The Dummy Experiment is a physics-based simulator where you play a test dummy and you need to undergo horrible experiments conducted by a mad scientist!
The scientist is Dr. Strohmann. Sadly, you have no choice but to incur his set of horrific and painful science experiments.
You start out the game by selecting your dummy of choice. There are a few different ones you can choose from and then the experiments will begin!
A giant hook grapples you to bring you to the testing labs, but then, it loses grip around you.
Now you fall to the floor and you get instantaneous life. You’re now a walking dummy. This is where you (the player) come in. It’s your only chance to escape the lab and live a free dummy life.
Of course, being a dummy all your life, you don’t really know how to do basic functions, such as walking. You need to balance yourself and escape the horrible experiments that were conducted on you- and the many more that are coming. But to escape, you’ll need to carefully pace yourself, dodge objects in the lab, and face a variety of obstacles that’ll definitely come your way!
The game plays like a walking simulator similar to One Small Step and Tentagraba. You need to just “walk” to your goal but you need to pace it so you don’t topple and collapse inward upon yourself. Once you start gaining some momentum and moving, you won’t be able to stop.
It’s a pretty difficult game that’ll guarantee some raging and also some laughs. That’s pretty much all physics-based simulators nowadays. It’s full of laughs because it’s so difficult to do such a basic command.
All you need to do is walk to your goal- and that’s it!
There are a few checkpoints here and there to save you some rage, and there’s even a slightly witty narrator that’ll caption your adventure!
The Dummy Experiment is playable with both keyboard/mouse and a controller as well. Using the controller is suggested because it makes the process a lot easier.
It uses low-poly graphics in a variety of environments. You’ll feel like you’re traveling all over the world from labs to forests to waterfalls.
Try it out and get ready to rage, laugh, and question yourself as to why you’re playing this. It’s currently free in early access on Steam.
- Learn to walk
- Keep your pacing and balance
- Witty narration
- Question if this game is worthy of your time
- Guaranteed rage
- Guaranteed laughs
- Low-poly graphics in a variety of enviornments
- Taking corners is difficult
(Via Developer/Game Page)
Download and Play The Dummy Experiment (Early Access)
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