A Game About Digging A Hole is the aptly named new game from indie developer Cyberwave, and it is, you guessed it, about digging a hole.
For what Cyberwave describes “costs as much of a coffee, but is fun for longer,” A Game About Digging A Hole sees players buy a mysterious house for an “unbeatable price.” That house just so happens to have buried treasure in the backyard, leading players to start digging to discover the riches underneath.
It’s a simple premise with an even simpler gameplay loop. Players will dig, find treasure, sell those treasures, use the money to upgrade their digging tools, and keep digging deeper. The game’s announcement trailer teases there may be something more sinister lurking in the deep, dark depths, but that will be for players to discover, as Cyberwave teases a “big secret” hidden beneath the dirt.
An eye-catching and hilariously straightforward name definitely seems to be part of the game’s marketing strategy. In a blog post on Steam, Cyberwave asks players to help make the “quirky” project “go viral” so that it’s “the game everyone’s talking about.”
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