#Project Nimbus Infinity

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GameTomo has released the PlayPrime trailer and an eight-minute gameplay video for high-speed mech action game Nimbus INFINITY.

Here is an overview of the game, via its official website:

■ A New Age

It’s the eve of the year 2100.

In the time since the end of the last great war, half of humanity has migrated to space and built colonies to open a new horizon, while the central CFN government has successfully united the warring factions of Earth under its iron command.

Battle Frame technology has fallen into disuse, as elite pilots with the ability to create neural links with the mighty mechs have all but vanished, ceding the battlefield to brute force and superior numbers.

But as 2099 ends and 2100 begins, a young man sees a bright light streak across the sky, and the future of humanity once again hangs in the balance.

The next installment in the high-speed mech action series Project Nimbus, arriving soon.

■ Mechanics

Skill-Based Combat – Choose your weapons wisely and aim them accurately to take out a variety of enemy types.

Diverse Battlefields – Cities, asteroid belts, deserts, and various other environments to add new levels of challenge and excitement.

Customizable Loadouts – Build your loadout from multiple options, gears, weapons, missiles, and more.

■ Characters

Taiyo Iwata

A 17-year-old high schooler from Saitama who delivers tofu to make ends meet.

He leads a typical middle-class life—albeit with a single mother, who’s lately been away working in a different city. This effectively leaves him to run the family’s delivery business all on his own.

It’s a mundane, but peaceful life… at least, until he gets entangled in a conflict beyond his wildest understanding.

Luna Campbell

A 15-year-old girl of British descent, hailing from a wealthy family with significant influence in both the terrestrial and extraterrestrial economies.

While book-smart and full of ideals gained from literature, she has a naivety that comes from her sheltered upbringing—a privileged life that will soon be challenged.

Nimbus INFINITY is due out for “next-gen consoles” and PC via Steam in 2021.

Watch the footage below.

Trailer

Gameplay

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All the Announcements (June 6, 2020)

June 6, 2020 8:08 PM EST

All the announcements at Indie Live Expo 2020, a huge stream celebrating doujin games, featuring messages from Swery, ZUN, Toby Fox and more.

The Indie Live Expo 2020 live stream event was held on June 6, revealing a plethora of info on Doujin games and Japanese indie games. Here’s a list of all the announcements made during the stream.

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 Launches June 22, 2020, on Steam

From mountains high to valleys low…

From cities big and small…

From beyond the clouds and across the seas…

We have heard your cries.

“GV2 Steam when?”

At last, we have an answer for you! Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 is coming to Steam on June 22!https://t.co/VqbUH2ghdE pic.twitter.com/pNLYCoueKO

— Inti Creates (@IntiCreatesEN) June 6, 2020

Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 was originally a Nintendo 3DS game launched in 2016. Inti Creates launched the game on PS4 in April 2020. It’s now coming to Steam on June 22, only two weeks from now. Read our review here.

2D Action Game Cogen: Sword of Rewind Announced for 2020 Release on Steam, Switch, PS4

Japanese indie studio Gemdrops announced Cogen: Ootori Kohaku to Toki no Ken. Also known as Cogen: Sword of Rewind, it’s coming in 2020 on PC, PS4, and Switch. Sakuraba is composing the OST. Read our dedicated article for more details.

Record of Lodoss War – Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- Early Access Stage 2 Coming Late June

Team Ladybug announced on Indie Live Expo 2020 that the second stage of Record of Lodoss War – Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- will launch in late June. A trailer showing the stage was published as well. Record of Lodoss War – Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth- launched in early access on March 12, 2020. As of now it only has a single stage, so it really is an early access. Stage 2 will include Efreet and Ylk as mid-bosses. The developers promises more content to come soon. You can read much more on this Metroidvania featuring Deedlit from Ryo Mizuno’s Lodoss novels with our past coverage here and here.

Online Multiplayer, Open-world, Survival Action game Craftopia Announced on Steam, with Early Access This July

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50 players will be chosen by lottery and receive the invitation code via DM. The application period is by 6/12 23:59 pic.twitter.com/yx3rHQkaKo

— Pocketpair – Craftopia (@PocketpairGames) June 6, 2020

Japanese indie devs Pocket Pair revealed its online multiplayer game Craftopia, and announced a Steam Early Access in July. Recruitment for a Closed Alpha Test also began.

Craftopia might look like Story of Seasons in 3D at a first glance, but it actually mixes Survival, Open-World, Crafting, Pokemon, and Online Multiplayer. Craftopia is also an hack ‘n’ slash, as you’ll craft your own equipment and learn skills to fight. You can make buildings and vehicles as well. The game promises a high degree of freedom, allowing you to do a lot of things that would lend you in jail in real life, such as building a giant machine to automatically boil livestock for food, or hunting elephants.

Craftopia looks like tons of fun and is definitely a game I’ll keep an eye on. The official site promises “endless possibilities”. If you can create a whole automated society complete with state racism and cops characters who assassinate innocents with impunity, I’ll buy this in a heartbeat.

Nimbus Infinity Announced on PC via Steam and Consoles (Release Date TBA)

GameTomo and GameCrafterTeam announced Nimbus Infinity, the sequel to high-speed mecha action game Project Nimbus. Nimbus Infinity will feature skill-based combat, diverse battlefields from asteroid belts to deserts, and customizable mecha & weapons. You can read more on the game on its official site. It’s interesting to note Nimbus Infinity was announced for PC via Steam and “consoles”, so perhaps it could come to Xbox Series X and PS5.

Sumire Announced for PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch (Release Date TBA)

GameTomo revealed a brand new narrative-driven game, Sumire no Sora. it’s definitely one of the game that piqued my interest the most during the Indie Live Expo 2020 stream, so I detailed what we know about the game via a dedicated article.

Picontier, Coming to PC and Switch, Gets New Gameplay (Release Date TBA)

『ピコンティア』の最新映像が公開されました！でもこれは、まだほんの一部です！完成までもう少しお時間をください…！#ピコンティア #Picontier #gamedev pic.twitter.com/bGDtTuCnGm

— ユウラボ@Skipmore (@skipmore) June 6, 2020

Developed by Skipmore (Fairune, Kamiko) Picontier is a slow-paced garden raising game with cute pixel art. You can also fish and fight monsters.  It’s similar to Bokujou Monogatari (Story of Seasons) and its spinoff Rune Factory. They showed around 5 minutes of gameplay on the Indie Live Expo stream. Watch it at the 54:03 timestamp. The game’s developer asked us on Twitter to please wait a bit more till release. They’re also working on another game called Transiruby.

Touhou Fan Game Gensokyo Night Festival on Steam Gets Major Content Update Coming Soon

Tea_Basira announced during Indie Live Expo 2020 that its 2D scrolling action Touhou game, Gensokyo Night Festival, will get a new update soon. Similarly to Deedlit in Wonderland, the game is in early access. The update will add the game’s second stage, which has Utsuho Reiuji aka Okuu as boss, one of my favorite 2hues.

Chinese Parents, Already Available in English, Will Now Launch in Japanese

Chinese Parents is a pretty interesting sounding game. It’s a raising simulation where you live as a Chinese kid born in an average family, from their very early days of life up to the end of high school when they turn 18 years old. You decide how to spend your time, having fun, studying, learning skills, etc. It’s pretty much Princess Maker but with Chinese Parents. I’d definitely like to try it one day.

Children of Morta, Already Available in the West, was Finally Announced for our Japanese Peers on PS4, Switch

Children of Morta is an indie-action RPG available in the West on PS4 and Switch. Developed by Dead Mage, Children of Morta‘s story driven experience will hopefully become a hit in Japan. No release estimate for the Japanese version was announced yet, but hopefully the wait won’t be much longer. You can read our review of Children of Morta here.

The Indie Live Expo 2020 stream is embedded below. You have the English version and the Japanese version. Smaller announcements were also made, like new ports of existing games. Multiple already revealed or released games were featured for exposure too, such as Gnosia and Alter Ego S. If you’re interested,watch the Indie Waves Part 1,2,3 at the 1:15:56, 2:05:45, and 3:24:27 marks. The event also featured messages from popular Japanese developers:

ZUN (Touhou Project)

Toby Fox (“UNDERTALE”, “DELTARUNE”)

SWERY (CEO for White Owls Inc. ) (1:30:58)

Kazuya Nino (TYPE-MOON studio BB) (3:58:18)

Shuhei Yoshida(Head of Indies Initiative Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Jenova Chen(Co-Founder and Creative Director of thatgamecompany)

ZUN appears on stream at the 4:00:24 mark. He waited in the next room for like 6 hours, watching the stream unfold. Toby Fox’s heartwarming message follows soon after. You can watch Toby Fox’ message by itself here, but it isn’t as poignant without the comments from ZUN.

Source: Indie Live Expo 2020

June 6, 2020 8:08 PM EST

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Project Nimbus Infinity, Anime Mecha Shooter Heads Into Pre-Production

Project Nimbus Infinity, Anime Mecha Shooter Heads Into Pre-Production | #Mech #Mecha #Mechs #Anime

After launching the action-anime mecha game, Project Nimbus: Code Mirai on PS4 in the U.K., and U.S., back in April, KISS Publishing, GameTomo and GameCrafterTeam announced that they will be collaborating again on the sequel, Project Nimbus Infinity. (more…)

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Review | Nimbus INFINITY (PC)

From its design choices to world building, Nimbus INFINITY is a love letter to mecha as it embraces everything that has defined the genre.

Take to the Skys in a new Battle Frame Back in 2017, mecha fans were wowed by Project Nimbus. From its easy-to-learn combat to the colorful world and detailed world-building; it was the perfect game for those who just want a simple mech combat experience. Nimbus INFINITY continues that while also incorporating the lessons learned from its predecessor. Nimbus INFINITY is one of those mecha games…

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Interview: Michael Ely of Gametomo

Check out our #indiedev interview with Michael Ely of @GameTomoEN about #ProjectNimbus Complete Edition for #NintendoSwitch!

I’ve been keeping an eye on mech action game Project Nimbus ever since I played and reviewed Project Nimbus: Code Mirai on PlayStation 4. Recently, Project Nimbus Complete Edition was released worldwide for Nintendo Switch. Featuring an extended single player campaign, a refined survival mode, and a brand new Warfront mode, the complete edition is the best way to experience Project Nimbus. Out of…

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Project Nimbus Sequel Nimbus INFINITY Gets First Gameplay Footage https://t.co/1VfYYBzYWo

Project Nimbus Sequel Nimbus INFINITY Gets First Gameplay Footage https://t.co/1VfYYBzYWo

— Retrograde Wear Gaming (@RetroGradeWear) June 6, 2020

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'Project Nimbus Infinity' (ALL) Revealed

http://dlvr.it/QSXtW8

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GameTomo has announced high-speed mech action game Nimbus Infinity for PC and to be announced consoles. A release date was not announced.

Here is an overview of the game, via its official website:

■ A New Age

It’s the eve of the year 2100.

In the time since the end of the last great war, half of humanity has migrated to space and built colonies to open a new horizon, while the central CFN government has successfully united the warring factions of Earth under its iron command.

Battle Frame technology has fallen into disuse, as elite pilots with the ability to create neural links with the mighty mechs have all but vanished, ceding the battlefield to brute force and superior numbers.

But as 2099 ends and 2100 begins, a young man sees a bright light streak across the sky, and the future of humanity once again hangs in the balance.

The next installment in the high-speed mech action series Project Nimbus, arriving soon.

■ Mechanics

Skill-Based Combat – Choose your weapons wisely and aim them accurately to take out a variety of enemy types.

Diverse Battlefields – Cities, asteroid belts, deserts, and various other environments to add new levels of challenge and excitement.

Customizable Loadouts – Build your loadout from multiple options, gears, weapons, missiles, and more.

■ Characters

Taiyo Iwata

A 17-year-old high schooler from Saitama who delivers tofu to make ends meet.

He leads a typical middle-class life– albeit with a single mother, who’s lately been away working in a different city. This effectively leaves him to run the family’s delivery business all on his own.

It’s a mundane, but peaceful life… at least, until he gets entangled in a conflict beyond his wildest understanding.

Luna Campbell

A 15-year-old girl of British descent, hailing from a wealthy family with significant influence in both the terrestrial and extraterrestrial economies.

While book-smart and full of ideals gained from literature, she has a naivety that comes from her sheltered upbringing– a privileged life that will soon be challenged.

Watch the announcement trailer below.

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Japanese Indie Game Sumire no Sora Announced on Steam, Switch

June 6, 2020 2:52 PM EST

Announced during Indie Live Expo 2020, Sumire no Sora is a cute narrative-driven game, taking place in the span of a day, in a mystical Japanese village.

GameTomo announced Sumire no Sora for Steam and Switch, during Indie Live Expo 2020 held on June 6. Sumire is a narrative game taking place in the span of a day, in a mystical, Japanese-styled village. Titular protagonist Sumire was given a list of task to accomplish by the mischievous spirit of the mountain, and needs to clear said list before night falls.

In Japanese, the game is titled Sumire no Sora, Sumire’s Sky, and the game’s genre is described as ADV. These are story-driven, text-heavy games where you control a character’s movements and choices either directly, or through text options. See 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. It’s basically what most people in the west would call a visual novel.

Sumire is a doujin game, as in a Japanese indie game, and is still in development and has no release date estimate yet. News updates on the game will be coming via the Steam page and on GameTomo’s Twitter account.

Screenshots from Sumire are included below. Here are additional details from the press release.

Explore through a variety of lush, beautiful environments rendered in a painterly style.

Discover collectibles, bonus items, tests of skill, and other challenges — some hidden, some not.

A series of quests both big and small, given by charming forest creatures, quirky townspeople, and Sumire’s own heartfelt needs. Take or refuse them, but be wary: as the day progresses, you may never get the same chance again.

A one day time limit. With the sky changing from the promise of morning to the soft twilight, all choices are finished when the sky turns to violet.

GameTomo in the past developed Project Nimbus, a pretty cool-looking mecha game, together with GameCrafterTeam. A sequel titled Nimbus Infinity is also in the works, and a first trailer was published during Indie Live Expo 2020.

Personally speaking, I like ADV games, story-driven games, and this looks super cute so I’m definitely looking forward to it.

Stay tuned like Ulala would say as we’ll soon push out a summary of all the announcements from Indie Live Expo 2020.

Source: GameTomo, Indie Live Expo 2020

June 6, 2020 2:52 PM EST

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