Potion Tycoon creates, markets and sells the exotic potions that let your character stay in the game. Dmytro Zhovtobryukh is the CEO and Co-Founder of Snowhound Games and answered our questions during Gamescom.

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Lucie Robert, Lead Designer at the swiss indiestudio Naraven Games, joyfully welcomed us at their booth at Gamescom. 

She told us about their upcoming game Backfirewall_ which is similar to The Stanley Parable but has it's own style and story: In this comedic-first-person-adventure, you are an update assistant inside a smartphone and you try to prevent the installation of a new OS because the old OS doesn't wanna get deleted. Never change a running system? Find out what difficulties the devs had to face and what they are really proud of.

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Universe for Sale is a sci-fi narrative game, set on the planet Jupiter, on which you follow a mysterious cultist who meets a vendor in a bar where she explains that she has the ability to create universes. Confused yet? We were! But this game is supposed to be cryptic and should motivate you to explore. Our interest is peeked for sure!

Still, we've got some answers, from Federico Chiummento, Game developer, and Zeno Colangelo, Artist, from the Italian studio Tmesis Studio.

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Paper Cut Mansion is a rogue-lite horror game, in which you play a police detective, who needs to explore a creepy mansion. Being able to make paper models is already an amazing skill. Being able to use them as models for your game is even cooler. They give the game a unique look and it plays great as well.

Gabriele Caruso is a British Artist and Sound-Designer, working at Space Lizard Studio, and he's the one making the paper models!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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