Don’t be delay by the lovable facade that Jimmy And The Pulsating Mass wears. While this dreamlike RPG seems like its main inspirations are from the Earthbound and Undertale sphere of family-friendly (although sometimes darkish) RPGs, it’s not lengthy earlier than the masks slips. While the developer cites Yume Nikki as a core affect, I can’t assist however really feel that this one has a little bit of Space Funeral‘s blood-splattered weirdness to it. Jimmy And The Pulsating Mass is out as we speak. Check out the more and more sinister trailer beneath, and an hours-long demo here.
Set contained in the desires of an eight-year-old boy named Jimmy, just about something goes in Jimmy And The Pulsating Mass. Described as each a comedy and horror expertise by its solo developer, Kasey Ozymy, it’s an fascinating and unpredictable mix of tones. It’s infantile, as a result of after all the desires of an baby can be, however there’s some extra grownup humour in there, largely hinging on Jimmy’s misunderstandings. Then there’s the occasional onerous swing into unsettling territory, seldom telegraphed and generally left uncommented on, one way or the other making it creepier.
While Jimmy And The Pulsating Mass’s turn-based fight engine is usually impressed by Earthbound (proper right down to the same music and trippy backdrops), there’s a bit little bit of Shin Megami Tensei in right here. After defeating sure bosses, Jimmy will cease to consider the way it should really feel to be them. By utilizing his empathy and creativeness, he can rework himself into that creature – this can be a dream, in any case. On the overworld, this provides you new methods to work together with the world in Yume Nikki trend, whereas in fight it acts as a complete new freely switchable character class.
While there are random encounters, when you’re sufficiently high-level to breeze by way of a combat, you’ll be given the choice (hinted at with a inexperienced exclamation mark earlier than the combat begins, as a substitute of crimson) to hit a button and simply ignore that monster totally. Or you possibly can rework right into a slime – probably the most hated of all RPG monsters – and use your powers of punchability to drive creatures into attacking you. After enjoying the demo, it’s onerous to shake the sensation that Jimmy is likely to be a bit TOO understanding of horrible monsters, and that this story could get rather a lot darker by the tip.
Jimmy And The Pulsating Mass is out now on Steam and Itch for £11/€15/$15, and you may strive chunk of its opening act in the demo on RPGMaker.net here.
