There were a lot of exciting new video game trailers shown during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live presentation, and a truly epic trailer for upcoming space fantasy movie Rebel Moon, but I’m giving the blue ribbon to a game you’ve almost certainly never heard of: Thank Goodness You’re Here.
Check out the trailer before we go any further:
Tell me that’s not a breath of fresh air and something completely different and unexpected. The cartoon aesthetic is perfect. The game is also extremely British in all the right ways.
Developer Coal Supper describes the ‘slapformer’ thusly:
After arriving early for a big meeting with the mayor of a bizarre Northern English town, a traveling salesman takes the time to explore and meet the locals, who are all very eager to give him a series of increasingly odd jobs…
“Thank Goodness You’re Here!” is a comedy slapformer, which unfolds over time as the players’ exploration and antics leave their mark on the strange town of Barnsworth. With each completed odd job, new areas of the town open up, stranger and stranger tasks become available, and the clock ticks towards our salesman’s big meeting. The town’s colorful inhabitants are brought to life with vibrant hand-drawn animation, fully voiced dialogue, and wall-to-wall double entendres.
It sounds hilarious, looks great, and is unlike anything else we saw at Gamescom today. Bravo!
You can help out the devs by wish-listing the game on Steam.
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