Indie publisher Fellow Publisher has announced that the fourth edition of LudoNarraCon is returning next month for its 2022 edition. LudoNarraCon 2022 will take place from May 5 to May 9, 2022. The event will host 42 exhibiting games, 12 live panels, over 100 hours of video content, and 33 demos during this period. LudoNarraCon 2022 will be the biggest event in the series so far.
During the event, fans will be able to see 12 live panels streamed on the main ‘theatre’ stage including:
- The Art of the Twist” featuring Tanya X. Short, Sarah Northway, Greg Lobanov, and Sam Barlow
- “Innovating the Detective Genre in Narrative” featuring Tim Sheinman, Lucas Pope, Mark Brown GMT, and Victor Breum
- “Shocking Developments: Subverting Expectations with Game Stories” featuring Richard Rouse III, Xalavier Nelson Jr, Heather Albano, and Anthony Johnston
Featuring 42 exhibiting narrative titles, developers will present behind-the-scenes insights via livestreams on their store pages, with 33 developers providing playable demos. The lineup includes titles such Goodbye World’s BAFTA-winning emotional first-person narrative adventure Before Your Eyes and Toge Production’s much-anticipated Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus and Butterfly.
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Fellow Traveller is also planning to release Citizen Sleeper on the first day of the festival with developer Jump Over the Age on exhibit and providing a Citizen Sleeper dev commentary stream, a fireside chat, and a radio stream featuring an in-game soundtrack. LudoNarraCon 2022 is aiming to be the biggest event so far with plenty of content for gamers and fans of the show. Key features of LudoNarraCon 2022 include:
- 42 exhibiting teams will stream behind-the-scenes content on their Steam store page
- 33 demos will be available to download and play during the digital festival
- 12 hours of live panel discussions streamed on the main “theater” page
- Over 100 hours of video content will be available to festival attendees
- Over 140 narrative games will be on sale in a special LudoNarraCon sale
For additional details on the upcoming event, you can check out the official website of LudoNarraCon. You can also check out LudoNarraCon held back in 2021 and 2020 if you are curious about past events.
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