Top Hat Studios to premiere publisher showcase at Guerrilla Collective, debuting new trailers and more!
Top Hat Studios, Inc., a grassroots-indie focused publishing, co-development, incubation, & consultancy house, will be featured in this year's summer Guerrilla Collective 2024, and will debut a special, dedicated 12 minute long segment featuring new trailers, announcements, and more on several of its highly anticipated catalog titles.
Airing in the Guerilla Collective livestream scheduled for June 6th at 10am pacific time, the Top Hat Studios showcase will premiere never-seen-before content and announcements for the following games:
In addition to the main Top Hat Studios Showcase on June 6th, additional events are also happening over course of the week, highlighting additional announcements from within the publisher's catalog:
June 4th, at 12pm pacific time, Los Angeles - OTK Expo: the developer of recently released and highly acclaimed comedy-RPG ATHENIAN RHAPSODY will be interviewed live during the OTK Expo, during which he will reveal brand new content for the game. Featuring an online event system inspired by old school pokemon titles. ATHENIAN RHAPSODY features a unique storytelling system where the actions & results of a playthrough are summed and recorded as a unique "Rhapsody" memento, which can be shared amongst players to re-tell the story so others can witness another player's unique adventure. The first online event leveraging such will be rolled out globally during the OTK Expo
- Also on June 4th, at 8am pacific time: Indie3, hosted by indie-focused youtuber @ClemmyGames on YouTube - Crypt Custodian will also make a feature during this community focused showcase celebrating indie games. Also featuring is Windswept, a 90s-inspired platorming title from Top Hat Studios in early development, which will have more to show in the next year.
Games appearing in the Top Hat Studios Showcase @ Guerrilla Collective
LABYRINTH OF THE DEMON KING
A first person survival horror game with brutal melee combat, set in a world inspired by feudal Japan. Venture through the Labyrinth Of The Demon King, solving puzzles and fighting terrifying monsters, in an epic quest to track down the demon who betrayed your lord and end its life. Featuring PS1-style retro graphics, complete with dither filters and loading screen doors.
The World has entered The Latter Age Of The Dharma.
CRYPT CUSTODIAN
A charming metroidvania from veteran developer Kyle Thompson (Sheepo, Islets) about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape. For those who have difficulty moving on, could there be... a way to still communicate with the living?
SONZAI
SONZAI is a story-rich, social link based RPG with combo character action & JRPG elements. Welcome to Kumotoshi: the only town in the world where magic exists. Draw strength from your friends and interact with the denizens of an always-moving, dynamic town by daylight, and juggle & rip through evil spirits with a vast array of combo-based weapons & skills at night. Thrust into new circumstances, and with an unlikely crew of companions, embark on a journey to uncover the secrets & scars of a place like no other.
UNDER THE ISLAND
Explore a charmingly 90s fantasy world in this 2D action RPG! Save your island home from sinking, and become a hero in the process. Encounter monsters, solve puzzles, and unleash the joy of exploration and discovering secrets. Under the Island celebrates the feeling of self-directed, open adventure, capturing those childhood feelings of hoping to discover hidden secrets and corners of the world as you rummaged around in the backyard as a kid.
FROGUN ENCORE
Frogun ENCORE is a dashing standalone expansion/sequel to the indie hit FROGUN! Join the now grown-up Renata and Jake in a trek around the whole world to prevent the return of Beelzebub. ENCORE builds upon FROGUN's retro PS1/N64 formula, with the whole adventure enjoyable in true couch co-op.
Ova Magica
Welcome to Clover Town! Befriend blobs, explore themed dungeons, and maybe meet the love of your life in this creature collector meets social sim JRPG! When not battling fellow blob trainers or making friends with (or doing errands for) the people of Clover Town, tend to your quaint little farmstead, where you grow & craft ingredients & materials to not only strengthen your blobs and make money... but also unlock new worlds full of adventures...
More news on these projects, as well as other unannounced titles from Top Hat Studios, will be coming throughout the year.
About Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Top Hat Studios is your favorite publisher of fine indie delicacies, primarily supporting Japanese-inspired, retro-themed, and highly creative titles. As a company started by and working with grassroots developers and incubating developer talent, Top Hat Studios focuses on supporting games all the way from blockbuster productions through to niche and boutique experimentations.
Top Hat Studios' diverse portfolio includes hits such as Athenian Rhapsody, Frogun, Ova Magica, SONZAI, Labyrinth of the Demon King, and many more. Unique in its relationship to its partnered developers, Top Hat Studios is more than just a publisher but rather a strategic long-term partner, and provides a suite of resources to its developers, which include publishing, business development, corporate advisory, product & long-term strategy, creative media, tools, co-development, and engineering & porting expertise working with all major engines and codebases.
