Platform: Sony Playstation 4
Region: Other
Developer(s): Drool LLC
Publishers(s): Drool
ReleaseDate: 2016-10-10
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Thumper
Thumper is a rhythm game developed and published by Drool and released in October 2016 on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4, with optional virtual reality (VR) support for the Oculus, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR headsets. It was later released on the Nintendo Switch in May 2017, the Xbox One in August 2017, iOS in January 2018, Oculus Go in September 2018, Android in February 2019, Oculus Quest in May 2019, and Stadia in November 2019. The game was shown at the Experimental Game Workshop during the 2015 Game Developers Conference. The objective of Thumper is to guide a beetle-like creature along a single or multi-track through a series of unnerving worlds.[1] The player must press a button to hit lit "notes" on the track in time with the background music, while also bracing against obstacles, turning against curved walls, jumping over spikes, and defeating enemies. The game is played in a third-person point of view with an extremely fast scrolling speed. Each level is broken up into segments. After each segment, the player is given a score and a rating showing how well they performed. The beetle can sustain one hit (a missed turn or crashing into an obstacle), and at certain places it can regain its shield if it is lost. However, taking a second hit without its wing-shield in place will destroy it, and the level starts over at the last checkpoint. The player can repeat the segment as many times as is necessary to beat the level. Each level in the game features rhythms corresponding to a time signature related to the level number, from 1/2 through to 9/8 A secondary mode, 'Play+', is unlocked for each level after it has been completed. In this mode, the player must progress through the level on one 'life' (though still with the shield allowing one hit to be taken). Dying requires re-starting from the beginning of the level. In addition, the speed increases with the player's score multiplier.
Trailer: YouTube
ESRB Rating: Not Rated
Genre(s): Music
