Quacky New Survival Game Lets You Shoot Guns As A Duck, & Its Beta Starts Soon

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Indie publisher tinyBuildannounced a brand-new game called that mixes ducks, destruction, and survival. The game was announced on April 1, and despite its bizarre concept, is not an April Fool's joke. tinyBuild is best known for its niche games like , a horror puzzle game, and a management Sim. This will be the publisher's first foray into the survival genre, and is said to be a mix of popular survival games like and .

Though 's release date hasn't been officially announced yet, potential players can sign up now on 's Steam page for Beta testing, which will begin on April 18. In, players will assume the role of a duck and battle for survival while collecting the resources needed to build bases and ensure their safety from other players. Some of the features shown in the preview include building bases, dive-bombing enemies from up in the air, archery, resource gathering, and more. With a few videos available on Steam, players can get a sense of exactly what to expect from

has a similar feeling to a lot of survival games currently on the market and has a resource collecting and building style that fans of the genre will likely adapt to quickly. Like , getting started in the game is likely to be one of the most difficult parts for players to master. This might also be a good way for players who are new to the genre to dip their toes in, since the world will be new to everyone and it can even the playing field. There isn't any mention of whether the ducks will get hungry or thirsty, but they do show the progression of building items is going to be important. There are also different hats shown in the preview, which adds a different level of comedy to the entire game and makes it seem a little less serious than its survival genre counterparts.

The videos on the Steam page also provide a quick overview of the basics of survival, which include chopping down trees to get wood and using a pickaxe to get stone. For most players in the survival game genre, these are very