A Keyart which raised many questions fueled the development of the cinematic-puzzle-adventure Planet of Lana, made by the Swedish studio Wishfully.

Adam Stjärnljus and Klas Eriksson, Directors at Wishfully, tell us at Gamescom, how the game developed from this keyart and what challenges they had to face, coming from a film production background.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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The spanish devs of SandBloom Studio are showcasing a cinematic voxel-adventure at this years Gamescom. It's called DE-EXIT - Eternal Matters - which starts with you dying!

But your character is waking up again in a surreal world in which he tries to be a hero. Listen to the devs Julien Gatumel and Gabriel Jiménez, Lead-Writer and Creative Director of SandBloom Studio who tell us about their game and the message it has.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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The puzzle-adventure Airhead is developed by the danish indie studio Octato.

You play as a small boy who needs to find air tanks on his journey, to keep his head inflated. Listen to our Gamescom-Talk with Andreas Bødker, Director at Octato, and discover the dev-story behind this.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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Imagine a 2D-action-adventure with a world made completely out of stained glass - that's Saga of Sins visual style! This game is playable at Gamescom 2022, planned to be released in 2023.

If you want some infos beforehand, listen to this episode with openindie-Host Sarah and Rupert Ochsner, the Co-Founder & Game Director of the German indiedev studio Bonus Level Entertainment.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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Melanie Taylor is the founder of the German based indie studio Mellow Games. Her upcoming game Blueberry is a platformer with an unique and emotional twist - the levels are representations of a woman’s mind from birth to death.

While preparing for Gamescom, she talked to Sarah about the motivation for her new game and the experiences you make as indiedev.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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The guys from German-based indie studio Besworn Games are hard at work to create a game with an unique Pop-Up Book feeling.

Daniele Martines, Lead Game Designer and Martin Langer, Lead Game Developer tell us all about The Orphan: A Pop-Up Book Adventure, playable at Gamescom 2022 and currently scheduled for release in 2024. 

As always, have fun listening :) 

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We Made A Thing Studios or WEMAT are the fifth Australian indiedevs we talked to during Gamescom 2022.

Tom Phillips and Jeremy Kelly-Bakker  are presenting their game Box Knight in which you fight your way through a cursed office tower. Office politics was yesterday now it´s time for office mayhem!

As always, have fun listening :) 

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Australia is the official partner-country of gamescom 2022. We openindies managed to talk to some Australian indiedevs, like Jonathan Bradley, who’s the Art Director of the studio Toast VR.

You might know their famous (and scary) VR-game Richies Plank Experience.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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Next up is Craig Ritchie, he’s the Founder and Game Director of the Australian indie studio Drop Bear Bytes.

They are currently working on Broken Roads, a narrative-driven RPG, with turn-based combat, set in a post-apocalyptic Australia.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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Zilin Su and Raymond Corrigan from the Australian indie-studio Earthlingo are currently working on a language learning game - which is also called Earthlingo.

You play as an alien who's trying to understand earthly languages and by helping him understand, learn a language yourself.

As always, have fun listening :) 

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