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And it looks like Paradise Killer
If you know Ben Esposito only from his previous game,Donut County, an existential adventure about a hole, then it might be a surprise that his his new game is an anime-infused first-person shooter about demons fighting in heaven with cards in place of weapons. It’s calledNeon White, and we are not surprised. Watch the announcement trailer below.
NEON WHITE | Reveal TrailerWatch on YouTube
NEON WHITE | Reveal Trailer
Another game for this heaven-set killfest might be ‘Paradise Killer’, and its colour palette and music evoke last year’s first-person detective game. The actual action of Neon White looks more likeQuake3 though, with the player seemingly zipping along a linear level with rocket jumps, dashes and other movement trickery.
All those tricks are deployed via cards - for example, dash is a single-use card called “Godspeed”, and there’s a move you can use while falling called “Stomp”. Some enemies drop cards when killed that you can pick up to replenish your hand.
The reason I’m* not surprised that this is Ben Esposito’s new game is that, before he fell down a Donut County-shaped hole, he made similarly neon-soaked first-person games with the ArcaneKidslikePerfect StrideandZinith. Go watch those trailers and tell me Neon White isn’t part of the same lineage. Then go playBubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits The James Turrell Retrospective.
You can read more about Neon White at itsofficial siteand wishlist iton Steam. It’s aiming for release this winter.
*Also the only reason I remembered any of this is because Alice O reminded me. I am just pretending to be smart.
