Keen’s turn-based combat combines sliding-tile puzzles and dungeon-crawling, and it features a cutesy cartoon aesthetic. It is developer Cat Nigiri’s latest game, and it’s slated for a release on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and mobile devices in February. And though the studio originally targeted the U.S. market, it has discovered that its biggest fans come from Asia.
I interviewed Cat Nigiri cofounders Nando Guimaraes and Marcello Lima at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival to learn more. Keen stars Kim, a pint-sized samurai girl who wields a sword and zips about on hot pink roller skates. This stylish mode of transportation means she can travel in whichever direction the player chooses, but she will only stop once she hits an obstacle. In each level, players have different objectives, like finding secret items or keys or clearing out all the monsters.
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