Overbit makes use of information, cursors, and the web to assault you in shock minigames because it explores an world primarily based on 2000s-era computer systems.
The sport is a fascinating, virtually rage-inducing title the place you must uncover the world residing inside your pc earlier than it falls aside. After downloading a mysterious digital machine, you’ll meet a bunch of quirky creatures that reside throughout the information. A few of these creatures are corrupted and others are simply attempting to outlive as an alternative of being destroyed.
Aimed toward being a horror-comedy-RPG with nostalgic moments, you will want to begin poking round contained in the information which are left on this machine. Nonetheless, that may set off extraordinarily difficult mini-games the place you must dodge cat fingers, grasp some rhythm moments, and keep away from quite a lot of bullet-like assaults. These minigames generally play one after one other, supplying you with quite a lot of problem whereas feeding in bits of story. This story tells the story of how this digital machine got here to be and what occurred to the creatures that aren’t performing fairly proper. Additionally, Overbit additionally tries to mess with you as you play its video games and kind by way of its information. It does this by taking up your mouse, launching random pop-ups, creating errors, and never letting you allow. It’s fascinating in so some ways!
I acquired the possibility to play the sport at BIG Convention, the place I watched others wrestle with the mini-games whereas changing into intrigued by the characters they had been seeing. The sport jogs my memory a little bit of WarioWare (in the very best form of methods). You’ll have to determine what characters to belief and the best way to interpret the story alongside the way in which, which brings in fascinating components to what’s in any other case a bunch of tremendous irritating minigames. I acquired tripped up usually by imply characters, however there have been completely different difficulties to make issues simpler and extra accessible, which is at all times a should in some of these video games.
Overbit is at the moment in growth, however within the meantime, you possibly can add it to your Steam Wishlist.
About The Writer
Jupiter Hadley
Jupiter is a prolific indie recreation journalist, writing for Metro UK, Huge Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and plenty of extra, all with a give attention to smaller indie gems. She covers 1000’s of recreation jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each recreation have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of the entire recreation jams occurring on the earth, judges many jams and occasions.
