We’ve really enjoyed the previous releases from Goodnight Games, like their super stylish runner/shooter hybrid Malevolent Machines ($1.99) or their super weird and pretty much undefinable Namaste Space Buffalo ($0.99), and now we’re really liking the look of their newest upcoming game called Plunder Kings. It’s a vertical shoot ’em up that actually began life, at least publicly, back in the summer of 2017 and at one point was set to release in February of 2018. But the folks at Goodnight Games just kind of kept adding new features, polishing the visuals, and balancing the gameplay and well here we are almost a year after that intended release date and the game still isn’t out. I’m not mad at that at all though, as if you read through the thread in our forums which shows the game’s progress over the past year and a half, it definitely seems like all this extra time was well spent. Today Goodnight Games has released a new trailer showing Plunder Kings in its current state.
So I haven’t mentioned yet the huge feature that makes Plunder Kings so unique in this genre. It’s a randomly generated wave-based game, where waves get increasingly more difficult the further you go. The entire game is built around collecting loot which you can then use to upgrade your fleet of ships with all sorts of different power-ups and abilities. During play you’ll collect TONS of loot through destroying enemies and it’...