The developer behind My Friend Pedro has revealed its new recreation, Shotgun Cop Man, for PC and Nintendo Swap. On this recreation, Shotgun Cop Man should journey to hell and arrest Satan.
Shotgun Cop Man’s major mechanic revolves round propelling the titular character utilizing firearms throughout ranges and platforms. Its simplistic and minimalist artwork type enhances its chaotic gameplay, permitting gamers to maintain observe of incoming bullets whereas additionally leaving room for gamers to make last-minute choices on evade them. Solo dev DeadToast Leisure mentioned that including on further visible aptitude solely elevated “cognitive load,” resulting in a lower in gameplay circulation.
“I discussed earlier the simplicity of the shotgun-propelling being one thing that spoke to me. And I wished to stay with that phrase, simplicity, and attempt to make a recreation the place I may strip away or reduce something that wasn’t contributing to that core flowy really feel and expertise,” DeadToast defined. “Therefore the minimalist look and simple nature of the sport.”
Shotgun Cop Man additionally features a degree editor, which was certainly one of My Friend Pedro’s most-requested options. All of Shotgun Cop Man’s ranges are constructed with the identical level-editor instruments that gamers can have entry to within the full launch by way of Steam Workshop. There will even be No Harm and Speedrun modes for hardcore gamers.
The sport will value $10 when it launches on PC and Swap later this 12 months, however a demo is now available on Steam. It incorporates 17 ranges for gamers to undergo. It wasn’t revealed whether or not Shotgun Cop Man would get PlayStation and Xbox releases, however My Friend Pedro ultimately got here to all platforms, so it is doable that Shotgun Cop Man will too.
It is also doable that Shotgun Cop Man will likely be playable on Swap 2, but it surely’s at the moment unclear what the upcoming system’s backwards compatibility limitations are.