This game is not only a blast to play, but has huge streaming potential. Preston originally launched Kickstarter funding for the. The game pays homage to 8-bit and 16-bit games, and is considered by its lead developer Alx Preston as a combination of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Diablo. Yet with winding mazes, devious enemies, and even incredibly slow talking NPCs standing in your way, playing Minit is a surprisingly tense and compelling affair. Hyper Light Drifter is a 2D action role-playing game developed by Heart Machine. Once you’ve got yourself an item, thankfully it stays with you for the long haul. With the clock ticking on each playthrough, you have to plan each move with military precision as you attempt to track down a crucial item.
In Minit, you spawn as our cute little titular hero and are free to explore the world around you… except you only have a minute to do so.
Having contributed to the making of sprawling time sinks like Horizon Zero Dawn, this time around, the duo wanted to make something that felt more immediate. That, in a nutshell, is the concept behind Minit.Ĭreated by indie duo Jan Willem Nijman and Kitty Calis, these two developers decided to make the antithesis of the kind of AAA adventures they’d worked on before. Imagine playing a Zelda game where you only have a minute to live. Platforms: PC, Mac and Linux, PS4, Xbox One and coming soon to Nintendo Switch