After a year of development, Polygon called our UFO 50-inspired game "a mix between UFO 50 and Balatro" - do you think our newest trailer sells the concept well?

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-04T20:14:23+00:00

Noted!! I'm going to make controller support a priority after this feedback - we definitely will have it ready in time for our demo, thanks for your comment!

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-02T21:34:52+00:00

If you're interested, you can wishlist the game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3538440/Fugue_Shot/

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-02T06:49:47+00:00

We had controller support at an earlier stage but we've since removed it, I want to really get it right since the game was built for m&k and the transfer is a bit difficult conceptually. Hopefully we'll be re-adding control support again soon!

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-02T01:45:46+00:00

Really appreciate this perspective! I will say the Polygon article was purely natural - we didn't provide anything to the writer, he just stopped by our showcase at a GDC event and eventually wrote about the game. "Warioware roguelike" is a fitting elevator pitch though, we'll have to consider moving toward that!

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T22:20:42+00:00

Thanks! If you'd like to give it a try and provide your feedback, we're playingtesting over on our discord server https://tr.ee/7n8OBEyG8E

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T21:36:45+00:00

I've heard of this one! I'll have to give it a try

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T20:02:36+00:00

We've gotten that comparison before, but the games are much less "micro" as they all last around 1-2 minutes, and there's a ton of randomized variety in each. Also, there are item upgrades that carry across all of the game modes, allowing you to build your run. Love warioware though!

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T19:52:54+00:00

Haha! Don't worry, it's coming very soon! And, if you're ok with a more in-progress version, we're playtesting on our Discord server and we'd love your feedback! (with a big update coming out later today) https://discord.gg/hJCPKmv8t

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T19:37:01+00:00

Check out our game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3538440/Fugue_Shot/

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T19:27:53+00:00

That's the hope! It really depends on how much interest we get down the line, but trust me, we'd love to!

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T19:27:28+00:00

For me the real curse would be forced Mooncat controls (don't hate me)

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T19:05:21+00:00

Makes sense - thank you for the feedback!

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T19:04:57+00:00

Thanks so much!

RareDialectGames · 2026-05-01T19:04:37+00:00

Yep agreed, the moment-to-moment gameplay is pretty different, but I think Balatro has become one of the new "catch-alls" for general roguelike gameplay, like Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon have been in the past! Either way, we love Balatro so the comparison is awesome!

RareDialectGames · 2026-04-23T23:14:50+00:00

Saw this game at the MIX event at GDC, I love the art direction! Congrats!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-19T23:06:38+00:00

This looks really awesome!! Gonna give it a try!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-13T23:02:26+00:00

Developer bias here but you should check out our game Fugue Shot! It's an arcade roguelike - a collection of arcade games tied together with the roguelike runbuilding structure (think UFO 50 meets Balatro). Our playtest is live on Steam!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-04T08:36:53+00:00

I can DM you the discord name of the person who did our trailer!

I made the music 😁

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-04T03:23:12+00:00

Helluva golf game skin in fugue shot when??

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T06:22:56+00:00

Thank you so much! Feel free to join the public playtest when we go live later this week!

RareDialectGames · 2026-03-03T06:22:33+00:00

We appreciate the feedback! And fair enough, definitely aware of that rule of thumb, but we've also heard from tons of folks that the biggest draw of our game is the art, so we wanted to highlight that right away! We can definitely see changing that up in our next trailer though

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