Playtonic Friends will publish Fabraz-developed 3D platformer Demon Turf, the companies announced.
“I’ve always wanted to create a 3D Platformer, they’ve been my favorite genre all my life, having grown up playing all of the notable ones on pretty much every console!” said Fabraz founder Fabian Rastorfer in a press release. “With our 2D platformer, Slime-san, we received a lot of praise for what we brought to 2D precision based platforming so we really wanted to see if we can translate the spirit of what made Slime-san great into a 3D platformer.”
Playtonic CEO Gavin Price added, “Demon Turf was one of the titles that made us want to set up our new publishing arm. Our aim was always to partner with those developers who make the kinds of games we love to play or we wish we’d come up with first which is exactly how we felt when we first played Slime-San so then when the Fabraz team showed us what they had in store with Demon Turf; the community focus, the reams of content and just somethin really fresh and new; we absolutely had to get involved.”
Fabraz released a new “demo” for Demon Turf for PC via Steam every week. These “Demon Turf Trials” present a new challenge and leaderboard for players to climb, as well as offer a full tutorial and two complete main levels of the full game.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
The Demon World is inhabited by all kinds of nasties… Most of them lumped into gangs battling for dominion, each led by its own head honcho. Yet even these bad dudes are no match for the Demon King himself! Instead the task falls to Beebz, a young demon barely a thousand years old, who decides it’s time for her to kick every turf leader’s butt and become the Demon Queen herself.
Key Features
- A unique aesthetic combining the expressiveness of 2D illustrations with the depth and sense of exploration 3D environments can offer!
- A world chock-full of humor and style, from the music accompanied by the protagonist’s rapping to the colorful characters inhabiting the world!
- A unique take on progression! Take a victory lap and explore previously beaten levels to discover their liberated state, with plenty of mechanical and environmental changes to uncover. Or take some time off in the hub town taking on sidequests and other distinct challenges instead.
- Pull off some clever platforming combinations or get physical with a special physics-driven combat system that ramps up the chaos and fun. Push, pull and spin your enemies out of your way.
- A different take on checkpoints, freeing the player to place them wherever they want. Show off without them for a perfect run, or place one in preparation for a challenging section.
- Unique challenges like the “Photo Hunt” mode where you’re tasked to take pictures of hidden locations & surprising moments! Or simply take pictures and selfies for fun and share them across all social media!
- An awesome collection of purchasable mods that can be combined in clever ways to completely change your play style! Or you could buy some dyes & pets instead, the world’s your oyster!
- Tons of carefully crafted levels that constantly introduce new challenges as well as en- gaging bosses full of character and life! Until Beebz gets to them…
History
From the makers of Slime-san comes their newest creation! The team used everything they learned from their 2D platformer to elevate this 3D platformer to the next level!
Demon Turf is due out for Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in 2021. While not officially announced, a PlayStation 5 version has also been rated.
Watch a new trailer below.