By Kieron Gillen on August 2nd, 2010 at 8:20 pm.
Lots of people nodded at Dustforce , which the ever-wonderful IndieGames blog brought to public light. It’s a platformer by Hitbox Team which is currently available in demo form, which includes two proper levels, a handful of custom levels and a (twitchy) level editor for you to play around with the custom ones with. Its controls take some getting used to, but this is startlingly beautiful, acrobatic platforming about brush-wielding sweepers whose devotion to leaf-obliteration humbles us all. Footage follows and the demo’s available here.
02/08/2010 at 20:52 Dyst says:
It reminds me of Super Meat Boy, except, you know. The protagonist isn’t a boy made of delicious meat.
02/08/2010 at 20:54 Kieron Gillen says:
Dyst: I was going to say that, but forgot. Man!
KG
02/08/2010 at 21:34 Armyofnone says:
Seconded. Beat all the levels in the demo and really enjoyed it! Definitely keeping an eye on it. Games about boys made of meat and chimney sweeps, who woulda thought…
02/08/2010 at 20:52 a says:
Oh my this looks pretty. Instant demo download!
02/08/2010 at 20:53 stahlwerk says:
Looks nice, but I think the trailer music could use some work. ;-)
02/08/2010 at 21:33 Riaktion says:
you are correct. the 5-0 is the way forward
02/08/2010 at 21:05 LewieP says:
Love it.
02/08/2010 at 21:05 Vague-rant says:
Just had a quick run through. Frustrating but not overly so.
I did find that parts of the Autumn level background kinda confused me a few times but that might just be me. (But a background that’s partly grids for a foreground that partly grids doesn’t seem the most prudent decision in a fast moving game, whether or not the grids are slightly smaller)
02/08/2010 at 21:08 KingCathcart says:
Wait, did you just reference my favorite Kenickie song?
02/08/2010 at 23:02 Stu says:
I see no mention of being taken to the cinema so he certainly didn’t mention MY favourite.
02/08/2010 at 23:20 wiper says:
Hmm, another Britpop reference in a KG title bar? Classy.
*cough*
02/08/2010 at 22:43 DiamondDog says:
Now, I’m willing to bet a large part of this might be down to my lack of practise with platform games on a a keyboard, but I didn’t get on with the controls at all. Looks wonderful and everything, but the character just felt a bit imprecise. Made it a bit frustrating.
I’ll give it a few more goes to see if it’s just me being rubbish.
02/08/2010 at 23:27 Rei Onryou says:
I rejoice in the fact that the bear is doing his best attempt at being endless. Hail Horace!
02/08/2010 at 23:59 Awia says:
It’s awesome and all, but it runs in slo-mo for me, clearly all the bloom and particle effects are too much for my PC.
03/08/2010 at 01:28 airtekh says:
First thing that comes to mind is N.
Got a bit frustrated with the checkpoints but got there in the end.
Lovely artwork. Looks a good ‘un.
03/08/2010 at 11:35 JB says:
Crashes as soon as I select a character =(
03/08/2010 at 17:44 JB says:
Working now. Yay.
03/08/2010 at 18:52 Hyudra says:
Getting FPS issues, which is odd since I can run many new games at 1650×1080, highest settings. Game runs at a crawl, very choppy.