What’s this? A surprise second newsletter blog thing? You thought it was the Summer of Games? WRONG. It’s actually ✨ Long Form Media Summer ✨. That’s right! Time to strap in for another big written piece (because we couldn’t fit it all into one newsletter hehe) celebrating all of our friends who did SO MUCH this June!!
Introducing our Friends of Future Friends!!! June edition!
Vroom Vroom! WHAT THE CAR? races onto Apple Vision Pro!
It’s time to go beep beep, spatial computing style!
Award winning developer Triband (WHAT THE GOLF?) launched their award winning hit WHAT THE CAR? (DICE mobile game of the year) on Apple Vision Pro this month. If having the game within an all encompassing headset isn’t enough then you’re in luck, the Apple Vision Pro via Apple Arcade version also features a spatial computing steering wheel to control the game!!! Now you can vroom vroom with your hands!!!
Oh… and speaking of spatial things, you can also grab yourself a (what the) PLUSHIE to occupy your surroundings irl.
Collectors Cove’s dino-mite demo drop!
The Indie studio with a very fun name, VoodooDuck, officially revealed their game Collector’s Cove! A high seas farming adventure featuring uncharted waters and a very cute dinosaur creature! What more could you want?
The game will be released on PC via Steam in 2026 but don’t worry, you can get your flippers on the playable demo right now!
Instants is out now and has our stamp of approval!
Great news for my fellow journaling girlies, the narrative scrapbooking puzzle game, Instants, launched this month on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch!!
From indie studio Endflame, Instants is a captivating journey that blends puzzle-solving, heartfelt storytelling and crafting - without having to worry about real sticky glue! This game is a great example of the old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words”.
Surprise launch for this van-tastic game - Camper Van!
Malapata Studio’s cozy decorating game, Camper Van: Make it Home, is out now for PC via Steam! Wow!!
Decorate the van of your dreams in this relaxing game all about building a home on wheels. If you like decorating, organisation puzzles, and/or don’t have a driving license and wanna fill that hole then this is the cozy game for you! (psst… you can unlock a furry friend in the game too. They are very cute).
Also, keep your eyes peeled on the Nintendo Switch version (coming soon!).
New game, Bernband, is out of this world!!!
Wandering around with your arms outstretched in front of you is very liberating and not weird at all, as evidenced by Tom van den Boogaart’s (Grunn & one quarter of the Sokpop Collective) next project: Bernband’s sequel, Bernband!
I know what you are thinking… a sequel with the same name? Yes. You can do that, you know. Live your life. Run around with your 8 fingers. Get lost. Wishlist Bernband. Uncover secrets. Slap things. See the sights of an alien city.
Sound like a good time? You can basically do all of that in Bernband, the surrealist sci-fi exploration sim with no map or goals. Just the open question: where will your feet take you?
Take me home, (Garbage) Country roads
Thomas van den Berg, aka noio games (aka Kingdom: New Lands, Cloud Gardens, Pizza Possum), has announced a new sick project - Garbage Country!
This atmospheric blend of exploration sim and tower defence battler is set in a desolate but beautiful post-industrial wasteland. Discover what has been left behind and explore a vast wilderness punctuated with memorable characters and haunting landmarks. Oh no? Something’s stirred up the bots out here, leading them to turn on humans – you included...
Don’t let the name fool you, the junk and garbage is very quite lovely to perceive with your eyeballs. The vibes are immaculate if I do say so myself.
An infinite world awaits you in Necesse (coming soon!!!)
Great news Necesse fans!!! 1.0 launch is coming on 9th October!
Build, quest, conquer, and discover infinite secrets in the procedurally generated world. We love open world survival craft games and we gotta say, this one is pretty cool. Maybe that’s a biased statement or maybe the 1.5 million copies sold during Early Access legitimises our silly little opinions!
Enrich your life with real-life knowledge of plants with Out and About!
Do you like the outdoors? Do you like snacking? Do you like snacking with things found in the great outdoors? Well, we have the game for you!
Out and About, the super cozy foraging adventure, is currently doing a big playtest on PC via Steam! Keen players can now try the game and give the devs feedback in the ramp-up to launch (that’s coming soon!). Learn to identify 100+ real-life plants and fungi while touching digital grass. A win is a win.
There is also a new trailer to celebrate the playtest - voiced by someone with the most soothing voice around, the lovely MadMorph🌿
Plan, Aim, and Shoot in FLICK SHOT ROGUES' new demo!
Indie studio Butter by the Fish and publisher Noodlecake (Winter Burrow, Super Stickman Golf) launched the demo for their tactical roguelike FLICK SHOT ROGUES.
Flick your hero across the map to unleash crazy combos! Perfect for fans of games like Peglin or Dungeon Clawler. Personally, I like the crinkle crunkly noises when you do things in the game. You should download the demo and check out those noises too.
Zoom zoom and pew pew in Rogue Eclipse’s new demo!
Space game fans rejoice! Upcoming Starfox meets Armoured Core roguelike spacefighter Rogue Eclipse dropped their first demo this month! Try out a variety of ships and weapons for a little taste of the epic sci fi white-knuckle action that spans the cosmos. If you ignore the swarms of starfighters, merciless armadas and colossal behemoths that are out to get you then zipping around space is actually kinda relaxing...
Build beautiful 3D dioramas in Puzzling Places’ new demo!
Jigsaw puzzles are already 3D dimensional objects but what if… they were somehow even more dimensional…
Indie studio Realities.io have launched the first PC demo for Puzzling Places, the upcoming flatscreen version of their megahit VR jigsaw game is coming to PC via Steam and Steam VR this year! Arrange, connect and relax as you puzzle solve 3D dioramas of beautiful locations from around the world! Piece together various 3D scenes with satisfying little clicks and clunks.
The seasons are harsh—but Winter Burrow offers a cosy escape!
Where are my fellow Redwall fans at? Now this may not be little Matthias and may not take place in the Mossflower woods but trust, the vibe is there…
Winter Burrow by developer Pine Creek Games and publisher Noodlecake, announced that their wholesome woodland survival game is coming to Nintendo Switch!! Play a cute little mouse who returns from the big city to find their childhood home in ruins (dun dun dun…). Customize your character, decorate your burrow, choose a path that fits your play style, and solve the mysteries of what happened here! What more could you want???
Teach ‘em who these streets really belong to in Prison Boss Prohibition!
TREBUCHET’s latest whacky game, Prison Boss Prohibition (sequel to Prison Boss VR) will be launching early July via Steam and Meta!!! It will be a hell of a ride thanks to its Mixed Reality and “collocated play” (fancy words to say VR couch co-op… thank you google) features!
The Mayor’s cracking down on New Yolk City (how fowl) but at last the black market is thriving! Prison Boss Prohibition is a VR crafting game where you play as a feathered shop owner smuggling prohibited stuff. Have you ever wanted to produce and sell beers, erotic magazines, cigarettes, and more? I won’t judge… But watch out, the police are cracking down on contraband!
Finally here, Maestro's Star Wars DLC is, Padawan!
Did you ever watch the Star Wars films and listen to John William’s composing talents and delusionally think “I bet I could do that?” Well… now you can!!!
As Yoda would say, "Control, control, you must learn control!". That’s precisely what you need in the new DLC that is out now for the VR orchestral game Maestro (Meta's Game of the Year) on Meta, SteamVR & PICO. Maestro also has just launched on PSVR2 with all content packs available as part of a Complete Collection Bundle!
Meownificent news! Kity Builder is out now!
Team Kity and Parabellum Games launched their sandbox city-builder Kity Builder this month! And no, you aren’t building kittens because that sounds a little scary… but you are building a cute world for your kitten citizens (kitizens?). Yay!!
Explore an adorable island sandbox in the company of cute cats, and create cities without time limits, resources or money. These cool cats don’t need capitalism. Kity Builder is all about the pure fun of creating with a bonus of being surrounded by cute kittens. Who doesn’t love kittens??
Pack your bags! It’s time to check into Hotel Infinity!
Have you ever booked into a hotel and wandered around the hallways lost and confused about where your room actually is and thought to yourself “where am I? How did I get here?” No? Just me? Well anyway, that experience is now a game!
From the studio that created Manifold Garden, comes a new surreal VR experience with mind-bending puzzles! Introducing Hotel Infinity!!
From mysterious service tunnels to sweeping penthouse suites, there are a multitude of secrets to uncover through the clever use of spatial awareness technology and puzzles that truly put the capabilities of VR to the test. Pretty cool!!
Well we’ve done it. What a month that was! Our friends really did all of the things this June. So many showcases and yet, so little time to play all of the games in the backlog... oh well!
If you’ve read this far then these claps are for you 👏👏👏
smooches 💋
Future Friends Team 🧡