I have measured out my life with T.S.
Eliot quotes
Alruna And The Necro-Industrialistsopens with paired quotes from T.S.
Here’s a trailer.
The earth is sucked dry.
There is only The Sprawl.
But are they the real enemy?
Or do the skeletons suffer just as much as the dryads under the domination of the Necro-Industrialists?
Dead men yearn for Heaven.
But the dead can only dig…
I’ve just giventhe Steam demoa shot, and this is a very assured production.
Power-ups include exploding mushrooms, magic vines and electro-plants.
It’s packing in a fair bit, though the square aspect room-based format makes everything feel quite tidy.
It’s got a pretty unvarnished anti-capitalist thing going on, without (so far) being didactic.
One friendly character you meet complains about “endless progress and infinite growth”.
There is definitely scope for more Wasteland quotation here but hopefully, they’ll restrain themselves.
The full game is out on 26th September.
Developers Neckbolt are also working on pocket-sized trick-or-treat platformerOctober Panic.
A studio to keep an eye on, probably.
