The guns seem similarly imbalanced, though perhaps I've just not discovered the best way to play with some of them. Unlocked early on, it's such an overpowered boon that it's hard to imagine selecting any of the other heads, lest you want to make things even more challenging on yourself. There is one skull that prevents this from happening, however. And if your noggin or gear fall into a pit, you're out of luck until you find a suitable replacement (a rare occurrence). Get hit in this vulnerable state and it's game over. Be weary though, as every time take damage, your head, gun, and accessory get knocked away. One allows you to triple jump in a cartwheel formation while another drastically lessons your HP but grants an additional bullet per shot, for example. The heads change movement, power, and your hit point count. From a design level, the player character must choose three items before embarking on their journey: A head, a gun, and an accessory. I don't know, reaping lost souls? Doesn't matter. The core concept of GoNNER is that you play as a boy who befriends Death to save their whale friend by. Now that it's actually here, I'm finding it an enjoyable diversion, but one lacking in depth and variety. The refined controls, peculiar art style, and unique systems were instantly alluring, leaving me rather excited for the main course. When I played GoNNER at PAX East earlier this year, I was instantly smitten by it. GoNNER isn't a Vlambeer game, but the dutch developer's mark is all over it.

The screen-shaking, the throngs of enemies being eviscerated in a matter of seconds, the comically abrupt game over status.

It contains the familiar furious scramble of cartoon violence that's become a staple of Vlambeer's work. It makes sense that the co-creator of Nuclear Throne, Luftrausers, and Super Crate Box would be drawn to Dittrich's whimsical procedurally-generated platforming shooter.

The first time I came upon GoNNER, the new action-roguelike by Mattias 'Dittomat' Dittrich, it was upon the recommendation of Vlambeer's Rami Ismail.

Luftrausers unblocked 0.