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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85041, member: 27"] Double Fine's secret project is a pottery brawler where you craft clay bodies and then beat the hell out of each other. What Double Fine surprised everyone with [LIST] [*]Kiln was the mystery fourth game at Xbox Developer Direct 2026, and nobody saw this coming from the studio that made Keeper [*]Spring 2026 is when this drops on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 [*]It's a multiplayer party-brawler that splits itself between making ceramic art and smashing your friends to pieces [/LIST] How do you actually build your fighter [LIST] [*]You start as this tiny ghost thing that needs to sculpt a solid form out of clay at a pottery wheel [*]Derek Brand, who's running the project at Double Fine, wanted to make sure anyone could jump in and feel like a pottery expert right away [*]The controls are dead simple, just a button and a stick, but you can shape whatever wild design pops into your head [*]Your pot's shape directly determines what abilities you get in combat, which is where the strategy kicks in [/LIST] The combat side of things [LIST] [*]Everyone gets a basic attack no matter what, but your pot's dimensions unlock different special moves [*]There are 24 total special attacks tied to how you sculpt your body [*]Flat plates shaped like hockey pucks can ricochet trick shots across multiple targets [*]Cup-shaped builds fire popcorn in an area-of-effect blast [*]Big cylinder pots transform into massive hammers that can crush opponents [*]Quench is the intro mode they showed off for the brawling side [/LIST] Making your pot look cool [LIST] [*]You can slap on different glazes, finishes, and custom designs beyond just the base shape [*]The Wedge is a shop where you grab more decorations and patterns for your creations [*]There's a whole lobby area where you can test stuff out, mess around with other players' pots, and prep for matches [/LIST] The world they built for this [LIST] [*]Celadon is the deity overseeing everything, and she represents both creation and destruction at once [*]You're a bodiless sprite floating around in her domain [*]Ancient Greek and Egyptian gods used to rule here, but they're gone, leaving behind floating islands that became battle maps [*]Each map pulls from these old gods' personalities and domains [*]Hermes has a shipping facility map with conveyor belts and packages flying everywhere that you need to dodge [*]Dionysus runs a Boogie Lounge with a dance floor in the middle, and if you step on certain tiles, you're forced to dance while other players keep fighting [/LIST] When you can try it [LIST] [*]A beta's coming before launch, and Double Fine will share timing details soon [*]Day one on Xbox Game Pass when it releases, and you can stream it through Xbox Cloud Gaming right away [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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