>Fate Trigger
Forgot about this one, anons weren't talking about it whatsoever. I thought you were looking forward to it.

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>>734144468
Hubert showing that the industry is increasingly turning away from AAA garbage and playing kino instead.

Pragmata and Monster Hunter games couldn't even make it to the top of the list, when generally Capcom demos are a fait accompli for #1. They got beaten by balatro raccoon ripoffs lmao.

>>734144008
Oh dear. I just realized something. This Next Fest had a little over 3k games so if I liked 3 games from it, that means I liked around 0.1% of it. Derp.

>none of the ones we liked appear
Skill issue, 3 of mine are on here

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>>734144317
>none of the ones we liked appear:
We?

>>734144317
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3484790/Fractal/
alright portal-like with lasers and mirrors instead of portals, the physics need a lot of smoothing out and the purchase value is heavily going to depend on how many rooms the guy makes.

>>734144441
actually fucking hilarious they ever considered making a gacha with this kind of art; at least they saw reason at some point

I'll post mystery games one more time.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2611210/Connected_Clue_Demo/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1595390/Castle_Dornstein/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2548780/304_Seconds/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4176940/Thomas_Ireham_in_Crimson_Spotlight/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4111040/Grgoire_Lefbvre_Investigations__The_Vow_of_Hate/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2466900/The_Posthumous_Investigation/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4264720/The_Last_Wizard__A_Goblin_Detective_Mystery/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4017820/The_Angels_Devil_Tail__One_More_Question_2/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3972170/On_Air_Taxi_Detective_Casebook/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2928230/There_is_NO_PLAN_B__Episode_0/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4280150/A_Study_in_Blue/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3103560/SideEye_High/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3600360/Rose_Academy/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4012690/The_Big_Hollow_1982/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3623630/Code_9/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3184990/The_Occult_Detective/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3756940/The_Ratline/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2913610/What_Awaits_Aleksey/

>>734144317
From the top list I played
>Vampire Crawlers
Was alright
>Wanderburg
Didn't like it
>Everything is Crab
This was cool
>Raccoin
Quite nice
>Tap Tap Loot
I don't get why so many played this. I like idle games but it felt empty
>...
Oh that's it? I saw Bid King was in the list as well and while an anon said it's really interesting, it's just funny seeing a full AI slop game actually being enjoyed. It had a 5k peak and even right now 2k people play this

>>734144317
based anon, I'm going to keep playing games for a while
I'm surprised there's not more chinkslop in the top of the fest
>none of the ones we liked appear
true for me, but I see a few that anons kept mentioning. mostly slop but a handful of promising titles. pragmata, darkhaven
gambonanza maybe
>Guardians of the Wild Sky
someone on the steam forums mentioned the dev had abandoned the last three games they shat out. this one did seem semi decent though, at least the pokemon aspect of it.

De-wishlisted several games that didn't get a demo during the festival, like I expected.

>>734144317
Any good city builder to try?

>>734144441
>>734145110
I like high score girl but the style certainly isn't for mass appeal

>>734145626
removing a game from my wishlist after a bad demo feels almost as good as finding a good game lol
I have >1500 on my wishlist already

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>>734144317
>none of the ones we liked appear
Most of the discussion in these threads revolves around shit games with anime girls so it makes sense

Anyway, CRABchads we won

I just want to say ruin: beast city was shit and the journalist that recommended it here has bad taste

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Got through a fair few, still got like 15 demos to go through.
Red where shit or just straight didn't launch
Yellow was competent but not for me or kinda disappointing
Green was fun and wishlisted

>>734143786
>multiplayer
now that I think about it that's a most played cheat code.
even if the demo and servers remains up you have no guarantee it'll have enough players so you have to play it within the next fes period.

>>734145837
>black protagonist

it's your fault for falling for it

>Witchspire
Really made me feel appreciation for botw lol
Environments have potential but the monotone green just makes it all blend into mush
Combat was terrible, enemy designs too

are there even enoguh coins in the dead watch demo to buy the key?

Croak was the best demo imo. If the dev plays his cards right it'll be very successful.

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Whoops I messed up. I said that there were three demos that stood out to me but I forgot there was a fourth. I forgot about Donutal because the demo for it had already been available but since it was here too I feel I should include it.

>>734145905
>Back in the Swamp
extremely sloppy AI, what did you see in it? are you liking it ironically?

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>>734144317
Just making the usual appreaciation post for all of you /v/irgins, the NextFest threads are unironically the best actual video game threads on this board while the event is up and I look forward to the shit you guys find every time

>>734146619
I haven't played that style of game in a long time. If there was AI shit in there I wasn't paying close attention enough to notice it.
Not gunna call it game of the year but it was pleasant enough

I love the vibes of Airframe Ultra but it doesn't feel satisfying to play at all

Not sure what they're expecting as a multiplayer game

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>Thanks to starting early i only have a few demos left to try
Feels good

>>734146509
I only managed to find 12
>>734146802
Cheers!

>>734146619
what will it take to get AI freaks to shut up. They aren't even capable of telling the difference anymore and just guess at this point.

>>734147030
It won't happen but having an actual lobby UI instead of some huge physical space you need to navigate would be nice.
I shouldn't have to huff it for 3 minutes just to toggle some settings

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>>734146509
To get last coin you need to either kill Lumi or fall off the bridge after unlocking the exit, then something new will happen in next loop

>>734145905
Scott Pilgrim is very fun, i liked also Dungeons of Dusk

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>>734146619
Loving the fact that AI advanced so quickly that the drawings aren't even distinguishable any more. AIfaggots in shambles. That's why they were so obsessed with the silly little AI disclosure tags. They wanted to keep hating AI even when they stopped being able to tell them apart from human art. But if there's no quality difference, there's no reason to hate it in the first place.

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>>734147132
I love how they're constantly embarrassing themselves now by attacking human made stuff on accident. Utterly mindbroken.

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Another next fest, another 20 demos stuck on my drive for 6 months (1/3rd already got made unplayable after their next fest week)

>>734147285
I thought dungeons of dusk was fine, but the endless green brown backrooms tier environments where very meh, made me just want to go play actual dusk rather than see more of the game

>>734147351
bro, the eyes

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oh hey the popular demo list is out now
>all craftan survivorslop and multiplayer trash
Remember this when they complain about vampire sloppa and roguelikes

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3394840/view/515236085341619279

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>>734146976
>>734147132
>>734147351
>>734147352
>indistinguishable
enjoy your tech revolution

>>734144649
pragmata and mh stories released their demos weeks/months ago and everybody who cared played them.
it's different with indies, you come to these events to discover indies, not play AAA.

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>>734147351
>>734147352
>>734147132
I didn't call AI bad in general, I just called the gens in this game terrible and that was enough for you faggots to get ass blasted lmao
altman won't suck your dick, keep dreaming

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>>734147852

Reality check. Any of your previous fest favourites coming this year or are they still in "Soon™" limbo?

Me, I'm eating good in 2026
>HOMM
>Mechanicus 2
>Sandustry
>Mars Tactics
>Menace
>Nova Roma
>Everything is crab

Let's not be vulgar and talk about early access

>>734148223
the problem is AI art is ugly 90% of the time
I am tired of seeing every retard use the same style

>>734148535
luckily no one cares what you think. just shut your mouth.

>>734148223
>food anal

>>734148592
Weird that you replied then gayboy
come suck my nuts since you don't care so much

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Thanks for the great threads guys. Was a great fest in everything but H-games, although I blame steam for that.

I missed a game from my big spam of games last thread so I'll link it because I think it's probably one of the ones I'll get on launch (the only good porn game in the fest)


https://store.steampowered.com/app/4289020/Monstergirl_Hunters

Anon (the dev) Alleges there will be an H-patch released on launch.

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>>734148701
move your bottom lip up until it hits the top lip and then keep them together. We know you're stupid, you don't need to keep reinforming everyone.

For all the shit Denshattack gets its gameplay has far more depth than JSR and BRC

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>>734148824
>>734148701
Kiss with tongue please
>>734148469
From what I see:
2026
Primland the Magus
Psycho-Sleuth
Homura Hime
Drunker Rogue
Rubinite
Poke All Toads

Soon limbo
Rainchaser
Abyss Kitchen
ARCADEA
Alabaster Dawn
Sinker Sound
Dead as Disco
Red Rocket Defencism
Soulers
Ghost Hand
MINDWAVE
Radio the Universe

>>734148824
Woooooahhhhh dude you're so cool
thanks for tongue bathing my nutsack though

Any fun multiplayer game?Over the top ww1 was fun

Some games that never got much attention(I suspect people are not going through and reading the threads from the beginning like they are supposed to):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3299850/The_Last_Phoenix/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3807690/Yami_Kids/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4138020/Exogenesis_The_Erebus_Cycle/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4059710/MineEngineer/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2471330/Cathedral_Crows_Curse/

>>734144317
>summary of top demos
>90% multiplayer, roguelike and survival craft
it's such a sour ending to such a cool event

>>734148760
>non (the dev) Alleges there will be an H-patch released on launch.
with that art style, I believe him.

>>734149331
friendslop is the new god of gaming

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>>734149268
I saw Yami Kids art and I thought it was dev of https://store.steampowered.com/app/787070/Super_Ledgehop_Double_Laser/
Not my type of games but I appreciate posting them

>>734146512
yeah, I expect Croak to do really well. Aside from just being a good game it also was just really polished.

>>734147852
A free helicopter ride you say?

>>734149331
if the only metric is number of unique players then multiplayer games probably just have an inbuilt advantage.
The metric I'd really like to see is highest conversion rate from demo played to wishlist (within reason, obviously doesn't make sense if like 1 guy played a demo and wishlisted).

>>734148760
compare it to his previous game - he had to self censure to get it on the platform

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/3774440/TOHOTOPIA/
Very simplified civilization clone
Also Touhou

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>>734144317
I'm just going to dump some webms or screenshots and link the corersponding steam store page. Had fun, see you next next fest fellow game journalists.

This is Video Editor, a puzzle game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4178210/Video_Editor/

>>734150406
If the Dev shows up I want him to link where he will put the patch.

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>>734150635
This is ULTRA0, a dodge'em up (the shooting is done automatically) that looks like space harrier, or mirage feathers for a more modern reference.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4019180/ULTRA0/

>>734150789
Just watching 5 seconds of the webm made me sick with those screen shakes

>>734150635
this actually looks right up my alley, I can't believe I missed it because I actually thought it was some sort of minimalist video editor.
guess I shouldn't guess just based on capsules.

>>734144317
I only had time to play 2 demos and they both weren't good.
I have a bunch downloaded from my wishlist, I'll just unwishlist the ones that brick the demo.

>>734144317
>Here is the summary of top demos, none of the ones we liked appear:

Denshattack and Raccoin are up there and they were pretty popular in these threads. Also Pragmata

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3798860/Shutter_Story/
"Spot the difference" game with a typo in the feedback form. Will not be backing the kickstarter.

>>734152450
You're supposed to point out that typo as one of the spotted differences in the form.

>>734147351
This has to be a shitpost, right? That's some of the most obvious AI ever.

>>734150642
I wasn't only referring to him being forced into making the designs less lewd lol
he popped up in an earlier thread, I doubt he'll be back though

Any decent 4 niggers in a row this time around/

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Mostly a dumpster dive for me, though not unfun. I guess I kept picking stuff with interesting logos.

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Well I guess this is it for next fest. Thanks for participating, I hope all of you had fun and managed to find some interesting games. See ya next time!

>>734153394
if you want to be black so bad, move to the USA

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Dreamtone demo has released a few hours ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPO7pLPGSO4
It is a charming retro rpg, and looks promising.

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Bountiful NF this time
>Sherman Commander
Very promising tank CO sim with infantry
>Mecha Nova
Simple but fun Gundam card roguelike
>Super Alloy Crush
Well animated if content barren demo. We will see how it turns out at the end.
>Evoluth
SOUL
>Psyhic Kung Fu Master
Cultivator RPG where you do everything, including collecting concubines
>King of Dwarves
More manageable Dorf Fortress concentrated on construction and striking the earth
>Wanderburg
fun castle eating vampire sloppa
>Battleplan
Promising if janky HoI4 line drawer, macro strategy
>Battlestar Galactica SH
BG survival roguelike, interesting if not mobile-tier simple
>Bloodletter
>climactic town doctor vs King in Yellow card battler
>Tohotopia
SEX WITH BROWN REMILLIA

>>734148957
>Radio the Universe
It hurts.

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>>734156949
>>Tohotopia
>SEX WITH BROWN REMILLIA
She is really cute when she loses.

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>>734150626
Seems like a direct ripoff of polytopia

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>>734150635
This is Panic Floor!! A fast-paced and unforgiving puzzle platformer with a goonbait protagonist. Made by a /v/ anon.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1971670/Panic_Floor/

>>734158615
>gave me a boner and made me rage
as expected of anon

I hope some anons enjoyed the Bingo Betty demo, update 4.0 is still coming, making good progress

Whelp

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Posted in previous one but il post my list of games.

>Day 1 Buy/Amazing
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/Titanium_Court/ Fantastic strategy game thats simple to pick up but the depth and style is great.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4018950/Lost_Wiki_Kozlovka/ A detective game while the demo is only 15 minutes long it hooked me good with the premise and how it plays.
>Wishlisted/Great
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3552140/Retro_Rewind__Video_Store_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3690030/The_Last_Gas_Station/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2524850/Denshattack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3119540/Scriptorium_Master_of_Manuscripts/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2007430/Blast_Cats/ (Very good if you like WarioWorld level design, its got a lot of its own thing going on)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3769800/Elevator/
>May Consider/Good
Scritchy Scratchy
Bobo Bay (Good if you love Chao Garden)
Beyond Words
Eternal Afternoon
Antivirus Survivor 2003
Wasteland Bites
>May pass on/OK
Simpliplanes2
Weather Dragger (cute puzzle game but it is too easy)
A Stupid Game about Pouring Drinks for the PTA
PLUTO
MMO98
>BAD
Deadline Delivery (it is not Crazy Taxi as i thought it would be and it controls like shit)
Rewind 99 (Retro Rewind but worse)
Project Liminal 2 (Wow its fucking nothing)
Port Authority (Worst mini metro with clunky controls and WAY TOO MUCH going on)

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This was my first next fest, it was really fun. I should have participated before. My day-1 buys are are:
>Panic Floor
>Deep Snow Delivery
>Pinball Garden
>Hark The Ghoul
>Gloomveil
>Ultimate Drummer

Other stuff I liked
> Airframe Ultra
> Nomori
> Mightreya
> Blast Cats
> Calx
> Bobo Bay
> Cargo Hunters

Was dissapointed by:
> Rig Riot (game is clearly unfinished)
> Nox Mortalis (I would have liked this if I could no-life it but the windup is just too slow for me)

This was a very good time. Thanks everyone for all the rec's

>>734163212
Come back in june brothers, those are the only good threads on this horrible board

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>>734148469
I've had some demos I like actually came out so I've been very happy with these events. I am always happy to see them and even more happy to see the games actually release.
Randomax, Redline Crooks, Rabbit & Steel, Balatro, Brave Junction, Bullet, Butt Knight, Card en Ciel, Crystal Project, Super Bullet Break, Maiden Cops, Crypt Custodian, Decline's Drops, Drapline, Fashion Police Squad, Frogun, Gruel, Haste, Kill Knight, Life is not Auto, Mage Tower Massacre, Megabonk, Monaco 2, Nanoapostle, Nevergrave (comes out wednesday), Nine Sols, Orx, Sandripper, Slots & Dungeons, Take Me to the Dungeon, Vacant Kingdom, Victory Heat Rally, Vividlope, Wizordum, Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
I love videogames. I have more I'm waiting on their release but my wishlist is 4 digits strong and I use it to keep tabs on releases and sales.

>>734148535
don't forget to dilate today

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People routinely try their best to ruin next fest but they never succeed. I wonder how many times they have to lose before they give up?

>>734164295
get help

>>734163212
Hark the Ghoul is my #1, gave me the same feeling as playing Deus Ex for the first time again.
I also really liked Annihilated, Withering Realms, and Acrolyte.
Clockwork Ambrosia and Kloa - Child of the Forest are a maybe on sale.

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>>734164295
anon genuinely be honest with me, do you think this looks good?
Its the 2d version of DAZ goblins, the sign of a low effort third worlder trying to take your money.

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Reposting my final thoughts with minor edits.

>Phenomenal, will buy
Denshattack
BrebeMan
Dungeon Bomber
>Excellent, Wishlisted and will buy at some point
AUDIOMECH
MIGHTREYA
Blast Cats
ULTRA0
>Great, Wishlisted and will buy if cheap or on sale
Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege
Bellagarth's Quest
Gunboat God
Pragmata
Mega Kaiju Boom Ball
Brave Rounds
>Great but not my usual thing, Wishlisted but it's probably only on sale
FIRESTARTERS
CICADAMATA
down...South
Titanium Court
>Solid demos, Wishlisted just to see what people think after launch
Scott Pilgrim EX
RUIN: Beast City
GALAXYZ neo
SoulQuest
Stardust: Wish of Witch
Break Shoot
Knitewings
Dash'n'Drops
Jenny The Witch
Airframe Ultra
>They're okay, didn't Wishlist, if you love the genre you'll probably like them
RIG Riot
Curse Chapter: Dawnthief
Dogfight Darlings
DAMON & BABY
Ecrazeus Castle
>Not good, didn't wishlist
PD Zwei Remake (Best ad for Saturn emulation I've ever seen)
Kingdom's Return (Could possibly be the worst game Inti's ever made)
OBEY THE INSECT GOD
>Would be just okay even if it didn't just ignore my inputs for multiple seconds at a time
Future Knight

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>>734164418
I play games that look terrible all the time. Binding of the isaac is absolutely repulsive, for example. You're just a newer version of an annoying retard who's always been around. The type who prefers style over substance. Graphical fidelity over gameplay. The fellow who judges a book by it's cover. People don't change, they just find new and innovative ways of being pests.

>>734164842
You can actually judge a book by its cover.
Ugly people are bad people.
Ugly games are bad games.
Sorry you're ugly.

>>734147351
>the drawings aren't even distinguishable any more
>posts a "drawing" that's very obviously AI at a quick glance
You're never going to prove your point by being retarded. But I guess your point is inherently retarded, so that'd be a difficult thing to do.
The only way to make AI art look like something that could've been made by a human is obfuscate it's authenticity by making it look like a rough sketch. Anything that you try to make look polished will look like shit every single time. Only a human artist can make polished art that doesn't look like a soulless computer program made it.

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>>734144468
Played for couple matches. It's another UE5 slop BR slop. I somehow doubt weebs will be able to run the game smoothly if at all. They didn't play Starward, Mecha Break and Strinova. They won't play this one.

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>>734164842
I was going to say this post was based but then I saw you were defending AI garbage with it. AI art isn't bad because it looks bad (it does 95% of the time), it's bad because it's emblematic of a lack of effort or care.

>>734165048
You're just as retarded though. I'd play a game with MSPaint scribbles if the game design was great, and in fact I have before.

>>734165285
It's very inconvenient when the side you disagree with makes convincing statements, isn't it? Well have no fear, you can just ignore everything you don't like to hear.

my way of judging this fest as meh is that the tubers I follow barely made any videos for it

there were a lot more videos last time

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Youtubers have been filtered.

It's a Next Fest miracle!

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>>734153723
I like Maid Mech it's a dumb little game, reminds me a lot of old flash/newgrounds game i once play.