Selected Indie 80[Puzzle]

Exhibitors Name :

CandLE (South Korea) 

Platform :

• Steam
• PC（Browser）
• Android

Movie Web

"Pygmalion" is a puzzle game that involves manipulating blocks to clear stages. Move the colored blocks to remove all blocks within the limited count to clear each stage. "Pygmalion" creates a compelling narrative using various color blocks, exploring the theme of human "emotions" to tell a story about a robot that experiences emotions (e.g., red = anger, yellow = joy, etc.). You can enjoy the puzzle as a delightful pastime while also immersing yourself in the game's captivating storyline.

Exhibitors Name :

Chanko Studios (France) 

Platform :

• Steam
• Nintendo Switch

Movie Web

It's a Wrap! is a challenging 2D puzzle platformer set in 1980s Hollywood, where you play both the director and the star of action-packed, low-budget films.

All you wanted to do today was shoot a nice little popcorn movie, but everything is going wrong! As the director, you need to synchronize the actors and props that are messing up their timings. Then, as the movie’s star, you need to remember your script and play out the scene… without getting crushed by that giant boulder!

Features
• Director’s Phase.
Grab your megaphone and hop into the director’s chair to puzzle your way through the timing of props, actors, and special effects to make your scene work?and keep your star in one piece.
• Action Phase.
When you think you’ve got your scene set up correctly, roll the cameras and enjoy a variety of traditional 2D gameplay like platforming, car chases, and space battles where you control the movie star Johnny Rush in his most iconic roles.
• A hundred colorful ways to “die”.
Every time you fail, poor Johnny (who does not have a stunt double) will suffer a hilarious demise inspired by classic cartoons and adventure games. But don’t worry about long-lasting injuries, just rewind back to the beginning of the scene and try again!
• Heaping spoonfuls of nostalgia.
Each level is part of a movie with its own unique genre and look inspired by the biggest blockbusters of the 80s. See if you can spot all the references to your favorite fictional professors of archaeology, space wizards, and retired soldiers on the run from the law!

Exhibitors Name :

Duck Reaction (France) 

Platform :

• PC（App）
• Android

Movie Web

Take a breath. Think. Manipulate the blocks. Build your perfect own loop. Enjoy your victory, it's satisfying to look at. "Meaningless" (originally "An Oddly Satisfying Game") is a hypnotizing puzzle game for PC imagined during the Ludum Dare 49.

Inspired by Monument Valley art, it’s a minimalist 3D isometric game.
To make it simple: one level, one puzzle, one frame.

A level is divided into two parts.
The first one: move the blocks to let the ball reach the finishing line. When the ball is rolling, all interactions with blocks are recorded.
The second one: if the ball reaches the finishing line, the entire recorded loop is replayed endlessly. Enjoy what you made and play with the recorded loop like a VHS.

The experience is inspired by the satisfying videos on YouTube or TikTok.
It’s the pleasure to watch a smooth and repetitive process without any flaws.
It seems easy, it’s hypnotizing and satisfying.

Exhibitors Name :

EQ Studios (United States of America) 

Platform :

• Steam

Movie Web

Scene Investigators is a first-person, single-player game for fans of detective and true crime genres. Players are given several questions about each case file and required to solve them all in order to become licensed investigators. The process involves searching for clues, observing the narrative presented in the crime scenes, uncovering the perpetrators’ hidden motives, and resolving the tragedies that befell the victims.

The game's most unique feature is the requirement of both logic and intuition on the player’s part to move forward with the investigation. This is referred to as the "calculated assumption" or the “70/30 principle”, meaning that in some cases, 70% of the evidence can be found but the remaining 30% has to be assumed by the player. The intuitive ability to sense what is missing now becomes a necessity that allows the player to connect the dots and get to the bottom of it.

Can you solve it all?

Exhibitors Name :

Fantastico Studio (Italy) 

Platform :

• Steam
• Nintendo Switch

Movie Web

SIHEYUAN is a single and local co-op action-puzzle game of few words, but lots of tiles, designed by Italian game studio We Are Muesli (Claudia Molinari & Matteo Pozzi).
Move the falling blocks, pass them, and pass them again to fill the grid, in this minimalistic test of coordination for 1-4 players of any age, inspired by the tradition of "siheyuan", historical courtyards of Beijing, China.

It is no coincidence that SIHEYUAN was originally conceived by We Are Muesli as a site-specific installation at Beijing Design Week 2015, in collaboration with game maker Aran Koning (development) and Francesco Fontana (music and sound effects). Since then, it has been selected for several international awards and showcased at festivals like IndieCade, A MAZE., Milan Games Week, and now Tokyo Game Show!

After years of globetrotting as a playful multiplayer installation, SIHEYUAN is finally coming to home computers and consoles thanks to Fantastico Studio, which will take care of publishing the title on Steam and Nintendo Switch in 2023.
The full game features 13 different levels to unlock, 2 distinct control modes suiting your favorite playstyle, 13 special modifiers changing the game's pace from meditative to hectic, and a unique minimalistic abstract design inspired by traditional Chinese architecture, color theory, opera, and tabletop games.

Exhibitors Name :

fkn-e (Brazil) 

Platform :

• Steam

Movie Web

Hook&Loop - In a FluffyLAND adventure. A puzzle and maze 3D game that'll stick in your heart. In this adventure, you as HookGUY has to rescue your love LoopGIRL from the clutches of COTTO, a big, bad, and jealous piece of cotton. But you need to dodge all the FluffyPEOPLE that live in FluffyLAND.

Exhibitors Name :

GIFT TEN INDUSTRY (Japan) 

Platform :

• Steam
• Nintendo Switch

Movie Web

This game is a puzzle/adventure game about an elevator.

The player gets into an elevator while somehow losing his or her memory.
When the doors open, the player is confronted with a mysterious scene of endless long corridors and vast deserts.
Players explore the stage, find clues, solve the various riddles that await them, and move on.
Another elevator appears. This time the elevator is a little different. Strange interior, unknown equipment. It seems that it will not work unless the riddles are solved.

The player must navigate through elevators of different designs to reach the "deeper floors" of memory, recover lost memories, and uncover the truth of the story.

In this game, there are no characters other than the player. Instead, the main concept is to let the player's imagination complement the appearance of the characters and their hidden stories from fallen objects and fragmented audio.

Exhibitors Name :

Grindstone (Slovakia) 

Platform :

• PC（Browser）
• Steam
• iOS
• Android

Movie Web

Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you nourish a vibrant ecosystem?by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.

Exhibitors Name :

helpnode (Germany) 

Platform :

• Steam
• Nintendo Switch

Movie Web

A playful narrative adventure about the warmth of fleeting childhood memories: about a little boy named Sanya, rescuing a stray puppy, making true friends, and engaging in many exciting adventures in a small town set in the achingly strange and nostalgic period of the 90s.

Imagine it's the 90s in post soviet country and you're a kid again. It’s a difficult time filled with political instability and poverty. But when you’re seven years old none of this matters. Forget all the problems and immerse yourself in the joy of finding new friends and scraping your knees! Ride your bike, take care of your new pet and relish the last days of summer before school starts. But don't think it'll be a breeze - kids sometimes face adult problems too. Can you prove that you're not afraid of anything?

It’s a game for everyone who once was a kid. Start and nurture friendships that will last a lifetime. Enjoy the carefree summer fun until mom calls you home for dinner. Remember how it feels to have knee bruises and pine needles stuck in your fingers. Reconnect with your inner child.

Exhibitors Name :

Hokkaido 4,500km (Japan) 

Platform :

• PC（App）

Movie Web

「北海道4,500km」は、1967年夏の北海道を舞台に、実際の時刻表どおりの列車などを 乗り継ぎながら、いかに早く北海道の鉄道路線4500kmを完乗することができるか、という ゲームです。
今 あなたがいるのは1967年夏の札幌駅です。ここから、北海道の鉄道路線 約4500km(国鉄 3958.3km，私鉄等 527.4km，合計 4485.7km)の完乗をめざす旅がはじまります。
プレイヤーは、きっぷを何も持たない状態で札幌駅からのスタートになります。 いかに的確に旅程を選択しつつ旅を進めるのかが鍵になります。所持金がなくなるか健康度が極度に低下した場合にゲームオーバーになります。プレイヤーの思うままに、最適だと思う旅を存分にお楽しみください。全区間を踏破して無事に札幌駅に帰着した時点で、ゲームが完了になります。

Exhibitors Name :

Increment (United States of America) 

Platform :

• Steam（VR only, JP/EN）
• PC（App）
• HTC VIVE（CN）

Movie Web

Increment is an experimental, incremental, experiential, industrial adventure. Inspired by the classic gameplay of clicker and idle games, Increment flips the genre on its head with an active, kinetic incremental experience. Push buttons, pull levers, and operate weird machines through trippy VR spaces on a journey to make numbers get bigger. Is increasing the only thing that matters?
You have never pressed a button in virtual reality like this before.
With active incremental gameplay, use your body to make numbers go in the only direction that matters, up! Increment is an active, kinetic VR experience.
Tiny motions get big results, human-sized terminals control giant machines that leverage VR’s sense of scale and wonder.
Increment is all ages fun for everyone, as a non-violent game with no dialog.

Exhibitors Name :

Kids Production (Japan) 

Platform :

• Steam
• PC（App）

Movie Web

A mysterious boy wearing a gas mask. A world where something is prevalent and something is wrong. An adventure-type puzzle platform game that begins in a dimly lit, eerie forest. The player must collect materials from the forest and build them to create new items as they conquer the puzzles. What is it that the boy seeks in this dystopian world? What is the cause of the world's darkness? Will he be able to reach the truth as he navigates through a world that is solved with only the bare minimum of flavor text?

Exhibitors Name :

Morning Bird Studio (South Korea) 

Platform :

• Steam

Movie Web

Explore the beautiful world.
You will explore wavy beaches, mysterious forests, peaceful gardens, crystal-colored seas, unknown islands and secret fields.
Solve the beautiful but challenging physics-based puzzles!
It is full of imagination like a dream, and beautiful and mysterious adventures shake the mind.
We invite you to an unknown world full of mysteries.

Change the different types of balls for a great exploration!
Change the material of the ball to get through emergencies!

First, the wood ball. It can be used in almost any situation. It's pretty fast!
Second, rock ball. It can become very rigid in critical situations while on the move.
Third, magic ball. It can resist gravity and produces a lot of light.
Fourth. Water ball. You can move very quickly in the ocean and recover.

Challenge to pretty difficult puzzle!
There are various mysterious puzzles waiting for you, such as descending against gravity, rising vertical puzzles, changing weight and destroying it, and moving in time.
It's harder than you think to go against a given fate.
When you enter a dark forest full of tall trees, you can also find a solution in a faint ray of light.
How good is your puzzle? Try it now!

A complete physics-based game!
The ball is easily destroyed by impact. Take care of the ball's health, and choose the right type of ball.
Some specific places can only pass through the material of a specific ball.
The Ball Flow world utilizes fine-grained physical systems. Movement of the ball, pushing objects, damaging other objects, floating on the sea, resisting gravity, all of these behaviors work on a physical basis.

Find a clear goal.
You can meet a new path on an expedition that defies your destiny.
To move on to the next phase, you need to find hidden yellow goals like secrets.
A loose boundary exists for each phase and the yellow target must be found within this boundary. Follow your heart in the countless unknown paths!
Even if there is a given path, try to get out of it, and explore a new path to find a faster one.
Like finding a goal in life.

Play the game and explore the new beautiful world you face as you move forward.
The meeting of realistic fantastic graphics and puzzles gives you a breathtaking and hot impression.

Winner of the KOCCA Excellence Game of the Month Award 2023

Exhibitors Name :

Moth Kubit (Brazil) 

Platform :

• Steam

Movie Web

This is an RPG (role-playing game) about corporate life as an ordinary person... I mean... As anordinary insect.
Our protagonist, Moth Kubit, has just been promoted, and all of a sudden embarks on a weird adventure in a megacorp to redeem (or eradicate) himself, his bug-ddies, and the company before the mysterious "Final Process" arrives.
This game depicts an absurd but vivid Kafkaesque corporate world of insects and a unique combat system, featuring multiple endings based on the important choices Moth Kubit made along the way.

【So, what is the story, anyways?】
Set in a mega-corporation, Moth Kubit is a 2D top-down, bizarre RPG that features our protagonist, Moth, an average worker that emotionless accepts a promotion, unaware of the mysterious "Final Process" that is coming his way.
Rumor has it that the “Final Process” will change everything, everywhere all at once, like a fever dream taking form. Will the corporation go bankrupt? Will the world come to an end? It is up to Moth Kubit and his bug-reaucrats to work their way up and to save or seal the fate of reality…
Anyhow, it's hard to summarize this bizarre, absurd, but charming story. Give it a try, and you won't be disappointed! There will be lots of mysteries, quests, and endings to uncover.
【So, what is the gameplay looks like?】
Expect a not-so-classic RPG with multiple endings.
Basically, the gameplay follows the standard recipe for RPGs - play as Moth Kubit, walk around freely to solve puzzles, talk to your bug co-workers, investigate some objects, and advance the story.
All of this takes place inside a corporation full of bugs from different sectors and business levels!
Find those who, like Moth, live for the sweet of each day... and find those whose motives are so secret and twisted that they are even powerful enough to alter reality...
【So, who... What kind of bugs do I get to meet?】
Moths, Ladybugs, Beetles, Ants, Caterpillars, Dragonflies – Is this an Insectopedia?!
Yup, so there will be quite some bugs in the game (really cute ones, we promise, not those glitchy freaks). Moth will interact with coworkers of different species! Every insect lets slip through its species and category some glimpse of its personality and motivation...
Reconnect to your long-lost bug-ddies, exchange distant knowledge from insects foreign to your world or decide to isolate yourself in your own cocoon... Each character has their own story that intertwines with Moth's. Discover the personalities and dreams of your companions, then decide their future and through the choices presented!

Exhibitors Name :

PapaCorps (Argentina) 

Platform :

• Steam
• PC（App）

Movie Web

Awakening is a first-person experimental puzzle game from Argentina with a unique gameplay based on pattern recognition. Each machine represents a challenge that consists of two videos. The first video is the clue. So, you have to find each time the clue appears in the second video. At the beginning, clues can be simple objects or verbs. As time goes by, game mechanics vary and clues become more abstract such as emotional states, camera movements, numbers, or sounds. Awakening's language does not use words for explaining puzzles. Use inductive reasoning to discover the challenges while exploring an oneiric environment full of wonder. Guide a soul that decided to embark on a journey to find meaning.

Awakening was part of the Experimental Gameplay Workshop lineup at Game Developers Conference 2023.

Exhibitors Name :

SIGONO (Taiwan) 

Platform :

• Steam
• Xbox Series X | S
• Xbox One
• Nintendo Switch
• PC（App）
• iOS
• Apple tvOS

Movie Web

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a narrative adventure that takes place in a lawless solar system during the height of a gold rush in space. Players play as the exiled noble Jun, who is accompanied by Eda, a witch orphaned by war. Together, they venture out to the heart of space in search for treasure-filled asteroids of legend and lore. The gameplay moves between visual novel, space navigation, musical puzzle, and 2.5D exploration to tell a story about self worth, and timeless love.

The Full Bloom Edition is the definitive version featured in Nintendo's Indie World Showcase, and is now available on Switch. It includes all-new Japanese / Chinese Mandarin voice acting, and per-character voice toggles for streamers / players who enjoy doing voiceovers.

Since launch, OPUS: Echo of Starsong has won multiple international accolades, including an Honorable Mention for the 2022 IGF’s Excellence in Narrative and Winner of the 2022 Webby Awards, and has received critical acclaim among major media like Kotaku and Rock Paper Shotgun. It has also maintained a 97% Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam and a Metascore of 90.

Exhibitors Name :

Spacepup (Malaysia) 

Platform :

• Steam
• Xbox Series X | S
• Xbox One
• PC（App)

Movie Web

One Perfect Day is the story of Andy who finds himself transported back to high school as his younger self on the day of a personal tragedy. Fated to repeat the events of the day over and over, follow Andy's journey and help him find a way to break free from the prison of his one perfect day.

Exhibitors Name :

The Iterative Collective (Singapore) 

Platform :

• Steam
• GOG

Movie Web

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.

Exhibitors Name :

Torn Away (Russia) 

Platform :

• PS5
• PS4
• Steam
• Xbox Series X | S
• Xbox One
• PC（App）

Movie Web

Torn Away is an interactive story with a unique blend of adventure games, side-scrollers, and cinematic first-person levels. Experience the tragedy of World War II through the eyes of a child and survive without losing your humanity.

Exhibitors Name :

Toyota Ryuto (Japan) 

Platform :

• Steam

Movie Web

【 In this world, "only what you see" is true. 】
This game is a 2.5D platformer puzzle action game in which objects seen by the character materialize, and when you meditate and open your eyes again, the object you saw disappears.
Enjoy the thrill of advancing based on your memory, and the pleasure you get when that memory is correct.

◆Stages
There are a total of 50 stages, so you can experience the fun of this game to your heart's content.
◆Story
The main character has been deceived by the Internet society and wandered into a mysterious world.
Please enjoy the story of the main character as he asks himself questions in this mysterious world and "derives his own answers".
Is the world really only what you see...?

Exhibitors Name :

Tsune Studio (Japan) 

Platform :

• Steam

Movie Web

Kanji Industry is a game about building a factory that produces Kanji characters. The player builds a production line by arranging machines that combine with machines that produce Kanji characters. As more machines are added to solve bottlenecks, another bottleneck will appear. This bottleneck elimination loop is the real fun of the game. The entire game proceeds in a deck-building rogue light format. The stage is cleared by delivering the Kanji characters specified for each stage within the time limit. You can obtain machines by clearing stages. In order to clear the next stage efficiently, you need to examine the machines you have and progress through the game.

Exhibitors Name :

UNDERSCORE (Taiwan) 

Platform :

• Nintendo Switch

Movie Web

Lisha and Aisha are twin sisters. They are born with certain characters that set them different from ordinary people. Lisha, a few seconds older than Aisha, is gifted with a highly rational mind but nearly incapable of perceiving emotions or affection. On the other hand, Aisha is very sensitive and susceptible. She loves to go on advanturous trips and often gets injured, but she cannot feel any pain. During one trip, Aisha discovered an abandoned temple that exists in a folklore told by local people. The legend has it that all the priests served in the past at the temple are all twins. Furthermore, Aisha learns that a certain mysterious appliance in the temple can integrate the souls of twins. Eager to solve the mystery, Aisha urges Lisha to go exploring the temple together. Though not convinced, Lisha send her AI robot “AMBU” to go on the advanture with Aisha as her urge persists.Throughout the game, Aisha and the AI robot “AMBU” explore the temple together. Players are challenged with great eye-hand synergetic skills to role-play Aisha and a cool rational mind to role-play “AMBU”. The game will be most well played with complementary "asymmerical information" sharing and coorperation. There are multiple choices for players to make and different choices may lead to different endings. Try it out with your friends, lovers, or family members and see how well you make a team. Enjoy the unique adventure journey of Aliisha.

Exhibitors Name :

United Games (Brazil) 

Platform :

• Steam
• Meta Quest 2
• Meta Quest Pro
• HTC VIVE
• PICO 4
• PSVR2 (PS5)

Movie Web

Cards of Destiny is a VR puzzle game that brings the tabletop experience to a unique interactive environment! A board game came to life in front of your eyes, and several humans are scrambling through different levels to reach the finish line without being mowed down by chasing aliens. With your deck of unique, one-time-use cards, your role is to save or condemn them – how many will survive? How many will be alien food? It's up to you!

This project originated from a one-week sprint for VRJam 2022 and, having reached 2nd place from over 100 competitors, we decided to take the time to make it into a fully-fledged experience. We hope you'll come visit!

Exhibitors Name :

Vermillion Studios (Brazil) 

Platform :

• Steam

Movie Web

Sleeping Dragon is a adventure puzzle game. In Sleeping Dragon, you need to explore small diorama levels, find 7 totems and and unravel the mysteries behind the Sleeping Dragon's secrets

Exhibitors Name :

VESTMAN (Japan) 

Platform :

• Steam
• iOS
• Android

Movie Web

ニッポン舞台にたった１人でお寿司屋さんを経営！？
ワンオペレーション６０秒回転寿司経営！

【ストーリー】
・ニッポン食文化が薄れゆく20XX年。最後の寿司職人だった父親がまさかの入院。父親からかけられた言葉は「あとは頼んだぞ！」だった。突然始まったワンオペレーションでの回転寿司経営！
・お寿司屋を経営してコインをためて、ニッポン全国にお寿司屋を開いて行こう！

【ゲーム】
・１プレイ６０秒に凝縮されたお寿司屋経営ゲーム！
・お客さんの注文に対してお寿司をどんどん提供しよう。
・素早く新鮮なお寿司を届けると店評価UPするよ。常に適切なお寿司が回っている状態を目指そう。
・お寿司の提供が遅れる、もしくはお寿司が腐ると店評価DOWNしちゃうよ。作りすぎにも気をつけよう。
・店評価がUPするとお客が増えて高得点が狙える！お客が増えると忙しくなり難易度が上がるよ！
・ランキング機能も収録！ライバルと売り上げを競い合おう！

【店舗ステージ】
・各ステージは、ニッポン全国を舞台に都道府県がモチーフになっている！あなたの地元も店舗ステージにあるかも？
・店舗ごとに異なるご当地要素満載のギミックは必見だ！

【お寿司】
・まぐろ、たまご、えび、かっぱ巻きなど定番メニューに加え、各店舗では、牡蠣、フグ、明太子、わに、などご当地料理っぽいお寿司がたくさん登場！
・お寿司を提供することで獲得できるEXPをためればお寿司の称号や豆知識・TIPSが解放されるぞ！

【アバター】
・ゲーム内で入手できるアバターアイテムで自由に寿司職人を着せ替えだ！
・自分だけのオリジナル寿司職人をつくっちゃおう！

【お土産パートナー】
・お土産パートナーを営業に連れていくと、ゲームが有利になるスキルを発動してくれるよ。
・ニッポン全国のご当地お土産っぽいパートナーが多数登場するぞ！

Exhibitors Name :

Virtual Dawn (Finland) 

Platform :

• PS VR2
• Steam
• Meta Quest 2
• Meta Quest Pro
• HTC VIVE

Movie Web

WELCOME TO FISTAGON! THE TOURNAMENT OF THE FUTURE. Choose the FISTER from your favorite country and face your challengers in Tetris style of game where you have to maneuver the blocks and hit them with your fists to land them on the arena. Maximize your combos to push your opponents to space!
-Single Player and Multiplayer
-Multiple levels (20+) and difficulties
-12 national fisters to choose from
-Hand tracking!
-Original soundtrack (20+ songs)
-Leaderboards
-Special blocks: Explosive, magnetic, shooting and more
-Competetive game
-Various fister gear
FISTAGON is about speed, accuracy and tactics!

If you want to test out the beta and/or join the fans of FISTAGON, join our Discord channel at https://discord.gg/aHRpAGqYYH