I first came across the action RPG Year In The Trees when I moved to Sweden and heard about Stugan, an incubator program that ran here from 2015–2018. You can tune in too this Saturday, June 12 at 10 AM Pacific, 7 PM Central European Time, on YouTube or Twitch, as well as follow Wholesome Games everywhere on the web. I’m so excited for this and all the other games in all the wonderful art styles and cozy colors! My Twitter feed also tells me Cheekynauts’ Moonshell Island will be showcased! The whole lineup is hush hush since it includes some first-time reveals, but from those announced, the ones with low-resolution raster art include Moonglow Bay and Yokai Inn. More than 70 games will be shown and-just like last year-we can expect a bunch of them to be presented in lovely pixels, voxels, or low poly pixel art. Wholesome Direct was welcomed by over 140,000 viewers and was essentially a half an hour of videos of wholesome games weaved together with two hosts and the games’ developers introducing their trailers.įollowing a couple of smaller showcases- Wholesome Snacks-in August and December last year, Wholesome Direct is back for its second run coming up this Saturday. The Wholesome Games community quickly grew, leading up to a showcase in 2020 called Wholesome Direct-an online alternative and answer to many physical events like E3 getting canceled that year. It turned out he was far from the only one who wished to find more positive gaming titles. If you, like me, in the past tried to find games that don’t have violence/fighting as one of their main game mechanics, it was hard to know what to put into the search field to get your idea across … until 2019 when Matthew Taylor started curating “uplifting, thoughtful, compassionate, cozy video games” on Twitter under the name Wholesome Games. Add to that Loot River, a dungeon crawling action roguelike with what appears to be even some Tetris inspiration thrown in. It’s hard for me to not get excited about water shaders, and if they’re combined with a pixel art aesthetic … There’s a reason Kingdom is one of my favorite series. ElecHeadĬoming from the Japanese coworking space Asobu, ElecHead sports a striking 4-color palette and a protagonist that charges any platform it touches, changing the game world in the process. If you ever wanted to play a game as a grape, your time has come! Garden Story is an action-RPG that follows the community-building vibes of many indie titles since Stardew Valley. Axiom Verge 2Īxiom Verge 2 was the first of the games featured in the Day of the Devs section and is a spiritual successor to the highly apraised metroidvania, offering a completely new world and characters. Check out more screenshots and wishlist it on Steam. Not sure who is wrangling the pixels on the new turn-based strategy title, but they sure are living up to the original’s expectations. The Metal Slug series is the golden standard for 90s smooth pixel art, and a reference for animators until this day. Both parts had some pixel art to show however, so let’s dive right into them. The contrast between the two events was quite stark, from AAA games focused mostly on shooting and fighting, to Indies much more favorable to exploring and interacting with worlds in a peaceful manner. Yesterday saw the Kickoff of the Summer Game Fest, followed immediately by the Day of the Devs showcase. Summer Game Fest Kickoff + Day of the Devs in pixels
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |