Well this is a pleasant surprise. Spud's Quest - the indie platformer inspired by Dizzy, Metroid, Zelda and the likes - is out now, after clearing its modest £5,000 Kickstarter target last year. You won't need quite as much cash to actually play it (£4.99 will do), and in return you'll get a game that mixes platforming, puzzles, potatoes and other P words in one increasingly delicious-looking stew. Check out a nostalgia-rific trailer beneath the break.
If you like those chippy-tune noises, you can buy Spud's Quest bundled with its soundtrack for another fiver. If/when the game gets greenlit /accepted onto GOG, you'll be given keys for those platforms as well. Not too shabby!
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