If you’re a fan of locally-produced tabletop games or video games, you’ll definitely want to visit the Exhibit Hall at the 2019 ROC Game Fest Spring Mini Show. More than 30 new and upcoming games will be on display across 21 booths… and you just might find a new favorite.
ROC Game Dev
ROC Game Dev is a group dedicated to bringing together game development enthusiasts, hobbyists, and anyone interested in making video games. Whether you’re a developer, artist, musician, programmer, streamer, or totally new to game development, you’re more than welcome to join the group, partake in discussion, and attend the meetups. No prior experience or projects to show needed. (ROCGameDev.com)
RIT MAGIC Center
MAGIC at RIT provides and enables a broad range of research, development, educational, and entrepreneurial activities in support of the exploration of Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity in the broadest possible sense. MAGIC at RIT is also home to MAGIC Spell Studios, a publisher and distributor of games, apps, educational software, digital media, and associated services. (magic.RIT.edu)
Aesthetician Labs
Race through the streets of Rochester to deliver as many plates as you can in Crazy Platez before time runs out! Crazy Platez won 1st Place in the “Student” category at the 2018 NYS Game Dev Challenge. (Aesthetic.games)
Dane Sherman
A virus has spread around the world that causes it’s host to break out in rashes. The virus lives in the bloodstream and it’s effects can be lessened by a higher heart rate. A Doctor claimed to have a cure but dissapeared before revealing it. You’re traveling into an underground system of caves to try and find them. The Itch is a 2D platformer where you’re attempting to find a cure for a virus nicknamed “the itch” by using heartrate to make objects grow, move, and shoot projectiles. (The Itch @ Github)
Finite Games
Exurgo is a rogue-lite shooter built for Virtual Reality. Earth has been betrayed by it’s alien benefactors. Their gift to humanity, a monolithic space elevator known as the Spire, was a trojan horse. Earth’s only hope is to use the alien’s weapons against them. Take control of an assault drone and fight to trigger the Spire’s self destruct. Can you make it to the top and destroy the Spire once and for all? (FiniteGames.com)
Imaginary Monsters
Like Dante’s Inferno, Abyxsis represents a modern “Apocalypse Tour of Hell.” You play as a penitent demon intent on escaping the abyss to rescue an innocent human child from peril in the mortal world. You are the least likely hero in a world where prayers otherwise go unanswered. Abyxsis will showcase some sensational depictions of otherworldly suffering in a darkly comic manner, but also wrestle with topics of imprisonment and forgiveness. (ImaginaryMonsters.com)
Inverted Productions
Workshop Scramble is a fast-paced mobile game in which you help Santa’s elves put together toys for the good kids of the world in time for Christmas. Banana Split is a delicious twist of third-person shooter and real-time strategy mechanics, in which getting shot splits you into smaller and smaller clones, so you need to shrink your opponents until they disappear while also managing your own army of minis. (InProd.co)
It’s Never Dark Enough
Delve into a world of perilous exploits and horror in Shattered, a tabletop RPG. Millennia ago, the world of Feneryss was shattered. The Alypse gathered in the millions to sacrifice themselves in a ritual to their god, Ragnarok. They failed, and in so doing destroyed the world. The ritual bled magic into the world, known as arkäna, and allowed unimaginable eldritch horrors to cross the divide. The oceans boiled away, tectonic plates clashed, and catastrophic storm systems ravaged civilization. Mankind was reduced to scrounging in the ash and rubble. Subjected to the elements and the warped power of arkäna, humanity was transformed. When the dust settled, not one, but eight distinct races arose to face the challenge. What will you do? There are many paths for an ambitious adventurer. What is yours?” (NeverDarkEnough.com)
Jacob Yaple
Cold Quest is an Arctic-themed tabletop game where you manipulate ice floes (actually painted dominoes) to be the first to cross the board. Melting ice, a polar bear, and more stand in your way unless you can pick up snowshoes or a kayak. Be among the first players to benefit from the new and improved rules, due to ongoing blind playtesting. (Cold Quest @ Facebook)
Letiman Games
Letiman Games makes tabletop games for the whole family. The Neverland Rescue is an asymmetrical twp-player game in which opponents take on the role of either our hero Peter Pan, or the treacherous Captain Hook. Groves is a strategy game that combines worker placement with bag building as players must restore Idyllon to its former glory. And in Dino Dude Ranch, players roll custom dice each turn in order to collect resources (leaves, fish, and meat) used to capture dinosaurs from the Jurassic Hunting Grounds. (LetimanGames.com)
Matthew R. Vimislik
The King of the Cul-De-Sac is the title given to the strongest, toughest kid on the block, who rules the circle of suburban homes in the manner they see fit. With Karah’s brother moving to college, she assumes she’s next in line for the throne, but quickly realizes the other contenders for the crown will have to be convinced… with her FISTS! King of the Cul-De-Sac is an interactive story that uses comics, games, prose, and music to immerse and amuse readers, while branching story paths bring them back again! (King of the Cul-De-Sac @ Itch.io)
Obsidian Valley Studios
Render is a third-person action-adventure game, and the focus of the experience is the gameplay which revolves around combat, platforming, and puzzle solving. Throughout their adventure players will explore unique levels to earn upgrades that both expand their options in battle and provide new ways to navigate through the environment. Combat is what truly rests at the heart of Render and is what drives players forward. In order to conquer the challenges in Render you’ll need to build up combos and uncover secrets to expand your arsenal. (ObsidianValleyStudios.com)
OM Games
Duck and the Land of Flightless Birds is a 2D Hybrid Platformer. The game blends elements of traditional platformers with the exploration and progression systems of a metriodvania. With it’s charming style, fun music, and capavating gameplay it’s sure to be a blast! (Duck and the Land of Flightless Birds @ Itch.io)
Possum House
The Sword and the Slime is a unique take on the 2D puzzle-platformer where you play as a flying sword and find an unlikely ally in a slime. Using only the mouse, protect and guide your companion through a dangerous dungeon full of nasty monsters and cruel traps. Shot In the Dark is a more traditional 2D platformer but with a twist. The game uses its striking color scheme of black, white, and red to great effect. Nefarious traps and lurking demons are hidden in the shadows and its up to the lone gunslinger to navigate and defeat them. (SwordAndTheSlime.com)
Shawn Liu
Hostile User Interface is your basic get through the maze game with a twist. Your controls have been designed in a way to trip you up by triggering different Windows Hotkeys such as Alt + F4 or Ctrl-Alt-Del. Learn all the hotkey combinations you’ll never use! Between one to ∞ hours of endless enjoyment and/or pain. (Hostile User Interface @ Steam)
That Indie Studio
The Last Hex is a deck-building RPG with roguelike elements. The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Travel the lands to slay monsters, acquire new cards, survive dangerous encounters and claim powerful equipment to enhance your deck. A final showdown with The Lost awaits you at… The Last Hex! (ThatIndieStudio.com)
Tremorworks
Tremorworks will be showing a demoing a number of tabletop games, including the Paragon Universal Role-Playing Game, the fantasy setting Embers of Pyre, and the battling card game MythicArena. (Tremorworks.com)
Zucchini People Games
The ruthless Queen Domianne rules the kingdom of Astelia with an iron fist, but an ancient prophecy has emerged which threatens her reign. The adventure starts in your humble village and eventually leads to the seat of Domianne’s power, the peerless and ancient Tower of Greylock. Adventure Tactics: Domianne’s Tower is an encounter-based, campaign-driven, cooperative deck-builder. Begin your journey as one of five Basic Classes and battle your way through a branching campaign where you choose your own path in an attempt to overthrow the evil Queen Domianne. With each encounter, you will level up and unlock over 15 Elite Classes, adding new actions, equipment, and abilities. (ZucchiniPeopleGames.com)