ID@Xbox offers us a series of demos on the occasion of GDC
For the occasion, Microsoft, through the ID@Xbox program dedicated to independent developers, has published on the Store a series of demos of Xbox titles to keep an eye on, which will be playable from today until March 27th. If you love original, varied and unconventional experiences, we recommend you try them all!
Note: Some of the demos listed may not be available immediately, but only in the next few hours. Here are listed below:
ArcRunner (TrickJump Games)
Reset a crazy AI as you traverse The Arc space station in this beautiful Cyberpunk-style action-roguelite set in the distant future! Start each race as a cloned and upgraded human and save the Ark from destruction!
Backbeat (Ichigoichie)
A really creative strategy puzzle game. Manipulate the four threads of time to guide your gang through dangerous situations. Manage team resources to maximize your score. Experience an homage to the ensemble dramas of the 90s. Customize your music with pedals for audio effects and play styles.
BattleCakes (Volcano Bean)
Let yourself be carried away in a delightful adventure, choosing to fight or make friends with your enemies to save the situation in your own way! Customize your cupcake hero and meet charming friends along the way. Leave the world better than you found it in this turn-based role-playing game.
Booom-Slang! (Skermunkel)
The evil conductor Chaos challenges you to become the next star of Booom-Slang! You'll have to master a myriad of single-player and multiplayer modes to get to the top. By combining stylized and low-poly art with FMV sequences, prepare yourself for the catastrophic madness of a top-down chimera, with double-stick shooting!
Boxville (Triomatica Games)
Boxville is a puzzle adventure starring speechless jars who live in the city of boxes and draw scribbles on cardboard to tell their stories. Boxville is suitable both for playing alone, to immerse yourself in the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, and for playing with a friend or family member to share unique audiovisual experiences and solve puzzles together.
Evil Wizard (Rubber Duck)
Evil Wizard is a humor-filled action RPG that puts you in the shoes of a final former boss. Rise from defeat, rediscover long-lost powers and fight to reclaim your castle from an army of so-called heroes. Evil Wizard also won the GDC Best in Play 2023 award.
Fall of Porcupine (BUNTSPECHT. GAM)
A new job can be a source of tension, especially when you are about to become a doctor! Join Finley in an original narrative adventure as you take your first steps into a new and exciting world. Together, experience the last days of summer before the change of season upsets the sleepy town of Porcupine.
Fractal Space (Haze Games)
Experience the memorable experience of a first-person puzzle and adventure game, focused on the story. Avoid traps, use the jetpack and taser gun to solve zero-gravity puzzles in a mysterious space station. In the end, what are you really trying to escape from?
Sker Ritual (Wales Interactive)
The turn-based cooperative survival FPS, a spin-off of the award-winning British horror game Maid of Sker. Play solo or with up to four players to survive the supernatural onslaught of the Quiet Ones. Take on hordes of new and familiar enemies, supercharged elites with unique supernatural powers, upgradable steam-punk weapons, thrilling interchangeable masks, and mysterious story objectives.
Soulvars (Ginolabo)
Burn your soul! Soulvars is a turn-based pixel art role-playing game where your group of Soul Carriers take on invading Dominators in dynamic, high-speed battles.
The Isle Tide Hotel (Interflix Media/Wales Interactive)
An absent father must rescue his teenage daughter from an eclectic cult before their last night at the Isle Tide Hotel. Players investigate the strange events that occur to save Eleanor Malone in this interactive mystery game, where every decision affects the story.
The Library of Babel (Tanuki Studio)
Join Ludovik in a 2D stealth platformer and graphic adventure set 20,000 years after humanity's extinction, as he explores the jungles of a futuristic Babylon to uncover the secret of the sudden closure of the Library of Babel and the mysteries behind their mythical creators.
