Surf or turf

Crunching Koalas and Dexai Arts have proven off their narrative bouncer recreation Techno Banter, which is coming to PC and consoles someday this yr.

I feel Techno Banter is a story recreation, however not one of the press materials tells me the way it describes itself. The trailer that dropped alongside the announcement no less than factors to this. There’s some first-person motion and speaking to folks, however no signal of, say, puzzles or fight. It mixes 3D environments with 2D pixel artwork characters, and the aesthetic is impressed by the Berlin techno scene.

Techno Banter casts you as a bouncer at a membership. The gameplay focuses on deciding who to let by way of to benefit from the membership and who to throw to the turf. In all places I look, Techno Banter retains mentioning its “witty” dialogue. I’m not placing that in quotes to be disparaging. That’s truly how they describe it within the press launch.
Always pointing to your individual humor is a little bit of a purple flag for me. If you happen to’re humorous, you don’t have to inform folks you’re humorous. I don’t inform folks I’m humorous, however that’s largely as a result of it might be flagrantly incorrect.

The trailer doesn’t actually showcase any of this dialogue and even suggest that it’s going for the humorous strategy. Nevertheless, it does showcase an excellently executed aesthetic. I assume what I’m saying is I’m curious. I could not have a really clear concept of what Techno Banter needs from me, however I’m prepared to offer it a glance.

Techno Banter is coming to PC and consoles someday in 2023