PAX Aus 2023 Indie Showcase Winners
PAX Australia has revealed the winners of the PAX Aus 2023 Indie Showcase. You can look forward to playing these tabletop and digital games on the PAX Australia 2023 show floor from October 6–8.
Video Games
Here are the six video games that have been picked for the showcase. There’s a real variety on show here, and I liked how a couple of these games have been seen in the Indie Rising area before and now get a chance for more people to check the games out by winning a spot in the Indie Showcase.
Copycat — Spoonful of Wonder (NSW)
A newly adopted shelter cat becomes the victim of an elaborate plan when a jealous, stray copycat steals her place in the house. Copycat is the perfect game to cuddle up with on a rainy afternoon. Through branching narrative, wander alleyways, fences and rooftops searching for a real family. It’s an intimate, magical and hopeful game that cherishes the human-pet bond in all its forms. The game’s colourful visuals delight the senses while exploring dark emotional depths.
The Dungeon Experience — Bone Assembly (VIC)
Visit The Dungeon Experience! A thrilling world of high fantasy run by me, a level 1 mud-crab turned entrepreneur. Put your real world responsibilities on hold with a guided adventure! Or work for us, we’re hiring!
Wishlist The Dungeon Experience on Steam
The Drifter — Powerhoof (VIC)
A Pulp Adventure Thriller — A drifter, murdered, finds himself alive again seconds before his death. Struggling to maintain his sanity, can he unravel the conspiracy surrounding his condition and those hunting him?
Crash Course Builder — Wombat Brawler (VIC)
Can you make it to the finish line? Crash your kart through impossible obstacle courses that will leave you wanting just… one… more… go! 2ez? Pfft! Build your own course to share with other crash test dummies!
Wishlist Crash Course Builder on Steam
darkwebSTREAMER — We Have Always Lived in the Forest (SA)
A procedurally generated psycho-horror streamer simulation game ⛧ // become the #1 ranked streamer… or DIE.
Follow darkwebSTREAMER on itch.io
Primordials Legends: Hollow Hero — Toybox Game Studios (VIC)
Primordials Legends: Hollow Hero tells the tale of Brunt, an anthropomorphic wombat on her first adventure in the fantasy world, Eridal. Embark on this epic 3rd person action-filled adventure, uncover how this world came to be, and meet new legends that will help shape the future of Eridal!
Wishlist Primordials Legends: Hollow Hero on Steam
Tabletop
And here are the four winners for the Indie Showcase winners in the tabletop section.
Boba Master — Quokka Games (QLD)
Boba Master is a very engaging card game about making bubble tea. It’s full of action, easy to pick up and gets rowdy very quickly. Steal from your opponents and force them to make mistakes. Stir up the game by swapping hands or even swapping bubble teas. Be the first to complete your bubble teas and become the Boba Master!
Kingless: Festival of Explosions — Two19 (TAS)
Kingless is a fast-paced and easy-to-learn card game designed to capture the imagination! You will compete against 1–5 friends in snappy 20 minute games, the goal is to obtain the highest influence and become King earning an advantage in the next round.
Purchase Kingless: Festival of Explosions on Amazon
Saltfish & Almanacs — Storybrewers Roleplaying (NSW)
Saltfish & Almanacs is a storytelling RPG about a merchant company embarking on their yearly journey through new and familiar places. You and your fellow merchants travel in different directions around the same route, experiencing life on the road and discovering the mark the others have made on their visit.
Alien Frenzy — Comet Squid (VIC)
Earth is about to be overrun! Dust off that tin foil hat and prepare for the fight of your life! This wildly chaotic and competitive card game is played through two phases. The Preparation phase, followed by the Invasion phase. If at any point during the Invasion Phase you run out of Character cards, you’re eliminated from the game. It’s last player standing wins!
Get notified for Alien Frenzy’s Kickstarter launch
Which of the video games & tabletop games are you planning to stop by and check out during PAX Australia this year? Let me know in the comments below.
