Riverbond is a cute voxel-based shoot-and-slash coming to PS4 this summer

Hello! I’m Vanessa Chia, Co-founder and Art Director at Cococucumber,
the developers of Planet of the Eyes. I am very pleased to announce that
Riverbond, a charming voxel ‘shoot and slash’, will be coming this summer to
PS4.

In true dungeon-crawling style, Riverbond takes you on a journey through
memorable worlds where you battle monsters, find treasure and become the hero.
We wanted to channel the nostalgia of playing games from the 16-bit era and
infuse it with fast and fluid controls for maximum action!

Riverbond lets you choose your play style by letting you select from a
ton of melee or ranged weapons to fight waves of enemies, take down huge bosses
or completely decimate everything in sight.

As a game that wears its retro beating heart on its sleeve, Riverbond
will feel familiar but fresh. We hope that the delightful voxel art style,
couch co-op gameplay and crossover skins from indie games such as Enter the
Gungeon, Guacamelee!, Bastion and Psychonauts will inspire the inner (or outer)
kid within you to let loose in the world of Riverbond.

Voxelly goodness

One of the first things that catches the eyes of the hundreds of players
who have enjoyed Riverbond at events is its distinctive voxel art style. This
is something we wholly embrace – there’s a tactile joy in destroying things and
exploding enemies into tiny cubes! Riverbond will let you go on an adventure, cut
some grass, wreak havoc to our beautifully handcrafted maps, and maybe find a
secret or two along the way…

Couch co-op madness

As a Canadian studio, we are all about everyone getting along, but I’m
sure the memories that you have of playing games as a kid with your
neighborhood pals or siblings were far from peaceful. In Riverbond, you can let
off steam by working together to hack and slash mobs, complete missions and
gang up on bosses with your family and friends.

Homage to indie games

Riverbond has eight crossover skins, hand-picked from indie games that
hold a special place in our hearts. Find these guest skins hidden in treasure
chests and bring these heroes to the world of Riverbond in our little homage to
these fantastic indies.

Play as Shovel Knight (with a shovel!) in the classic Castle World, or
run around as Raz from Psychonauts, collecting nightmares from troubled elves.
If you love these games, you’ll have a blast discovering these and many more
indie characters hidden away in the charming world of Riverbond!

Look out for Riverbond, coming this summer to PlayStation Store. I hope
that you will make great memories in our game as you bond with all of the
special people in your life.

P.S. Watch out for BOMB GIRL!

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