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Press release:
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Oct. 18, 2022.
The Seattle-based (the US) indie games publisher tinyBuild and Wellington City-based (New Zealand) indie games developer Wildboy Studios , today announced with great thrill and delight that their roguelike deck-builder “Nitro Kid” is now available for PC via Steam.

Enter a crispy pixelated world reminiscent of 80’s Miami flair, accenting the neon aesthetic of the time. Nitro Kid offers a throwback arcade feeling combined with a turn-based combat system and modern mechanics for a smooth gameplay experience. An electric synthwave soundtrack brings the world and story to life with more than 30 tracks created exclusively for the game by composers LudoWic (Katana Zero, Second Extinction), Tonebox, Laird Kruger, and Jules Reves.

After winning a bid to clean up a meteorite-leveled city in New Mexico, grubby megacorp INFINITY arrives on scene. Claiming no signs of life, the corrupt company begins experimenting on the missing children to create a generation of super soldiers dubbed as NITRO KIDs. Who will save the adolescent captives and expose INFINITY’s crimes against humanity?

Infiltrate the secret lab as agents L33, J4X, and K31, the only heroes aware of the NITRO KIDs. Engage in grid-based combat to take down groups of more than 50 enemies including guards, robots, and mutants, using a deck-building system to deliver attacks

. Lay down a card to drop a flurry of jabs to surrounding enemies or play a full metal jacket to defend against a devastating blow. Carefully craft a variety of different decks with over 250 cards to choose from, able to accommodate dozens of play styles.

“Nitro Kid is a tribute to the classic action movies of the 80ss with our own take on the beloved roguelike deck-building genre,” said Patric Corletto, CEO at Wildboy Studio.

“The over the top kung fu action will instantly feel familiar, but the story and gameplay will take players on a wild ride like no other .”

Nitro Kid is available on Windows PC via Steam today for USD $19.99. It will support English, French, German, Spanish (Europe), Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese languages.

For more information, visit the Wildboy Studios website, follow @tinyBuild and @nitrokid_wbs on Twitter, and join the Wildboy Studios’ Discord.

About Wildboy Studios
Wildboy Studios is a New Zealand-based game development company formed in 2017 by New Zealanders Sid Bardiya and Ben Costeloe, and Italian Patric Corletto. With a strong desire to focus on narrative-driven design, they began working on a project that would later be named ATONE. Nitro Kid is their second game.

About tinyBuild
tinyBuild is a Seattle-based indie label behind the Hello Neighbor franchise and over 30 renowned titles, including Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners, and Party Hard. With additional development offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Riga, Latvia, tinyBuild is rapidly building a portfolio of fun, high-quality games across multiple platforms.