On July 18th, 2024, Japanese indie game developer Dyglone announced a new game titled UFO-Man, which will release in mid-2024 on Steam (Windows and MacOS) and iOS/iPadOS.
The Steam store page is now available, allowing you to add it to your wishlist before its release.
Trailer(YouTube): https://youtu.be/gQTxroxyP98?si=iAt38ULCxY-C1msK
Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3091230
UFO-Man is a simple 2D action game.
The purpose of the game is to lift up the square "Luggage" with your UFO and carry it to the top.
This game combines elements of Japanese irritating bar games called “Iraira-bou (イライラ棒)” and well-known difficult games like "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy" or "Only Up!", which became popular through game streaming on platforms like YouTube.
The UFO will easily drop the Luggage if the UFO bumps into walls, obstacles, or the Luggage itself.
Once you drop the Luggage, you may lose hours of your progress and must start climbing again from where you dropped it.
You must avoid dropping the Luggage considering the laws of physics, and steadily but sometimes boldly work your way to the goal as much as possible.
With repeated play, you might improve your skill and achieve the satisfaction of overcoming difficult challenges.
This game respects and follows the design styles of other difficult and challenging games, featuring a single long course.
You will journey through various sections and gimmicks, such as the cave, the strange factory, the city, and outer space, to reach the goal.
Additionally, the game provides contents for players who completed like numerous hidden elements or the Practice Mode, which may satisfy dedicated RTA players or achievement collectors.
Furthermore, this game features its own unique element not found in other difficult challenging games: "Crash Count" (the number of times the UFO collides with obstacles or the Luggage) is recorded during gameplay. This allows players to enjoy it repeatedly as a score attack game, competing to clear with as few crashes as possible.
Dyglone is planning to offer a 15% discount launch sale on the Steam version for the first week after release.
Adding the game to your Steam wishlist will notify you when it becomes available.
Title: UFO-Man
Genre: 2D Action, Iraira-Bou, Difficult and Challenging Game
Developer: Dyglone
Release: Mid-2024
Platform: Steam(Windws and MacOS), iOS / iPadOS
Steam Store Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3091230
Website: https://dyglone.sakura.ne.jp/software_ufoman.html
Trailer(YouTube): https://youtu.be/gQTxroxyP98?si=iAt38ULCxY-C1msK
Screenshots (.png files) are also available on:
https://dyglone.sakura.ne.jp/ufoman/UFO-Man_Screenshots.zip
About Dyglone
An Japanese indie game developer.
Previously, Dyglone presented the 2D side-scrolling shooter "Flarth" at the HSP Program Contest 2011, where it won the "Windows100% Award".
This previous game was also featured in the Japanese PC magazine "iP!" (Shinyusha).
Several years from then, the newly announced game UFO-Man is Dyglone's first multi-platform downloadable game.
E-mail: dyglone@live.jp