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Wholesome Direct 2024 featured an hour of delightful-looking games, cosy and otherwiseMany with playable demos
Many with playable demos
Image credit:Crinkle Cut Games
Image credit:Crinkle Cut Games
The advertising bonanza formerly known as E3 continues into its second day with another set of streams. The Wholesome Direct was today’s highlight, in my mind. The yearly collection of games that may or may not be cosy, but which definitely do not involve stabbing men in the neck, always contains some games worth keeping an eye on. This year was no different, and you’ll find the archived stream below.
It’s a full hour and hot damn it includes a lot of games:
Wholesome Direct - Indie Game Showcase 6.8.2024The 2024 Wholesome Direct.Watch on YouTube
Wholesome Direct - Indie Game Showcase 6.8.2024
I like the dark edge ofDiscounty, which takes the familiar shop simulation loop of stocking shelves and serving customers and puts it to work in service of creating a sprawling - and potentially exploiting and polluting - supermarket. TheSteam pagewarns that not everyone wants you to succeed, which seems only sensible.
Lastly, I loved the look ofSpilled!. It’s a relaxing game about cleaning up oil spills in your little tugboat, then upgrading the boat, and it has had a playable demo for a while. The announcement here was that its getting a graphics upgrade later this summer, following its successful Kickstarter earlier this year.
The flurry of summer games events are now underway! Hit up ourSummer Game Fest 2024 huband ourDay Of The Devs roundupfor all the news worth caring about from the shows so far.
