Edmonton Screen at Game Con Canada 2026
For the third year, Edmonton Screen will be bringing together our Trailhead and Summit Push program participants to showcase their games at Game Con Canada.
Trailhead Program
The Trailhead Program was set up to support recent graduates of the game development programs at our local post-secondary schools to take their projects to the next level, providing hands-on industry experience, mentorship and an opportunity to add to their portfolio and help prepare them for jobs within the games industry. This year we opened the program up to student groups from University of Alberta, NAIT, and MacEwan University. Edmonton Screen recognized an opportunity to bolster the school's current programming and provide students with an opportunity to get hands-on industry experience, mentorship and get a project portfolio under their belt, to prepare them for jobs within the games industry. The 6 week program culminates in the teams showcasing their work at Game Con Canada 2026.
Big Wave Beach
By: Hang Five Games
Greenstachs Realty is trying to turn Big Wave Beach into a shopping mall – not cool, man! Grab your board and surf for as long as you can in this one-button endless runner to occupy the area and prevent the sale.In Big Wave Beach, you play as Uwe, a surfer destined to stop a construction company from destroying the best beach with the gnarliest waves. The entire game is played with one button, the spacebar on PC, or the touchscreen on Mobile. Simply press down to move down, let go to move up. This simple control scheme combined with a variety of obstacles will challenge you as you learn to master the waves. Between runs, experience an engrossing mystery as the truth behind Greenstachs Realty's construction project is uncovered. You’ll find memorable characters, quick laughs, and new enemies all across the beach.
Halcyon
By: MassiveHam
Travel through time to regain lost limbs. Orphée, a talented inventor and magic practitioner, builds a pocket watch that grants her passage through time. After a near-fatal accident leaves Orphée without her heart, eye and arm, she must traverse time and space to battle the foes who hold them. The world of Halcyon is one of steam technology rooted in magic and is brought to life in a sketch-like visual artstyle. Cutscenes are hand-drawn and the player character is chibi-fied in gameplay. Backgrounds and boss designs are illustrated in detail. Throughout Halcyon's environments, Orphée will come across journal entries, observation logs and environmental markers that reveal parts of her past. Determined to regain what she has lost, Orphée will stop at nothing as she faces four distinct bosses - each featuring their own attack patterns and combat behaviors.
Halley's Bell
By: The Halley Company
Halley's Bell is a sit n' survive thriller set in the deep sea, where even the walls of your diving bell seem to echo your aloneness back at you. As The Halley Company's newest Operator, you must maintain your vessel as it's lowered into a chasm of unknown wonders. Your descent is plagued with uncertainties— just what is Project Halley's Bell? Keep your eyes and ears open, and you just might find out more than you were meant to.
Rogue Party
By: Lucky7
Rogue Party is a co-op roguelike deckbuilder party game. It uses Jackbox-style online multiplayer, where players join a room from their phones. Features card drafting, strategy, and chaotic fun with friends!
Shimmer
By: OctoJelly Games
Shimmer is an exploration-focused cozy game where players restore a magical coral reef as a dolphin, while befriending a cute cast of sea creatures.
Summit Push Program
The Summit Push Program aims to increase the visibility of local producers/developers by showcasing their work at internationally recognized events and providing support to engage their ideal investment targets. The program includes an educational component to prepare participants to showcase at these events through workshops or other activities about exhibitor strategies, presentation skills, and effective networking at industry events. Edmonton Screen will lead and coordinate showcase opportunities at specified events for participants by providing access exhibition space for demos, sponsored events, meetings, and other events or activations benefiting the group. Edmonton Screen will also provide financial support to succesful applicants to help alleviate the burden of costs studios face in preparing to attend these events.
Inferius
By: Lucid Rain Studios
In this dark fantasy journey inspired by Dante's Inferno, players are thrown into the bowels of Hell, locked in an endless cycle of death. To escape, players must unravel the mysteries of why they were condemned to this fate and how to break free. As they progress, they will confront the god-like beings who reign over each layer and negotiate or battle their way through endless horrors. Their ultimate goal is to find a way out, restore their mind, or succumb forever to the darkness.
Our Eyes See No Evil
By: COG Studios
Our Eyes See No Evil is a first-person horror game that uses the player's webcam to detect when they close their eyes.When your refuge from the suffocating world outside becomes corrupted by a mysterious clown doll, will you close your eyes if it means staying safe? By merging the player’s real-world eye movements with horror, Our Eyes See No Evil terrifies likes never before.
The Rabbit Haul
By: Caldera Interactive
The Rabbit Haul puts players in control of Sprout, a determined rabbit rebuilding a hometown ransacked by the Trash Panda Posse. Part farming sim, part tower defense, part roguelite - daytime is for planting crops and placing defensive plant towers, figuring out synergies before the Trash Panda Posse arrives in waves at night. Every run teaches you something new.
Slipstream
By: Daisy Chain Games
Slipstream is a top-down physics-based racing game where you move by splitting your bubble to propel yourself forward. Manage your fuel as you steal bubbles from other players! Challenge your friends or CPU players and slide yourself to victory!
YANCY
By: Jackson Hansen
YANCY is an NES style action adventure that follows a small protagonist in a vast world full of danger, swords and rewards. Lead your own adventure in a non-linear game world, explore hand-crafted dungeons, forge magical weapons, battle challenging bosses and unearth ancient secrets!