Planning on being in New York this weekend? Need to play copious indie games or you’ll implode? Play NYC 2019 has you covered with A LOT of titles. And here they are:
Mazu – A lone city stands surrounded by a labyrinth filled with unknown evils. This is the world of MAZU. Explore a fresh and vibrant world to fight mythic monsters in this Hack ‘n Slash Bullet Hell inspired by Asian folklore. Play as Xun, an untested youth trying to find a place in the world – and save it too.
Coquí Beat – Platformer (no developer description).
Gem Blenders: The Card Game – Welcome to Gem Blenders – card game that’s easy to learn and difficult to master. Face off against your opponents in organizing a team of heroes that has the special ability to harness the energies within gems.
Net King’s Call – Net King’s Call is a new Turn-Based Strategy/Real-Time Action game inspired by classic games such as Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, and Megaman Battle Network! You’ll be able to command your army at all levels, whether it be in the turn-based strategic map, or in real time combat when two squads collide!
At Sundown – AT SUNDOWN: Shots the Dark is a hide-and-seek shooter where you’re only visible when in the light or shooting. Use the darkness to sneak up on your friends and go in for the kill!
Golfinverse – No developer description.
Outpost Delta – Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, along with her AI companion, Joule, as you defend the outpost against alien intruders called the “Klaath.”
From Rust – Horrible patchwork abominations of scrap metal roam the world, looking for survivors to stomp out or metals to hoard. Gather your friends and your deck of cards, and get down to the surface to fight machines for glory, loot, and the good of humanity.
Fire Escape VR – When the clock strikes eight in Brooklyn, a suspenseful drama begins to unfold in real time—where you can interact and peer into the private lives of eight disenfranchised tenants entangled in a murder. Audiences must embrace their voyeuristic tendencies in this rich and unique interactive series to reveal a gripping truth.
It Happened In Our Space – It is a side-scrolling infinite runner obstacle course with a sci-fi theme. There are many ships and levels to choose from, plus coins to collect that will unlock additional content.
Stinky Snake – Stinky Snake is a family adventure game about sibling rivalry between a snake and a skunk.
Battle Royale: For Your Heart! – Battle Royale: For Your Heart! Is a battle royale themed parody dating game that makes commentary on the battle royale genre, visual novels, and online gaming communities.
Birfia – Birfia is a multiplayer (2-6 people) game with the same screen. Players will be divided into two teams of hostile chickens and ducks. Their goal is to push the bomb-filled car to the other’s base camp, or to recapture their own two packs of food from the other’s door, as long as any target is reached, the player’s team Win.
Antipole DX – Antipole DX features fast paced platforming action based on gravity manipulation. Reverse gravity in the area around you for short periods of time to climb higher and jump further.
Super Space Club – Super Space Club is an arcade-styled space shooting game about pilots defending the galaxy.
Roll Control – ROLL CONTROL IS A 3D PLATFORMER WHERE THE PLAYER USES THEIR BODY TO BALANCE ON A CUSTOM-BUILT PERIPHERAL DEVICE. CONTROLLING A BALL, YOU’LL EXPLORE A COLORFUL WORLD WHILE COMPLETING CHALLENGING OBJECTIVES.
Tranquil Garden – In a serene setting where tried-and-true Heroes face an unexpected evil that challenges one’s relationships, none can overcome the dark controller of the elements… That is, until you give it a try.
Scrap Bringer – Scrap Bringer is a top down action/adventure RPG with a big focus on smooth combat, cool characters, and challenging enemies. You assume the role of our currently unnamed protagonist, who is suffering memory loss and finds himself in a war torn post-apocalyptic city.
Steel Assault – 20 years after the fall of America, a new threat rises from the ashes. 2D zipline action inspired by Megaman Zero, classic Castlevania, and Iron Man.
DogFight – DogFight is an airplane combat game where the pilots are dogs.
Skellboy – Play as Skippy, the square, flexible skeleton in this cute Action-RPG, to keep a heartbroken court magician from destroying the world with his army of monsters and undead!
Cupcake Hero – No developer description.
Run & Gun – Run and Gun is a multiplayer FPS where you can run on the walls!
Bizarre Barber – Bizarre Barber is a fast-paced VR action game for Oculus Rift set in a surreal world where you play as an alien barber providing stylish haircuts for eccentric clientele.
Spywatch Lex – Spywatch Lex is an adventure rpg where you use foreign language to decipher secret letters, battle bosses, and compete to be the top agent.
Way of Rhea – In the game, the player navigates a world in which they can only interact with objects while their character matches the object’s color.
that chicken game – You are a chicken. Break into a restaurant kitchen and save your precious baby egg from the clutches of evil, hungry humans. You can do it. You have the power of motherly love.
Disjunction – Disjunction is an upcoming single-player, cyberpunk, stealth-action RPG set in the dystopian underworld of New York in the year 2048. The game follows the intertwined narratives of three characters as they unravel a mystery that will change the fate of their city.
Kristala – They say the Purrsons once walked on four legs. But when the Sacred Crystal fell from the sky and shattered into pieces, it awoke a mystical power in Meownt Catnip that slowly transformed the Purrsons. Over time, they evolved into the two-legged, feline-faced creatures they are today.
Grobo – Explore the curiously trap-ridden, post-apocalyptic, and futuristic world of Megatropolis as g.R0b0, a little robot that can manipulate gravity.
Revery Rebirth – The land of Caarmellum is a sprawling land with several different biomes. To the East, we have Two-Gates Kingdom with it’s tall mountains and lush, dense forests. To the far West, there’s the Scepter of Sinsa, an arid land that is home to ruby red vegetation. There’s the cold, snowy island of Rin to the North and sunny, windy Amour de Chant just below it. In Revery Rebirth, you’ll travel across many of these places, visiting their locals, the shops, watch concerts and much more.
The Last Hex – A deckbuilding RPG with roguelike elements. The dead arise and only you can stand against them.
Zarvot – Follow the charming story of two cubes as they put together the ultimate birthday present for their best friend!
KungFu Kickball – KungFu Kickball is a team based platform fighting sports game where the best ball-kicker wins. Punch, kick, and headbutt your way across the field to slam the ball into your opponents’ bell and rack up points!
Fourzy – A multiplayer strategy game about collecting and herding little creatures called Fourzies
Galactose: Pastries in Space – Sprinkles never expected to fly attack runs against enemy warships, or to lead the fight for galactic freedom. He used to be a miner, assigned to work in the popcorn belt, but then a Dinner Fleet came to his sector, and brought with them devastation. So he fled that initial battle, flew as far as he could, and found the Resistance waiting. He didn’t take much convincing to join.
Hey Cutie – Hey Cutie is a dating sim card game where players try to go on dates with their crushes while sabotaging their opponents. Build your charm, brains, and looks to woo your perfect match (or matches ;))
Groove Catcher – Groove Catcher is an award-winning, energetic VR game that takes the rhythm game genre to the next level by including the music’s melody and groove in its core gameplay.
Heave Ho – Heave Ho tasks up to four players with a simple goal – don’t fall to your death! Players will use their own two hands and the outstretched grip of their friends to grapple across each level on their way to victory.
Miasma Caves – Miasma Caves is a pacifist roguelike game where you play as Lesath, a treasure hunter looking to appraise relics and revitalize her village in a procedurally generated cave system against the environment itself.
RIFF VR – Use VR technology to become the guitarist, drummer, or singer of your own band.
HOST VR – When your spacecraft crashes on an unknown planet, you navigate your way through its dark and puzzling corridors. Using only your hands and your wits, will you be able to solve its rooms and explore what’s beyond?
Rats, Roaches and Roombas – Rats, Roaches and Roombas is an ode to New York City living. With the latest hi-tech vacuuming technology, you must race to clean as much of your living space as possible. But beware! It’s not just trash that you need to collect…. New York City locals are lurking.
GRIS – Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Dead Cells – Dead Cells is a rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You’ll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle… assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
Homestay – A story about how total immersion in another culture can change our understanding of family and love
PacifAI – No developer description.
Prism – Prism helps neurotypical children aged 8 to 10 empathize with their peers who have autism. It is a digital game for the children to play, paired with a discussion framework for instructors that takes the children through the game and how it relates to their everyday lives.
Tendar – A virtual pet that feeds on laughter, surprise and tears. Bring Guppy out of its virtual fishbowl and into the real world, and feed it through a well-balanced diet of feels.
Knights on a Rocket – Knights On A Rocket is a competitive multiplayer game, where two players joust while riding a single rocket.
Repurposed – We wanted to make a couch multiplayer game where the controller is more than bunch of buttons, but is also a mechanism for hidden information. One of the biggest things about card games which we love is that only you are allowed to see your cards and phones have that innate ability of privacy and a screen.
Pure: Birth of the Goddess – No developer description.
Cell to Singularity – The epic story of evolution, technology, and humanity is your’s to tap.
Swimsanity! – Swimsanity! is a multiplayer underwater shooter with action-packed Co-Op and Versus game modes, all supported by online and local play. You play as our hero Mooba, who uses a variety of unique power ups and weapons to survive in this aquatic world.
Maui Wowie Battle Arena – No developer description.
Into the Dark – A top-down, turn-based, adventure/strategy game with a clean minimalist design and a dark ambient mood, this stylish roguelike tells a fearful story of the dark.
Chromavaders – An arcade-styled combination of a puzzle game and a shooter.
Ayo The Clown – Ayo the Clown is a 2.5D side-scrolling platformer reminiscent of genre favorites like Mario and Donkey Kong.
The Government Game: U.S. – Play this game to learn about the Branches in the U.S. Government! What roles do the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches play in the U.S. Federal Government?
AVARIAvs – Experience Ultrafast Turnbased Combat in AVARIAvs! Command 16 unique heroes, wield mind-bending Real Life Debuffs and unleash epic Focusburns to claim victory. Build YOUR party, destroy the enemy, WIN!
FictionSphere – FictionSphere Is a Side-scroller Action game that combines various mechanics from nostalgic Beat-em-up genres, and crossing them over to the platforming field.
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