Devolver Digital has revealed Ball x Pit, a brick-breaking, base-building survival roguelite that appears like the subsequent indie time sink I can not wait to leap into. There is a demo out in the present day on PC, and it is launching on Xbox Collection X/S, Change, and PC someday this 12 months (this is hoping it makes its strategy to PlayStation 5 in the future, too). This was revealed as a part of in the present day’s Devolver Direct, which went with a unique method to its summer season showcase this 12 months.
As an alternative of the zanier off-the-wall antics of the annual summer season Devolver Direct, which often comprises a number of bulletins, it launched a documentary referred to as “BALL x PIT: The Kenny Solar Story,” alongside a trailer for the sport.
You may view the Ball x Pit reveal trailer for your self beneath:
“In Ball x Pit, Ballbylon has fallen,” a press launch reads. “After a meteoric and utterly surprising occasion annihilated the good metropolis, all that continues to be is an ominous, yawning pit. Treasure hunters far and vast flock to town’s tomb to hunt their fortune, plundering the depths in quest of Ballbylon’s scattered riches. Few return.
“The pit performs host to armies of barbaric creatures, hellbent on ending your quest earlier than it even begins. Armed with a rising arsenal of magic-infused projectiles, batter your manner by way of a number of ranges of more and more difficult obstacles to assert the final word prizes and rebuild New Ballbylon. With each glob you lob, acquire worthwhile expertise to develop overpowered spitball combos, and recruit further heroes to unlock new expertise to ship the gutter-dwelling goons packing.”
As you may see within the Ball x Pit trailer above, it fuses fairly just a few totally different gameplay mechanics to create a roguelite. There’s traditional brick-breaking motion (with Vampire Survivors-like explosions of numbers everywhere in the display), base-building, and survival gameplay, all morphed into one expertise as you try run after run. It options over 60 randomized balls to equip, 70 distinctive buildings for New Ballbylon that present gameplay bonuses, power-ups, and characters, and extra.
You may check out Ball x Pit on PC by way of a brand new Steam demo proper now earlier than it launches on Change, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC someday this 12 months.
