Square Enix Collective helps independent developers. Take a look through the projects published here, and let them know if you’d back a game through crowdfunding or not by voting. Even better, help to shape that game idea by leaving your feedback in the comments section. Each game’s campaign ends after 28 days, and if the response is strong, they may lend their support as well when it lands on Indiegogo or Kickstarter.
Columnae: A Past Under Construction
by Belgrade-based Moonburnt Studio – being developed in Unity for PC, Mac and Linux
COLUMNAE: A Past Under Construction is a 2.5D non-linear point & click adventure game with elements such as puzzles and dialogues set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk world. In addition to those familiar mechanics, COLUMNAE introduces the concept of retrocausality which along with non-linear nature of the gameplay allows the player to affect the future as well as the past of the story. The game is divided into eight chapters, but you won’t be playing them in a chronological order. The content of the currently played chapter is always the result of the choices made in all the previously played chapters, and those choices will ultimately, (through one of the countless possible paths) lead to one of around eight completely different endings.
Here is the teaser trailer:
You can vote for COLUMNAE: A Past Under Construction on Square Enix Collective right now.
Oh My Godheads
By developer Paperfish Games – Action/Local Multiplayer being developed for PC (for now)
Oh My Godheads is the world’s first capture-the-head action game for 2-4 players.
Capture-the-head is like capture-the-flag, but the flag is an ancient head that’s alive, angry, and after you! Players fight with friends to capture these furious, living heads and bring them back to their team’s plinth…if they can.
Features:
- Couch multiplayer for 2-4 players
- Full 3D environments
- World-spanning locales: exotic Asian gardens to ancient Nubian pyramids
- XInput controller support & 2 players via 1 keyboard
- Swords, hats, and airborne pastries
- Choose from not one, but TWO bearded men!
- The ONLY game that lets you play as an aristocratic penguin
- Angry gods with EXPLOSIVE personalities
Here is the gameplay overview trailer:
You can vote for Oh My Godheads on Square Enix Collective right now.
Samurai Riot
By developer Wako Factory – Action/Fighting game being developed for PC
Samurai Riot is a 2D solo or coop Beat’em up /Arcade game where you incarnate charismatic Samurais torn between their duty and personal beliefs. Each choice you make will influence your destiny!
Features
- 2D Arcade gameplay
- 2 Player Cooperative or solo game mode
- Deep characters with charismatic personalities equipped with various attack
- Mix of traditional and futuristic inspirations for characters, arts & music
- Multi-branching storylines with strong replay value
Here is the gameplay teaser trailer:
You can vote for Samurai Riot on Square Enix Collective right now.
Isabella
By developer Hall of Nerd – Role Playing game being developed for PC
Isabella is a Western steampunk JRPG. As retired mercenary Hal Kirkland, you will embark on a quest to rescue the kidnapped daughter of the President – the man who placed a hefty bounty on your head. Accompanied by his top agent, in a country poised on the brink of a civil war, you must recover Isabella from the Skypirate rebels. As if that weren’t enough, humanity’s old enemy, the Dryads, eagerly await the first signs of weakness among the humans – their signal to eradicate humanity from the face of Terrae…
Here is the Isabella Combat Cutscene trailer:
You can vote for Isabella on Square Enix Collective right now.
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Source: Press Release
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