SwissGames Showcase
Initiated by Pro Helvetia, SwissGames Showcase 2020 is a new mentorship programme to connect Swiss independent studios with business opportunities.
Following a call for participation, eleven game studios with exciting new projects have been handpicked by leading international industry experts Jason Della Rocca, Robin Hunicke, Jamil Moledina, Ella Romanos, and Callum Underwood. The mentors support the studios by giving them extensive analysis and support, as well as connecting them to potential industry partners.
The eleven studios form the SwissGames Showcase 2020 which will take part to a range of online and offline international industry events in 2020. In addition, partner MeetToMatch will provide additional tailored support and event coordination.
Selected Studios
Stardust
AVA – an interactive fairytale
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AVA is a carefully crafted, tarot puzzle game about diversity. Follow young princess Ava on her journey to lift a curse and decide her destiny with a turn of the cards. AVA broaches issues of gender, discrimination, prejudice and diversity.
Genres
Graphic Adventure, Narrative, Puzzle & Strategy
Mobile
Check out their business pitch video at Ludicious X, July 2020
Naraven Games
Backfirewall
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Backfirewall is a point and click 3D narrative adventure. The player is a phone OS assistant, trying to help to update...Or not. Keyword: comedy.
Genres
Graphic Adventure, Narrative
PC
Check out their business pitch video at Ludicious X, July 2020
Stelex Software
Monorail Stories
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Monorail Stories is a short minimalistic adventure game about commuting, human relations and destiny waiting to be told. Get on board, enjoy this game’s unique world and try to discover all the possible endings.
Genres
Adventure, Narrative, Casual
PC
Nintendo Switch
Violet Saint
Moroi
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Moroi is a top-down hack and slash classical adventure game with a strong focus on story and dialogue. With its dark fantasy style blending horror, dark humour, combat and storytelling, it is fitted for a mature target audience that likes detailed lore and rich texts combined with difficult gameplay.
Genres
Hack and Slash, Classical Adventure, RPG Elements
PC
Consoles
Check out their business pitch video at Ludicious X, July 2020
Stray Fawn Studio
The Wandering Village
The Wandering Village is a city-building survival game where the player takes control of a group of humans that need to build up a settlement on the back of a huge creature that walks around. The gameplay focuses on survival and establishing a symbiotic relationship with the giant creature.
Genres
City Building, Base Building, Survival, Simulation
PC
Consoles
KlugGen
Perspectivist
Every picture has a message. Perspectivist, a puzzle and strategy mobile game, sends players all around the world looking to transform geometrical shapes in pictures into messages.
Genres
Puzzle & Strategy
Mobile
Check out their business pitch video at Ludicious X, July 2020
Digital Kingdom
Swordship
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Swordship is a skill-based tactical action game where you get to be the pilot of a fast boat with unparalleled manoeuvrability, cruising through a futuristic world covered by water.
Genres
Arcade, Action
Steam
Nintendo Switch
Caustique Games
Team: Cars
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Team:Cars combines the fun of the top-down perspective vehicle combat/racing genre with the complex strategy and teamplay of a 5 vs 5 person MOBA in a 15-30 minute game session.
Genres
Racing, MOBA, Car Combat
PC
Steam
Asteroid Lab
Terraformers
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Terraformers is a single-player 3X game in which the player sets out to terraform Mars. Send exploration parties, exploit resources, expand your cities, kick-start ambitious terraforming projects and bring life to the red planet.
Genres
Roguelite, 3X
PC
Lukyantsev Company
Wild Planet
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Unwind and enjoy the life in Wild planet: You're shipwrecked on a mysterious planet with your crew. Build your own camp, hunt, craft and discover the story behind those mysterious lands.
Genres
Casual, Atmospheric, Survival
PC
Echtzeit
Whoop Arcade
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Visually polished arcade style drone racing and battle game, that can be played single or mutliplayer...easy to access, hard to master.
Genres
Action, Racing
PC
SteamVR
Check out their business pitch video at Ludicious X, July 2020
SwissGames Showcase Events
- Ludicious (online, July 1 – 3, 2020)
- GDC Summer Edition (online, August 4 - 6, 2020)
- Devcom / Gamescom (online, August 17 - 30, 2020)
- Indie Arena Booth / Gamescom (online, August 25 - 30, 2020)
- Reboot Dubrovnik (onsite, October 15 - 17, 2020)
- Game Connection Europe, Paris (onsite, November 1 - 5, 2020)
- VR Days, Amsterdam (onsite, November 4 - 6, 2020)
- Nordic Game Conference, Malmö (onsite, November 25 – 27, 2020)