Aggro Crab has lastly revealed the reply to a query we have all been asking about Peak, its shock hit co-op climbing collab with Landfall–is Bing Bong sentient?
The reply is sure, or a minimum of, he was. The studio revealed in a recent video that builders used to own Bing Bong to speak to streamers, however not shall be doing so. In a video that reveals a glance backstage, Aggro Crab revealed that devs would discuss to gamers by way of Bing Bong, however solely in circumstances the place they have been publicly sharing their recreation.
“It was a very humorous approach to give creators a wild expertise within the first few weeks of us releasing Peak,” the video explains. Aggro Crab additionally clarifies that devs weren’t in a position to be part of personal video games, and that speaking Bing Bong was solely actually current in these first few weeks. “We eliminated this function mid-June, so in case you are seeing anybody claiming that the devs are becoming a member of them by way of Bing Bong or some other approach, they’re stuffed with sh**.”
Bing Bong, a lumpy inexperienced plushie, is discovered on the crashed airplane firstly of Peak. Though he might not be sentient, he has change into one thing of a mascot for the sport, and lots of gamers surrender valuable pack area simply to cart him to the highest of the mountain.
This sort of direct interplay with streamers is not out of character for Landfall–on the studio’s earlier title Clustertruck, the builders “hacked” a version of the game being run at Summer season Video games Carried out Fast, interacting with the speedrunner by way of messages on the display screen and modifying recreation visuals on the fly.
Peak has been surprisingly profitable for a recreation developed largely in a one-month recreation jam, promoting over one million copies in its first week and persevering with to achieve increased participant peaks over time. The sport is receiving common updates, with the most recent replace including the brand new Mesa biome, and the one earlier than that implementing cannibalism.