Find out if your friends are Drifter compatible
Heart Machine is fresh off its most recent game,Solar Ash, and already has another in the works. Today, the studio revealedHyper Light Breaker, a new game set in theHyper Light Drifteruniverse.
Today is the sixth anniversary ofHyper Light Drifter‘s launch, and developer Heart Machine took the occasion to unveil an animated trailer and a very brief snippet of early footage of its follow-up.Hyper Light Breakertakes some noticeable strides away fromDrifter. It’s 3D, rather than 2D; and whileDrifterwas a solo affair,Breakerwill have online co-op as the focus.
The original creative director, Alx Preston, is taking lead onHyper Light Breakeras well. In a press release, Preston describedBreakeras a “new path and culmination of everything we have learned over the past eight years of development at Heart Machine.”
Hyper Light Drifterwas apretty big hitfor Heart Machine, standing out with incredible style and action blending into one gorgeous, challenging adventure. WhileSolar Ashhad a similarly stylish look, it sounds like charmcouldn’t quite carry itto the same heights.
A return to theHyper Lightworld sounds great, though. And a focus on both 3D graphics and online co-op sounds intriguing, too. ThoughDrifterhad somelocal co-op potential, it seemed fairly barebones at the time.
WithHyper Light Breaker, it’ll be interesting to see what Heart Machine does with a multiplayer set-up right out of the gate. Here’s hoping to a lot more neon slicing-and-dicing, and maybe some of those giant creepy robot faces too. The Steam description advertises plenty of enemies to fight, an arsenal to grow, deep storylines hidden in each attempt at the roguelite structure, and movement using wall-dashes, hoverboarding, and gliding.
Hyper Light Breakeris aiming for early access on Steam in Spring 2023. You can find it on Steam to wishlistahead of time here.
