Winter could also be right here to remain for a bit however there’s some stray sunshine to be present in Wattam, the brilliant little puzzle game that can really feel instantly acquainted to anybody who performed Katamari Damacy years in the past on the PS2. Or, heck, final 12 months’s re-release on the PC. Wattam has an identical fascination with issues that might usually be inanimate objects like bogs, bushes, and emoji-like piles of poo. You’ll use every one and their distinctive talents to resolve puzzles on your colourful buddies.
You start as a mustachioed inexperienced block known as the Mayor trying to carry all the opposite objects again to Earth after it’s been attacked by some unknown malevolent power. The Mayor’s potential is to blow up when eradicating their hat which is seemingly fascinating to the opposite characters.
As you accumulate extra, every have their very own talents that may be mixed to resolve extra puzzles. The fan can blow different objects about. The rest room flushes poo. From the gameplay trailer you possibly can spot a tree, fork and spoon, a flower, and a factor that could be a nostril.
Wattam helps you to swap between the entire objects to play as and make the most of their talents, or invite a good friend to play alongside and management one as nicely.
In what’s turned out to be considerably of a theme this 12 months (what with Death Stranding and all), Wattam is about connecting folks. Keita Takahashi, director of the unique Katamari games and the apparent creativeness behind the equally styled Wattam, instructed The Verge that it was impressed by his transfer to San Francisco to work with the builders at Funomena. Surprised by the pervasive homelessness within the metropolis, “I feel so bad when I see them, but I have a job and money through making a video game, which is an unnecessary thing,” he says.
Takahashi wished to create a game that was extra significant and about bringing totally different sorts of individuals collectively. A cute game about pleasant shapes can’t immediately assist the homeless in San Francisco, however it’s a pleasant theme.
You can seize Wattam from the Epic Games Store for £16/$20. Presumably, you’ll finally be capable to attempt it on Steam, the place its launch date is listed as “TBD”. Epic’s exclusivity interval appears to mostly final a 12 months.
