​Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell 

​Oeuf is a punishing platformer in a cozy shell 

A screenshot from the video game Oeuf.

The funny shape of eggs is the curious lifeblood of Oeuf, the new physics platformer by prolific developer Increpare Games. In a gaming landscape saturated with complex systems dropped into simple games, that grapples with metaphor within straightforward narratives, and that is desperate to bring cinematic sensibilities into gaming, Oeuf only asks that you briefly consider how an egg might move as you roll, slide, and hop across its world.

That world is realized in crunchy, ’90s-era 3D that brings to mind Ultima and Might and Magic. Like this archaic-seeming style – that Oeuf was released within a month of Resident Evil Requiem is a fun gra …

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