GamesCom 2022 is coming again in a few month from now and I’m extremely excited! Today I wished to speak concerning the Indie Line-Up, my plans, and the occasion itself.
When I began this weblog, I additionally visited the GamesCom occasion for the primary time the place I carried out a number of interviews on the Indie Village, speaking a few plethora of Indie Games and their builders.
Then… Covid occurred and the GamesCom occasion was cancelled within the following years, as soon as being carried out on-line however in my expertise that didn’t work out too effectively.
But it’s 2022 now and it lastly returns with extra bulletins, occasions, meet ‘n greets, freebies, cosplay showcases, demos, and plenty of stands to take a look at!
One of those stands is by the Indie Arena Booth (or “IAB” for brief)! The IAB is the world’s largest Indie Game showcase and is called an open residence for unbiased recreation builders from everywhere in the world. It’s a platform for the builders in addition to a showcase for the colorful and vivid recreation scene between Avantgarde and AAA!
At this yr’s GamesCom, they’re returning with an enormous bodily sales space to take a look at in addition to an interactive digital expertise from Wednesday, August twenty fourth, to Sunday, August 28, 2022! This yr they’re presenting greater than 130 video games from over 30 nations!
DreadXP, 3D Realms, Raw Fury, and Wired Productions are a number of of the numerous builders and publishers showcasing a few of the most anticipated indie titles on the IAB’s bodily – and on-line – expo flooring for GamesCom 2022.
Nintendo brings a devoted Switch Area that includes eight titles similar to Fall of Porcupine, Frank and Drake, and How to Say Goodbye.
Popular city-builder Dorfromantik makes a comeback to the occasion as effectively whereas Ravenscroft presents a brand new demo for Kona II: Brume, Kona‘s long-awaited sequel, playable for the first time at IAB. For more information on the official line-up and schedule, check out the IAB’s web site!
I’m significantly enthusiastic about Stray Fawn Studio’s The Wandering Village, Massive Galaxy Studios’ Lakeside, Backwoods Entertainment’s We Stay Behind, SIGONO’s OPUS: Echo of Starsong – Full Bloom Edition, Mojiken Studio’s A Space For the Unbound, and Outerdawn’s Goblins of Elderstone making an look on the GamesCom or the digital portion.
Of course, there are additionally many different builders, video games and publishers accessible on the GamesCom that I’m excited to fulfill. Daedalic Entertainment will probably be there, for example, who’re recognized for a plethora of fairly dreamy and profitable video games from Night of the Rabbit to the Deponia collection!
I additionally hope that Videocult may even make an look as I’m extremely excited for the upcoming Rain World: Downpour and I’d like to ask them a number of questions on Rain World that I’ve been which means to ask ever since I first checked out that recreation again in 2017!
And naturally, I’m wanting ahead to assembly all kinds of different individuals at this yr’s occasion! I’ll most definitely solely be there on Thursday, the twenty fifth of August. In the night, I’ve received invited to take a look at GRIDFORCE, so I’ll be occupied with that at the moment.
Apart from that, although, I’ll most likely be there for almost all of the day, speaking to builders and publishers as I go to the Indie Village and the Indie Arena Booth. So, I’ve received free time if you happen to’re round!
If you wanna meet up with me and hang around for a day, be at liberty to shoot me an e-mail! I’d like it if I received the possibility to fulfill a few of the individuals I do know on-line IRL as effectively. Similarly, I’d like to additionally get to know extra builders and publishers throughout that day!
This put up was first revealed on Indiecator by Dan Indiecator aka MagiWasTaken. If you want what you see right here and need to see extra, you possibly can test me out on Twitch and YouTube as effectively.
