So the million dollar question is simple did Scythe stick the landing? A successful launch for TinyBuild and Scythe can mean so much more investment into grunge horror from indie publishers, bringing more titles to console, higher discoverability rates, and the figurative “gasoline on the spark” to kick off a bright future for what may very well be some of the most wonderfully horrifying and unique arthouse horror indies we’ve ever experienced.īut of course, this all a wild hypothetical dream that can only potentially start with the quality of Happy’s Humble Burger Farm. Horror is already a hard sell to begin with, not to mention games with a niche “dated” aesthetic. Headware Games’ Chasin Static will be hitting consoles next year, which already has an advantage on the PlayStation side of things in regards to trophies being published by Ratalaika Games. Puppet Combo’s Murder House (a personal favorite of this year) and Tricore’s Yuoni saw console releases this past year as well, but unfortunately came and went without much surrounding chatter. Happy’s is one of the first notable grunge horror titles tied to a known indie publisher to hit consoles. TinyBuild is a bigger name when it comes to the indie space, with resources to get more eyes on Happy’s Humble Burger Farm (and in turn, Scythe) upon release across all platforms. Fast forward one year later, and the prototype landed Scythe a partnership with publisher TinyBuild to aid in expanding their vision into their most ambitious game to date Happy's Humble Burger Farm.īefore getting into Happy’s itself, I do want to briefly delve into what the partnership can mean for the genre as a whole.
Impressively developed within the span of one month, Happy’s Humble Burger Barn delivered a state-of-the-art Burger Chef Simulation set within an uncomfortable PSX acid trip of panic and dread. While continuing to expand their ‘Scythe Saga Universe’, particularly with their Northbury Grove anthology series, April 2020 saw the birth of a prototype experience. With a focus on out-of-the-box experimental immersion, Scythe pushes the boundaries of what you may find when exploring grunge horror. One of these developers featured in the very first Dread X Collection is Phoenix's Scythe Dev Team. These collections tend to serve as the first fallen domino, leading to a trail of remarkable developer discovery. Like myself, many players have rapidly become awe-stricken fans of the subset when discovering collections such as Dread X and PS1 Haunted Demo Discs, both featuring inherently unique and haunting short-form horror experiences.
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Grunge horror has garnered cult-status in the PC space particularly within the itch.io community where creative freedom truly thrives beyond what may be traditionally acceptably to a mainstream audience in presentation and tone.
Happy’s Humble Burger Farm is the latest in a subset of horror I’ve recently been categorizing as ‘grunge horror’ PSX inspired horror games with a distorted lens aesthetically, mechanically, and tonally.
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