{"id":12485,"date":"2022-05-11T23:13:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T14:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12485"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:30:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:30:42","slug":"20220511-12485","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220511-12485\/","title":{"rendered":"ElecHead, an indie puzzle game by Japanese solo dev, is coming to Switch this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220511-202113\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-11 23:10 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese solo game developer Nama Takahashi announced during the latest Indie World Showcase that <em><strong>ElecHead<\/strong><\/em> is coming to the Nintendo Switch this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ElecHead <\/em>is a 2D puzzle game where you control an electrically charged robot named Elec and use electricity-related gimmicks to solve puzzles. Elec\u2019s body constantly emits electricity, so an electric current would automatically pass through whatever Elec is touching, be it the floor he is standing on or a wall he is pressed up against. In addition, Elec\u2019s head is detachable, allowing him to throw it at objects from a distance. Players will use these features of Elec in order to get through the stages.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ElecHead - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nkPml74Gukk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game initially launched for PC in the October of 2021 and is well-received by players, with industry figures such as Derek Yu (<em>Spelunky<\/em>), Yoko Taro (<em>NieR<\/em>), and SIE\u2019s Shuhei Yoshida also praising the game (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20211005-3491\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>). The creator Nama Takahashi is also one of the developers of <em>Battlloon<\/em>, a 2D PvP action game where you play as a bouncing balloon and try to bump other players into spikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ElecHead<\/em> is currently available on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1456880\/ElecHead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/namatakahashi.itch.io\/elechead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">itch.io<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gog.com\/en\/game\/elechead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GOG.com<\/a>).<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-shadow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tag\/indie-games\/\" style=\"border-radius:5px;background-color:#ed2157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Indie Game related articles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ElecHead, an indie puzzle game by Japanese solo dev, is coming to Switch this summer. 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