Each year in July, developers and gamers alike descend on the beautiful Japanese city of Kyoto for BitSummit – a laidback expo that showcases games from small teams. It's the complete opposite of TGS; BitSummit is a show where you can chat directly with devs, where you don't have to queue for hours to play games, and at which the likes of Shuhei Yoshida and Hironubu Sakaguchi are just hanging out.
Here are eight games from this year's show that particularly caught my eye.
Developer: Onion Games / Platforms: Mac, PC
At first glance, Black Bird may just look like a cool, sepia-toned side scrolling shoot 'em up in the spirit of old school classics like Gradius, but it's also a game that is thematically rich. "My story is about the curse of the Black Bird," says Game Designer and CEO of Onion Games Yoshiro Kimura. "The main character that you're going to play is a little girl, who becomes the Black Bird." This happens at the very beginning of the game, when players are introduced to her - collapsed on the ground, dying. She passes away, helped by no one, and a mysterious figure transforms her into an egg; she's reborn as a vengeful bird.
from IGN Video Games http://ift.tt/29WbSRr
via IFTTT
No comments:
Post a Comment