Steam’s next city-building struck blends 2 constantly charming things: Lemmings-style people-guiding to gather cash and an incomprehensible quantity of particles flying around the screen.
The strangely entitled (the) Gnorp Apologue came out on Steam previously this month – December 14 – and the store explains it as the “journey of the gnorps as you direct them towards their objective of wonderfully extreme wealth build-up.” The cutesy gnorps – those pixelated cuboids – apparently just have eyes for something: cash, cash, cash.
Much of the above trailer’s focus is drawn up by an odd rock thingymajig that gushes out screen-filling particles that tickle a really particular, childish part of my brain. “What is the rock?” the store description asks, “Irrelevant concern – when struck, it outputs fragments, and fragments are fantastic.” The resource permits you to buy ever-increasing waves of gnorps and develop brand-new structures. “The gnorps need to have them,” however reaching them after they fly throughout the level is half the fight.
Gnorps likewise gladly been available in various ranges for fragment collection: “Some knock the rock with their heads, others shoot it with arrows and weapons.” Some others grow flowers and others utilize psychic powers. And some others are less naturally gifted and are rather relegated to constructing drones and rockets.
In around 10 days, the video game has actually currently reached an “Overwhelmingly Positive” ranking based upon over 950 Steam user evaluations. Lots of gamers gushed about the cutesy funny and moreish loop that had hours pass with each play session. One user evaluation called the video game an example of “The Pikmin Effect,” where it’s a video game about “enjoying a lot of charming little guys [doing] things [that are] incredibly enjoyable.” Seems like an ideal ambiance.
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