Ballionaire from developer newobject and publisher Raw Fury has a demo up for Steam Next Fest, and you're really going to want to keep an eye on that clock when you hit play. It has already become my latest absolute obsession.
Inspired by pachinko machines but it adds in some roguelike flavour, and the result is something that has just completely captured me and I'm going to be playing it all night. Drop a ball down the vertical machine, where you've placed various triggers to try and build up a lot of money. It quickly turns into absolute chaos, with the ball bouncing around everywhere and it's just a thorough delight to play.
Pictured - Ballionaire on Linux
The idea here is that you go across various boards where you have to pay a tribute in money gained from the pachinko machine. Each tribute you manage to hit, will bring you to a new round where the needed tribute is higher, so it can get quite challenging. So it's up to you to build up the board, and hit various insane combinations that might even break the game to absolutely smash the goal and become a Ballionaire.
In a way it feels like a merger between Peglin and Balatro. Check out the announcement trailer below:
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Fun fact: it's another Godot Engine game.
I fully expect this to be a huge hit at release. It's great to play with wonderfully inviting visuals and just so entertaining to see the ball get smashed around while you see your money ticking upwards. Especially nice when you've got a good combination going, and the ball just manically bounces between them all for a while, as you sit back and take a well-earned sip of your favourite drink and just watch it all happen.
Check out the demo on Steam. It has Native Linux support and as far as I can tell it works to perfection. No release date just yet, but the publisher made it sound like it was really soon.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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