I have to confess, it was not until this very hour that I envisaged the opportunity of an RPG occasion consisting completely of clowns. There is a effective custom of clown characters in RPGs – Sylvando from Dragon Quest XI, Harle from Chrono Cross, the Jester in Darkest Dungeon – however an entire occasion’s price? The complete massive high? The utmost cabaret? Insanity! Pleasant insanity! Here is the trailer for Clowned King, the subsequent recreation from Moonana, developer of the colorful and melodious Keylocker. I prefer it higher than a custard pie filled with razorblades. I like most issues higher than a custard pie filled with razorblades, however this comes fairly excessive up that checklist.
Clowned King is a turn-based tactics-me-do set within the Moonlit Kingdom, a world of tinted glass and, from the appears to be like of issues, pugnacious brocolli. You’re Matheus, a disgraced harlequin prince who “conceals his bloody previous behind a masks of laughter”, and also you’re on a mission to recruit some badass buffoons in an effort to do a darkside Heath Ledger in your villainous father, the Mad King Marduk.
The sport’s battle system takes inspiration from “Disgaea, Hearth Emblem and Brazilian tradition”, based on the Steam web page, and places the highlight on formations, which unlock particular skills. I’m wondering if the suitable phrase right here is not “formation” however stagecraft? If this recreation would not make each final characteristic an expression of clown tradition, it will be a sorry waste of a premise, to say nothing of a strong 7/10 title pun.
We will additionally anticipate “an immense quantity of mage class varieties”, which feels apposite – when clowns spec for melee, it tends to be as a result of they’re horror film clowns, who favour axes over hand buzzers. RPG clowns are extra of a bard variant, I assume. Fight apart, you may be “[bonding] with leaders from opposing realms to assist assist your struggle in opposition to the Mad King”. Ah sure, clown politicking, so in contrast to the common variety.
Clowned King is out… at some stage. Whilst you wait, why not pattern precision platformer Clown Meat, during which you must cheer up a jester of planetary scale and distress, who spawned inside Jupiter’s Nice Crimson Spot. Or how concerning the traditional point-and-clicker Dropsy, during which the title character simply desires a hug. Come to think about it, we’re most likely overdue a clown recreation during which the clown is not an emblem or metaphor for sorrow and madness. If of 1, I would love to listen to about it.
