Today the Tribeca Festival, which recognizes achievement across various entertainment mediums, announced their games lineup for 2024.
The lineup includes some indie games we already know about, like the upcoming “comedy slapformer” Thank Goodness You’re Here!, and a couple new games, like a narrative adventure called Goodnight Universe. All seven of the featured games will be playable in New York City’s Pier 57 from June 12-16 later this year.
The seven games are:
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure
This tile-shifting puzzle game comes from indie developer Furniture & Matress, and follows a misfit girl named Jemma who leaves her cozy town in search of adventure.
Blue Prince
This atmospheric first-person game combines strategy, adventure, and puzzle elemebts as you work to uncover the mysterious history of a large estate. It’s being developed by Dogubomb and published by Raw Fury, and you can check out the announcement trailer here.
Darkweb Streamer
If you’ve ever wanted to play as an occult streamer on the dark web, this psycho-horror RPG will give you the oddly specific chance you’ve been waiting for. From developer We Have Always Lived in the Forest, this RPG utilizes a house-made narrative technology that promises every playthrough will have a uniquely generated story.
Goodnight Universe
In Goodnight Universe, you take on the role of a six-month old baby developing psychic abilities trying to evade capture from a corporation who wants to use you and your abilities for themselves. The game is being developed by Nice Dream, a studio recently founded by the co-creators of Before Your Eyes.
Neva
First announced at the PlayStation showcase last year, this emotional action-adventure comes from Nomada Studios, which previously developed GRIS.
Skate Story
This bizarre skateboarding adventure has you skating through the underworld with the goal of making it to the moon and swallowing it to win a wager with the devil. Sounds pretty radical to me!
Thank Goodness You’re Here
Thank Goodness You’re Here is a comedic “slapformer” where you play a traveling salesman in an English town who becomes saddled with doing everyone’s increasingly bizarre chores. The game features hand-drawn animation and an unhinged cartoonish art style.
In addition to these seven titles, Tribeca Festival has also announced a special event on June 14th called “From Fire to Firaga: Remaking Final Fantasy VII, which will feature director of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Naoki Hamaguchi and the producer and game director of the original Final Fantasy VII Yoshinori Kitase. During the event the two will “discuss what it was like remaking the beloved classic and bringing an iconic cast of characters to life in the modern age.”
Travis Northup is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @TieGuyTravis and read his games coverage here.
