It’s unhealthy sufficient to finish up within the afterlife – and doubtless a lot worse to instantly be banished on arrival! No much less while you’re only a cute little kitty. Crypt Custodian is the most recent sport from veteran developer Kyle Thompson, the developer of prior titles Sheepo and Islets. Simply as along with his different titles, Crypt Custodian is a top-down metroidvania with an additional concentrate on tight fight and motion, and represents a enjoyable center floor between quirky, meticulously crafted humor and visible aptitude subsequent to tight, action-packed gameplay. You’ll play as Pluto, a mischievous cat-turned-janitor, and in your afterlife exile, you’ll discover an unlimited panorama stuffed with curious and enjoyable denizens, hidden secrets and techniques, and a seemingly countless quantity of nooks and curiosities.
However wait, how did this cute little kitty find yourself as a janitor? And why are there so many wayward and – at occasions – hostile spirits within the afterlife to start with? Enter Kendra, the guardian of the afterlife. Upon your surprising entrance into this realm, you’ve a fairly disastrous assembly together with her – the place you’re banished to being a janitor…perpetually! You’d suppose that is your mistake alone, however after assembly different denizens of the realm…let’s simply say you aren’t positive anymore. Certainly there’s a mistake if all these cute little animals are in the identical realm as all these evil spirits!
Surprisingly, the afterlife is sort of the damaging place. Fortunately, as a sly and nimble kitty, you’ve lots of talents at your disposal to assist navigate and subjugate threats! Motion and fight are on the coronary heart of Crypt Custodian’s design philosophy. Drawing off Kyle Thompson’s previous titles, motion is very fluid, tight, and intuitive. Fight is easy to choose up however stuffed with nuance and quirk that makes it rewarding to grasp. Actions and assaults flexibly hyperlink collectively to create a splendidly fluid system of leaping, dashing, rolling, attacking, and extra. You’ll additionally decide up tons of particular talents alongside the best way to not solely develop fight capabilities, but in addition develop motion ones as effectively.
The final word take a look at of fight is in fact what you’re truly combating – enemies and managers – and Crypt Custodian is stuffed with uncommon and inventive hostile denizens. The afterlife is a really unusual place, and what you’re combating actually displays that! You’ll be combating the fairly unusual hostile spirits that inhabit the corners of this odd realm. Golems, witches, ghouls, outsized bugs, animal-looking abominations, wayward vagrants and…an enormous pot stuffed with spiders? Evidently each enemy within the sport is designed to be distinctive, with particular person behaviors and transfer units that may all the time hold you in your toes…or paws!
However not everybody within the afterlife is hostile (or impolite) fortunately! Actually there’s a lot of pleasant faces you’ll encounter too – a few of which share your unlucky destiny. As you journey all through the realm, you’ll usually end up taking refuge in a cute little bar run by a giant fowl. As you meet numerous buddies and acquittances scattered over the world, some will come again to take refuge right here themselves. You can too purchase gadgets, modify your stock, and take a look at unlockables right here. There’s only one factor although…don’t ask what’s within the VIP room!
Developed by Kyle Thompson and ported to Xbox and printed by High Hat Studios, Crypt Custodian launches on August 27 at 12pm EST / 9am PST / 4pm UTC on Xbox Collection X|S and Xbox One, with a 15% launch low cost till September tenth.
Crypt Custodian
High Hat Studios, Inc.
Sweep up the afterlife as Pluto the cat on this charming motion journey/Metroidvania about life, relationships, and transferring on.
Step into the footwear of Pluto, a mischievous cat who has simply died, and landed within the afterlife’s palace. After a quick and disastrous assembly with the Afterlife Guardian – Kendra – you are banished from the palace and sentenced to scrub… FOREVER!!!
Discover the huge grounds that encompass the palace, battle beasts together with your trusty broom, and achieve new talents to develop your world. Hang around with doomed ghosts, resolve puzzles, uncover secrets and techniques, and… manage an ambush to interrupt again into the palace!