[PAX East 2015] Downwell Lets You Shoot Your Way Down a Well

Written by Zack Kaplan

If you’ve ever dreamed of wearing gun-boots, Downwell may just satisfy that wish. Produced by Ojiro Fumoto, the sport sports mostly monochrome 8-bit visuals and I were built with a chance to give it a try at PAX East.

Played in a landscape orientation, Downwell is perfect for playing on a smartphone, that is what I reached try it on. After playing around for some moments, I found a properly which, while you probably guessed, I had been capable of going down. Using gun-boots, shooting the floor enables you to dig. On the way gems are procured which may be then utilized in shops, found in the well, to upgrade your boots.

Besides digging with bullets, the float a pair of boots have supplies a way of preventing spikes, which if hit too many times will kill you. Downhill is set for a release this July.