9.5 out of 10 Digital Chumps
“…one of the most wholesome games I have played in a long time and I thoroughly recommend it!” Indie Hive
Shindig's a warm, cheerful, fully-voiced and feelsy narrative adventure, where you'll help out a rainbow of quirky characters with their troubles, gather all the bits for a brilliant bash, and bring your new neighbourhood together for a joyous party. You've got this!
Features:
Explore a hand-drawn, picturebook setting, accompanied by an original soundtrack stacked with bops, and full English voiceover!
Enjoy a short narrative adventure presented in a point-and-click style. Shindig takes just a few hours to play - about the length of a feature film
Choose your look from a range of skin tones and hairstyles, and select between a masculine(ish) and feminine(ish) player character voice. (We're just two devs. It's literally us.)
Chill with cosy, low-stakes gameplay, and some light puzzle-solving
Meet a diverse cast of characters who want to talk about their big boggles
Chortle at idiosyncratic humour throughout – with a couple of silly songs, and a side-helping of real talk
Tweak your settings with independent controls for SFX, voice and music volumes, and a Closed Captions overlay option that calls out many nonverbal sounds for our HoH players
While it’s not designed FOR kids (we use a few big words) Shindig has no swears or scares, just a few serious conversations in the hangouts touching on a variety of deeper emotional topics – if that’s not your bag, much of the serious stuff is in optional hangouts that you can ignore if you want to
Embark on a little, linear adventure with zero choice pressure and only one ending – the GOOD ENDING!
We hope you’ll join the party!
(Psst. You can read more about the game at our Dev Blog. Go take a look!)
Festive Finds: Happy Holidays Calendar is OUT NOW on itch.io!
Step into a snowy scene where a rustic house hides 24 ‘spot the difference’ puzzles behind numbered doors – open each door in order, and get spotting! You’ll need a keen eye, because some of those festive finds are fabulously fiendish!
You might like to open one door per day from the start of December, or ‘sleigh’ them all in one short, sweet spotting session. The choice is yours!
Check out Festive Finds: Happy Holidays Calendar on itch.io now!
You’re among friends…
Imaginary Friends Games is a dynamic husband-and-wife duo, with decades of experience in the games industry.
Martyn Maillardet
A handsome science-adventurer, later revealed to have been a clone from the future. Martyn has been in the industry since he was 17 (a thousand years ago) and has worked as a narrative designer, games designer, researcher, industry analyst, and business development manager at platform-holding giants like Nintendo and Sony, among others.
Fay Maillardet
An amazon made of words. Fay started in games QA, and worked as a copy editor, voice actress and technical tester before running her own short-lived games review site. Snapped up by Nintendo of Europe, she worked up to become manager of the Editorial Content Marketing team. She’s spent the past decade writing scintillating copy for Nintendo’s websites, social media, adverts, and Nintendo Direct broadcasts. Until now…
Contact
If you’d like further information, or just to get in touch, don’t hesitate to drop us a line at info@imaginaryfriendsgames.com
