After a long hiatus, here's the long promised character update that we've been delaying for some days now. Latest addition in the cameo rosters is...

THE GISH

(from The Gish)

The Gish is one of Edmund McMillen's creations when he was working at Cryptic Sea. This ball of tar will make his appearance in the campaign, and once unlocked, become controllable in multiplayer. We have chose to port Gish's multiform capabilities in UFHO2 with a twist: you will not be able to control them! Read more in the gameplay section below.

STORY
Gishes are a species of dark, black balls of tar. Their bodies are highly unstable by nature, and their composition changes as well in a random fashion. Sometimes they have the body density as tar, then suddenly their molecules ease and they become very liquid. Suddenly, they may become sticky as glue and stick to any material they touch, until they change their status again.

It is known that Gishes cannot control their form and many think that they suffer from these sudden changes. Due to their very proud nature though, it will be very difficult to hear a Gish admit it.

GAMEPLAY
Since the Gishes are highly unstable, they change density every turn.
On the first turn, any Gish character has 6 moves. The next turn he'll become fluid and fast, getting 7 moves. On the following turn, his body will become sticky and moving will become difficult for him, and he'll have only 5 moves to spend.

This three-turns phase repeats through the entire match, making the Gish a very unpredictable opponent, and a difficult character to master without careful planning.

So with Commander Video, the Super Crate Box critters, the brain from Cortex Command, the Goo balls, the Tetrobot and the Gish, we have our full roster of guest characters (for now). I cannot promise anything, but look forward for new cameo appearances in the near future.

Only 4 days remain in the campaign! Give it all! :D

A lot of people who donated want to play the game already, and most of the ones who didn't pledge will probably want to try the game before doing so. For this reason, we decided to release a very early demo of the game, with a lot of missing modes but with full functionality within a single match, so you can all try the game before deciding wether to support us or not.
Play it with a friend, and you'll get why we say it's great fun.

Grab the demo here:
Windows version | Mac version
(just unzip and play, no installation required)

Remember this is a pre-alpha version, something you shouldn't be allowed to see :D
You can play a match against a basic AI, or play a 1vs1 or 2vs2 match in local. It's lacking a tutorial, but there are simple instructions and the description of all the powerups to get you going.

The full game will obviously contain much, much more. A list of some features:

• Full single player campaign
• Online and local multiplayer modes
• Cross-platform play
• A full list of characters, plus around 6+ guest characters, each one with their own special power
• Full original soundtrack

If you like this demo, consider to support us to make the full game and get some awesome reward, and if you donated already... share it with your friends!

7 days to go!