Publisher Pineapple Works and developer Infamous Rabbit will release Earthbound and Undertale-inspired turn-based RPG Oddventure for Switch and PC via Steam in Q3 2022, the companies announced. A demo is currently available for PC via Steam. A Kickstarter campaign to fund the game’s development will launch on May 6.
Here is an overview of the game, via Pineapple Works:
About
Oddventure is a JRPG where you play as Charlie—a nihilistic and rebellious teenage girl with anger issues and social awkwardness. Your search for troublesome younger brother Bonzo is also looking for a way back home. The setting for Charlie’s misadventures is the Kingdom of Luxia, a land taken straight out of original Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales with a dark, Nietzschean twist.
Key Features
- Meaningful choices – EVERY decision matters, sometimes in the most unpredictable ways.
- The friendly JRPG where nobody has to die… but can. In a horrible way.
- Countless hidden secrets reference to pop culture and fairy tales.
- Bitter-sweet comedy mixed with some coziness and dark humor.
- Frog milk as a currency.
- A life-changing gaming experience.
Watch a trailer below.