Gravity-bending 3D platformer 1000 Deaths will launch for PC via Steam on August 7, followed by PlayStation 5 at a later date, developer Pariah Interactive announced. Other platforms will be announced a later date.
“I love platformers, especially ones that rely on interesting ways to move around: Super Mario Galaxy, Crash Bandicoot, and modern games like A Hat in Time, and Celeste in particular…” said Pariah Interactive founder Prashast Thapan in a press release. “How I wanted to make my mark was to put my own spin on how to fuse the joy of play and memorable characters with a narrative structure and themes that you rarely see in platformers.
“We’re telling stories about weighty topics – the struggles of forming your identity, the darkness that lies at the heart of our beings, how others change us and we change others, and the role that media plays in influencing our desires and decisions. All the major events in 1000 Deaths begin when a character is in front of a TV, and these external influences impact their lives in ways I hope our audience thinks about. We’ve really tried to strike a difficult balance: making a game that’s both fun and thought-provoking.”
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
1000 Deaths is a gravity-bending 3D platformer where your choices matter. What you choose defines the game’s levels, mechanics, and story. Dash through platforming hubs and decide your character’s fate while exploring surreal worlds. Speedrun, or don’t!
Key Features
- Puzzle and Action Platforming – Explore platforming hubs as a cute retro TV. Run, jump, and dash across walls, floors, and ceilings because gravity reorients itself as you play. Encounter a variety of cerebral puzzles and action-packed challenges. The only constant is the constantly changing gravity!
- Choose Your Own Adventure – Play as one of four whimsical characters and help them make life-altering decisions. Build friendships, become a rockstar, rule as a corporate bigwig, or mess up your love life! Your choices also define the mechanics of the platforming levels you run into.
- Discover Surreal Spaces and Characters – Interact with a world populated by talking egg yolks, sentient squiggles, and mysterious beings in purple suits. Explore sleepy Nowherestown and glitzy Jollywood, meander through the psychedelic Headspaces to find hidden collectibles and bonus levels.
- Master Speedrunning – And the best part—you can speedrun through each level of 1000 Deaths and earn trophies! Run at your own pace or play time attacks against your ghost.
Watch a new trailer below.