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Press release:
Ottawa, Canada.
The Ottawa-based (Canada) indie games developer SQYD.studio are today very proud and delighted to announce that their hilarious 3D physics platformer “Watch Out For Goblins!!”, is coming to PC via Steam Early Access in 2025.

Become certified Goblin Royalty, exploring and collecting Cogs to repair Gobland, all while getting up to hijinks along the way. Blending motion capture animation and real-time physics, Watch Out for Goblins! allows players to slide, somersault, and soar through the air, all in the name of saving Goblinkind.

In Watch Out for Goblins! you can reach a level of mischief you never even thought possible. The game includes such sophisticated and intellectual features as running races while wearing loincloths, ripping the environment to pieces, succumbing to obvious traps, and yelling “parkour” before hurtling down ravines. WOFG! doesn’t just support your goblin scheming, it actively encourages it.

And what’s better than one Goblin in single-player mode? Two Goblins, of course! In split-screen multiplayer, you can plan out your ridiculous antics with a pal. Take on mini-games together and beat your friend at races or in games of Sacker, or just do as the Goblin Gods intended and use your Goblin Grabbers to throw your buddy off a cliff. Now that’s what we call friendship!

Key Features of Watch Out For Goblins!:

Actually Real and Totally Accurate Goblin Physics: Verified by the world’s top Goblin scientists (the game’s two developers), the precise controls, motion capture animation, and real-time physics mean that every fall, flop, fail, and flounder will be presented gloriously.

The More Goblins, the Merrier: Goblins come in twos, everyone knows that, and this game is no different. In split-screen multiplayer, play alongside your Goblin brethren and enjoy co-op and PvP gameplay.

Mini-Games, Maximum Fun: Goblins just want to have fun, or whatever Cyndi Lauper said, and so it’s packed to the brim with mini-games. Leave them eating dust in foot races, dive into traps headfirst, and get involved in many more silly antics for you to discover.

If It’s Shiny, It’s Mine-y!: Go on the world’s most unserious scavenger hunt — and explore and experiment around Gobland to locate juicy collectibles. Combine skillful parkour with your cunning Goblin noggin to uncover every piece of loot.

Don Your Goblin Garb: Make the other Goblins (literally) green with envy by dressing up real fancy! Collect silly hats and other items of clothing and deck your Goblin out however you‘d like.

Watch Out For Goblins! is coming to Windows PC in Early Access via Steam in 2025. A demo will be available from October 14 as part of Steam Next Fest.

To stay up to date with Watch Out For Goblins!, subscribe on YouTube and visit SQYD.studio’s website.

About SQYD.studio
Founded in 2023 by brothers Joel and Conor Rochon, Canadian indie developer SQYD.studio is built on their shared childhood memories of playing games together on the SNES. They aim to capture that youthful sense of whimsy and mischief with their first game, the 3D physics platformer Watch Out for Goblins!