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Welcome to Part 33 of the Let's Play Some Demos! | LPSD series!
For those who are new, I aim to provide commentary and feedback on game demos for educational purposes! In addition, with how saturated Steam is, let's get these indie games some attention, shall we (and the occasional AAA game I think isn't getting enough attention)?
For this episode, I used some of the demos I had grabbed from the Myths & Legends & Women’s Day Sale Steam Events (I think)!

RULES!
Typically, there are 4 demos. Each demo gets 30 minutes, not including the adjustment of settings and character creation. I might up it to 5 and/or play a great game for longer if there are technical issues. Or a demo finishes before the timer goes off.
And NO AI's spit, aka. plagiarism laundering.

Today, I, attempted, to play 4 demos for your enjoyment, and ended up adding a fifth:

1. Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog by Shameful Guys Development | Planned Release Date: 2025 A top-down 2D story-driven adventure game inspired by real-life events. Traverse and experience the life of a formerly homeless man through an interview of how he regained his sense of self by telling his past to a stray dog. Set in Bangkok, Thailand 2017.
2. Cage of Roses by ebi-hime | Available A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she's swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.
3. Lords of Ravage by Synthetic Domain | Available Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles. Expand your Empire of Darkness and seek a powerful artifact that can change the fate of the world.
4. Poems & Codes by Hero Game Co LLC | Available Explore the wonderful world of poetry through deceptively simple cryptograms. 10% of every purchase benefits Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks.
5. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers by Fiction Factory Games | Available Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!

All links above are to the games' Steam pages.
Also, Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog, Cage of Roses, Poems & Codes, and Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers are on itch.io!

Why was a fifth added? Because Poems & Codes could not be recorded, but, thanks to Arcade Spirits, I might have found a way to fix it. Will try again later.

20250806 Edit: I recorded an additional video so as to revisit the demo. You can check it out here:

Overall, I want all of them, and they are on my wishlist!

And that's it for Part 33! Thank you for reading!
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ARTIST SHOUT-OUT

The Sunday, August 3rd, and 741st, Artist Shout-Out goes to Soheil Shirani!
Check them out here!

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CAUSE OF THE MONTH
The theme for August is National Black Business Month, so, the Cause of the Month is National Black MBA Association | NBMBAA!
For more details, click here!

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TIMESTAMPS - Video 1

0:00 - Welcome Gamers!
2:32 - Artist Shout-Out
5:37 - Demos' Intro
9:42 - Bangkok Story: A Stray Dog
42:19 - Cage of Roses
1:14:34 - Lords of Ravage
1:46:28 - Poems & Codes
1:47:58 - Artist Shout-Out/Picking Another Demo
1:51:59 - Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
2:30:20 - Demos Line Up
2:33:50 - Artist Shout-Out
2:34:53 - Thank You/Links
2:36:49 - Rendezvous Point Bookshop Plug/Viewing
2:38:56 - Up Next: Let's Play Some NSFW Demos!
2:39:27 - Farewell

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TIMESTAMPS - Video 2
0:00 - Welcome Gamers!
0:44 - Artist Shout-Out
2:35 - Poems & Codes
39:53 - Feed the Cups
1:13:01 - Backpack Battles
1:54:54 - Non-Recordable Demos Line Up
1:57:27 - Artist Shout-Out
1:59:06 - Thank You/Links
2:01:59 - Rendezvous Point Bookshop Plug/Viewing
2:03:34 - Up Next: Let's Play Some Demos!
2:05:15 - Farewell

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"Let's Play Some Demos!" YouTube Playlist
"Let's Play Some Demos!" itch.io Collection
"Let's Play Some Demos!" itch.io Devlogs
"Let's Play Some Demos!" Benable List
"Let's Play Some Demos!" O&T Page

• Pilot: CrossCode, Dumpy & Bumpy, Ynglet, Zero Ranger
• Part 2: A Dance of Fire and Ice, 2064: Read Only Memories, Death and Taxes, Underhero
• Part 3: TEKKEN 8, Spiritfarer: Farewell Edition, Secrets of Grindea, Forspoken
• Part 4: Death's Hangover, Fae Farm, Fate/Samurai Remnant, Mini Settlers
• Part 5: All-Star Fruit Racing, Indivisible, SaGa Emerald Beyond, Visions of Mana
• Part 6: Glorious Companions, Tales of Arise, Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge, Cozy Island
• Part 7: The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Cursebane, Dex, The Lady Puppet
• Part 8: Detroit: Become Human, Little Goody Two Shoes, Luma Island, Tinkerlands
• Part 9: Backpack Battles, Glaciered, Ratopia, Slime Rancher
• Part 10: Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory, Maid Cafe on Electric Street, Neon Noodles, Tiny Glade
• Part 11: Critter Café, Grimoire Groves, Pixel Cafe, Wizdom Academy
• Part 12: AdventureBarStory, Bone's Cafe, DELTARUNE, Mudborne
• Part 13: Food Truck Simulator, Magical Bakery, Magical Delicacy, Seaside Cafe Rush Hour
• Part 14: Chef's Tail, Espresso Tycoon, Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo, Tavern Talk
• Part 15: Chicken Journey, FANTASIAN Neo Dimension, Terra Memoria, Until Then
• Part 16: Cornucopia®, Hipster Café, Let's Café, Spells & Secrets
• Part 17: Doloc Town, Feed the Cups, Manitas Kitchen, Mushroom Picnic Party, Rift of the NecroDancer
• Part 18: Meadgard: Beer and Plunder, BOKURA: planet, Teeny Tiny Town, Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
• Part 19: Dungeons of Hinterberg, The Mildew Children, Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island, Yaoling: Mythical Journey
• Part 20: AI LIMIT, Harmony's Odyssey, Last Time I Saw You, Whiskers & Wizardry
• Part 21: Constance, Dragoon Ascension, Kara Fantasy, Welcome to Elderfield
• Part 22: Crowncity, Dungeon Alchemist, Parliament of Hell 1796, Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
• Part 23: The Bear - A Story from the World of Gra, Crime or Punishment, The Star Named EOS, There's No Monsters, Emblems: Sunless Vow
• Part 24: Angeline Era, ctrl.alt.DEAL, Find-o'-Lantern, Imperiums: Greek Wars
  
• Part 25: Amadeus: A Riddle for Thee, Lord Ambermaze, Night Dessert, Through the Nightmares
  
• Part 26: Atlas Wept, LEILA, Winter Burrow, Yes, Your Grace: Snowfall, When The Past Was Around
• Part 27: ATRI -My Dear Moments-, Kimochii Classroom, Tea for Sana, VORON
• Part 28: Altered Alma, Grimshire, Old World, Shape of Dreams
• Part 29: The Axis Unseen, BLADECHIMERA, Europa, Moon Tower
• Part 30: Book Bound, The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe), Hookah Haze, Supurr Cat Cafe: Sandwich Rush
• Part 31: After Inc: Revival, Hotel Galactic, Prime of Flames, Stellar Blade™
  
• Part 32: Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark, Potions: A Curious Tale, Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To, Tupi: The Legend of Arariboia
  
• Part 34: Magicraft, Mr Figs, Survival: Fountain of Youth, Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker
• Part 35: Sunday, August 17th
• Part 36: Sunday, August 24th
• Part 37: Sunday, August 31st
• Part 38: Sunday, September 7th

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MORE INFO & TO SUPPORT

- About MonriaTitans | WGS
- Rendezvous Point Bookshop
- WGS itch.io Project Page
- Artist Shout-Outs Criteria
- The Titans' Discord
- Throne Wishlist
- #SubOffTwitch
- YouTube
- Rumble
- Odysee
- Steam

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Originally published to https://opinionsandtruth.wordpress.com on August 3, 2025.