Early last month developer Chase Holton announced a new project called Bulwark of the Abyss, a massive action game that utilizes the projectile-deflecting combat of one of his previous games Gwarmbee (Free) and mashes it together with the “insane items and dungeons" of another of his previous games The Scrungeon Depths ($1.99). This all takes place in a big polygonal 3D world which is a departure from the typical low-fi pixel art look of Holton’s previous games. Bulwark of the Abyss looked awesome in that initial gameplay trailer, and at the end of last month a new teaser was released that had a? pretty different vibe, I’d say. That latest teaser featured some haunting music, some foreboding text, and an extremely brief glimpse at one of the horrific boss monsters in Bulwark of the Abyss. It also featured a bunch of cryptic clues, which some of the more enterprising fans were able to decode using an additional set of clues on Holton’s blog. The meaning of the cryptic messages" To announce that a Bulwark of the Abyss beta would be kicking off on February 14th, aka today, aka Valentine’s Day, aka also Chase Holton’s birthday. Here’s a slightly tweaked version of the teaser trailer announcing the beta, followed by that initial gameplay reveal trailer.
So you might be thinking “Oh cool, happy birthday Chase, and happy Valentine’s Day or whatever, now how the heck do I get in on this beta test"...