A 2D arena shooter from the developers of Time Gentlemen, Please

Indie developer Size Five Games continues to make its transition from adventure titles to action games with the upcoming release ofGUN_MONKEYS: a 2D deathmatch shooter that its creator describes as “2DUnreal TournamentmeetsBomberman.”GUN_MONKEYSis slated for Windows, Mac, and Linux, but the developer is considering tablet and console release. There is no release date but a beta will begin shortly (tweet at@danthatfor access).

While Size Five Games got recognition for its adventure titlesTime Gentlemen, PleaseandBen There Dan That!, the developer has been exploring shooting action withPrivates, upcoming stealth platformerThe Swindle, andGibbage(whichGUN_MONKEYSis a remake of).

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The plot ofGUN_MONKEYSis as ludicrous as one would hope, going by the title. In a post-apocalyptic monkey-loving future, corporations battle over energy. The human race has been annihilated from an experiment gone wrong, so now monkeys battle over Power Cubes for survival. The game is delightfully meta in that the player is controlling a player who is controlling monkey avatars from afar. Monkeyception.

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