To celebrate their April 26th release date, the developers put together an announcement trailer showcasing the game's many, many enemies and the many, many ways you can take them out. Take a peek:
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Well, okay, maybe it's not that surprising, considering that's one of the core tenets listed on the game's Kickstarter page, but it's exciting nonetheless. Drawing inspiration from such games as Nuclear Throne and Samurai Gunn, RotR has promised to deliver co-op gameplay in which both players control their own, unique character, not some puny, throwaway sidekick.
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The reason for this campaign is to help finish the game's development and try to ensure they hit a (for now) planned release date of March 2017. With the minimum amount achieved, the developers now have their sites set on some of the stretch goals, including additional playable characters, new monsters and areas, and a chiptune soundtrack.
Many of the rogue-lite games we see these days all fall within the boundaries of the "twin-stick shooter" genre. While both Charles Webb and Daniel Crockenberg of Faux-Operative Games are fans of these titles, they wanted to do something a little different with Ruin of the Reckless; they wanted to make a "twin-stick fi...
Described by the developers as a "twin stick 'fighter' roguelike," Ruin of the Reckless just recently made it through the Steam Greenlight process, so we can expect to see it up there at some point. While the graphics may remind you of the recent Hyper Light Drifter, the action itself has more in common with a title like Nuclear Throne. In fact, the devs have even cited that titles as inspiration.
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