Steam Next Fest Episode | indieRift Podcast Episode #7

Steam Next Fest hit us between the eyes with some truly stellar updates and demos. We took a deep dive into the demos to pick out some of our highlights including Wizard of Legend 2, Demon School, Ova Magika and so much more! Plus Steve returns with some more Blockbuster Inc thoughts, Matt talks Wizard of Legend 2, and Andy brings the goods on Bloodless. Also - friend of indieRift, Zoroarts (Makis), is making an indie mascot cart racer and a PR firm breaks down influencer rates and why it doesn't benefit game developers!

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Indie News Report:
Friend of indieRift - Zoroarts is making an indie cart racer and the roster is filling! https://x.com/Zoroarts/status/1801193586173596037 

 

PR Firm Breaks down Influencer Rates and cost effectiveness https://x.com/pr_pirate/status/1801508101377388951 

 

Sad News from Galvanic Games - dev of Wizard with a Gun https://x.com/galvanicgames/status/1801685792416498112 

 

Shovel Knight News https://x.com/YachtClubGames/status/1801699225014780290 

https://x.com/YachtClubGames/status/1801705411550318652 

WE BROKE NEWS:
https://indierift.com/wayforward-reveals-two-unannounced-horror-games-in-development/

Steam Next Fest Highlights:

Demon School: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/Demonschool/
Aloft: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1660080/Aloft/
Drill Core: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2821800/Drill_Core/ 

Pinball Spire: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2601940/Pinball_Spire/ 

Wizard of Legend 2: https://shorturl.at/6HFIb

Akimbot: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1843540/Akimbot/
Spilled!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2240080/Spilled/ 

Die in the Dungeon: https://shorturl.at/WG8Tz

Dungeon Clawler: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/ 

Dawnfolk: https://shorturl.at/XVSvX

Bloodless: https://shorturl.at/W97Me

CATO: https://shorturl.at/vyv2T

Crypt Custodian: https://shorturl.at/h6oE8

Massacre at The Mirage: https://shorturl.at/08nrs

Dice Fold: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693930/Dice__Fold/ 

Ova Magica: https://shorturl.at/4UFpe - OUT ON EARLY ACCESS July 23rd

Kickstarter of the Week:

• Lone Fungus 2 again!!

 

Mailbag:

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Sunny Rads Asks: 

Were there any games of note you didn’t get to that you intend to keep an eye on?

Farmer pete

Was Kristala included at all in the next fest? I got the notice recently that it is available in early access now. Have you dove into that at all yet to see how it is?

BuzzKillington Asks:

The Rogue Prince of Persia came out recently in early access (new game from the Dead Cells devs), What would be your pitch for a Triple A IP to be made by an indie dev? So like which IP, what dev would you choose for this project.....I'll go weird with this one, an Annapurna game in the Star Fox Universe, it would be like an artsy side story mission where you play as the different characters just off doing some regular random tasks for people and building your team’s relationship up before the next mainline adventure happens.

Colton

Do you see peripheral based rhythm making a come back if there was an indie passion project? I just miss DDR