It’s dangerous sufficient to finish up in 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 newest recreation from veteran developer Kyle Thompson, the developer of prior titles Sheepo and Islets. Simply as together with his different titles, Crypt Custodian is a top-down metroidvania with an additional give attention to 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 enormous panorama stuffed with curious and enjoyable denizens, hidden secrets and techniques, and a seemingly limitless quantity of nooks and curiosities.
However wait, how did this cute little kitty finish up as a janitor? And why are there so many wayward and – at occasions – hostile spirits in the afterlife to start with? Enter Kendra, the guardian of the afterlife. Upon your surprising entrance into this realm, you’ve a moderately disastrous assembly along with her – the place you’re banished to being a janitor…without end! You’ll assume that is your mistake alone, however after assembly different denizens of the realm…let’s simply say you aren’t certain anymore. Absolutely 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 harmful place. Fortunately, as a sly and nimble kitty, you’ve a whole lot of talents at your disposal to assist navigate and subjugate threats! Motion and fight are at 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 straightforward 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 choose up tons of particular talents alongside the approach to not solely develop fight capabilities, but in addition develop motion ones as nicely.
The last word check of fight is in fact what you’re really combating – enemies and executives – and Crypt Custodian is stuffed with uncommon and artistic hostile denizens. The afterlife is a really unusual place, and what you’re combating actually displays that! You’ll be combating the moderately unusual hostile spirits that inhabit the corners of this odd realm. Golems, witches, ghouls, outsized bugs, animal-looking abominations, wayward vagrants and…a large pot filled with spiders? For sure each enemy in the recreation is designed to be distinctive, with particular person behaviors and transfer units that can all the time hold you in your toes…or paws!
However not everybody in the afterlife is hostile (or impolite) fortunately! In truth there’s plenty of pleasant faces you’ll encounter too – a few of which share your unlucky destiny. As you journey all through the realm, you’ll typically end up taking refuge in a cute little bar run by a giant hen. As you meet numerous buddies and acquittances scattered over the world, some will come again to take refuge right here themselves. You may also purchase objects, modify your stock, and take a look at unlockables right here. There’s only one factor although…don’t ask what’s in the VIP room!
Developed by Kyle Thompson and ported to Xbox and printed by Prime Hat Studios, Crypt Custodian launches on August 27 at 12pm EST / 9am PST / 4pm UTC on Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One, with a 15% launch low cost till September tenth.
Crypt Custodian
Prime Hat Studios, Inc.
Sweep up the afterlife as Pluto the cat in this charming motion journey/Metroidvania about life, relationships, and shifting on.
Step into the sneakers of Pluto, a mischievous cat who has simply died, and landed in the afterlife’s palace. After a short and disastrous assembly with the Afterlife Guardian – Kendra – you are banished from the palace and sentenced to wash… FOREVER!!!
Discover the huge grounds that encompass the palace, battle beasts together with your trusty broom, and acquire new talents to develop your world. Hang around with doomed ghosts, clear up puzzles, uncover secrets and techniques, and… arrange an ambush to interrupt again into the palace!