Deeeer Simulator is a couple of fairly regular deer swinging from lampposts with its elongating neck, piloting mechs manufactured from animals, and infrequently turning right into a freakish bipedal hybrid. Inspired by the equally anarchic Goat Simulator, however with a number of enjoyable concepts of its personal, Deeeer Simulator is the work of a solo Japanese developer beneath the banner of Naspapa Games. It’s presently crowdfunding, and hit its full funding purpose of 1 million Yen (round £6,000/$9,000) on Japanese site Campfire inside sooner or later. There’s additionally a Kickstarter, although it hasn’t carried out practically as properly. See the fairly regular trailer beneath.
While Goat Simulator was (initially) nearly working round and throwing stuff, Deeeer Simulator seems to have loftier ambitions. Animal mechs, dragons, bovine jetpacking, oddball boss fights and apparently taking part in Go with cows that may freely roam the board. Of course, you’ll be able to simply grapple across the metropolis utilizing your stretchy deer neck. It’s all very daft and has me guffawing far an excessive amount of as I rewatch the trailer for the n’th time. Due to the game being properly over 100% funded in Japan (a lot to the developer’s shock), there’s a 2 million yen stretch purpose now so as to add prehistoric creatures to the game.
While inflicting anarchy seems to be a key a part of Deeeer Simulator, it has its prices. Anger town they usually’ll ship patrol automobiles after you (pushed by giraffes) and ultimately tanks pushed by polar bears. The Kickstarter web page additionally teases some method of massive closely armed mech unit to combat towards as properly, though can any weapon really surpass Metal Deer, seen up high? So, Goat Simulator meets Grand Theft Auto then, with a touch of Armoured Core. There’s simply one thing about the best way it strikes and the sense of humour within the trailer that resonates with me in a approach that Goat Sim by no means did. It looks like a extra earnest, much less pressured vein of silliness. More of that, please.
Deeeer Simulator is due out by 12 months’s finish, and is presently crowdfunding on each Campfire (Japanese-centric) and Kickstarter. You can discover the game’s Steam page here. You may also see a bunch extra foolish clips of the game on the developer’s Twitter feed here – you actually ought to.
