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Versus Evil titles Broken Roads and Lil’ Guardsman featured in showcase Indie X

Watch the live stream featuring these two highly anticipated games

Denver, USA – October 25th, 2023  - Versus Evil, one of the leading independent video game publishers, are showcasing their upcoming line-up by announcing that two of their games are featured as part of the Indie X livestream. Today viewers of the livestream are getting a sneak peek at the post-apocalyptic isometric RPG Broken Roads and the whimsical narrative deduction game Lil’ Guardsman, ahead of the release of both titles later this year.


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The Indie X showcase runs every year, and features many of the most exciting upcoming indie titles on its livestream. This year, the show is bigger than ever before, as Indie X is partnering with DevGAMM, one of the largest video games B2B events in the world. Indie X is split into multiple sections, with an international games showcase, panel and Steam sale supporting the initial livestream. Each game shown will also have a chance to be featured as one of Indie X’s finalists, giving those titles a further spotlight. 

Broken Roads is a narrative-driven RPG that brings exploration, strategic turn-based combat and meaningful philosophical choices to an all-new Australian post-apocalyptic setting. Broken Roads skillfully blends traditional and all-new role-playing elements on top of a classless system offering near-unlimited character development options built around four philosophies: Humanist, Utilitarian, Machiavellian, and Nihilist. Furthermore the game presents players with an original morality system: the Moral Compass which sees dialogue options and questing decisions influence, and be influenced by, a character's philosophical leaning and the tough decisions they make along the way.  

Lil' Guardsman is a narrative deduction game, inspired by the classic point-and-click genre and the mechanics of Papers, Please. Set in a high-fantasy world with the comedic sensibility of Monkey Island and other 90s Lucasarts adventure classics, Lil regularly finds herself covering for her dad, the head castle guardsman, as she interrogates an array of fun and weird characters trying to gain entry to their city walls. Consequences can be severe in this narrative-driven experience, and clever use of your abilities can help you uncover mass conspiracies and protect your castle and family from devious interlopers.


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About Drop Bear Bytes
Drop Bear Bytes is an independent studio headquartered in Torquay, Victoria, Australia. Drop Bear Bytes was established in early 2019 with the goal of developing a deep, narrative-driven role-playing experience. With a team comprised of developers, artists and writers from Australia, South Africa, Canada, USA and China, we are currently working on our debut title, Broken Roads, a traditional isometric RPG for PC, Switch, Playstation and Xbox platforms.
 
About Hilltop Studios
Hilltop began with a series of 'what if' conversations in early 2020, and has grown to include the development of a number of original IPs in the digital storytelling, gaming and multimedia spheres. Our experience in the startup and entertainment sectors gives this team a unique perspective on the North American digital landscape. We have gathered a team of robust, diverse talent who are poised to make some seriously fun games and can help emerging and established brands assume their positions on the digital playground.
 
About Versus Evil
Founded in 2013, Versus Evil, LLC is the US based video game publisher behind critically acclaimed video games First Class Trouble, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and The Banner Saga trilogy and recently announced Broken Roads and Stray Souls. Publishing games on all major PC, console and mobile platforms, Versus Evil works with independent development studios from around the world. The corporate philosophy is to champion the independent game developer.

For more information visit versusevil.com