Patapon spiritual successor, Ratatan, has received the top honor at Japan indie game festival BitSummit.
The crowd-funded rhythm action game, which will launch in Steam Early Access on July 25, was awarded The Vermilion Gate Award during a ceremony at BitSummit in Kyoto, Japan on Saturday.
Ratatan [12 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/games/ratatan/”>Ratatan revives the indie spirit once present in Patapon, combining roguelike and rhythm elements with notable polish, and shows clear potential for lasting influence in the indie space.”
VGC is Bitsummit’s Western media partner and, as part of the awards ceremony on Saturday, VGC’s Chris Scullion awarded the VGC Award to the visual novel adventure Digital Exorcist by Cool Beans Productions.
“I’m a big fan of Dream Mayday, which received the Student Game Jam Award.
The following titles were recognized with sponsor awards:
BitSummit’s official media partners also presented individual awards to their top picks from the show floor. The winners were:
