Devolver Digital Reveals Ball x Pit, A Brick-Breaking Survival Roguelite That Looks Awesome

Devolver Digital has revealed Ball x Pit, a brick-breaking, base-building survival roguelite that appears like the following indie time sink I am unable to wait to leap into. There is a demo out in the present day on PC, and it is launching on Xbox Collection X/S, Change, and PC someday this yr (this is hoping it makes its technique to PlayStation 5 someday, too). This was revealed as a part of in the present day’s Devolver Direct, which went with a unique method to its summer season showcase this yr. 

As a substitute of the zanier off-the-wall antics of the annual summer season Devolver Direct, which normally comprises a number of bulletins, it launched a documentary referred to as “BALL x PIT: The Kenny Solar Story,” alongside a trailer for the sport. 

You possibly can view the Ball x Pit reveal trailer for your self under: 

“In Ball x Pit, Ballbylon has fallen,” a press launch reads. “After a meteoric and utterly sudden occasion annihilated the good metropolis, all that is still is an ominous, yawning pit. Treasure hunters far and huge flock to town’s tomb to hunt their fortune, plundering the depths looking for Ballbylon’s scattered riches. Few return.

“The pit performs host to armies of barbaric creatures, hellbent on ending your quest earlier than it even begins. Armed with a rising arsenal of magic-infused projectiles, batter your means via a number of ranges of more and more difficult obstacles to assert the last word prizes and rebuild New Ballbylon. With each glob you lob, acquire useful expertise to develop overpowered spitball mixtures, and recruit further heroes to unlock new expertise to ship the gutter-dwelling goons packing.” 

As you possibly can see within the Ball x Pit trailer above, it fuses fairly a number of completely different gameplay mechanics to create a roguelite. There’s traditional brick-breaking motion (with Vampire Survivors-like explosions of numbers all around the display), base-building, and survival gameplay, all morphed into one expertise as you try run after run. It options over 60 randomized balls to equip, 70 distinctive buildings for New Ballbylon that present gameplay bonuses, power-ups, and characters, and extra. 

You possibly can check out Ball x Pit on PC through a brand new Steam demo proper now earlier than it launches on Change, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC someday this yr.