Right, anyone in need of something that’s just generally quite pleasant? I’ve been looking forward to Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi’s next game to a T ever since, well, it was revealed, honestly. It’s suitably strange, as per usual with the cult game maker’s works, this time putting you in the position of a teenager who is constantly t-posing. There’s also sandwich-making giraffes and other strange inhabitants, and you can now take a look at it yourself in a demo that’s dropped on Steam today.
The demo doesn’t sound particularly long, as you just get to play through its first episode. Still, sounds like enough time to get to do things like brushing your teeth, something I genuinely couldn’t tell you whether that’s been in a game before or not. There is also a “very cute dog”! All very nondescript stuff, but I trust Takahashi to deliver on the weirdness. Plus, your save data in the demo carries through to the full game, always a neat feature.
On top of that, a couple of songs from the game have been released too. There’s Perfect Shape by PREP, an upbeat track that wants to make sure you know you’re the perfect shape (aww, thanks!). And there’s the slightly chiller Giraffe Song, performed by Rebecca Sugar, i.e. Adventure Time contributor and Steven Universe creator. Honestly, both have already hooked me, some incredibly strong earworms here that I don’t think have been heard in a game since Bugsnax’s theme song. Cripes, now I’m going to be singing that to myself for the rest of the day.
Not long to wait for the full thing now either, as it’s due out next week on May 28th.
