The studio behind Lifeless Cells introduced its subsequent undertaking on Thursday, a brand new 3D isometric motion sport named Windblown. Developer Movement Twin describes it as “a lightning-fast fight roguelite” that gamers can tackle solo or in groups of as much as three in on-line cooperative multiplayer.
In movement, Windblown appears to be like like a mixture of Lifeless Cells’ tight character-action fight and the isometric roguelike motion of Hades, however in some way even sooner than Supergiant’s sport. Windblown is vibrant, and like Lifeless Cells, it’s fairly colourful, with stylized cel-shaded characters.
In Windblown, gamers tackle the function of characters often called Leapers in a battle in opposition to the Vortex and its Sentinel minions. Leapers seem like agile anthropomorphic warriors; an animated trailer proven at The Sport Awards 2023 reveals warrior lizards, axolotls, and bats armed with blades and shields battling mechanized monsters throughout a collection of floating platforms. Aiding the Leapers in battle are what seem like rocket thrusters hooked up to their backs; they transfer extremely quick.
Windblown’s fight is claimed to be “robust however at all times honest,” with each run and each dying being a lesson for gamers. Leapers, Movement Twin stated in a information launch, “take in the recollections of the fallen warriors who got here earlier than, studying learn how to grasp the preventing types of their predecessors to unleash their full potential.” Adapting their preventing types contains switching weapons and builds on the fly, and as gamers progress, they’ll accumulate stronger and extra complicated weapons.
Windblown will launch in 2024 on Home windows PC by way of Steam Early Entry.