![]() ![]() These smart level designs are only bogged down by their overall quantity, and I wish Donut County was filled with more of these stages following my two-hour playthrough. I enjoyed having to think outside the box, trying to figure out how a simple hole could cause more mayhem by using the environment to my advantage. These levels in Donut County feel far more dynamic with the introduction of different switches, roadblocks, and other various items you can interact with. It’s worth noting, however, that levels are self-contained, so you can’t go around eating the entire city in one sitting. Your main mission in most stages is to pretty much grow large enough and eat everything in sight. As you continue to devour everything in sight, your hole will continue to grow, letting you munch on some of the bigger things in the area. You basically start with a small hole during each round, swallowing up little bits of rocks, bricks, or anything small enough to fit inside the chasm. That said, Donut County is divided into different stages, each of which involves you controlling BK’s hole and doing his dirty work. Their quips and puns had me giggling from time to time, although I did find myself skipping some of their conversations to get straight into the action. Donut County is packed with some hilarious dialogue, and while you might just be controlling a giant hole, the game more than makes up for it with its cast of quirky characters. The stragglers have formed some sort of underground camp, and most of the story comes from their witty exchanges. BK’s joined by a cast of other quirky characters –all of which are his unwilling victims– who share their stories on how their homes or establishments were swallowed up by the ground. Donut County plays out in a flashback sequence, with most of the town already ravaged by the donut destruction these holes have caused. ![]() While his job should be sending out sweet treats, he ends up deploying these holes to his customers that end up causing a whole lot of trouble in the long run. What might sound like a tedious and even boring experience is instead handled in such a way that it makesfor an interesting and puzzling adventure.ĭonut County centers around a raccoon named BK who works as a donut delivery guy. Instead of managing a cast of crazy characters, players are tasked with moving around from area to area, swallowing everything as an ever-expanding chasm. It is the result of six years of solo development, dozens of donuts (for research), and one fateful encounter with a raccoon.Out of all of the many whimsical and fantastical creatures and characters you could create in a video game, developer Ben Esposito did a complete 180 and made a playable hole in Donut County. The hole won’t stop until the whole county is all gone.ĭonut County was created by Ben Esposito, designer on What Remains of Edith Finch and The Unfinished Swan. ![]() You can use it to solve puzzles.or just destroy stuff. ĜOMBINE objects inside for crazy effects: cook soup, breed bunnies, launch fireworks, and more.MOVE the hole to swallow up their stuff, growing bigger each time.ĞXPLORE every character’s home, each with their own unique environment.When BK falls into one of his own holes, he’s confronted by his best friend Mira and the residents of Donut County, who are all stuck 999 feet underground… and they demand answers! You play as BK, a hole-driving raccoon who swallows up his friends and their homes to earn idiotic prizes. Raccoons have taken over Donut County with remote-controlled trash-stealing holes. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole. About This Game Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. ![]()
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