Funded Games
Camper Van: Make it Home
Camper Van: Make it Home is a game about camperizing your own van, where you will embark on a journey of personal discovery, immersing you in the vanlife experience while you decorate and create a space for all your belongings. Created by Malapata Studio, a Spanish indie videogame studio made up of Anabel Sánchez (Founder & Creative Director), Maribel Zafra (Production & Narrative), Alba Martos (Art Direction), Pablo Ruiz (Art Direction), Eneritz Arizkorreta (Technical Artist), Laura Pérez (3D Modeler), and Raúl Moreno (Programmer). They make zen games that convey the importance of personal development through narrative and mechanics.
Grimoire Groves
Welcome to Grimoire Groves, a cozy roguelite dungeon crawler that will transport you to a world of wonder and excitement! In this game, you’ll play as a young witch who grows cute plant creatures and discovers the secrets of the Grimoire Groves, a forest inhabited by mythical creatures and powerful spirits. Craft powerful spells and items, discover new plant types, befriend magical creatures, and restore the magical forest! Stardust is made up of Tabea (CEO/Coding), Christoph (Coding), Dana (marketing) and Géraldine (Animation). They are a team of passionate, diverse and dedicated game developers who share a common goal of creating games that make a difference.
Atlas Wept
‘Atlas Wept’ is a retro style RPG with a humanist story about sincerity and empathy, featuring friendly robot dogs and evil smiley faces. Created by solo developer Robbie Charlotte Lee from Los Angeles.
Whispers of the West
Whispers in the West is an online co-op murder mystery game for 1-4 players. The game sets in the far reaches of the Old West. Imagine Among Us but with stories, or Ace Attorney but online co-op — each story is a unique and intriguing mystery waiting to be solved. To succeed, the players need to work as a team and debate amongst themselves – things may get heated. Created by Infinite Whys, a new game development team based in the UK, is led by Yoyu Li who is sn experience project manager who believes strongly in supporting young people to enter the games industry.
Sigh of the Abyss
You are the product of a bloody ritual; human in appearance, yet imbued with monstrous powers. The men and women that sacrificed their life for yours speak to you in whispers, beg you to put their spirits to rest. Will you acquiesce to them or will you defy them? Will you accept their dark bargains, even if they condemn countless souls to a grim fate? Sigh of the Abyss is a tale of darkness and romance, choices and consequences. Created by Rascal Devworks, a woman solo developer.
Belle Automata
Aureve is an android, content with a life of weaving silk tapestries alongside her master in his workshop–but when her master dies, his family sells her off to a wealthy, reclusive buyer due to her being a rogue: a self-aware android. Thrown into a new home of refuge for rogues, Aureve must find her place amongst them and answer the question once and for all: can an android truly feel? Created by Jellyfish Parade, an independent visual novel developer dedicated to bringing ethnically diverse casts in every game across a variety of genres, led by solo developer Jessinia.
Birth
You are alone. You will build a creature, a partner, a wet warm heart, a collection of bones. Birth is an adventure puzzle game about constructing a creature from spare bones & organs found around the city in order to quell your loneliness. Solve physics-based puzzles & discover secrets in lovingly hand-drawn museums, bakeries, bookstores and more. Created by Madison Karrh, a talented solo developer from Chicago.
Lord Winklebottom Investigates
It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. A mysterious invitation to an isolated island results in a grizzly murder and a quest to track down the killer. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom. Charlotte Sutherland is a one-woman team at Cave Monsters, creating almost every aspect of the game from writing and design to implementation.
Illuminaria
Illuminaria is a strategy and resource management game where you take the role of a powerful A.I. and command a swarm of advanced robots to build, explore, and save the world from destruction. Illuminaria offers innovative structure building as players use over 20 different resources to build an army of golems and destroy the darkness. Created by Selva Interactive, a Guatemalan studio founded by Alhvi Balcárcel with a focus on games with interesting mechanics & simple interfaces.
The Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox is a narrative space simulation game where the player is asked to care for & watch over all civilizations. What if we finally reached life in other galaxies? What if alliances were forged, new life forms nurtured and innovation left unchecked? But what if, in the end, we failed to learn from our mistakes. Play out the fate of an evolving galaxy, as centuries-old interstellar civilizations collapse, survive and thrive. Joerg Reisig leads a diverse team of experienced game developers at Anomaly Games based out of Germany.
Don’t forget me
dont_forget_me is a narrative pixel art investigation game set in a “cyberpunk noir” universe. You play Fran, a young woman with amnesia who works in a memory clinic alongside Bernard, a copyist. One day, the arrival of a member of the “Forgotten”, named Ederel, will lead you on a quest that will confront you with others and yourself. Gameplay phases alternate text-based and point-and-click investigation directly into patients’ memories. Mélanie Pourin is an environmental & pixel artist, and co-leader of The Moon Pirates.
Button City
Button City is a colorful low poly adventure game about cute animals who must save the arcade from being torn down. Enter a diorama world from Subliminal Games and play as Fennel the fox as you explore, play exciting arcade games, and meet cute animal friends: the demo is available now on Steam. Subliminal is an independent game studio based in New Mexico, USA and co-founded by Shandiin and Ryan Woodward to create games with an eye for aesthetics and a feel for fun.
Pushy and Pully in Blockland
Pushy and Pully in Blockland is a cooperative arcade game with a retro feel. Launched on 5th May 2020, this endearing game will take you and a friend through ever-challenging levels. Kill monsters, match blocks, defeats bosses. Recover your spaceship and escape Blockland. Ester Sanchez leads development at Resistance Studio, as CEO and Lead Developer.
Later Daters
You’re the newest resident at Ye OLDE retirement community, where you’ll meet a cast of sexy seniors who are all dying (not literally) to meet you. It’s a lot like summer camp, but with orthopedic shoes, bridge clubs, and more jell-o. It’s an adjustment as you settle in, but who knows: maybe these will turn out to be the best years of your life! Episode 1 out now on PC. Miriam Verburg founded Bloom Digital Media which has grown to a diverse team of 6, and is based in Canada.
