2025 · 2025 Competition
Category: Gaming
One Liner: A co-op lifeguarding game about rescuing drowning swimmers at a beach to become rich and famous.
Boast Guards is a cooperative lifeguarding video game. It is designed to be a fun, lighthearted, and accessible party game for a wide range of ages and skill levels. It is also a roguelike game, a popular genre in which progress is lost when players complete or fail a play session. Starworks Studios is developing the game in Unity to release it on Steam in 2025.
Players form a team of lifeguards at a chaotic beach to rescue drowning swimmers and become famous. They earn upgrades to help deal with various beach hazards over the course of an in-game week.