Rome-based indie dev Fantastico Studio has unveiled Landflix Odyssey, a 2D platformer that parodies your favourite cult TV shows while you explore a mock version of Netflix. And it could be headed to Nintendo Switch if its freshly launched Kickstarter campaign raises enough money.
The game has five different worlds - with each one pastiching everything from Game Of Thrones to Stranger Things - as you hunt down a set of radioactive batteries for a man who's purposely ripping off Doc Brown from Back To The Future. It's very silly, and very 2018, but we like the look of its mixture of satire and challenging platforming mechanics.
The main goal is to reach 15,000 euros, but if the campaign hits its first stretch goal - namely 20,000 euros - the studio will bring the game to consoles, including Nintendo Switch. As of writing, the campaign hasn't even hit £700 yet but there's just under a month to go so Stranger Things have happened.
Let us know what you make of Landflix Odyssey and whether you'll be backing this indie...
[source kickstarter.com]
Comments 10
So many pixellated games on Switch.
Hellmut and Death Road to Canada had already reserved the cash in my wallet.
I like the premise of the game, might give it a look when it comes around
Yay! Another 2d-Pixel Art-PopCultureReferenced-Platformer!
Bring it on!
Man, that soundtrack is amazing! Might check it out, but I don't really like Kickstarter, so I'll just have to wait and see.
Wish they gone with a 16 bit art style or different pixel art style for this one.. but hey it's netflix parody.
The premise is pretty nifty - certainly unusual.
I've fallen off the Kickstarter train myself, but I hope they succeed.
The concept is cool but the actual gameplay and world didn't invoke much comparison. From what I saw it could just be a guise for fantasy/horror/street/factory tilesets
Looks quite bland. AVGN looked more creative than this when it came to the whole meta thing. This just looks bog standard.
With the right kind of humour and references, it could be to TV-series what Retro City Rampage is to all things 80's. But the 8Bit look doesn't seem as good a choice as it did in RCR... Well, we'll see I guess.
They could have done more with the source-material. This is just yet another pixelated platformer, one without a original hook.
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