Humble Games held its first gaming showcase today, and presented a variety of gorgeous-looking, diverse set of indie games, with a particular highlight being the reveal ofWizard of Legend 2.
The originalWizard of Legendis an intense magic-bit roguelike created by Contingent99 and Humble Games in 2018. Its sequel, aptly titledWizard of Legend 2,has upgraded visually from pixel art to a silky smooth isometric 3D look that still captures the intense pace from the original.
The sequel is developed byChildren of Mortadeveloper Dead Mage and not Contingent99 because the latter wanted to focus on different projects. Still, Contingent99 has been consulted during the game’s development.Wizard of Legend 2is in development for PC.
That wasn’t the only new game to be shown, though. A new game from animation studio Exit 73 Studios called#Bludis a beautifully animated action game where players fight back against vampires secretly taking over their town. For thosescorned byRedfall,#Bludlooks like it will provide a more refined — and more pretty and cartoonish — zombie-slaying experience when it’s released for PC in 2024.
Two other games in the showcase also featured outstanding animation. The first isBreeze in the Cloudsfrom developer SrBilyon Harris, a weather-based brawler that draws from fighting games. The other is an action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore calledBo: Path of the Teal Lotus, which will come out in 2024 for PC.
The showcase also featured some more minor updates, like a behind-the-scenes look at last month’sMyth and Music: An Evening With Stray Godsevent and the announcement that proceeds fromProtodroid DeLTA’sday one DLC will be donated to the Girls Make Games Scholarship fund. Humble Games also confirmed thatSupraland: Six Inches Underhas launched today for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. It is also in development for Nintendo Switch, which will it release sometime this summer.
The showcase wrapped up with two new game reveals.The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Storydeveloper Digital Sun Games teased its next title, a real-time strategy game centered around fortress-building titledCataclismo. Finally, Humble Games announced a partnership withSurgeon Simulatordeveloper Bossa Studios for a new multiplayer calledLost Skiesthat’s in development for PC.
It’s a pretty diverse lineup of games, many of which sported really impressive animation, especially when you consider that these are coming from smaller teams. Humble Games is certainly starting to cement itself as an indie publisher worth keeping an eye on, like Annapurna Interactive of Devolver Digital.
