It breaks our little hearts that the fantastic number-sliding game Threes never made it to Switch, but... we get it. Just in case, though, if any of the people who worked on it are reading this: we would definitely play it. Just in case.
But good news: the creator of Threes, Asher Vollmer, just announced a one-two-punch of new studio and new game, and the game is coming to Nintendo Switch! Woo!
"The game combines satisfying pinball physics with tactical decision making. Pick a style of attack, line up the best angle, and launch!"
The new studio is called Vodeo Games (excellent), and the game is Beast Breaker, a ball-bouncing game in the vein of Holedown, but with a twist: instead of breaking blocks, you're breaking beasts - hence the title, duh.
Also, instead of playing a ball, you'll be playing as Skipper, a tiny mouse - and boy, do we love games about tiny mice.
The Vodeo Games creed is all about "making high quality games regularly and sustainably," according to Vollmer, and though we don't have specifics on what that means, it's not difficult to find tales of abuse and stressful work environments in the games industry.
With a team that includes one of the co-directors of Life Is Strange: Before The Storm, the sound designer of Hyper Light Drifter, and one of the writers from Cozy Grove, it's already a star-studded production with a lot of talent.
If we sound excited, it's because we are - Threes was a masterclass of simple, finely-tuned game design, and although Beast Breaker is a significantly bigger undertaking, we're keen to see how it turns out.
There's no release date yet, but we do have confirmation that it'll be coming to Switch alongside the PC launch.
[source twitter.com]
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I was on board till I saw who was working on it.
Color me interested.
@Screen I’m curious, are you referring to the Threes/2048 controversy, or something else?
Oddly, my Mum's started playing Threes again, recently. I'm not sure why she suddenly went back to it, but for the past few days, it's the only thing she's been playing on her iPad.
.. I can't imagine her playing this, though. It looks incredibly complicated. Just look at all that text to read, buttons to push, and things to sub-manage.
I wish the devs the best of luck with it, though. It does look like it could be popular with people who aren't my Mum
Well I do love Threes. Interesting fact, I’ve finished with a score of 3,333 on three separate occasions!
@sfb
No I just disagreed with most of the design decisions made with Life is Strange
Well the music has been a delight to write so far, I can't wait for you all to hear it
The art and characters and sound design are incredible also!
@realBGC If that’s your music in the announcement, it sounds great.
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