It’s dangerous sufficient to finish up within the afterlife – and possibly a lot worse to instantly be banished on arrival! No much less once you’re only a cute little kitty. Crypt Custodian is the most recent sport from veteran developer Kyle Thompson, the developer of prior titles Sheepo and Islets. Simply as along with his different titles, Crypt Custodian is a top-down metroidvania with an additional deal with 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 crammed with curious and enjoyable denizens, hidden secrets and techniques, and a seemingly infinite quantity of nooks and curiosities.
However wait, how did this cute little kitty find yourself as a janitor? And why are there so many wayward and – at occasions – hostile spirits within the afterlife to start with? Enter Kendra, the guardian of the afterlife. Upon your sudden entrance into this realm, you’ve a reasonably disastrous assembly along with her – the place you’re banished to being a janitor…eternally! 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. Certainly 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 damaging place. Fortunately, as a sly and nimble kitty, you’ve plenty of talents at your disposal to assist navigate and subjugate threats! Motion and fight are on the coronary heart of Crypt Custodian’s design philosophy. Drawing off Kyle Thompson’s previous titles, motion is extremely fluid, tight, and intuitive. Fight is easy to select up however crammed 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 decide up tons of particular talents alongside the best way to not solely increase fight capabilities, but additionally increase motion ones as nicely.
The final word check of fight is after all what you’re really combating – enemies and executives – and Crypt Custodian is filled 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 reasonably unusual hostile spirits that inhabit the corners of this odd realm. Golems, witches, ghouls, outsized bugs, animal-looking abominations, wayward vagrants and…an enormous pot stuffed with spiders? For sure each enemy within the sport is designed to be distinctive, with particular person behaviors and transfer units that may all the time maintain you in your toes…or paws!
However not everybody within the afterlife is hostile (or impolite) fortunately! In reality there’s a number 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 an enormous hen. As you meet varied mates and acquittances scattered over the world, some will come again to take refuge right here themselves. You too can purchase gadgets, modify your stock, and take a look at unlockables right here. There’s only one factor although…don’t ask what’s within the VIP room!
Developed by Kyle Thompson and ported to Xbox and printed by High 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
High Hat Studios, Inc.
Sweep up the afterlife as Pluto the cat on this charming motion journey/Metroidvania about life, relationships, and transferring on.
Step into the sneakers of Pluto, a mischievous cat who has simply died, and landed within the afterlife’s palace. After a short and disastrous assembly with the Afterlife Guardian – Kendra – you are banished from the palace and sentenced to scrub… FOREVER!!!
Discover the huge grounds that encompass the palace, battle beasts along with your trusty broom, and acquire new talents to increase your world. Hang around with doomed ghosts, resolve puzzles, uncover secrets and techniques, and… arrange an ambush to interrupt again into the palace!
