Publisher room6 and its indie game label Yokaze announced that they will be joining Tokyo Game Show 2022, which will be held in Makuhari Messe, Tokyo from September 15 to 18. Demos of a total of nine new indie titles will be available for attendees to play at their booth.
Highlights include the mystery-solving adventure game Unreal Life and the Japanese-style adventure game Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino. Visitors who visit their booth will receive a book containing all of the information about their exhibited games, as well as an A4-size tote bag with special illustrations of each of the nine games.
▍Unreal Life
Unreal Life is the story of an amnesiac girl who could only remember one name: Miss Sakura. She sets out to find her, aided by a talking traffic light, and by the power to read the memories of the things she touched.
Compare memories of the past with the present, solve mysteries, and follow the girl and the traffic light in this atmospheric puzzle adventure game. It is currently available on Steam and Nintendo Switch as of May 15.
▍VOLTA
VOLTA is a 2D competitive shooting game that is included as a mini-game in Unreal Life. Players set up five weapons, each with a different trajectory and dash ability.
It is important to think about strategies such as the order of the setup and the timing of the attack so that the player can fire the right shot at the right time. Furthermore using items that can be picked up during the battle will bring you closer to your chance of victory. The minimalistic graphics of the game make it a fun game to play.
▍World for Two
In World for Two, players experience the highly emotive journey of an android created to bring back life and change desolate wastelands into lush, populated habitats.
Bask in breathtaking visual spectacles; from the Sun rising across an increasingly vibrant landscape, to the clouds gently rolling across the night sky, everything is reflected in the glistening water below. World for Two is currently available for PC via Steam.
▍GenEi AP: Empty Heart
GenEi AP: Empty Heart is an adventure mobile RPG. You play the role of Mikage, a young girl, who finds a music disc that her friend Spica wants to listen to and gives it to her. There are various tricks on the map, each of which can be solved to obtain a new disc.
If you give music to Spica and collect EPs, you will be able to enter new areas. Aim for the last door while meeting characters from previous Harumakigohan titles. It is currently available for smartphones on Android and iOS.
▍From_.
From_. is an adventure game in which players deliver letters and connect their “feelings”. The story setting is the “Land of Water”, a world surrounded by water. A postman working in the country delivers letters to people today.
One day, something extraordinary follows him. And there are disturbing rumors that circulate among the people. Through the “feelings” connected by the letters he delivers, he discovers a certain fact. Currently, the game has no defined release date, but it is set to release for both Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
▍Recolit
Recolit is a pixel art mystery adventure game where you explore a strange town by following the trails of light, after suffering a crash-landing with his spaceship.
At first glance, it looks like any ordinary town, but it has a mysterious atmosphere. In this game, the player interacts with people going about their daily lives in the middle of the night, when almost nothing is visible… Recolit is set to release in 2022 for PC via itch.io and Steam.
▍ghostpia
“ghostpia” is a visual novel with warm, picture-book-like visuals and nostalgic expressions colored with glitches and noise.
The story takes place in a snowy town inhabited by immortal ghosts and follows the main character Sayoko’s thoughts of the world outside the town, and the course of a friendship lost in a certain incident. In a nutshell, it’s a tale of cruel cuteness and lonely violence…
Ghostpia is set to release in 2022 on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
▍OU
Our story begins in U-chronia, a hazy world that lives in hazy memories of the distant past.
U-chronia is a mysterious world constantly changing like a book whose pages are flipped out of order.
Play as OU, a young boy who wakes up in a dried-up riverbed without any memories of his own. He meets Zarry, an opossum with a flaming tail, who guides him on a journey to find out his story. OU is set to release in 2022 on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
▍Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino
Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino is a 3D adventure game with a Japanese-inspired atmosphere.
One day, a fox girl and her frog friend find themselves on a mysterious island shrouded by darkness but for a few floating lights. Lost in this unfamiliar place, they set out on a journey to find their way home. Torii gates, food stall lanterns, and neon signs give light and color to the island. Something is lurking in the shadows, inching ever closer…
This title has yet to announce a release date, but it is confirmed that it will be on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
