Developer Unhappy Cat Studios has confirmed that gamers can get an early style of the cyberpunk-thriller Changed, as a demo for PC will go stay beginning February 11. Set in an alternate model of America within the ’80s, the two.5D platformer places gamers contained in the gumshoes of Attain–Analysis Engine for Altering and Composing People–an AI that finds itself trapped inside a human physique and on the hunt for solutions.
Whereas the sport focuses on exposing the sinister secrets and techniques of Phoenix Company, Changed additionally options loads of motion with a free-flow beat-’em-up fight system impressed by Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham video games.
Gamers can even discover the dystopian environments, and Attain must cope with unfamiliar human instincts, feelings, and themes of id on their mission. Unhappy Cat Studios has additionally highlighted the sport’s hand-crafted design in earlier previews, combining pixel-art with trendy visible results and a synth-driven soundtrack to set the temper.
“All the sport’s animations are hand-drawn, which implies we’re not taking any shortcuts when producing these literal tons of of sprites,” the studio stated in a dev weblog. “Possibly sooner or later we are going to use different instruments and methods, and we’ve got tried many, however with Changed we actually wish to honour the craft.”
First introduced again at E3 2021, Changed has been hit with quite a few delays as a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Unhappy Cat was initially primarily based within the nation of Russian ally Belarus, and with the studio opposing the battle, it relocated to Cyprus in 2022 out of concern for its workforce’s security. Changed may also launch for Xbox Collection X|S on March 12 as a console-exclusive, and it will even be obtainable as a day-one launch for Xbox Sport Move.