It’s your job, when things go wrong, to save them from their captors.
Just be careful, because it’ll do the same to you.
It’s full of great dialogue, for one thing.
When two guards discuss torture options for the hostage crew, they settle on shaving the cats for information.
“Shaving cats is against the Geneva Convention!”
mutters Nina from behind her steaming pipes and wall panelling, voice filled with disdain for these interlopers.
They venture to get past the fire again and again by mindlessly jogging into the flames.
“Just sneak past it!”
orders one freebooter, running in headlong and dying for the fifth time.
Pepper can be thrown to daze a pirate.
There’s a lot of other stuff going on.
you could eject into space and float around the ship, looking for another entry point.
Gladys, Walter, Patty - do not get attached, they want to shave cats!
Combat animations are buggy and wild right now; the demo has plenty of jank to spare.
There are copious other gags in the demo.
It is dense with great lines, throwaway silliness, and laugh-out-loud stylistic flourishes.
I won’t cheapen it by spoiling its best surprises.
If you recognise the art style, it’s probably because you’ve played something by Blendo Games before.
Skin Deep so far has plenty of the studio’s other calling cards.
And the return of a cat calledChu-Chu.
Confirmed: this is all part of the Blendoverse.
I am fully enthused.
If you also remember other Blendo games fondly, just go wishlist this one already.
