By I just devoted the past hour to nourishing a black hole instead of tackling my actual responsibilities, work. And, no, that’s not a euphemism for anything. I was genuinely nourishing a black hole in the Steam Next Fest demo for a title entitled A Game About Feeding A Black Hole, and I suggest that you, too, partake in feeding this black hole.
The demo and, I suspect, the complete game is fairly minimalist and direct. At the center of your display, there’s a black hole, a cluster of asteroids revolving around it, and your cursor that inflicts damage on those asteroids at regular intervals. With each large space rock that disintegrates, the black hole expands a little and rewards you with some cash, which you pocket at the end of a round.
That money can be utilized for permanent upgrades, some of which merely enhance the radius of your cursor or the damage you inflict. Others are somewhat more thrilling, such as one that adds seconds to the timer of the round each time our beloved black hole progresses to the next level or another that introduces electric asteroids which damage adjacent ones when shattered.
The outcome is undeniably addictive as you swiftly evolve into a machine that is essentially clearing this light-absorbing phenomenon’s orbit of debris in the quest for more and more money. It’s simple enjoyment since there’s no possibility to ‘lose’ a round – you’re merely pursuing more cash for more upgrades, but it’s an excellent manner to relax nonetheless.
The avian game arrives on Steam on November 10 with additional upgrades, stars and planets to obliterate, and extra modes.