Cooperative Drawing Puzzle 'Linebound' Free on Steam for One Month
The game's hand-drawn sketchbook style and cooperative drawing mechanics have earned a perfect 100% positive review score on Steam in its first days, and the limited free window gives players a chance to try a niche co-op concept before it becomes a paid product.
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Publisher FutureBound released the two-player cooperative puzzle action game 'Linebound' on Steam on May 31. The game is free to add to a library until around June 30, after which it will become a paid title. Players work as an Artist and a character called Sketch to draw platforms and reach goals across 15 stages.
In 'Linebound,' one player acts as the Artist, drawing platforms on a sketchbook-like stage with a fixed mouse, while the other controls the chick-like Sketch character using a keyboard or controller. Crayons scattered in each stage let the Artist draw lines with collision detection, but each crayon has a usage limit, forcing the pair to communicate about where and how much to draw. Different crayon colors change platform properties: blue is normal, red is slippery for long horizontal jumps, and green is bouncy for high vertical jumps. Colored sticky notes on the background block drawing with the same color crayon, and an eraser restores usage, so players must adapt their strategy to the stage layout.
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