Espresso Stain, the writer behind Goat Simulator, Valheim, and Passable, has introduced a brand new roguelike referred to as Into the Unwell. In growth at Swedish studio She Was Such A Good Horse, the sport is designed to appear to be an early Twentieth-century cartoon.
Constructed round cooperative hack-and-slash mechanics, Into the Unwell focuses on chaotic gameplay and over-the-top enemies and environments. Its most putting function is its artwork model, which particularly pulls on “rubber hose” animation related to cartoons like Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, and early Looney Tunes. Its aesthetic additionally appears evocative of the imagery of animated movies like Alice in Wonderland.
Whereas related in inspiration to Cuphead, Into the Unwell is distinct in that it options 3D fight and platforming. The announcement trailer reveals off a few of the environmental challenges and boss fights that gamers can anticipate from the sport, which appear from this brief glimpse that they could be fairly punishing.
In line with a press launch, the gameplay may also embrace the bizarre and psychedelic vibes of the aesthetics. Espresso Stain writes, “Gamers will discover themselves in a cartoonish fever dream the place they will encounter eccentric anthropomorphic enemies, and try boss fights as weird as they’re belligerent.”
Into the Unwell is constructed to be performed solo or with as much as 4 gamers in co-op, and it’s launching in Steam Early Entry within the close to future. It’s the debut sport from studio She Was Such A Good Horse, which consists of a handful of veteran builders from throughout the video games trade. No particulars have been shared about whether or not it’s coming to different platforms past PC.
