Trash Goblin Featured at SXSW Sydney 2024 Games FestivalNews

Trash Goblin Featured at SXSW Sydney 2024 Games Festival

Celebrate Creativity! Experience the Latest Trash Goblin Demo from October 17th to 20th

London, England – October 17th, 2024 — Indie game developer Spilt Milk Studios is excited to announce that their upcoming wholesome shopkeeping game, Trash Goblin, will be featured at the SXSW Sydney 2024 Games Festival from October 17th to 20th. Attendees will have the opportunity to play the demo during the event just ahead of its Early Access launch on November 6th.

In Trash Goblin, players take on the role of a goblin shopkeeper, discovering and restoring trinkets to sell. Players will chip away at dirt and grime to uncover peculiar knickknacks, scrubbing them clean before offering them for sale. As the saying goes, "one goblin's trash is another goblin's treasure!"

"We're thrilled to have Trash Goblin included in the SXSW Sydney 2024 Games Festival that unites creators and innovators from across the globe to celebrate the latest advancements in gaming, music, film and technology," said Andrew Smith, Creative Director at Spilt Milk Studios. "This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with a global audience and we can't wait for attendees to experience the cozy, quirky adventure our game offers."

The demo will include:

The first 30+ minutes of the full game including story, characters, and a proper tutorial!
20 trinkets to experiment with through chipping, cleaning, upcycling, and selling
Refined controls for smoother object interactions
Customise your shop with shelves and cosmetics
Chipping, Cleaning and Upcycling gameplay
Several NPC's to chat to and tease the mysteries of the wider world

Trash Goblin lets you customise your newly replenished goods by combining trinkets together, upcycling them into strange and wonderful new items to meet the eccentric requests of your endless array of colourful customers. Get to know your audience so you can make custom pieces tailored around their likes and dislikes - which will fetch you even more money!

Grow your business! Invest your savings to upgrade your shop, buy new and better tools that offer additional ways to restore your trinkets - making them even more valuable - and even expand your business to exciting new districts across town!

Trash Goblin's Early Access launch will feature:

50+ trinkets, accessories & variations to find, clean, repair and upcycle with well over 180 unique (and sometimes questionable) combinations to muck around with
3+ tools to use across 3 trinket-care minigames
10+ NPC characters to get to know and sell to
Hand-crafted quests
Endless customers
Endless gameplay

In other exciting news, Trash Goblin has been announced as a finalist at the TIGA Games Industry Awards for Best Casual Game and Best Small Studio, and has been nominated at the DevGamm Awards 2024 for 4 categories - Excellence in Game Design, Excellence in Visual Art, Excellence in Audio, and Most Anticipated Game.