Crypt Underworld might have missed its unique December 2017 launch date a tad, however the further time in growth has finished wonders for Lily Zone’s interactive fever-dream. In a piece of footage launched at present, we get to see some extra of its unusual nightmare surroundings, filled with mismatched textures, odd sculpted polygons and sprawling mega-structures. It truthfully makes me just a little uncomfortable, like I’m seeing somebody’s videogame nightmare, in some way immortalised in code. Below, ten and a half minutes of bounding via this uncanny digital area and assembly the locals.
Crypt Underworld is the sequel to Crypt World, a surreal exploration journey a few fragmented, nonsensical universe that runs on piss, meat and bones. Somehow, this already decaying nonsense world ended on the finish of the primary game, and the sequel picks up shortly afterwards, supplying you with a warped and self-aware nightmare double-apocalypse to wander. The sequel’s aesthetic stands in stark distinction towards the PSX-era polygons of the primary game. This time it’s dense with stretched-out bump-maps, giving the world a rubbery, oily look filled with asymmetrical, lumpen sculpted characters.
Crypt Underworld was originally Kickstarted back in 2015, billed as “the future of futile piss sim”. While that date has been and gone, and updates have been few and much between on the developer’s YouTube channel and official site, at present’s video exhibits the horrible fruits of the additional growth time. The mixture of far-too-huge environments, floaty bunny-hopping motion and a barely too large visual field makes me uncomfortable for causes I can’t fairly put into phrases. It’s a horrible, damaged world I’m excited to discover and possibly piss throughout, too.
I wouldn’t even wish to hazard a guess at when Crypt Underworld might be completed, however till then, I extremely suggest taking part in the unique Crypt Worlds, which is free here. If you’re nonetheless hungry for bizarre, fractured exploratory games, Magic Wand by thecatamites ($4 on Itch) and the baffling Goblet Grotto by thecatamites & J Chastain (also free) are wealthy with queasy half-coherent adventures.
