And now for a sport that’s really 50 video games — at the very least.
UFO 50, the most recent undertaking from Spelunky studio Mossmouth, is because of hit Steam on September 18, about six years after it was initially anticipated to launch. That’s merely an commentary, not a criticism — UFO 50 is an bold undertaking that provides 50 full, retro-styled video games in a single package deal, and it’s all coming from a workforce of simply six individuals.
In UFO 50 lore, UFO Comfortable was a sport developer who was lively between 1982 and 1990, peak NES and Genesis years. The video games collected in UFO 50 characteristic recurring characters and sequels from UFO Comfortable’s fictional previous, they usually’re restricted by way of colour and audio, as if that they had really been developed for bygone {hardware}. Mossmouth is manifesting an alternate timeline of online game historical past right here, and it seems like a ton of enjoyable.
“The story of UFO 50 is that the video games had been all created within the ‘80s by a fictional firm that was obscure however forward of its time,” the sport’s FAQ reads. “They’re additionally related by a singular 32-color palette and different restrictions we selected to make them really feel extra genuine. (Nevertheless, we do not drive sprite flickering or slowdown, as we did not really feel that it will make the video games extra gratifying.)”
Each sport in UFO 50 is unlocked from the beginning, and the gathering options all kinds of genres, together with platformers, RPGs, roguelites and shoot-em-ups. Not one of the titles are mini- or micro-games, and whereas they’re all completed in an 8-bit aesthetic, their visible and mechanical kinds evolve with the years. Each sport is playable solo, and half of them embody multiplayer components.
All that stated, I feel Mossmouth is promoting itself brief by calling UFO 50 a group of simply 50 video games. Certain, it consists of 50 particular person experiences impressed by traditional video games of the Nineteen Eighties, however there’s additionally one large, hidden title within the assortment — UFO 50 itself. Don’t neglect to issue that into your pricing deliberations, Mossmouth.
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