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‘Yarntown’ is a Pixel-Based Tribute to ‘Bloodborne’
While rumours are still around that From Software and Sony will eventually give PC gamers Bloodborne (and more rumours that Bloodborne 2 is on the way), in the meantime, Max Mraz has decided to conjure up a Bloodborne-like game of their own.
Yarntown is a 2D sprite-based game that looks like the old-school 2D Legend of Zelda games, but is hard as hell. The game certainly wears its Bloodborne inspiration on its sleeve, with you exploring a cursed gothic town, hunting down monsters and facing off against huge bosses. You even spawn in the equivalent to the Hunter’s Dream, and use vials of blood to heal.
Until Sony finally decides to grant PC gamers their wish, this is a worthy alternative to the real thing. You can check out Yarntown on itch.io here.
So I made Bloodborne but it’s super cute and it’s also kinda Zelda. And it’s out!:https://t.co/cjx5zz5lvC#screenshotsaturday #pixelart #indiegame #bloodborne#solarus pic.twitter.com/033IVYfHlp
— Max Mraz (@11Mraz) July 18, 2020
While not quite Snakes on a Plane or Red Eye, co-developers Liquid Static Studio and Snapping Turtle have something darker in mind with their upcoming job-sim horror game, Night Plane. Coming to Steam later this year, the game has you doing the expected work as a flight attendant, but with the added bonus of trying to find demons hiding amongst the passengers.
It’s 1999, and it’s your first day on the job. You must do the usual things as a flight attendant: welcoming passengers aboard, check tickets, and attend to their needs. However, shape-shifting entities may attempt to come aboard disguised as humans. So, your additional job in Night Plane is to question passengers, and find a way to remove any unauthorized non-human visitors from the plane.
That also leads to assisting passengers in unorthodox ways inside the plane, outside the plane, and in places not listed in your training manual. To make things even more complicated, you’ll need to make tough decisions with irreversible consequences. Naturally, the company will not be held accountable for any mistakes you make. You live with them.
Oh, and seeing as this is a plane, you may encounter some turbulence while in flight, along with power failures, lightning strikes and more. All of which, including your decisions, will lead to one of the multiple endings in Night Plane.
If you wish to get in on the fun prior to the game’s release, you can sign up for the playtest via the Steam page.