The Wandering Village, Return to Nangrim, Soup Raiders and more headline SwissGames’ huge Gamescom lineup, showcasing the best of Swiss game development at the all-digital Gamescom 2021
Supported by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, publisher SwissGames brings 18 new Swiss-made videogames to Gamescom 2021 which runs this week from 25 to 27 August. SwissGames will be presenting familiar titles as well as brand new game reveals, showcasing the very best in Swiss game development.
Gamescom 2021 is all-digital and free to attend for everyone. Register for Gamescom or book a meeting and see the 18 titles in the SwissGames lineup.
Highlights of interest to us include the magical Grimoire Groves from Stardust, Soup Raiders from Team KwaKwa, fast-paced party game Pool Party by Lakeview Games.
Grimoires Groves by Stardust LLC
A roguelite dungeon crawler about magic gardening, not monster slaying. Players venture into a forest to plant and harvest magical flora, brew potions, craft spells and create new outfits.
Grimoires Groves Features
- Explore the ever-changing, procedurally generated forest
- Wizard of Legend-style endless combos of spells, power-ups and boons
- Variety of competing objectives via magical gardening challenges, grimoire completion, story progression & base decoration
- Solve quests for the forest spirits and build up friendships
- Beautifully decorate your home with power-ups crafted from run rewards
- Plant seeds – and spawn new plants and rewards on your future runs!
- Strictly non-violent spell effects inspired by gardening techniques
- Plants grow or wilt with juicy feedback
- Success determined by player’s tactical spacing and strategic spell choices
Soup Raiders from Team KwaKwa
Soup Raiders is a wacky and fun tactical RPG with a real time battle system where pirate and merchent animals fight each other and the world is in a soup. Liberate the Western Soup from the grasps of Mr. Whale.
Soup Raiders Features
- The world is in a soup.
- Real time tactical battle system.
- Open world with 10 main islands and smaller ones for loot.
- Cute animal characters
Pool Party by Lakeview Games
Pool Party is a fast-paced party game for you to enjoy with friends. It’s a fun cross-over of the fighting game genre and Pool in a joyful universe. So get your bathing suit and hop on this adventure in Pool Party!
A game for everyone:
- Local Multiplayer In Pool Party you play as a living ball and try to knock your friends into the pool.
- Easy to play Using one stick and two buttons, roll and kick your way to the top to become the king of the party.
- Multiple game mode Master the simple controls and intuitive pool physics to compete across multiple game modes from intense duel action to casual party fun
Mechanics:
- Physic Based Mayhem Pool Party intuitive physics, offers endless possibilities for you to compete against your friends in thrilling chaotic situations.
- Fast-paced action From dashes and kicks to rebounds, counters and combos get creative to outplay your friends and family on the field.
Game Modes:
- Free For All Knock the others into the holes. Last ball standing wins!
- Jinxed Get rid of the jinx before the timer ends, survive the curse !
- Tennis Don’t let balls through your side of the field and score the most points !
- Golf Score the most goals before the timer ends!
- Sumo Knock the others off the stage! Kicks are not allowed!
- Football Not the one with the helmets and the weird ball
- Dodgeball Hit your opponents, but don’t get hit!
PC and other games also featured at Gamescom 2021 include The Wandering Village from Stray Fawn Studio which featured on Microsoft’s recent ID@Xbox presentation, dark fantasy RPG Return To Nangrim from Sycoforge, and alien survival game Wild Planet from Lukyantsev Company.
- AST-Hero by Twisted BrainZ
- Beer, Blood and Beards by Dama Dama Games
- Deep Space Gardening by Nevolane
- Kandria by Nicolas Hafner
- Kukulcan by Black Spoon Studio
- Patchworld by PatchXR
- Pool Party by Lakeview Games
- Smelogs Playground by Nifty Productions
- Somnium by Team Somnium
- Team:Cars by Caustique Games
- Untitled Mecha Game by lauflauf
- Whoop Arcade by Echtzeit
Where to find SwissGames during Gamescom 2021 week
Gamescom 2021 visitors can see these games on the Indie Arena and Indie @ Gamescom virtual booths as well as:
– SwissGames Country Pavilion at Devcom – 23 – 27 August
All 18 studios will be present at the online pavilion – access reserved to ticket holders
– MeetToMatch: SwissGames Pitch Sessions
Wednesday 25 August, 14h:
Lukyantsev Company, lauflauf, PatchXR, Stardust, Team KwaKwa
Thursday 26 August, 14h:
Caustique Games, Dama Dama Games, Nicolas Hafner, Nifty Productions
All 18 studios are present on MeetToMatch throughout the week. Access to MeetToMatch requires a ticket
– SwissGames Pavilion at Indie Arena Booth – 25 – 29 August
A selection of studios have been selected by Indie Arena Booth’s jury and will be showcased at the SwissGames Pavilion, within Indie Arena Booth’s special world “Summercamp of Doom”. Access Indie Arena Booth here
Participation is free of charge and only requires registration
– SwissGames part of EuroPlay Games Contest – 26 August at 19:00 CEST
Wild Planet, by Lukyantsev Company, will be representing our country among 14 studios from all over Europe in this live showcase on Twitch, in a Eurovision-style contest.