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Toplitz Productions Takes Its Most Varied Portfolio Yet To gamescom In Cologne

July 24, 2024• B2B, B2C, Events & Trade Shows, Insights

Oberhaching, Germany, July 24th 2024 – The German-Austrian publisher Toplitz Productions proudly announces its participation at this year’s gamescom in Cologne.

When the doors open to the biggest global gaming event on August 21, 2024, Toplitz welcomes media, streamers and influencers to their booth in the business area, located in Hall 4.1 – D38 – C29 to show them the most diversified portfolio the publisher brought to gamescom yet.

From the all-out action of Unawake to the return of a true icon with management behemoth Industry Giant 4.0, Toplitz Productions has a varied lineup of unmissable games ready for you.

The moon has shattered and thrown the Earth into an ice-cold apocalypse. Try to survive against all odds in the frozen open world of Permafrost from Spacerocket Games, where humanity is on the brink of extinction. Help the opposing factions or try to fight off all the dangers of an unforgiving environment alone with your trusted dog, while you explore, scavenge and try to build a better future.

In terms of management games they don’t come much bigger than the Industry Giant franchise. Not daunted by the huge name, with Industry Giant 4.0 the development team Don VS Dodo is not only re-envisioning the classic series for a new audience. Vastly expanding on the legacy gameplay and putting their own unique spin on it, this is the next generation of management games.

Farmer’s Dynasty 2 from Umeo Studios builds on the foundation of its successful predecessor and delivers an open world farming simulation like no other. With two timelines set in the past and present, aspiring agronomists can experience both traditional as well as modern farming methods as they build, renovate and expand their properties.

A small team of two developers, big visions and even bigger talent: The bone-crunching hack&slash Unawake from RealityArts defies all odds and delivers a visual tour de force that has to be seen to be believed. Explore the dark fantasy that pits you in a relentless battle between demons and angels. Fight with various weapons against a neverending onslaught of enemies, develop your character and equip the best loot to gain the upper hand. Next to the most recent PC build, we are able to show the version for Xbox Series X|S for the very first time as an exclusive for all attendees.

Become one with the night, feast on blood and build a lasting legacy with Vampire Dynasty, the latest entry in the renowned franchise, developed by Mehuman Games. Experience what it means to be a vampire caught between destiny and the everlasting thirst for blood. Fight for your place in the society of fictitious Sangavia, expand your vampire family and build a castle as your center of eternal power.

Since its early access start, developer Superkami constantly improved Sengoku Dynasty with a stream of meaningful updates. At gamescom we can offer you a fresh look at the exciting mixture of survival game and city builder set in an open-world feudal Japan. Be the first to get a sneak peek at the new content that is coming to the game over the next few weeks and months.

About Toplitz Productions
The German-Austrian publisher, whose name originates from the mysterious Toplitz Lake in the heart of Austria, develops and publishes games with “heart & soul” for all platforms. The company consists of a healthy mix of experienced industry veterans and young talents, all of whom are passionate gamers. They enjoy working with creative developers on many exciting titles, such as those from the “Dynasty” and “Giant” series.

Stay up to date and learn everything worth knowing about Toplitz Productions by following the company on Twitter, Facebook, the official  website and Instagram.

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Unlock the Power of Interactive Audio with Fabella Creator

March 16, 2022• B2C

Sweden-based Wanderword has just launched Fabella, a tool that lets anyone create stories with speech, sound and interactivity.

Boden, Sweden – March 16th, 2022 – Wanderword, the Sweden-based leader in interactive audio entertainment, has just released Fabella – a tool that puts the power of interactive audio in the hands of everyone who wants to tell stories using speech, sound and music.

What Fabella lets you do

Fabella is an editor that lets you create speech- and audio-based stories, games, quizzes and other types of audio entertainment. You can even make the storytelling interactive by setting it up to respond to voice commands. It’s so simple that beginners can master it in minutes, yet so powerful that professionals can build commercial products with it.

How Fabella works

When you create a new project, you can start with a template such as Quiz, Random Facts or Interactive Story. You can also start with a blank slate. The building blocks of Fabella projects are called Nodes, and to build things with them you tie them together in the sequence you want. There are several different types of Nodes, but the ones you’ll be using the most are called Say nodes (they hold dialogue for the synthetic Text-To-Speech voices) and Hear nodes (they listen for voice input from you).

There’s a Media library that lets you upload audio files like sound effects or music for your project. At your disposal you also have a library of synthetic voices to create a cast of characters with. You can later upgrade from the free Starter plan to Professional, thereby unlocking access to hundreds of premium voices as well as the ability to create an unlimited number of projects featuring an unlimited number of Nodes.

Where to find Fabella

On the Fabella Creator homepage fabellacreator.com you can sign up for a free Starter plan that lets you create up to 2 projects with up to 100 Nodes each. You can upgrade to the Professional plan anytime you want and unlock many more voices and features.

Made with Fabella

These are some examples of professional products created in Fabella: A role-playing game, a horror-themed adventure game and an interactive audiobook with ciphers and puzzles to solve.

  • The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn
  • Escape From 63rd and Wallace – an Interactive Audio Horror Story
  • The Copernicus Legacy – an Interactive Audio-book

Press kit – That includes screens, intro video and product information Please click here

Check out the Fabella intro video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRQuns7DOI

Visit FABELLACREATOR.COM to try out it out for free

About Wanderword

Wanderword develops and publishes pioneering interactive audio experiences for the global mobile and smart speaker market. With our tech platform Fabella, we are enabling storytellers to create their own interactive audio stories. Our inhouse Polar Night Studio is pushing the boundaries with cutting-edge production.

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Biggest game event in Africa starts tomorrow – Africa Games Week takes place worldwide

February 22, 2022• B2C, Events & Trade Shows

Companies such as Xbox, PlayStation, Ubisoft, Unity, Nintendo, Sega, Focus, Devolver, Landfall and many others come together, meet and plan for future projects in Africa Games Week.

As the world lifts the latest COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Africa Games Week team and the City of Cape Town are looking forward to the event happening 23-25 February 2022.

Africa Games Week is the largest gathering of African Game Developers in the world, with over 150 developers from across the continent gathering in one place. Africa Games Week 2022 remains a hybrid event, live at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town and virtually on the event platform.

Across the world, gaming is big business and Africa Games Week explores the business of gaming.

Founded in 2018 by Nick Hall (Interactive Entertainment SA) and Rex Bowden (CATALYZE), Africa Games Week is a destination event for African and International Indie game developers and C level Executives from across the world. Companies such as Xbox, PlayStation, Ubisoft, Unity, Nintendo, Sega, Focus, Devolver, Landfall and many others come together, meet and plan for future projects.

“Africa Games Week 2022 is bringing together core Gaming industry and community representatives; creators, developers and publishers; from across Africa to meet and connect over 3 days,” says Bowden. “Our program focuses on creating more personal opportunities for connection and knowledge-sharing between the greatest minds in the African gaming industry; another reason going fully virtual in 2021 would have detracted from the event’s value. We hope this will foster partnerships in the growth of the African Game Dev industry locally and internationally.”

Geordin Hill-Lewis, City of Cape Town mayor, says they are proud to support and be host city to Africa Game Week. “Gaming is fast becoming one of the most important and innovative sectors in technology. It is an area that cuts across various industries, creating solutions in entertainment and education, and has the potential for investment and major job creation opportunities.”

“As the City of Cape Town, our goal is to provide more support to this industry, including putting in place infrastructure and other mechanisms that enable it to thrive. Our support for events such as Africa Games Week is aimed at ensuring that game developers, especially the youth, have platforms to display their work while also meeting industry experts who can elevate their skills.”

Africa Games Week 2022 is the umbrella event for multiple sub-events.
The Make Games Africa – Business of Gaming conference is joined by the Nordic Game Discovery Contest (Sweden) and will showcase the A MAZE (Berlin) Train Jam, which occurred online in December 2021.

Africa StreamCon, a conference and meet-up for African and International content creators, is bringing in advertising agencies, platforms, brands, lawyers and creators to explain to each other how they see the industry developing to create a shared perspective and goals.

Games for Change, who empower game creators and social innovators to drive real-world change using games and immersive media, will be launching their African Chapter during this year’s event; in preparation for their first African satellite event in 2022.

Head over to the Africa Games Week 2022 platform now to reserve your space!

About Africa Games Week
AFRICA GAMES WEEK is the largest gathering of African game developers, exporter and leaders in the world and this year is pushing the boundaries to make sure the African industry is meeting and building a community to develop the industry. The AFRICAN GAME INDUSTRY has recently had a massive boost of interest with new co-production treaties, and new studios and education facilities being launched which is super exciting for the future. AFRICA GAMES WEEK is the industry curated event that strives to shine a spotlight on the creatives and businesses rising around Africa. Our mandate is to Discover, Engage, Connect and Expose the amazing talents and opportunities that exist and we can only do that by developing a community of African Game Industry representatives that can lead the narrative. This year the AFRICA GAMES WEEK is dynamically focused on developing relationships between the industry and it verticals and hosts 3 key Conferences under its banner including; MAKE GAMES AFRICA, Games for Change Africa and Africa StreamCon.
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