Grindset T.V. Combines Corporate Dystopia and Speedrunning Chaos
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
Grindset T.V. is a newly announced open world speedrunning platformer that mixes corporate dystopia with maximalist visuals, drawing inspiration from Cruelty Squad.
The indie scene continues to process the strange legacy of Cruelty Squad, and the latest project to embrace that aesthetic is Grindset T.V. Developer Infinite Animal recently pulled back the curtain on this chaotic first person platformer. As reported by Rock Paper Shotgun, the game presents a pitch black premise where God is dead, Heaven has transformed into a corporate entity, and you play as a gig worker hivemind delivering packages across a hostile landscape. Visually and mechanically, the game looks like an intense sensory overload. You grind along beams of light through neon drenched cityscapes, swallow stamina pills on the fly, and fling bloodied arms at bizarre entities while trying to optimize your movement. It is loud, vibrant, and deliberately overwhelming in a way that modern players have come to expect from this specific brand of satirical indie maximalism.
Despite the chaotic presentation, the gameplay loop splits into two distinct paths to cater to different types of players. Leaderboard chasers and speedrunners can focus on shaving seconds off their runs and racing against ghost data. Meanwhile, players who prefer narrative immersion can simply explore the densely interconnected open world, dig into the lore of a society where religious zealotry has merged seamlessly with hyper-capitalism, and complete side quests for strange NPCs. It is a dual approach that should keep both the twitch reflex crowd and the lore hunters satisfied for hours.
While Infinite Animal has not yet attached a firm release date to the project, Grindset T.V. is currently available to wishlist on Steam. Given how well games in this subgenre tend to perform on streaming platforms like Twitch and YouTube, this title is bound to generate plenty of viral highlight reels and community speedrun challenges once it finally drops. You can read the original coverage over at Rock Paper Shotgun.
Tags: Grindset T.V., Indie Games, PC Gaming, Speedrunning, Cruelty Squad
Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun