Nordic Countries are Coming to Indie Prize Tel Aviv

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October 11, 2016 — by Yuliya Moshkaryova

The international Indie Prize showcase for independent developers will take place on Nov 1-3, 2016 in Tel Aviv. Sixty games from 21countries were provided with Indie Prize scholar27ship by Casual Connect and will be showcased at Habima Square during three days from 9 AM to 5 PM.

This year at the international Indie Prize showcase Nordic countries will be represented with one game from Finland and two games from Sweden at the 2nd annual Casual Connect Tel Aviv.

Shadow Bug Rush will represent Finland at Indie Prize showcase on Nov 1-3, 2016 in Tel Aviv.

Shadow Bug Rush is a new f2p version of the award winning iOS premium game Shadow Bug. It will also be released for Android later this autumn.

Game: Shadow Bug Rush
Developer: Muro Studios
Platform: iOS
Website: www.shadowbug.com/media
Country: Finland

Shadow Bug is back as slick as ever in our new free-to-play title Shadow Bug Rush. Shadow Bug Rush offers endless levels of slicing monsters to pieces! The game’s familiar one-finger-controls take platformer gaming to a new level.

Upgrade the game’s worlds by unlocking new monsters and traps. Climb the leaderboards. Collect loot, power ups and characters as you rush through gorgeous landscapes with your ninja powers!

Two games were selected to be showcased at Indie Prize Tel Aviv from Sweden.

Notes of Obsession won Game of the Year and Best Execution in Audio at Swedish Game Awards 2016 - an Indie Prize Nomination Partner event - and was nominated for the international Indie Prize showcase.

Notes of Obsession have reached over 140,000 downloads, have been highlighted in the Swedish television news (SVT) and in the local newspaper both from VF and NWT.

Game: Notes of Obsession
Developer: Creaky Stairs Studio
Platform: Desktop Win
Website: https://www.facebook.com/notesofobsession/
Country: Sweden

Notes of Obsession is a first person horror game set inside of a house situated in a Swedish rural town. The player takes on the role of Harriet Sundh, a middle aged interior designer, who wakes up in her living room in the middle of the night. Hearing some eerie music, she is drawn towards the source as she moves through the house. Finding the source to be a music box, she picks it up. As she does, the world around her seems to change, as if she has released something she shouldn’t have trifled with.

Using the music box, the player will need to guide Harriet through the house as it starts to get twisted by unknown forces. To progress, the player will need to find symbols hidden in the environment, while avoiding the dangers that might be lurking in the shadows. But be careful with relying too heavily on the music box, since Harriet isn’t the only one interested in its music.

The other game that will represent Sweden at the international Indie Prize showcase in Tel Aviv is Clustertruck - a platform indie game developed by Landfall Games and published by tinyBuild Games. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and PlayStation 4 on 27 September 2016.

Game: Clustertruck
Developer: Landfall games
Platform: Console, Desktop Win
Website: landfall.se
Country: Sweden

The point of the game is to reach the end of each level without falling off trucks driven by terrible drivers. Playing the campaign mode will take the player on a Hollywood-esque journey through many different worlds where everything tries to kill them.

The game will also feature a fleshed out level editor and in-game steam workshop integration for sharing and browsing custom maps.

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Yuliya Moshkaryova

Yuliya Moshkaryova is the Indie Prize Director and Senior Project Manager and Team Leader at Ukrainian indie studio Wildec LLC. Yuliya travels around the world to meet indie developers from every corner of the globe and to invite the best games to join the Indie Prize scholarship. Follow @MoshkaryovaYuli to stay updated about Indie Prize news and gamedev events.

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