Wuppo Preview – A New Unique RPG

<p><em>Wuppo<&sol;em> has been in development &lpar;by Netherland studio Knuist &amp&semi; Perzik&rpar; since 2012&period; It is finally coming to Steam in September&comma; but there is still one question that remains&period; What is <em>Wuppo<&sol;em>&quest; Is it something you should be interested in&quest; <em>Wuppo <&sol;em>is a new independent RPG set in a unique world&period; It blends RPG elements and immersive puzzles with all sorts of things to collect&period; Here is a preview of what to look forward to when <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> releases on Steam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It should be noted that as of the preview version&comma; <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> has no controller support &lpar;despite the developer blog saying that controller support is being worked on&rpar;&period; Additionally&comma; while there are volume controls in the game’s option menu&comma; adjusting the volume does not work and will need to be done manually via the volume mixer on your computer&period; BagoGames has reached out to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;soedesco&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">SOEDESCO<&sol;a> &lpar;Wuppo&&num;8217&semi;s publisher&rpar; for more information on whether Gamepad support will be in the final Wuppo release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>UPDATE&colon; After reaching out to publisher SOEDESCO for comment&comma; it has been confirmed that while not in the preview version&comma; Wuppo&&num;8217&semi;s final release will contain gamepad support&comma; a much-needed addition that will make <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> more accessible&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;111724" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-111724" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-111724 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;19171333&sol;extra&lowbar;ss1-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;Wuppo&comma; SOEDESCO&rpar; " width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-111724" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Wuppo<&sol;em>&comma; SOEDESCO&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Wuppo <&sol;em>puts you on a journey as a young Wum &lpar;a round fuzzy creature&rpar; who finds himself thrown from his home and forced to venture off into the wild&period; Your main character can collect items and will gain new abilities over time&comma; though he&sol;she originally only starts with a jump and double jump option&comma; as well as the capability to duck and move back and forth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Along your journey&comma; fighting enemies&comma; solving puzzles and navigating the world&comma; you can collect filmstrips&period; Filmstrips can be played on any projector to give you information about the world the Wums live in&comma; as well as providing other interesting information&period; Coins are also collectible&comma; which can be used to buy items like food to restore health&comma; as well as other helpful items&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;111726" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-111726" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-111726 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;19172405&sol;snackbarry-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;Wuppo&comma; SOEDESCO&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-111726" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Wuppo<&sol;em>&comma; SOEDESCO&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>At first glance&comma; <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> has a very <em>Paper Mario<&sol;em>-esque sort of aesthetic&period; Everything is colorful and cute&period; There are interesting characters&comma; goofy jokes&comma; and everything is lighthearted and fun&period; As you play&comma; however&comma; things get more difficult&period; You are quickly given a paintball gun called a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;GumGumGun” which you use to damage enemies&period; Combat is difficult if you aren’t good at moving and shooting at the same time&comma; but is easily managed with practice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Combat is frantic&comma; as you need to keep track of the range of your gun while also staying away from other enemy combatants&period; There are other items and weapons that can be found throughout the world&comma; but your GumGumGun will be the one you likely use the most&period; Other items will be used for puzzle solving and progressing through environments&comma; giving a metroidvania feel that is both cute and interesting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I found myself really enjoying this preview&period; The game brings back the days of RPG progression that requires the use of items and puzzle solving&period; It also brings together metroidvania combat&comma; and whimsical style from games like <em>Tomba&excl;<&sol;em> and <em>Paper Mario<&sol;em>&period; If it only had controller support&comma; <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> would be much more fun and imaginative&period; Sadly&comma; without controller support&comma; <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> is somewhat clunky and frustrating to play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;111725" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-111725" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-111725 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;19171855&sol;extra&lowbar;ss5-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;Wuppo&comma; SOEDESCO&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-111725" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Wuppo<&sol;em>&comma; SOEDESCO&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Visually <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> is a treat&comma; with unique and colorful visuals and a minimalistic UI that is intuitive and interesting&period; The sounds and whimsical atmosphere are definitely their own and although there are no voiceovers the sounds add a classic sort of feel to <em>Wuppo<&sol;em>&period; There is a lot to see and experience in this game&comma; and despite the lack of gamepad support putting a damper on that&comma; <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> is a game that I eagerly found myself immersed in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I greatly enjoyed the weird&comma; wild world that the developers have created&comma; but the controls of the game make it less of a classic experience and more of a great idea not executed well&period; Boss fights and more intense combat encounters are stressful enough without controller support&comma; and can easily turn something manageable into a frustrating ordeal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> releases&comma; if they fix the issues presented above&comma; players can look forward to a great action and puzzle RPG experience&period; <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> is friendly for kids and adults alike&semi; so the family can dive into the whimsical world of <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> together&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>UPDATE&colon; Previously it was stated that Knuist &amp&semi; Perzik had been working on Wuppo since 2015&period; The developers contacted us and stated that it was ACTUALLY started back in 2012&period; The developers were in college together and that is when the story of Wuppo&&num;8217&semi;s development began&period; This was corrected in the Preview&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center"><strong>A PC <&sol;strong><strong>Preview Code for <em>Wuppo<&sol;em> was provided by SOEDESCO for the purpose of this preview<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;