![]() What can I say? They make for good speedruns. This includes tricks to angle yourself faster by purposefully touching the ground briefly, and also flying as low as possible for as long as possible because of the speed boost given to you - but of course you risk crashing.Ī couple days ago, our very own Alice Pow wrote an article going more in depth on the speedrunning experience of Lifeslide - having received an early access key from Dreamteck and talked to speedrunner SpeedyDeep who was challenged by the devs to do a speedrun and was able to complete the game in just a little over an hour. Lifeslide for most players is meant to be a rather zen experience, soaking everything in and just chilling out - but speedrunners aren’t about that are we? Amazingly, there’s a fair bit of movement tech in this game you can use to clear it faster. The most impressive thing about Lifeslide might be it's absolutely astonishing visuals. If Gloomwood sounds like it might be your jam, check out the intro to the game in this 5-minute gameplay reveal. Gloomwood is still definitely recognizable as similar to DUSK, and it’s entirely possible that some of the movement tech might be transferable. Now, this game seems to be more focused stealth horror than pure unadulterated chaos and violence - but I’m sure speedrunners will find a way to go fast. ![]() Dave Oshry, CEO of New Blood, said “we love speedrunners and often use them to record our trailer gameplay footage”.ĭavid Szymanski, one of the developers working on Gloomwood, previously worked on DUSK - which to this day holds a solid amount of active speedrunners. If you’re not familiar with the titles that come out of New Blood Interactive, I highly recommend that you get to know them. If you want to check out some gameplay of the lil birb doing his thing, you can check out the official trailer here Gloomwoodĭeveloped by Dillon Rogers & David Szymanski I will say, I’ve never run a skateboarding game myself, but if there’s any time to start, I think it might be now Do I really need to say anything else? SkateBIRD does appear to have a story mode, meaning yes, you can speedrun the game with the little bird trying his best. Okay so picture Tony Hawk's Pro Skater… but you play as a little bird. If you’re interested in checking out what might be one of the cutest speedgames in existence, you can check out the announcement trailer here. Each of the 40 levels has an in-game leaderboard where times will be posted, which shows there was definitely some thought from the developers regarding speedrunning this title. In this challenging platformer, you play as Nekoman switching between a 2D or 3D perspective as well as swapping between physical and ghost forms to complete puzzles, find hidden areas, and even clear levels faster. Also, a few days ago, I sat down with Mattwla of Greylock Studio to discuss some of the behind-the-scenes thoughts behind the mechanics, which you can read about in my article discussing the game. If you’re interested in checking it out, you can find the Bullet Ballet trailer here and a speedrun of all the Arcade levels from SN Mortar here. This one is for sure going to be a hit on release because it already is even just as a demo. This fast-paced adrenaline rush already has a solid community speedrunning the demo, and the developer listens to feedback in the Discord every day. Severed SteelĪn arcadey stunt FPS inspired by games like Titanfall 2, Hotline Miami, and F.E.A.R where you play as a one-armed female protagonist named Steel kicking ass and taking names. If you want to check out some of the dungeon crawling, you can find 15 minutes of gameplay here. The world doesn’t appear to be entirely open, but it is quite large and so routing out the open worlds and the dungeons contained within should be interesting. Tunic also appears to have what looks to be a fairly in-depth combat system, managing a stamina bar and fending off multiple enemies with whatever loot you’ve found on your journey. ![]() Tunic is a gorgeous action-adventure game in a similar vein to classic Legend of Zelda games. In no particular order, here are our top eight upcoming Indie video game titles for speedrunners: Tunic This time we’re showing some love to the little guy and going over 8 Indie titles announced/shown at E3 that should, hopefully, become great speedgames. Last week, we took a look at 8 AAA releases from various showcases. E3 was chock-full of exciting new announcements, including some that look promising for speedrunners.
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