Imagine Tokyo Jungle and Sword & Sworcery mated and had a slugcat baby

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Like Hyper Light Drifter before it, Rain World emerged on Kickstarter out of nowhere and boy does it look good!
In stills its retro-chic aesthetic looks properly pink and pleasant, but maybe not quite revolutionary. Then you see it in motion and its fluid, frantic action and phenomenal animation recall Nidhogg by way of Sword & Sworcery.
Playing as a too-adorable-for-words "slugcat," you explore a derelict industrial world plagued by a near perpetual downpour. Given the harsh climate, most living creatures tend to take shelter from the nefarious percipitation and gales, but predators and prey alike have got to come out some time. "The gameplay consists of platforming and fast paced sneaking," Team Rain World explained on the Kickstarter page. It all sounds a bit Tokyo Jungle with fewer sweater-sporting corgis.
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