Gamers Are Clueless About Game Dev | indieRift Podcast #24

PAX East 2025 might be in the rearview mirror, but Andy & Steve are back to cover the indie gems you absolutely need to know about!  Sony’s recent State of Play brought us TONS of exciting indie game news: Sword of the Sea is landing #PlayStation Plus this August and Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement finally got its official reveal! Steve tells his demo tale of LUSTRA... and how he somehow managed to unalive an entire village. Meanwhile, Andy somehow manages to discover more PS1-like games with PHASE ZERO, a survival horror that feels like a lost survival horror classic straight out of 1998. All this and SO much more on The indieRift Podcast! 

🔥 Indie Game Adventures:🔥

10:52 ► Blue Prince: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1569580/Blue_Prince/ 
16:02 ► PPaperKlay: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1350720/PaperKlay/ 

📢 RELEASES OF THE WEEK:📢 

19:14 ► Pipestrello & The Cursed Yoyo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2870350/Pipistrello_and_the_Cursed_Yoyo/ 
20:54 ► RATSHACKER (PS5 Edition) - ALSO A STEAL OF THE WEEK! 
https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10014682/ 

📰 Indie News Report: 📰

23:48 ► Monster Theater Games, Developer of Atomic Owl, Enters Publishing Mode:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3587610/The_Dark_Queen_of_Mortholme/ 
+ Atomic Owl Release Date! - July 15, Steam + GOG
27:30 ► Sword of the Sea Gets an August 2025 Release Date and a Spot in the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog! 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2dM-cUAUE4 
30:00 ► NEW STUDIO ANNOUNCED!!:
[SOURCE] https://www.gameinformer.com/2025/06/02/giant-skull-a-studio-founded-by-respawn-veterans-is-making-a-dd-game  
32:04 ► Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement Announced!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-de45inSnWg 
34:54 ► Most Gamers Are Clueless About Game Development:
[SOURCE] https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/most-players-know-next-to-nothing-about-how-games-are-made-new-blood-devs-sound-off-on-gamedev-misconceptions/ 

🚧 DEMO DERBY!: 🚧
46: 30 ► lLUSTRA: Lachea's Tale
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3301430/LUSTRA_Lacheas_Tale/ 
53:24 ► PHASE ZERO:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3462190/PHASE_ZERO/ 

❤️ Wishlist Round-Up (Games That Caught Our Attention!):❤️

58:50 ► AO: Containment Breach:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2892560/AO_Containment_Breach/ 
1:00:06 ► Cat Secretary:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2783280/Cat_Secretary/ 
1:01:28 ► Never’s End: 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1999930/Nevers_End/  
1:03:48 ► Summer Camp:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3633340/Summercamp/ 
1:06:28 ► Fallen Tear: The Ascension
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1446900/Fallen_Tear_The_Ascension/
1:08:10 ► Ritual of Raven:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066520/Ritual_of_Raven/ 
1:10:06 ► Gunstoppable:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3724710/Gunstoppable/  

💰Kickstarter of the Week: 💰

1:11:16 ► NES-ENTIAL! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/338507174/the-nes-ential-celebration-hardcover-book 

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