Double Fine's 'Kiln' Is a Pottery Battle Game Where Vessel Shape Matters
The game turns a crafting minigame into the core combat system, where every vessel's shape directly determines its stats and available abilities.
Reporting from 2 sources: Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Double Fine Productions and Xbox Game Studios released 'Kiln', an online multiplayer action game themed around pottery. Players create their own ceramic armor on a potter's wheel, balancing water capacity against durability, then fight 4v4 matches by drawing water and extinguishing the enemy kiln's flame.
Double Fine Productions has released 'Kiln', an online multiplayer battle game where the armor is handmade pottery. Players shape their own vessel on a potter's wheel, deciding how wide to make the interior cavity. A larger cavity holds more water, which increases damage against the enemy kiln, but it also thins the clay walls and reduces the vessel's health. The shape also determines which of eight abilities the player can use. In 4v4 matches, teams draw water from springs around the map and carry it to the opposing kiln, trying to extinguish its flame before their own vessel breaks. The game is available on Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam, and PlayStation 5.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.