YouTube sensation Dunkey, aka videogamedunkey or Jason Gastrow, has added sport publishing to his resume. He began an organization referred to as Massive Mode final 12 months, which is releasing its first title on Could 9. Animal Nicely is a sidescrolling Metroidvania platformer that can present up on the PS5, the Nintendo Swap and PCs. There’s a trailer that’s completely oozing with retro-gaming goodness.
Now, Dunkey didn’t make this sport. Massive Mode is a writer and never a developer. An organization referred to as Shared Reminiscence is behind Animal Nicely, which is only a solo dev named Billy Basso. He’s been engaged on the sport for seven years and his arduous work exhibits from the trailer.
Animal Nicely appears to be like to lean a bit into psychedelia. There’s a blistering colour palette, a synth-heavy soundtrack and, after all, an enormous white cat that takes up the entire display. There additionally appears to be like to be powerful platforming sections and the sorts of energy ups that populate the Metroidvania style. In any occasion, this appears to be like like yet one more scrumptious appetizer earlier than Hole Knight: Silksong ultimately releases within the 12 months 2087.
Whereas Basso hasn’t launched any video games on his personal but, the developer did work on Octodad: Deadliest Catch and Bugsnax, amongst others. As for Dunkey, he’s a YouTuber, however one with fairly good style. He is aware of his stuff and loves trashing dangerous video games. In case you’ve ever seen a meme taking the piss out of the beleaguered PlayStation mascot Knack, Dunkey most likely had one thing to do with it.
Animal Nicely is the primary sport printed by Massive Mode, however not the final. The corporate has main plans for the longer term, together with a bullet hell shooter referred to as Star of Windfall. Massive Mode can also be accepting submissions from builders, although not if the sport consists of “NFTs, crypto or blockchain.” If solely Starbucks had such discerning style.
