Day Of The Devs SGF Edition Celebrates Indie Gaming

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Tim Schafer headed up the introduction of this year’s Day of the Devs event, the long-running indie celebration. Originally a yearly in-person event out in San Francisco, hosted by iam8bit and Double Fine Productions, the indie festival has more recently been a digital event. This year’s celebration was the 10th anniversary of the event, and the teams involved had an impressive selection of titles on offer.

To watch the full presentation, jump ahead to time index 1:55:57 of the Summer Game Fest presentation, and enjoy Schafer’s smashing edition of Happy Birthday. You can also check out individual trailers for the included games in the descriptions below.

Animal Well is an unusual pixel-art adventure from developer Shared Memory, about exploring a labyrinth, solving puzzles, and uncovering what you can in the darkness.

Bear & Breakfast is all about being a bear, and running a bed and breakfast. Developed by Gummy Cat, this is a management sim game where you must help Hank the bear make his little inn as welcoming and happy as possible. We don’t have long to wait on this one; the game has been announced for a release on July 22.

Solo developer Madison Karrh is behind the game Birth. The point-and-click adventure game is all about living alone in a city, and the attendant challenges that come along with that experience. Players explore the different parts of the city to find bones and organs to make a creature to be a companion for you. This is a game about loneliness, and the lengths to which we will go to manage that feeling, all wrapped in a lovely puzzle-strewn container.

Two Star Games (a solo dev studio) is crafting Choo-Choo Charles, a fascinating and creative mix of open world exploration, train upgrade sim, and