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⭐️HAPPY NEW YEAR! ⭐️
Newsletter #4, January 2021

Welcome to a newsletter with Swedish game studios looking for publishers or investors. The newsletter is carefully curated by established game incubators in collaboration with East Sweden Game.

HOTEL ARCHITECT

by Pathos Interactive

Facts

Genre: Tycoon, Simulation, Management
Platform: PC, console
Dev time: 15 months
Looking for: Publishing, Investor
Funding need: Let's discuss! 

Synopsis

Hotel Architect lets you step into the shoes of an entrepreneur and experience a humoristic journey that will take you to extreme locations to overcome bizarre scenarios. In your job of creating exquisite hotels, you must constantly adapt to new circumstances and ever so crazy demands. Build, expand and enjoy!

Uniqueness

  • Creative sandbox with unlockables, high replayability and endless customization
  • A crazy story-driven campaign with missions on 11 different locations (environments)
  • Unique events with humuristic outcomes (wedding, concert, alien attack, flooding, flue season etc)
  • Unique Advisor feature, making it possible to bend the law and bribe your way to success

Development status

Associated incubator: The Game Incubator 

Incubator contact: Jimmy Öman
Developer contactAccel Sjöström
Website
Facebook
Email
Request more info about Hotel Architect

FARMECH

by Frame Break

Facts

Genre: FPS, Farming Simulator
Platform: PC
Dev time: 8 Months + 22 Months Early Access
Looking for: Publishing
Funding need: €600.000

Synopsis

Farmech is a twist on the Farming genre that utilizes FPS mechanics in a brand new way. The player is put in control of a tractor mech equipped with a variety of unconventional tools to develop their farm on an alien planet.

Uniqueness

  • Farming with FPS mechanics
  • Non-combat mech action
  • Colourful alien landscapes to explore
  • Alien plants to discover and grow

Publisher traction

We have received several publishing offers already and are set to make a decision as soon as possible.

Development status

Gameplay trailer

Associated incubator: The Game Incubator 

Incubator contact: Per Holmén
Developer contactJoakim Hedström
Website
Twitter
Email
Request more info about Farmech

TOSS!🍌

by Agera Games

Facts

Genre: Action, Climbing, Platformer
Platform: VR (Oculus Quest & PC VR)
Dev time: 6 months
Looking for: Publisher, Distribution, Marketing, Porting
Funding needs: €100.000

Synopsis

TOSS!🍌 is a bananas VR climbing platformer where you play as an acrobatic ape with the strength to swing and toss yourself freely between obstacles in challenging playgrounds. 🐒

Uniqueness

  • Gameplay oriented theming - play as an ape and collect bananas to unlock new levels
  • Story mode presents dozens of handcrafted levels that will take you from beginner to black belt tosser in no time
  • Super responsive controls and intuitive gameplay, just grab something and start climbing
  • Developed for mobile first, resulting in a beautiful yet optimized aesthetic
  • Create your own levels and show of your skills by sharing them with the community. Combine all the building blocks of TOSS!🍌 in new unique ways that our developers couldn't even imagine!

Customer traction

Closed alpha test resulted in:
  • 697 sign-ups
  • 272 playtesters
  • 600 Steam wishlists
  • Hundreds of new Discord members, Reddit followers etc.
We're planning on more closed gameplay testing to keep generating hype as well as participation in the Steam Winter Game Festival.

Development status

Associated incubator: The Great Journey 

Incubator contact: Mikael Forslund
Developer contactSimon Bergqvist
Website
Twitter
Email
Request more info about TOSS!🍌

Did you miss the previous newsletter?

We got several requests for introductions from publishers last time - and we are happy with the result. Some of the developers are still looking for publishers, so there is still time to reach out.

Games presented in Newsletter #1, April 2020:
Darkbolt by Overflow Games
Plunder Pack by Friendly Fire
Usurper by Caspian Interactive
Decent Alps by Sutur
Games presented in Newsletter #2, June 2020:
Coridden by Aftnareld
Strobophagia by Green Tile Digital
Farmech by Frame Break
Nienix by Holmcom
Cybiator by SetShape Studio
Games presented in Newsletter #3, November 2020:
Virtuverse by Virtuverse
Gori: Cuddly Carnage by Angry Demon Studio
Some Wait Dreaming by Twin Wisp Arts
Request more info about previous games
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