Day of the Devs returned for its twelfth annual summer season occasion with one other Summer season Recreation Fest post-show that gave the not-E3 microphone to the creators behind a number of the most promising-looking upcoming video games. Whether or not you want noir-influenced point-and-click adventures or nostalgia-fueled retro RPGs, the occasion as soon as once more proved indie gaming has one thing for everybody.
Day of the Devs’ 2024 showcase marks the group’s first summer season occasion since changing into a full-fledged non-profit. Born of a collaboration between DoubleFine and iam8bit, Day of the Devs combs the world looking for uncommon, bespoke, and imaginative ardour tasks to place in entrance of a bigger viewers. Not like Summer season Recreation Fest and different showcases, it doesn’t cost creators for the inclusion of their video games, and is as an alternative self-funded by means of charitable contributions from others.
Principally, it’s PBS for video games, and is barely potential with the help of viewers such as you and the largess of a number of the online game trade’s largest firms. On the finish of at the moment’s livestream, Day of the Devs revealed its sponsors this 12 months, which embody Microsoft and Sony, amongst many others like Geoff Keighley’s personal Summer season Recreation Fest. Curiously, Nintendo was absent.
The Day of the Devs hosts wrapped up the occasion by asking folks in management positions at studios, publishers, and platform holders with “budgets to faucet into” to assist the group keep afloat. Listed below are the entire video games that cash went towards showcasing on this 12 months’s summer season Day of the Dev’s livestream:
