By Josh Speer
2. October 2024
My Heart’s Aflutter!
We’ve all seen that meme about the guy walking down the street with his girlfriend and staring lustfully at another woman. It’s been used ad nauseum on social media, probably because it represents a truth – we often want what we don’t have. And in the case of videogames, I always get attracted to the pretty new thing, so to speak.
Today that is a newly founded studio called Shoreline Games. They’re coming out of the gate hot with 3 titles in 2025 – Nova Hearts, Sanatorium and Onirism. While they haven’t shared any consoles yet, you can find more details about all three games below, along with some flashy trailers.
NOVA HEARTS
Shoreline Games will kick things off with Nova Hearts, a turn-based strategy game with dating sim and visual novel elements, from Lightbulb Crew who most notably released Othercide to an overwhelmingly positive critical reception from both press and audience alike. Their second game, now in collaboration with Shoreline, is focused around a mysterious force of power that transforms you and other highly attractive people in your area into superheroes and villains! In its tag line, it’s a TEXT, DATE and FIGHT your friends and enemies alike.
SANATORIUM
Sanatorium will be next with an early Q2 2025 release. The game takes place in the 1920s and addresses the blurred lines between modern psychiatric treatments and pseudoscience. Akin to critical success Papers, Please, Sanatorium takes a similar approach but to diagnose and treat your patients; balance your moral decisions and society’s expectations; all while trying to uncover something you lost long ago.
ONIRISM
In late Q2 early Q3 2025, Crimson Tales’ Onirism will be slated to move out of early access and into 1.0 release. Onirism centers around the world of Crearia where our protagonist Carol is tasked with putting her enemies to sleep. Carol uses a variety of toys and abilities to aid her in her quest to find Bunbun in this colorful dream-like universe where literally anything is possible.
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