A week-long showcase of PC games created by Chinese developers is heading to Steam later this month. Called Enter the Dragon, the online event features more than 90 games from studios in China and Taiwan, including both indie releases and “the latest blockbusters.”
Enter the Dragon was created primarily in response to restrictions on international travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made it more difficult for Chinese developers to introduce their games to a global audience.
“A number of studios in mainland China and Taiwan rely on their games to be showcased at events to the global gaming community in order to build their fan base, gain exposure and collect early feedback,” said Jeff Huang, head of publishing at Enter the Dragon organizer. pixmain. “Even after two years, there are still travel restrictions and very few event opportunities. We hope Enter the Dragon will fill a need by providing developers and publishers with an opportunity to bring their products to the virtual stage and gain global exposure.”
Some of the games that will appear in Enter the Dragon, such as the languid 2019 sandbox sim My Time At Portia, have been around for a while, while other projects are on the way, for example the sequel to that game, My Time At Sandrock. Other games that caught my eye in the event include the lavish city builder Ballads of Hongye, the physics-based tactics game Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator, the “musician simulation” Concerto on White, and Detained: Too Good for School, a game about “a schoolgirl who doesn’t play by the rules” that I think deserves attention only based on this part of the description:
Explore the open world, battle street mobs, work part time in a club and then spend all your money in a jiffy and enjoy a hot date. Your choices ultimately determine the future of the city.
It’s the last bit that really sells for me – what the hell is this for a city?
Enter the Dragon features an opening night show, publisher spotlights with “virtual stage spots” and appearances from Twitch streamers from around the world. Developers and publishers such as bilibili, Lightning Games, Yooreka Studio, Thermite Games, doenova and “many more indie newcomers” will participate, and of course there will be sales and bundles for all the games already released during the event. It starts on April 22 at 10 a.m. Pacific and runs through April 29 and will be streamed live on Twitch and a dedicated Steam events page.