Jot must face challenges, unlike anything he’s ever seen if he is to save his friends from Humgrump’s dark forces and restore the book’s happy ending.

When the malevolent Humgrump realizes he’s the villain of the book – destined to lose his battle against the forces of good for all eternity – he kicks the heroic Jot out of its pages and changes the story forever. The Plucky Squire follows the magical adventures of Jot and his friends – storybook characters who discover a three-dimensional world outside the pages of their book. Here’s the description from the game’s Steam page: No release date yet, but the game is available to wishlist on Steam right now, and it will be coming out on PC, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and Nintendo Switch sometime in 2023.The game showcases a unique mix of 2D and 3D gameplay, with your character, the cute and courageous Jot, jumping between storybook pages and the thick, juicy world that exists beyond the book he resides in. The Plucky Squire is in development by All Possible Futures, and of course will be published by Devolver Digital. It’s colorful, it’s playful, and looks like a breath of fresh air in this year’s sea of dark, violent sci-fi shooters. I honestly love the fact that I can’t pin down exactly what this experience will be like, because that likely means it will keep us on our toes the whole way through. The gameplay itself looks like a combination of side-scrolling and hack-and-slash gameplay, with some puzzles and fighting game sections?

We got a glimpse at the game during today’s Devolver Digital Showcase, and the trailer showcased adorable 2D gameplay that took place in a storybook, before shifting to 3D gameplay, and back to 2D again. I’m always on the lookout for creative new titles that are doing things in games that we haven’t seen quite yet, and The Plucky Squire looks to be exactly that.

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