sci-fi noir city of crime and corruption. Fill the shoes of a private investigator hot on the tail of a serial killer… this city desperately needs your powers of deduction.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/986130
ITER
New trailer from developer fluckyMachine and publisher Fireshine Games
[Youtube Link]
fluckyMachine provided another look at their distinctive roguelike, tower defence hybrid, ITER. In a world where civilisation lives deep underground, you, an expendable member of the ITER corporation, are tasked with making your way to the surface to scavenge for resources and maintain the Undercity. Develop your defences, fight mechanoids, and make sure you leave your equipment in a handy place for the next operative when you expire.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2832310
Bionic Bay
Exclusive dev commentary from developers Psychoflow Studio & Mureena Oy and publisher Kepler Interactive
[Youtube Link]
Check out an exclusive developer commentary on Bionic Bay - a platformer developed by
Psychoflow Studio and Mureena Oy, and developed by Kepler Interactive. In Bionic Bay, you play a scientist who has invented a teleportation device in the hopes of escaping a harsh yet beautiful world filled with strange technology, mortal danger, and all manner of secrets.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1928690
Revenge of the Savage Planet
Exclusive developer commentary from Alex Hutchinson from developer and publisher Raccoon Logic Studios Inc
[Youtube Link]
Revenge of the Savage Planet sees you in the troubling circumstance of being made redundant… stuck on the edge of space. To survive, you’ll have to jump, shoot, grapple and strive your way through 4 distinct worlds in this whimsical adventure. For the Convergence Games Showcase, developer Raccoon Logic Studios Inc brought an exclusive developer commentary, which you can check out above.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2787320
Cattle Country
Open beta date reveal (25th October) from developer Castle Pixel, LLC and publisher Playtonic Friends
[Youtube Link]
Castle Pixel, LLC and Playtonic Friends announced that their cozy adventure life sim Cattle Country will enter open beta on the 25th of October. Cattle Country invites you to start up again, way out west. In the ultimate Cozy Cowboy fantasy, you’ll start with building a home in the mountains, then a farm, and eventually, a full town filled with residents to make friends with! It’s not all a pastoral dream, though. You’ll have to take on bandits and uncover the occasional heinous conspiracy!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2818150
Monster Mop-Up
Exclusive gameplay video from developer Terahard and publisher Yogscast Games
[Youtube Link]
Terahard and Yogscast Games brought an exclusive gameplay reveal of their title, Monster Mop-Up to the showcase. As a Custodian of the Ministry of Monster Concealment, it’s your job to help save small creatures - Ragamuffins - from the human world. Find the Ragamuffins, get them hidden away, and then clean up the mess they left behind. Mop up enough stains, burn enough monster poop, and you’ll be able to upgrade your home and live in harmony with your curious creatures!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2451310
Lou's Lagoon
Game recap trailer from developer Tiny Roar, and publishers rokaplay and Megabit Publishing
[Youtube Link]
TinyRoar gave us another look at Developer Tiny Roar’s title - Lou’s Lagoon. Lou’s Lagoon sees you piloting a delivery seaplane through a beautiful archipelago in search of the plane’s mysteriously missing owner - your Uncle Lou! Whilst on your search though, you’ll have to keep the delivery business afloat - exploring islands, harvesting resources, and perfecting your crafting skills on the way.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2100020
Camper Van: Make It Home
New gameplay trailer from developer and publishers Malapata Studio and Wings
[Youtube Link]
Developer Malapata Studio provided a delightful sneak of gameplay for their cozy title, Camper Van: Make It Home. Live out your very own nomadic dream, building the ultimate mobile home using a mix of creative block organization puzzles and relaxing interior design. Sit back and relax as you build a home on wheels, from the comfort of your home on solid ground!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2843190
Critter Café
Release date reveal trailer (12th November) from developer Sumo Digital and publisher Secret Mode
[Youtube Link]
Sumo Newcastle’s Critter Café has been revealed to be launching on the 12th November! Discover a land filled with magical Critters who need your help. Renovate a café, build a new home, and discover mysterious portals which might just help you find your critters somewhere to live.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2367610
Drop Duchy
Gameplay walkthrough from developer Sleepy Mill Studio and publisher The Arcade Crew - Launching in 2025!
[Youtube Link]
Ever wanted to live the life of a Duke or Duchess? In Drop Duchy, you’ll discover it’s not all wealth and status! You’ll have to collect resources, recruit troops, and defend your realm in a unique hybrid roguelite!! For the showcase, Sleepy Mill Studio and The Arcade Crew gave us a gameplay walkthrough of Drop Duchy, which will be launching in 2025.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525310
Streets of Rogue 2
Early access release date trailer (22 October 2024!) from developer Matt Dabrowski and publisher tinyBuild
[Youtube Link]
Get a real taste of mayhem in Streets of Rogue 2 - a wild immersive RPG set in a randomly generated open world. Tasked with overthrowing a corrupt president, it’s up to you to meet that objective, however you see fit. Developer Matt Debrowski and publisher tinyBuild have proudly announced that Streets of Rogue 2 will be launching into Early Access on the 22nd October.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2165810
Kaya's Prophecy
World exclusive from developer Chaos Games and publisher Yogscast Games
[Youtube Link]
Today, Chaos Games & Yogscast Games reveal: Kaya's Prophecy, a tribal, card-based village builder that challenges your strategic skills and resource management. As the leader of your tribe, you'll build a thriving community while navigating the whims of your god. Manage your resources wisely, collect cards that synergize to build the perfect deck, forge your village’s destiny, and above all – keep your god happy, you don’t want to be on his bad side!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3051470
Red Metal
Demo Release Date (5th November 2024) from developer and publisher Silent Factory AB
[Youtube Link]
Put your pedal to the metal on the 5th November and experience the upcoming demo for Red Metal, a vehicle-combat action roguelite. Get ready for knuckle clenching moments and a wide variety of unlockable customisations. Mow down hordes of enemies, perform insane stunts, dodge nuclear strikes - it’s all just another day for the Resistance.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2741160
Entropy Survivors
Release date reveal (5th December 2024!) from developer Moving Pieces Interactive and publisher First Break Labs
[Youtube Link]
Get ready for the unstoppable power of friendship between a powerful mech and a sharp shooting frog: Entropy Survivors releases on the 5th December! In this a bullet hell roguelike where you simultaneously control two unlikely friends, bring two unlikely heroes home using nothing but outrageously creative abilities and powerful weapon customization. Save the universe in single player or 2-4 player online co-op!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2602030
The Planet Crafter - Planet: Humble
Release date reveal (9th October 2024!) from developer and publisher Miju Games
[Youtube Link]
On the 9th October, a fresh start in a brand new world of Planet Humble awaits The Planet Crafter players! In this new DLC, players can scout this unknown land, discover its story, novelties and secrets and accomplish, once again, the task to terraform an entire world and make it viable for humanity! Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3142540
Windblown
Early Access coming soon trailer from developer Motion Twin and publishers Motion Twin & Kepler Ghost
[Youtube Link]
Soon players will be able to brave the Vortex and dash their way to greatness in the upcoming early access for Windblown! From the masterminds behind Dead Cells, this lightning-fast action roguelite for 1-3 players challenges players to absorb the powers of fallen warriors, rebuild their weapons, and WIPE THE FLOOR with those Sentinels in search of that perfect run!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1911610
Falling Limbs
New demo release trailer from developer and publisher Archive 11
[Youtube Link]
The new demo for Falling Limbs is out now! Experience this 2 to 4 player online local platform fighter, where frenzied battles and fateful duels await. Customise your samurai, wield a variety of weaponry and vanquish every rival (new online foes or old rivals at home) that dares enter your path!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456820
Unrailed 2: Back on Track
Early access release date (7th November 2024) from developer Indoor Astronaut and publishers Indoor Astronaut and Kepler Ghost
[Youtube Link]
Get ready to get back on track on the 7th November, when Unrailed 2: Back on Track launches in early access! Band together with your friends to collaborate and build your track across procedurally generated worlds - WHILST the train is running! Think fast in this chaotic online and local multiplayer track-building action title, and don’t let your train become a trainwreck!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2211170
Duckside
Early access release date (25th September 2024) from developer tinyBuild Riga and publisher tinyBuild
[Youtube Link]
Lock and load as the early access release date for Duckside has just been announced! Over 10 million ducks get killed per year by featherless hunters, a statistic that would be much lower if ducks were combat trained. Well, on the 25th September, they will be! Duckside is a persistent world survival game with PVP, PVE, crafting, base building and hat wearing ducks wielding weapons. It’s a hard Duck life, after all.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2682580
GladiEATers
Gameplay trailer from developer Milk Bubbles Games and publisher Kwalee
[Youtube Link]
Don your chef hat and get cracking as you plunge into a world of culinary gladiator creation! Play as the world’s best Combat Chefs and cook up powerful food monsters in bitesized minigames to command through turn based battles. Combine recipes, discover unique food fighters and battle through the CALosseum. Let ‘em cook!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2141280
Wild Country
Release date trailer (30 September 2024!) from developer Lost Native and publishers Lost Native and The Iterative Collective
[Youtube Link]
Looking for something wholesome, comedic and strategic? Lost Native has your back, launching Wild Country on the 30th September! In this cozy-competitive card game with city-building elements, use beautifully illustrated cards to construct buildings and perform abilities to build the best city! Collect cards, construct buildings, explore Big Sky, and challenge friends in this one of a kind strategy game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1515000
Grit & Valor - 1949
Exclusive gameplay reveal from developer Milky Tea Studios and publisher Megabit Publishing
[Youtube Link]
Developer Milky Tea Studios revealed exclusive gameplay for the upcoming dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite Grit & Valor - 1949. Lead your brave squad of Mech Pilots against the Evil Axis forces and turn the tide of World War II in this alternate history setting! Think fast, battle hordes of forces, and neutralise their HQ. Upgrade your Mechs and Pilots, and develop new strategies to defeat the enemy!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1911860
The Holy Gosh Darn
Launch trailer from developer Perfectly Paranormal and publisher Yogscast Games
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