The Glasgow Independent Games Festival is a celebration of indie games brought to you by Hairy Heart Games & Hubworld – the team behind the Southside Games Festival. The new indie-centric event builds on that to deliver a bigger, better – and possibly weirder – event for 2024.
According to the organisers: “We pride ourselves in showing the most interesting, the weirdest, the most moving and unconventional games from Scotland and around the world.”
Expect lots of games to play – unreleased and upcoming titles from the most talented developers. And there’s more, including interviews, talks, music and maybe even poetry!
What’s On?
The Glasgow Independent Games Festival is an all-day event. It will feature 10 amazing indie games for you to play, from some of the most talented developers in the country.
During the day the fest will offer a series of developer talks, exploring how the games you love are made. In the evening there will be live entertainment, music, the poetry mentioned above and an award ceremony for the Best in Show award – as voted for by the audience.
Get Involved…
The Glasgow Independent Games Festival takes place at Civic House (Civic Street, Glasgow G4).
Tickets are available now and start at £10 (regular) / £5 (concession) or go the whole hog with a VIP ticket for £20. Get your ticket here.
Games Include:
- Morgan: Metal Detective – Studio Morgan (London) – A cosy, first-person metal detector adventure game, where you reunite residents of the beautiful Cornish island of Glasden with things they have lost. And with your late Grandpa’s help, maybe restore magic along the way.
- ZOE Begone! – Retchy Games (Glasgow) – Hand-drawn bullet-hell! A frenetic shooter combining the run-and-gun mechanics of Metal Slug with the infinite loops and shmup-ing of Resogun, wrapped up with old-fashioned drawn-on-film style animation. Fight your own creator as the artist bears down on you with pen and paintbrush!
- Valley Peaks – Tub Club (Glasgow) – In this ribbiting first-person climbing platformer, each mountain is like a puzzle, and it’s your job to make your way to the top of every ridge to place radio towers for the froggy inhabitants of Valley Peaks. Overcome challenges such as crumbling rocks, perilous spikes, moving minecarts, and much more as you strive to complete your mission—all while escaping the hustle and bustle of the city!
- Left Upon Read – Triple 7 Studios (Dundee) – Players take the role of a Knight on a mission to save a Princess at the behest of a King. To do this they will have to enter the Witch’s lair and fight her minions, all while replying to messages. The games mixes Dark fantasy genre with modern-day internet humour to create a truly unique vibe, the in-game messages use a fusion of text-speak and Shakespearean English to create a witty dissonance from the hectic and difficult combat.
- It’s Grim Up North – Bad Reaction Games (Yorkshire) – A quaint English village has been invaded by shape-shifting aliens! With his quick wit, skills and a bunch of sarcasm can retired detective (and pensioner) Terry Thomas uncovers the identities of all the aliens hiding among the villagers before his knees give way!?
- Kevin (1997-2077) – Kevin Du (Dundee) – Kevin wants to show what his life would be and why. 他用没人懂的语言写了一本书。 A language-deciphering game.
- Anthology of the Killer – thecatemites (Glasgow) – A collection of nine short, serialised horror-comedy games. Follow the adventures of BB, a new-wave rat girl trying to make zines in a town whose sole economic export consists of themed serial murderers.
- Apartment Story – Blue Rider Interactive (Glasgow) – Third-person drama meets The Sims in a single-room thriller. A story of three people and a gun unfolds in a single apartment through a third-person narrative and a Sims-esque needs-management system.
- Deadlocked – Cognitive Games (Dundee) – Deadlocked: an adrenaline-packed Cartoon top-down shooter. Customize your loadout with unique weapons, unlock fun little pets, and upgrade your character. Master responsive gameplay and become a cutesy robot killing machine, There’s one rule, Defy Deadlock
- The Enjenir – Peaty Turf (Edinburgh) – Put your engineering and problem-solving skills to the test in this sandbox physics building game! Enjoy the freedom of completely gridless 3D sandbox building combined with hilarious ragdoll third-person controls, offering a truly unique and hilarious “Enjeniring” experience!
- Tamagotchi Seance – Nick Murray (London) – Remember your old Tamagotchi. It’s been a long time. Maybe it’s time to talk to it again. Tamagotchi Seance is the third game in a series about loss and the internet by Nick Murray.
- Slopecrashers – Neonhive / Byteparrot – Slopecrashers is a mashup of a family-friendly party game and some hardcore, adrenaline-pumping snowboarding action. Imagine the casual vibes of Mario Kart combined with the crazy tricks of SSX.
Find Out More…
You can find the whole programme on the official Glasgow Indie Games Fest website, or follow the fest on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.