Square Enix Collective helps independent developers. Take a look through the projects published here, and let them know if you’d back a game through crowdfunding or not by voting. Even better, help to shape that game idea by leaving your feedback in the comments section. Each game’s campaign ends after 28 days, and if the response is strong, they may lend their support as well when it lands on Indiegogo or Kickstarter.
Tenebrae
Action/Role Playing Game by sunny Southern Italy-based Troglobytes Games– being developed for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Tenebrae – Twilight of the Gods is a story-driven, fast-paced 2.5D Action/Adventure Platformer with just the right dose of RPG elements to further spice up the gameplay.
Paying homage to the 80‘s/90‘s classics of old such as Ghost n’ Goblins, Shadow of the Beast and Metroidvaniagames Tenebrae is set to add a whole variety of unique twists to the genre, thanks to the technology ofprocedurally generated content.
The vision shared by all of us here at Troglobytes Games is to reinvent and redefine the Metroidvania genre, giving players our take on it with all the makings of a modern gaming experience.
Here is the teaser trailer:
You can vote for Tenebrae – Twilight of the Gods on Square Enix Collective right now.
Hybrid Beasts
Fighting/Multiplayer/Strategy game by Germany-based BeastBits – being developed for Windows, Linux, Mac (Last- and Current-Gen consoles are possible later)
Hybrid Beasts is a unique cross-genre game where you explore an open world full of adventures, quests and secrets. During your travels, you compete with teams of never before seen creatures in explosive and yet strategic turn-based battles to conquer and defend the regions of the world you just discovered.
- The large and open world in Hybrid Beasts can be explored freely. Starting in the lush forest, you can travel in any direction; be it towards frozen glaziers, arid deserts or volcanic landscapes.
- Many mystic places, however, at first are either locked or hidden and you will need to follow complex storylines and solve quests to unveil all the secrets and lore of the land.
- For each newly explored level, the Beasts battle to decide who will be the first conquerer of this uncharted land. The victorious new ruler must then (as always) fear being overturned in later battles. However, he can conquer more of the surrounding levels to fortify and defend his reign.
- Beasts can even seize prestigious titles as “King of the Forest” that will prove helpful given the tale of an ancient legend which states: “…only a true king can reassemble the Arcane Rainbow Crystal”.
Here is the teaser trailer:
You can vote for Hybrid Beasts on Square Enix Collective right now.
Super Mixtape
by UK-based Polygrammatic Limited– being developed for Steam, Xbox One, Windows 10 Store and PS4
Super Mixtape is a rhythm-based puzzle-platformer that has been stylistically built with the visual style of the Commodore 64 in mind and remixes retro-fuelled gameplay with musical manipulation. Guide ‘Mix’ across a fully reversible 2D world of A-Sides and B-Sides in his quest to reclaim ‘The Lost Tapes’ from the evil power of ‘The Stream’.
With a nostalgic late 80’s narrative and levels build to a beat that you control, define your own path using refined physics, unique mechanics and a fully interactive soundtrack that shapes the very landscape and its formidable puzzles around you.
Here is the teaser trailer:
You can vote for Super Mixtape on Square Enix Collective right now.
Sunday Dreams
Action/Platformer/Rogue-like by California-based Games by Milo – being developed for PC
Sunday Dreams is an action platformer with perma-death and procedural generation set in the disturbed dreams of Sunday, the game’s protagonist. Each playthrough, players will collect and upgrade a unique set of abilities that they must master on the fly in order to survive.
Key Features:
- Near limitless ability/upgrade combinations keep each playthrough fresh
- Fantastical settings – explore an offbeat, degraded city, the inside of a monster’s mouth, and more
- Fight, befriend, and barter with quirky NPCs while learning about Sunday’s past
- Dynamic difficulty rewards player skill
Here is the teaser trailer:
You can vote for Sunday Dreams on Square Enix Collective right now.
Pankapu
Pankapu is being developed by Too Kind Studio and is currently on Kickstarter with 21 days to go.
Pankapu: the Dreamkeeper is an episodic platform/action video game in a 2D side scrolling, told in the manner of a fable in high color illustrated stages. The first chapter is planned for the first quarter of 2016.
Features
- A double story developed in 8 stunning chapters:
- Live the initiatory adventure of Pankapu by following the storyline.
- Discover the secret of the tragic past of Jaha’rell, through memory fragments hidden in optional areas.
- A dynamic gameplay based on the change of capacities instantly.
- Levels with multiple ways and evolving character
- Fine and colorful graphics looking like animated illustrations
Here is the teaser trailer:
You can help out Pankapu right now on Kickstarter.
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