Generally you simply desire a spot of senseless motion, ludicrous explosions and… cats. Understanding this everlasting fact, Chunkybox Video games have put collectively Wildcat Gun Machine, the purest articulation of violence and felines that we’ve seen this aspect of Thundercats.
To higher perceive this pageant of gore, we bought in contact with the mysterious ‘Dave’, the one-man-band behind Wildcat Gun Machine, and requested him some questions. For those who like the concept of strapping your self right into a mech and laying waste to a degree, then learn on…
May you please introduce your self and your function on Wildcat Gun Machine?
I’m Dave and other than the music which was composed by the superb GODONTGO, I developed Wildcat Gun Machine as a one-person-team.
May you give us a fast rundown of Wildcat Gun Machine?
Wildcat Gun Machine is a bullet hell shooter filled with a large arsenal of weapons, epic boss battles and a difficult degree of issue. You may also pet the cats.
Going by the over-the-top (and cat-filled trailers), Wildcat Gun Machine seems to be prefer it simply desires to be no-nonsense enjoyable. Is that truthful?
That’s proper. I wish to name the sport an ‘explosion rollercoaster’. There’s no story to the sport, it’s simply in regards to the motion and ensuring the moment-to-moment gameplay is as polished as doable.
How does a participant progress?
The sport has a linear marketing campaign so gamers navigate by means of sprawling maze-like dungeons full of difficult enemy encounters. There are perks and weapon upgrades the participant can use to improve themselves and develop into an unstoppable drive of destruction.
You’ve been at pains to level out that Wildcat Gun Machine is hand-crafted. Are these constructed ranges, somewhat than one thing procedurally generated?
That’s proper. The degrees aren’t procedurally generated and there isn’t a rogue-like factor to the sport, it’s extra like a traditional arcade shooter. By taking randomness out of the gameplay, you’ll be able to design very particular challenges and actually mess with the participant by means of the enemy encounters. It additionally means the gameplay might be designed across the varieties of weapons I do know the participant may have entry to.
What are you able to inform us in regards to the forty gun varieties? Will they really feel wildly totally different from one another?
The gun selection is there to maintain the sport feeling recent. The participant must be discovering new weapons fairly ceaselessly and if a sure gun doesn’t go well with their playstyle, they’ll discover one other fairly quickly. There’s classics just like the shotgun and flamethrower, in addition to extra on the market weapons like a gun that fills the display with ice shards. The BFG additionally makes an look.
The spotlight from the trailer for us (other than the cat) is the ridiculously OTT mech which you could strap into. What’s the story behind it? Can we get to make use of it ceaselessly?
There are a couple of big mechs within the recreation. After every main boss combat the participant is rewarded with one in every of these mechs and a display filled with enemies to mow down. It’s to make the participant really feel tremendous highly effective for some time and break up the difficult gameplay.
What was the inspiration behind the enemies? They principally make us really feel uncomfortable.
The enemy designs are deliberately gross to make it extra satisfying to see them explode into piles of guts. It’s identical to popping pimples.
In some methods, Wildcat Gun Machine seems to be like Returnal remade as an isometric shooter. Perhaps with a spot of Enter the Gungeon and Hades. Are any of those comparisons on level?
The second to second gameplay attracts a variety of inspiration from video games like Enter the Gungeon (minus the rogue-like factor) in addition to excessive depth shooters like Doom.
You’ve been constructing a Discord group. How a lot has that factored into the completed product?
Discord, in addition to the Steam boards have been an effective way to succeed in out to the group. There have been a couple of on-line demo occasions the place I used to be in a position to get suggestions from gamers, which was invaluable growing by means of Covid and the shortage of commerce reveals to get suggestions from.
How does it really feel to be launching a primary recreation? And a multiplatform one at that?
Barely nerve-racking however this can be very thrilling to lastly have the sport on the market.
What’s the key to an superior boss battle?
I really feel like bosses that require the participant to be taught their assault patterns and discover alternatives to assault are probably the most rewarding. A coronary heart pumping music observe can also be essential.
The Steam web page says there are ‘monster closet fight puzzles’. What’s a monster closet when it’s at residence?
I’m unsure, however I’m positive it doesn’t scent nice.
And eventually… are we going to have our asses handed to us?
For positive. However it’s okay, Wildcats have 9 lives.
And eventually, lastly… whose is the cat within the trailer?
I want I might say we employed an expert stunt cat, nevertheless it was the cat of somebody on the advertising company who put collectively the trailer.
Hopefully that tickled your fancy, as Wildcat Gun Machine isn’t far-off. It’s due for launch on Xbox, PC, Swap and Ps on Could 4th, which might be right here very quickly in any respect. You’ll be able to make sure that we might be giving it the normal TheXboxHub lowdown and evaluation when it arrives.
