It was a fantastic 4 AM call for this mornings Nintendo Indie Direct, but it was worthwhile with some warm and lovely looking indies being revealed.
Here’s everything that was shown off or announced during the Indie Direct.
Sea of Stars
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A Classic RPG where the characters use “eclipse magic” and must fight to save the world. The game is set in the same universe and from the developer of “The Messenger” and is a prequel to that game as well. I was getting mega Golden Sun vibes from this trailer, so I’m very keen to learn more.
Releasing Holiday 2022
Alisha: The Oblivion of Twin Goddesses
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Play as two sisters exploring a temple, and you must solve puzzles and overcome monsters to discover the secrets within. It has a local co-op but can be played by yourself.
Releasing Autumn 2022
Loco Motive
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A point-and-click murder-mystery game from developer Chucklefish in which you’re investigating the murder of Lady Unterwald during a 1930’s train ride.
Releasing Winter 2022
After Love EP
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A new slive of life adventure from the creator of Coffee Talk. Afterlove EP is a music and love story set in Jakarta, Indonesia, about a character who struggles to make music after losing the love of his life.
Releasing Winter 2022
Dungeon Munchies
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Dungeon Munchies is currently available in Eary Access on Steam and has been building upon its dungeon and cooking aspects since June 2019. In the game, you, as the title suggest hunt monsters, and cooker them to solve your hunger. It’s a hectic side-scrolling action game with pixel graphics and RPG elements.
Out later today
Figment 2: Creed Valley
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Fight monsters, manipulate environments to solve puzzles and fight bosses to the symphonic music in the sequel to 2017’s Figment.
Releasing February 2022, with a demo available later today
Let’s Play! Oink Games
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Play a bunch of board games from Oink Games, including “Deep Sea Adventure”, “A Fake Artist Goes To New York”, “Startups”, and “Moon Adventure” local or online.
Out later today as a timed console exclusive for Nintendo Switch
You play as a Fox who must fight to keep your family alive by hunting for food, protecting your cubs against the environment and humans alike. It looks sad and not at all a cutie fox game.
Releasing Autumn 2022
A new trailer for the upcoming OlliOlli game showcased Gnarvana, which looks like the online area of the game.
The release date of February 8th, 2022, was confirmed.
The game has six playable characters and new locations, including a bigger city and local and online co-op.
Releasing Winter 2022
Released on Christmas Day in 2020 on PC after being Kickstarted in 2014. OMORI was initially promised to release on the Nintendo 3DS, but it looks like the developer has, thankfully, switched gears and decided the prolonged development time meant it should release on the Nintendo Switch instead. Earthbound was the inspiration, but OMORI features heavy psychological horror themes.
Releasing Autumn 2022
That’s everything from the last Nintendo Indie Direct for 2021. If you’d like to watch the 20-minute showcase in full, you’ll find it below.
Let me know what your favourite trailer or reveal was in the comments section or what indie game you hope to see revealed in the first Indie Direct we get in 2022.
