A new independent publisher has launched and already has several games it hopes to release next year.
Games on the coast is made up of alumni from studios like Perfect World Entertainment, Unknown Worlds, and Devolver Digital, along with media companies like Crunchyroll and Rakutan Viji.
For CEO and co-founder Keith KawamuraShoreline's specific slant is “systems-based” games with a “very clear narrative throughline”.
He went on to say that 17,000 games are released every year and Shoreline wants to give smaller titles “the visibility they need to cut through all the noise that's out there. I love telling stories and I want to [us] and games [we] working to be the extension of that with a clear path to enjoyment.”
Fellow co-founder Jenny Zha touted the shared experience between her and Kawamura as “cultivating communities and fandoms wherever they are. We identify with games because we see a reflection of our identity in them and want to attract them.” [that] in the spotlight for each of these games and communities we are working with.”
Shoreline will release three games in 2025, the first of which is Nova Hearts from Altrocide Creator Light bulb crew. Zeltglas' Sanatorium will be released in the second quarter of the year, followed by Oneirism from CrimsonTales early in the third quarter of 2025.
Paid by the publisher websitetwo more unannounced games are advertised as “coming soon.”
Developers interested in working with Shoreline Games can contact the studio Here.