#15 - Demon Turf: A Love Letter to the Platformer
Fabraz's Demon Turf is a love letter in numerous ways.
It’s a love letter to the platforming genre. It’s a love letter of self-expression through the art of gameplay. And more than anything else, Demon Turf is a love letter of telling slapstick humour while telling a serious story of its main character finding confidence in herself to become ruler of the demon kingdom (even when she is still a smartmouth even then).
"For example, the first boss [in Demon Turf] is this very big pig demon. And she literally refers to him within five seconds as bacon boy," says Demon Turf game lead Fabian Rastorfer. "She has that crazy approach to all of this, but it's just so endearing somehow and I think a lot of people have really clicked with her.
"But there's also a bigger reason for it because it's part of that narrative drive of friendship because at her core, she actually somewhat lacks confidence. She makes up for it with her bratishness, but she's actually lacking confidence and really is in search of recognition. When she says she's going to do something and nobody believes her, that really gets at her core."
Ahead of its release next week, Rastorfer talks of its aims and goals for Demon Turf and how players will hopefully walk away with a better understanding of the genre.
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