Nintendo Indie World Showcase 8.18.20 9AM PT
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For those interested, do keep in mind that A Short Hike really is...a short hike.
Really excellent game, but yeah, it's completable in one sitting.
Really excellent game, but yeah, it's completable in one sitting.
Trying to look up a list of all the stuff announced, but the top articles are just posting the top 5-10 big games!
Only covering high-profile releases in an event called "Indie World". Is the irony not lost on them!?
Only covering high-profile releases in an event called "Indie World". Is the irony not lost on them!?
A Short Hike looks really neat. I love the art style and graphics. It's like a very pretty DS game, and I mean that as a compliment.
How's Spiritfarer's performance on Switch? Worse than Xbox as in '30 vs 60 fps' or as in 'sub 30 fps'?
Also anyone got impressions of that in handheld mode? Especially in terms of 'visibility' (I'm lacking a better term right now), as in are characters and texts easily recognizable/readable or is it very small on the Switch's screen?
Probably already mentioned but Grindstone is a phenomenal puzzle game. I sunk dozens of hours into it on Apple arcade. The latter stages can be a bit too unforgiving but they may have patched them. I stopped subbing about 7 months ago so I don't know for certain
Because it's not a shadow drop, and those always get more eyeballs. I definitely am interested in Bear and Breakfast though!
just finished catching up. lots of great stuff. Absolutely adore hades, just got it on pc a few weeks ago and it quickly became one of my favorites, can't wait to get it portable, even if it did look a little slower on the performance side. Also totally down for a short hike, didn't realize that's what the game was. Definitely need to see impressions on some of these like spiritfarer but there was a lot of charm in this showing
Yeah, I'd say it's below 1080p, but at least 720p or higher (maybe 900? Or dynamic res?) while docked. Tolerable, and the artstyle stands out anyway, but I can understand why someone might wanna hold out because of it.
My thoughts from previous pages:
Nintendo Indie World Showcase 8.18.20 9AM PT
They said something like "coming first to Switch" so you can assume its coming to other places.
www.resetera.com
Nintendo Indie World Showcase 8.18.20 9AM PT
They said something like "coming first to Switch" so you can assume its coming to other places.
www.resetera.com
And a more succinct summary from ArmadilloGame:
Nintendo Indie World Showcase 8.18.20 9AM PT
They said something like "coming first to Switch" so you can assume its coming to other places.
www.resetera.com
I only tried handheld and it's really blurryYeah, I'd say it's below 1080p, but at least 720p or higher (maybe 900? Or dynamic res?) while docked. Tolerable, and the artstyle stands out anyway, but I can understand why someone might wanna hold out because of it.
My thoughts from previous pages:
Nintendo Indie World Showcase 8.18.20 9AM PT
They said something like "coming first to Switch" so you can assume its coming to other places.Nintendo Indie World Showcase 8.18.20 9AM PT
They said something like "coming first to Switch" so you can assume its coming to other places.
And a more succinct summary from ArmadilloGame:
Nintendo Indie World Showcase 8.18.20 9AM PT
They said something like "coming first to Switch" so you can assume its coming to other places.
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Yeah handheld unfortunately just doesn't scale well for this game. Hell, might be why Nintendo went for the timed exclusivity: Without it, it'd be kinda hard to argue for this version unless you really need the portability, no ifs or buts. Unless the game is fundamentally borked on every system, it'll undoubtedly look better elsewhere.
Art seems nice. Game will benefit a lot of higher Rez. Note to myself : stop buying shadow drops before reading. Regretting this game and spiritfarer.
On my tv I prefer Xbox or PS4 usually. I have a switch v2 mostly handheld
what's your issue w/ spiritfarer? was planning to pick up looking for some opinions
I have it on gamepass as well. 60 FPS on Xbox feels so smooth. Maybe if I didn't try it it would be ok but not 30fps on switch is tough
Oh gotcha, I thought you meant with the game specifically not just the platform of choice
That's probably the one game that caught my attention the most in this indie direct along with a short hike. I am in the mood for some sort of "management" style game but it's too bad that this game is coming out in 2021. Need to think of a "management" style game to play now though and could use some suggestions...
I liked it a lot when I played it on Apple Arcade.
The one thing is that it being about reaching a very specific score to pass doesn't fit well with the brotherly relationship the game otherwise succeeds at creating. There is one point in the score between him being bored and having a lot of fun, so he comes across as a spoiled brat! :P
Cute games but this Indie World format is really not working for me and doesn't do the games justice IMO.
What format would you prefer? It's a keynote that announces games, shows you some clips, brief description and a word from the developer. From there you can do research further if you're interested. I really can't think of a better way to do it, unless you just want, like, an HTML list of all the games they were planning on announcing??
Copying my post from the other thread:
Just caught up with today's video and I gotta say: "Best indie direct ever!"
So many awesome surprises! I'd given up on Subnautica getting ported, frankly!
And a ton of other games seem right up my alley! Not to mention so many available now or having a demo! That game about trains - Unrailed! - is the first I want to try. A short hike looks amazing too. There are more I can't even remember, I'll have to watch the direct again.
The Indian game Raji blew me away, it reminded me of a more beautiful Prince of Persia Sands of Time!
I think indies are finally reaching PS2 level - what a glorious time!
Just caught up with today's video and I gotta say: "Best indie direct ever!"
So many awesome surprises! I'd given up on Subnautica getting ported, frankly!
And a ton of other games seem right up my alley! Not to mention so many available now or having a demo! That game about trains - Unrailed! - is the first I want to try. A short hike looks amazing too. There are more I can't even remember, I'll have to watch the direct again.
The Indian game Raji blew me away, it reminded me of a more beautiful Prince of Persia Sands of Time!
I think indies are finally reaching PS2 level - what a glorious time!
I played it when it first dropped on Apple Arcade. I really liked it at first, the art was lovely, the gameplay was an interesting concept, and the story was endearing, but I felt like it fell on its ass towards the end. The last couple levels (the final one especially) are extremely RNG-based. You basically can't have a single bad round, which random elements like enemies and damage determine what's "bad", or the entire level is a bust and you need to restart. The whole game is really short, about an hour and some change, but you could potentially spend hours on the final level if you don't get lucky. Also, the story just goes nowhere, which is a bummer of a payoff for the nerve crushing final level.
I heard they patched some things after I played it, so unsure of how much of my grievances that fixed.
Not only this but according to twitter, the demo/game supports KB+M in docked mode.
After that terrible lakers game, a short hike is pretty chill to let loose to so far. We need more characters that can fly and hit 3 pointers.
The short game length from what you said really deflated my hype and interest for this title. I guess I'll shift my focus to Raji and other titles in this showcase.
Game dev in a nutshell. :D
... which makes this particularly ironic.
HELL YEAH, RAJI!
(Disclaimer : I've been following this game ever since first tease. Also I'm Indian)
Devs struggled a lot to get this game made. One of them had to sell their apartment to get funds.
There's whole story on it's development.
So proud my culture is represented at an international stage. Moreover, the Indian indie game dev scene is also getting more exposure.
Really happy this game got made and featured on Nintendo's showcase.
(Disclaimer : I've been following this game ever since first tease. Also I'm Indian)
Devs struggled a lot to get this game made. One of them had to sell their apartment to get funds.
There's whole story on it's development.
So proud my culture is represented at an international stage. Moreover, the Indian indie game dev scene is also getting more exposure.
Really happy this game got made and featured on Nintendo's showcase.
My grandfather was from Pune so it was wonderful to see a game actually developed there featured so heavily. I'm not going to lie, it made me quite emotional. Raji was an instant buy for me, I'm not far in but it hasn't disappointed.
I love how richly detailed the world is. So glad this game was spotlighted in the Indie World.