After an entire yr, it was lastly time for the Large Indie Pitch to return to London, for our flagship present Pocket Gamer Connects London 2023!
This additionally meant the return of The Very Large Indie Pitch. The Very Large Indie Pitch is our bumper version competitors the place much more builders can pitch an ever-increasing vary of brand-new and numerous gaming experiences from among the most fun indie builders, not solely from the UK however all throughout the globe.
The Large Indie Pitch is an everyday occasion run by the makers of PocketGamer.biz. It provides indie builders the possibility to pitch their video games to trade specialists and journalists in a speed-dating-style format. Groups obtain invaluable suggestions and the chance to win nice prizes similar to promotional packages and alternatives to advertise their sport.
As all the time, the competitors – with 18 video games pitched – was extraordinarily robust. Nonetheless, finally, the judges had been in a position to choose a high three, with the last word winner changing into a 2 time Large Indie Pitch winner.
All in all, one factor is for certain: all of our finalists, which you’ll study extra about under, are greater than worthy of highlighting.
1st Place – Secret Shuffle by Adriaan de Jongh
Impressed by silent discos, Secret Shuffle is a music sport for 4 – 60 native gamers in the identical room all of that are sporting headphones. By the app’s synchronisation mechanic gamers can participate in one among 10 totally different sport modes which are primarily based round the concept solely what you’re truly listening to. From discovering your musical match to discovering who’s faking it and never truly listening to any music, Secret Shuffle guarantees a singular occasion expertise.
2nd Place – Addagrams by One Ton Man
On this difficult new tackle the ever-popular word-based puzzle style, gamers should rearrange six letters in an effort to create a pair of phrases that have to be greater than three letters lengthy. After all, it is not so simple as it first appears, as, regardless of a brand new letter being added in every spherical, gamers are solely allowed to make use of a phrase as soon as. Every letter provides you some extent, and while you do not have to make use of all the accessible tiles, it is all the time doable to make use of all of them. What’s extra, for individuals who can, there are bonus factors on supply. The truth is, utilizing all of them is the one strategy to obtain an ideal rating of 99.
3rd Place – Tremendous Nova Boy by Waken Video games
Tremendous Nova Boy is a brilliant, vibrant, and alluring 2D puzzle motion maze runner. One by which gamers step into the footwear of the titular character Tremendous Nova Boy as he navigates an alien planet in a quest to rescue the traditional Elemental beings and cease the evil black gap, Collossavoid, from devouring the universe.
Need to exhibit your thrilling new sport? We host Large Indie Pitch occasions all year long, so be sure that to often test our upcoming occasions web page over on BigIndiePitch.com.
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