Spring Into Indies Demo List
Letter Engineer
Create crosswords to solve physics-based puzzles! Different types of letter tile cost different amounts and do different things. In each level, your goal is to get the ball to the flag by writing words. The words you write will become physical objects in-game, and you can use them to build bridges, hammers, or even rocket ships to get your ball where it needs to go!
Optimize! There are almost unlimited solutions to every level. Each level has additional challenges to complete that restrict what words you can use. Each level also has a "budget", where less commonly used letters are cheaper than more commonly used ones. Use rarer letters to make a cheaper solution!
This game is in Alpha. There are many changes yet to come, so stay tuned!
Hyper Fin
Cocky Rooster Games is a tiny indie studio based out of Boston, MA!
We keep ourselves alive doing contract work for other studios and have been hard at work preparing our first commercial release, Hyper Fin, set to release sometime in 2026!
Hyper Fin is a movement based combat game built around speed. In this insanely fast-paced arena fighter, you’ll Drift around your enemies and Hurl yourself right into their weak points.
Hyper Fin’s core loop is featured around an Arcade Arena, similar to Devil Daggers, Hyper Demon, and Death in Abyss while its high-speed gameplay is similar to Kirby Air Ride. You’ll be thrown into an intense arena, die, and quickly jump right back in to survive just a little longer.
The game has a high skill sealing, leaderboard, and creature collecting to reward you for high skilled runs. If you’re lucky, you may even find a shiny?!!
Thank you for checking out our Studio!
DA_RL
DA_RL, it is a traditional roguelike dungeon crawler. You pick a class, descend into a procedurally generated dungeon, fight monsters, find loot, and try to survive. If you die, you start over. The goal is to collect five Amulet Shards from powerful minibosses scattered across the dungeon, fight your way back up to floor 1, defeat the final boss, and escape alive
Nocternum
Nocternum is a hellish top-down shooter about a young hero and their dog fighting to save a world from demons, while building a cozy home base for their allies.
In an apocalyptic world overrun by demons, play as a young hero summoned by a mysterious ritual in a desperate attempt to restore balance. Battle terrifying creatures that lurk in the dark with the help of your canine companion. Build a home base in hell for some new and unusual friends you meet along the way. Grow your resistance, and take the fight to those who let the world fall to corruption.
Features:
Team up with your dog to fight a horde of hellish enemies using a varied arsenal of guns, crossbow arrows, melee weapons, and defensive gadgets.
Embark on missions to unveil the origins of a corrupted world.
Complete procedural runs to gather loot and level up your character.
Upgrade a home base for you and your allies in the far reaches of hell, providing a place to shop, garden, fish, and more.
Platforms: Steam (PC, Mac, Steam Deck)
Release Date: TBA
Normal Horse is a small indie game studio based in Central Massachusetts. The studio was co-founded by two friends and former coworkers in 2025, after they were both laid off from their jobs creating educational games for kids. They seized the opportunity to continue working on games together, making the best of their circumstances! They are currently developing their first game, Nocternum.
Tamzin Twins
An epic action RPG with couch co-op. On their path to revenge Enya and Kyra will throw swords, cast spells, vanquish armies and become heroes.
Run From The Dead
What is "Run from the Dead"?
Run from the Dead" is an indie video game that lets you control a character by using your phone to track your own body's movement. When you walk in place, or on a treadmill, your character will also walk. When you swing your phone, your character will swing their weapon. Our goal is to make this a game that keeps you moving!
What do I need to Play the Game?"?
Just a typical smart phone is needed to capture your body movement for the game. Either iPhone or Android and can be models that are years old. We are currently running on iPhone 13 and have 0 issues with latency or accuracy.
MURDEER
MURDEER is a fast paced & zany FPS inspired by classic boomer shooters. Play as a deer with a gun as you make your escape from SciCorp's high-tech research facility. Find wacky powerups, enhance your gun and your body, and buck your way through enemies as you fight for freedom! Studio Website: https://swiftstagstudios.org/ Studio Email: swiftstagstudios@gmail.com Studio Members: Joshua Slavin Varun Nadgir Alex Sarmiento Joshua Broadwin
BrickStrike
Brickstrike is an online multiplayer first-person shooter where every block can be destroyed or rebuilt. Shape the battlefield, outsmart your rivals, and fight for victory in a variety of action-packed competitive game modes.
Shape the Battlefield Your Way.
No two matches are ever the same. Build towering defenses to control the high ground. Fortify chokepoints to stall the enemy advance. Or grab your trusty shovel and dig a labyrinth of tunnels beneath enemy lines to gain the edge. Every voxel you place or destroy can change the tide of battle.
Lock n' Load.
Victory demands versatility. Customize your loadout with an arsenal of weapons and tactical equipment designed to match any mission profile. Whether that’s rushing the frontlines or sneaking deep inside enemy territory.
Fought Together. Built Together.
Design your own battlegrounds with powerful editing tools or import existing voxel maps from other software. Upload to the official repository, share with the community, and see your creations played worldwide. Want full control? Host your own server and be listed directly in the official client.
Ghost Jukebox
Take a seat, relax, and boo-gie your way into a happy afterlife in this cozy rhythm game!
In this cozy and emotionally-driven rhythm game, you’re in purgatory. The waiting room for the afterlife…and your very own therapy office. All of your clients have a story. Some are good, some are bad, but all of them are packed with emotion. It’s up to you to use the power of music to help these lost souls move forward!
Perhaps you’ll find out more about yourself, too, like why you’re here and who you were before. Were you cool? Did you have cool friends? Did you learn any words to describe something you like other than cool? Only time will tell…
In any case, your clients come first. Won’t you turn on the radio and lend them a listening ear?
