The creators of games like Spelunky, Downwell and others are all teaming up to work on one new collection of games. Called UFO 50, the game series will have 50 different games to play.
The game designers teaming up for UFO 50 include Spelunky creator Derek Yu, Time Barons co-creator Jon Perry, as well as Eirik Suhrke, Paul Hubans and Ojiro Fumoto.
According to the UFO 50 website, all the games are retro-influenced, pairing 80s-style game art with modern-day design concepts. Each game will have a director leading the efforts, with the rest of the team working to help with art, programming and design. This means each game may come from the mind of one of the creators, but every game will see contributions from every person on the team.
As for the games themselves, UFO 50 will have all sorts of experiences across a number of genres. Based on pictures and video snippets, there will be platformers, puzzle games, sports games, RPGs and more. While not every game will be a massive release, the UFO 50 website says the games will all be big enough to be considered full games, not microgames or minigames.
All 50 games will have a single-player mode, but many will also feature either cooperative or competitive multiplayer modes as well. How this multiplayer will be incorporated, whether it be local or online, has yet to be revealed.
UFO 50 will initially release for PC in 2018, but plans are in place for the game collection to come to other platforms as well. No specific consoles have been confirmed as of yet, but this would certainly be an enticing purchase for the Nintendo Switch. Take the hint, game developers!
The price for UFO 50 is also being kept under wraps for now. The game’s website says the developers are still deciding on the price, but the goal is to make it “an easy purchase.”
So what do you think? Are you curious to see what 50 different games from the same developers will look like? What classic games do you still have fond memories of? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
