BitCake Studio and Mad Mushroom introduced that the cooperative roguelike shooter Atomic Picnic will launch on Steam Early Entry on November 7.
Within the $20 title, gamers will dive into the chaos and thrill of a co-op bullet-heaven roguelike shooter and an anime-inspired visible fashion for an unforgettable picnic within the wasteland. BitCake Studio is a uncommon recreation studio based mostly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (I visited the town as a part of our transient Brazil world gaming tour just lately).
Gamers group up with as much as three fellow “Loners” and embark on scavenger hunts often called “Picnics.” Every journey pits you in opposition to relentless waves of monsters, aims, and hulking bosses to make sure that no two Picnics are ever alike.
Run, gun, discover, gather, improve, and decimate – each Picnic presents a singular expertise, full of numerous improve paths and particular occasions that problem each solo adventurers and teams.
A last public playtest for Atomic Picnic is now accessible on Steam and can run till October 17. Hop in, run some Picnics with mates, and provides suggestions within the Atomic Picnic Discord because the devs at BitCake fine-tune, steadiness, and polish the sport in time for Early Entry.
In early entry, the builders at BitCake Studio are introducing a wave of options for Loners to chop their Picnic enamel on. There are 4 hungry Loners: Ash, Hani, Bonnie, and JD. Every Loner boasts distinctive stats and talents, permitting for various playstyles. Attempt every out and discover which fits you. You possibly can completely improve character stats by way of Mementos, that are acquired by means of Discoveries as Loners full Picnics.
Loners will scour maps for precious assets that unlock 18 totally different Mementos: character and equipment upgrades for future runs. Finishing particular challenges inside Picnics will reveal Discoveries, which in flip grant new Mementos, characters, and weapons.
The sport has three maps. In Prepare Plateau, you arrange your Picnic in an deserted trainyard, ripe for useful resource scavenging. In the event you’re fortunate, you would possibly discover one thing value chilly money! You may also come again to the Plateau in evening mode, dealing with off in opposition to a unique set of even harder enemies.
In Twilight Dam, you determine what cataclysmic occasion ravaged this dam. Picnic right here to discover this mysteriously wrecked rift, in day or evening mode. And in Metropolis of Sand, there are two dimensions, one metropolis. Discover and Picnic in an excellent metropolis caught throughout the sands of time…or what’s left of it.
In-run upgrades often called Curios characterize the dramatic adjustments a Loner’s construct will undergo as they progress a Picnic. Commonplace Curios unleash your Loner’s full potential as its stats and talents dynamically adapt to each acquired Curios.
Austin, Texas-based Mad Mushroom is a recreation publishing firm positioned as a next-generation influencer-owned entity throughout the huge umbrella of OTK Community. Mad Mushroom desires to empower indie builders, have interaction avid gamers, and form the way forward for interactive leisure.
BitCake Studios is a recreation improvement studio from Brazil, creating video games that carry individuals collectively since 2013. Hailing from Rio de Janeiro, BitCake is a very distant studio with coworkers from totally different cities across the nation and the world.
