The 2017 PAX Australia Indie Showcase winners have been revealed, chosen from nearly 100 submissions from Australia and New Zealand. Alumni of the PAX AIS include some of the biggest locally made games such as mind bending first person puzzler Antichamber, Goldeneye multiplayer cheating simulator Screencheat, addictive minimalist train planner Mini Metro and excellent hacker simulation Hacknet among plenty of others.
First we have Forts, a PAX Australia veteran that was released back in April 2017 and has been in various stages of development for over 14 years. Forts is a physics based strategy game from Brisbane based EarthWork Games, where you and up to eight opponents first build a heavily armed, impenetrable death fortress, then use it to take out your opponents war machines.
Grabity is a twin stick, four player arena brawler, the exact type of game PAX is best at showing off as a lounge full of opponents is never far away. From New Zealand developer Ninja Thumbs, Grabity was the winner of the 2016 Kiwi Game Starter competition.
Projection comes from Sydney based Shadowplay Studios; a 2D puzzle platform adventure around manipulating light and shadow. Not alot has been revealed about this one, but it looks absolutely gorgeous.
Sky Noon is another graduate from show floor to showcase, a first person Smash Bros with grappling hooks with a distinct Western theme. Another game from across the ditch, Sky Noon is developed by Auckland based Lunar Rooster.
The Gardens Between comes from The Voxel Agents, best known for the early mobile addiction Train Conductor and the brain bending Puzzle Retreat. The Gardens Between is a massive departure from those games, a narrative driven, time manipulation puzzle adventure.
The final Indie Showcase representative is virtual reality party game Virtually Impossible, from Melbourne studio Growl Interactive. VR has always been a favourite on the PAX show floor but Virtually Impossible looks to be a sure fire hit, a hilarious, ridiculous mini game collection that was released for Steam VR in April this year.
You can play all six of these showcase games at PAX Australia in Melbourne October 27-29, alongside a whole heap more of the best Australian indie games. You can find more information over at the PAX AUS website.
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