Indie Jam will be returning to Xsolla Curine Academy in Kuala Lumpur this weekend, celebrating the rising ASEAN game development industry with a student game jam, industry talks, and the first IGDA Mentor Café in the Asian region.
As always, at the heart of the event is its indie game showcase, this time featuring ASEAN indie games and student demos from across Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. If you can’t make it to the event, or just want an early look at the games, here’s a list of all the titles showcased:
Note: Titles not linked do not have a public-facing demo available as of time of writing
Indie Studios & Solo Developers
Sushi POP! – Make With Friends
Sushi POP! is a hyper-casual tap/clicker game where you play as a chef running a 5-star Meow-chellin sushi restaurant. Satisfy the waves of hungry customers flooding your store before your reputation is ruined!
Learn more on Itch.io.
Duo Quest – 1+1 Studios
Dive into a fantasy world where your bond is your greatest weapon! Team up with a friend to battle monsters by answering quirky and thought-provoking questions about each other, while building decks and exploring an ever-changing world. Can your relationship survive the ultimate test?
Learn more on Steam.
Weyrdlets – Weyrdworks
Weyrdlets is an idle virtual pet game that harmonizes relaxation with productivity. Collect adorable items, customize your pet and its home, and bring your loving companion to your desktop to boost real-life tasks, enriching your daily routine with a touch of joy and motivation!
Learn more on Steam.
Yan Parasomnia – Nimbus Games
What begins as a simple funeral wake spirals into something far more sinister. As the Wan Siblings, explore their childhood home and uncover a dark plot, all the while surviving the malice of the tragic denizens trapped therein.
Learn more on Steam.
Cerebral Escape – Cerebral Games
The Cerebral Escape Series is an anthology of first-person horror escape room games. It contains 3 different games, namely Anachron, Pagan & Splinters. Utilize your deduction & observation skills to solve puzzles, as well as rely on your survival instincts to make your escape.
Learn more on Steam.
Kooeh: A Timeless Delight – Twilight Foundry
Kooeh: A Timeless Delight is a heartwarming cosy narrative-driven restaurant management game about rediscovering lost family recipes and reviving the family restaurant.
Learn more on Steam.
Falling Rain – Alkaline Game
Falling Rain is a third-person anime shooting RPG game with an advanced movement mechanic. Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world and experience the characters’ struggle as you follow them to the end of their story.
Learn more on Steam.
Determinant – Khor Chin Heong
Realistic physics-based open-world survival game set in the future. Survival, crafting, exploration and base building are the main focus. Hunt for food and water and survive against environmental hazards. Combat is possible, but more defensive in nature.
Learn more on Steam.
Nullspace – Kaigan Games
Experience epic space battles in NULLSPACE, a story driven real-time strategy set in a retrofuturistic universe. Command massive fleets across the battlefield or jump in and take direct control of individual squadrons. Lead your forces to victory in visceral space combat.
Learn more on Steam.
Deadly Rehearsal – Kaigan Games
The rehearsal must be flawless. Every sound, every light timed perfectly. You are one of the best stage managers after all. Failure is not an option. The play is cursed… and it demands perfection.
Learn more on Steam.
SHUNYA – Morleaf Studio
Shunya is a 2D platform puzzle game where players control both a girl and a cat simultaneously using their keyboard and mouse. Players will embark on an adventure through 6 different worlds, each with their own theme and set of levels. The girl will use the cat’s Magical Cube-Drawing Powers to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles.
Learn more on Steam or Itch.io.
Am I Nima – HO! Games
Am I Nima is a psychological-horror game where you must convince your mom that you really are her daughter. Combine words together in your brain and use them to talk. Get her to trust you.
Learn more on Steam.
MimiCries – Miniversal Games
Investigate the mysteries of a haunted mansion as you solve various challenging puzzles in this Victorian-inspired, narrative-driven escape room game. With only your wit and a lantern to light the way forward, will the choices you make seal your fate, or open the path to freedom?
Learn more on Steam.
UNYIELDER – TrueWorld Studios
Step into UNYIELDER, a fast-paced, boss-rush roguelite FPS where precision, movement, and adaptability define survival.
Learn more on Steam.
Glyphica: Typing Survival – aliasBLACK
Weaponize your WPM. Glyphica: Typing Survival is a single-player roguelite horde survival typing game that lets you mow down hordes of enemies in a minimalistic arena using your finger dexterity, your choice of weapons loadout, and sheer determination.
Learn more on Steam.
Love In Tiny Spaces – BattleBrew Productions
A bite sized quickie of a game, find your girlfriend and avoid her parents (and neighbours!) in this humorous tongue-in-cheek top-down stealth game! Navigate the corridors of the big city – then change it up using the powers of the Love Transport Authority, with love as your guide.
Learn more on Steam.
Isekai-Ya – Oyen Studio
An adorable cooking game where you hop around many worlds, finding new ingredients to whip up new recipes. Get to meet a variety of customers of all races and background as you immerse yourself in the flow and frenzy of running a restaurant.
Learn more on Steam.
SEDAP! A Culinary Adventure – kopiforge
SEDAP! is a co-op cooking-combat adventure that combines the chaos of a collaborative kitchen and the wonders of adventuring into an unexplored world. Embark on an exciting culinary journey, whip up delectable delicacies, and serve your way through a fantastical reimagination of Southeast Asia!
Learn more on Steam.
Of The Lilies – Startris Studio
When the curses that only come once a century suddenly resurface, you are tasked to stop them—with a choice that also forces you to face your past. Explore a lore-rich world with 5 possible love interests, and decide if choosing your own motives over the greater good is worth a single sacrifice.
Learn more on Steam.
Dapithapon – JAMAL Studios
Dapithapon is an interactive story-driven game where the player follows the story of a doctor, the new public hospital head struggling to keep the hospital in a functional state. Frazzled over the sad realities happening within the hospital, he is forced to go against his beliefs and question the integrity of his sworn oath. Solve puzzles to help the Doctor hold the hospital together in his pursuit to give its patients a better life.
Learn more on Itch.io.
Eat the Rich – Maccima Games
Be a billionaire, team up and betray your friends all at once in EAT THE RICH! A social party game for 6-10 players where you play mini games, vote out the competition, conspire to get ahead, all in a bid for fame and fortune!
Learn more on Steam.
Repeat After Death – Exploding Soes Studio
The task is simple: defeat enemies using various characters. But beware, as the actions you make will be repeated against you in your next run. Dodge your way through the many ghosts of your own movement to kill the guardian and get out of this looping purgatory.
Learn more on Steam.
Memory Rewind – Lion Core, Niji Games
Embark on a thrilling detective visual novel adventure, accompanied by your quirky assistant, Olivina. Navigate through a bizarre case with unique investigation gameplay, and meet a diverse cast of characters as you unravel the story.
Learn more on Steam.
As I Began To Dream – Strayflux
As I Began to Dream is a journey about a little girl and her turtle who are trapped in her dream world, dealing with her past trauma. She can control her dream world in a unique way to better navigate her realm of grief.
Learn more on Steam.
Unrivaled Heroes: 2.5D Brawler
A 2.5D side-scrolling beat-’em-up where players experience the thrill of multiple unrivaled heroes, each with unique abilities. Master martial arts, unleash powerful skills, and conquer epic bosses. With local co-op for up to 4 players, team up for intense combat and a truly unforgettable adventure.
Learn more on Steam.
Building Relationships – Tan Ant Games
Experience life as a house in this silly adventure game! Play as a building as you roll, jump, and wave-dash across a cozy island. Meet eligible structures, romance them, and experience a bizarre, yet oddly familiar story… or go fishing instead (though the fish have been replaced with cars to make more sense).
Learn more on Steam.
Student Games
Digipen The One Academy
Digipen The One Academy will present the following games:
- Distorted Rooms
- Beast Cooker
- Unchained
- Sonic Siege
- Wizard Match
- TIM
- CyberFall
- InterLinked
University of Wollongong Malaysia (UOWM)
University of Wollongong Malaysia will present the following games:
- Mindslayer
- Hikayat Pak Ya
- Cyberdive
- Mythical Dateline
- Mopsy’s Toyshop Adventure
Asia Pacific University
Asia Pacific University will present the following games:
- FiresOut!
- Lumina
- The Sorcery Academy
- Demonic
- Tiamat
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman will present the following game:
Management and Science University (MSU)
Management and Science University will present the following game:
- TBC
You can also find these games on the official Indie Jam Steam and Itch.io pages.
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