What is Shift Happens

We have seen the upcoming game Shift Happens, which is a puzzle platformer, on the gamescom. We love that the developer decided to focus on a cooperation gameplay with great couch compatibility. We like it that Klonk have kept in mind to develop a game for a night with friends, pizza, coke/beer and a lot of fun.

In this game players take controle about the two protagonists called Bismo and Plom. “Bound together by accident, they can shift their masses between each other,” according to the developer. If players shift the size of one of them, the other one change his sizes, too. “The big gets small and the small one gets big!” This is the core mechanic of the game and allows to challenge the puzzles. It also allows “funny interaction between the players.” There are a lot of different possible interactions. For example, “the characters can push and pull different sized crates or throw each other around.”

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Shift Happens has a lot of puzzles with a lot of challenging levels that take fast reactions and concentration. The game’s controls are “very tight and reactive”, according to the developer. We like it that there are not to complicated. Further the developers explained to us, that “players always need to work and think together to finish the levels.” We found out that cooperation and communication is the key to succeed.

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The game consists of four stages: the laboratory, the forest, the canyon and the grotto. Unfortunately, we could only see one of them but the game looks very nice. Each stage has a unique art-style and gameplay. We like it that “besides the multiplayer Shift Happens also comes with a singleplayer mode that has a whole different set of level content.”

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Game’s features, according to the press release:

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  • Build around two humans having fun
  • Local couch co op gameplay
  • Two different sets of levels for great co op AND singleplayer experience
  • Fun and demanding jump’n’run levels
  • Find secrets and cash in
  • Beat challenges and unlock special levels

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Here are some videos and screens. Enjoy them right here. The Steam Early Access version coming on September 9 th 2015. The regular price will be around 13,99$. We hope, that we will see more of the game in the near feature. We think that fans of puzzle games should keep an eye on it. All the best to Klonk.

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