After a year in open beta, Klei Entertainment’s the-floor-is-on-fire first-person platformer Hot Lava is getting its official release on Steam subsequent week. Starting September 19, you’ll get your probability to relive these salad days of childhood when life’s largest fear was whether or not or not you can make the nine-foot horizontal leap to your grandma’s 1970s chesterfield with out touching the bottom. Ah, easier occasions. These days any time I attempt to beat my couch parkour report at household gatherings they ask me to depart.
Hot Lava is the most recent game from the Canadian indie studio maybe finest know for twee survival game Don’t Starve. You play as a plastic toy, a personality out of a fictional cartoon known as Global Action Heroes, Klei’s homage to G.I. Joe and its 1980s morning TV ilk. The goal? To attempt to not soften whereas navigating your means across the lethal sea of lava that makes up the the ground of each room.
Hot Lava’s launch replace will introduce a brand new basement stage to its retro gameworld of surburban homes and previous highschool gymnasiums. A brand new development system can be incoming, replaceing randomised drops with unlockables, whereas bettering controls and efficiency. You’ll have the ability to play the game with as much as eight others, competing for a spot on the leaderboard. Alternatively, you may try a few of the player-created ranges. Hot Lava comes with a Unity stage building equipment and contains Steam Workshop assist.
Hot Lava’s open beta model remains to be available on Steam for £7/$10, with a second copy for a buddy included within the worth. When the game leaves beta it’ll go as much as $13, though it’ll nonetheless be a two-for-one dealy.
