New 'Plucky Squire' Gameplay Demonstrates Its Ridiculously Cool Concept

I need this game yesterday, the blend of 2d and 3d gameplay has looked super interesting since the first trailer, and this new showcase of the mechanics solidifies that. Eagerly awaiting this game, can't come soon enough!

I think the concept is good; I'd be particularly down for a pop-up book approach to the idea.

But for some reason I haven't yet identified, I found the execution in this example a little irritating. Felt kinda tedious. Maybe there's more fun to found in the game than what was presented there, but the slidey thing with glowy, swirly, spiral thing, what even was that meant to be and why is it inside a book? It's all well and good using a picture book as the basis for your environments, but that's not a picture I would ever be interested in. Like, I need the book concept to make more sense within the game than just be "Well, we figured scrolling screens was kinda old hat so why not turn pages instead".

Oh this game looks soooo good

I need this game in my life ASAP

I have 90 physical switch games and have it in my head that I’m going to stop at 100 and then wait until the next switch to buy more games. I’m going to be very picky about the last 10 but I think this one is making the list

I'll get this on switch if the game have 60 fps 😃

The main gimmick looks kinda cool.

LOOKS RAD ASF!!!!

@wiiware I’m adding this to my imaginary list of games skipping the Switch for Switch 2, hence no release date yet.

I’m a Wii U owner, the list was long, annoyingly last minute so. I’m not expecting anything like that on Switch but there will be a few, and I can see this being one of them.

It has nice atmosphere for sure.

This game looks insane. I WANT IT!

I was really hoping to hear an update soon, looking forward to it's release!

This looks amazing!

I didn't even know I was living under a rock this whole time ... first time seeing this game. I get some really strong Tunic vibes for some reason.
Definitely curious to know more about it.

Neuer Herd of it bevor but it looks real cool

Looks great. Need to buy this later.

I loved the 3D going into 2D segments of Mario Odyssey, and this builds upon it... so excited!
The 2d artwork reminds me of The Sword of Ditto, love it! can't wait to get a release date 🤞🏽hopefully this year

It looks a lovely game, if slightly marred by the amount of hype we’ve had from a few clips for the past 20 months.

On my wishlist. Without a doubt one of my must-buy games for Switch.

i am VERY excited to play this it looks excellent

@Manguy888A thats a cool way of doing things makes you think before you buy i like it

"Wishlist Now!" cept it's still NOT listed on the eshop... I've had a tab open with the search since I first read about this game, and reload it in hopes the listing will appear and I can finally wishlist it for later. It would really benefit all game developers if they'd get the listings on the eshop ahead of even having a release date for wishlist purposes.

"In case you've been living under a rock, The Plucky Squire is an adventure game..."

i check this site like 50 times a day and this is the first ive heard of it. im sure i just overlooked the coverage, but this seems harsh 😐

@gcunit

"glowy, swirly, spiral thing, what even was that meant to be and why is it inside a book?"

They are portals that connects the books 2D world with the outside 3D world.
The reason they are in the game are probably to have a user friendly, consistent way of traveling between the two worlds.

A vortex / hole like this is a sort of logical visualisation of a portal sucking you in and transferring you from one dimension to another.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole

I'm sure the game also has some in game explanation for them.

the art department really doesnt seem onboard with the "storybook" conceit, here.

for example, no illustrator would ever put something like the middle gap of the double doors right in the gutter between the pages like that, or have a text bubble broken across the pages, as seen here. also, the absolute symmetry of that frame is just kind of bad art.

(watching again, i noticed this with almost every scene. putting the focus of the illustration right in the gutter, its just not "book like" and it ruins the illusion.)

also the way the gutter itself is rendered isnt convincing at all, its far too shallow and it just doesnt really overall look like a book to me.

sorry, this one isnt doing it for me at all. they really needed to nail it artistically for this to work and this isnt. ✌️

I'll go back to my rock now, thanks.

I'm a sucker for storybook games like this! Storyteller and RPG Time: The Legend of Wright are both lots of fun. The core mechanic here looks like the reverse of A Link Between Worlds. Instead of going from 3D to 2D, the Plucky Squire goes from 2D to 3D. I like it.

Thank you!! I was just thinking of this game and could not for the life of me remember the title lol Plucky Squire…got it!

@rjejr Man we need switch 2 fast, there's a lot of indie games that I want to play at least 1080p (or 2K) and 60 fps on portable and tv 😃

@wiiware

That's why I have a PS5, to play all the 3rd party games announced during Nintendo Directs. 😉

Front page of Pushsquare immediately after the partner Direct.😂

@rjejr I use my ps5 to play "heavy" AAA games, the one that even switch 2 will have problem playing it at 60 fps, like elden ring, ff16, ff7 remake 1&2, and other 3rd party AAA ps5 titles, basically titles that I don't want to play on small screen.

But for indie games I prefer to play them both on small and big screen, at 60 fps of course, if the game isn't 60 fps, I'll buy it on ps5 😃

@wiiware I've owned a Switch for 6 years and it's hooked up to the same tv as the PS5 so I suppose I'm just the opposite, Switch is for Switch exclusives, PS5 is for everything else. I've never been a handheld gamer.