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The relaxing painting game initially caught my eye thanks to its lovely watercolor art style and a satisfying mechanic that lets players paint a colorless Montreal as they explore. I’m glad I did because I otherwise would have missed Été. ~ Tomas Franzese Été Impossibleĭuring my final hour at Play Days, I decided to check out a few smaller indies I hadn’t tried during the whirlwind two-day event.

That level of freedom with interactions, as well as the game’s distinct wit and immediately iconic main character, make Henry Halfhead an indie title I’m eagerly awaiting. After doing this, the developers told me that I was the only person at Summer Game Fest who had completed that objective by making tea. At one point, I needed to make a drink, and instead of using the coffee machine right in front of me, I used some hidden tea bags to make tea. There seems to be some room for experimentation and creativity in completing those objectives. Its objectives are laid out in a style similar to Untitled Goose Game, where players are just given a set of objectives and are then let loose in a small sandbox to complete them. Need to make a bed? Possess the pillow and then the sheets to put it back together. As the titular character - who is named very literally, by the way - you move around delicately crafted environments and possess any objects within them, all while a narrator explains what Henry is trying to do.

~ Giovanni Colantonio Henry Halfhead popagenda With fluid puzzle-solving and exploration that I didn’t need a single tutorial to understand, it’s shaping up to be as special as I hoped it would be. Cocoon is a mystifying, surreal indie that fuses the insect world sci-fi art design inspired by Alien. After finally getting to play a slice of it at Summer Game Fest, I’m feeling justified in that blind excitement. But I’d be lying if I said I understood what the game actually was after watching its cryptic reveal trailer. All I really knew about it was that Limbo and Inside lead gameplay designer Jeppe Carlsen was involved, but that was enough to pique my interest. From the moment Cocoon was first announced, it had my attention.

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