{"id":13637,"date":"2022-06-29T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=13637"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:22:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T05:22:36","slug":"20220629-13637","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220629-13637\/","title":{"rendered":"The game about saving buff dudes stuck in a gymnasium ceiling is now on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220628-208481\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-06-28 19:23<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Japanese indie game developer Tadasumen released a Steam version of <em><strong>A game that saves the muscles caught in the ceiling of the gymnasium<\/strong><\/em> on June 28 (JST). While the game initially launched for free on Tadasumen\u2019s own website, the new Steam version adds additional features like achievements and online leaderboards and is available for $1.99.<\/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=\"\u3010\u65b0\u4f5c\u30d0\u30ab\u30b2\u30fc\u3011\u4f53\u80b2\u9928\u306e\u5929\u4e95\u306b\u30de\u30c3\u30c1\u30e7\u304c\u631f\u307e\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u4ef6\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066\u2026\u2026\u3010\u304f\u305d\u30b2\u30fcDirect\uff1aVol.04\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xz9x_BK5ZH0?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><br><em>A game that saves the muscles caught in the ceiling of the gymnasium<\/em> is a new kind of shooting game where players throw balls at body builders stuck in a ceiling to rescue them. The game takes place in a gymnasium that for some reason has a bunch of buff guys caught in the rafters. Why are these half-naked muscle men stuck on the ceiling? Beats me. But somebody has to save them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do so, players throw a special \u201cmuscle rescue ball\u201d to dislodge them from their positions and send them falling to the floor. The setting is nostalgic and strange for anyone that remembers elementary school gym class. Tadasumen says the rescue balls are specially made to rescue macho men, so there\u2019s no need to worry about hurting anyone.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/002-26-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When setting out on a rescue, players can freely walk around the gym to find their preferred throwing position. Skillfully hit the macho men and dislodge them in one shot or hit them with multiple balls to dislodge them by brute force. If a macho man makes it to the ground, your rescue was a success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players start the round holding 15 rescue balls, with more placed in the middle of the gym to replenish your supply. There are also rare shiny variants of the muscle men that can appear. One example is the Gaming Macho which has a strange glow. Rescuing this macho will cause dramatic music to play and change the color of your rescue balls. Each rare macho has their own specific effects and saving them is connected to the game\u2019s ending criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game has two modes. Rescue Mode lets players freely rescue macho men without any time limits and Challenge Mode has players rescue 10 macho men as quickly as possible. Besides buff bods, there are also exploding SP balls in the ceiling. Using these well can make short work of rescuing macho men stuck in particularly difficult positions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/003-12-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>A game that saves the muscles caught in the ceiling of the gymnasium<\/em> comes from the Japanese indie developer Tadasumen who has also released free titles such as the 3D action game <em>I\u2019m going to die if I don\u2019t eat sushi!<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220608-13223\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>) and the horror game <em>PIEN-<\/em>\u3074\u3048\u3093<em>\u2013<\/em>. Tadasumen\u2019s games can often be seen spreading on social media in Japan for their wild content and strange concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A game that saves the muscles caught in the ceiling of the gymnasium<\/em> first released on Tadasumen\u2019s personal site kusoi.site on May 6, 2022. The content is largely the same as the Steam version, but the Steam version makes use of various Steam features like achievements, online leaderboards, cloud saves, and automatic updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides Japanese, the game supports text for 4 other languages including English. According to the official website, both versions of the game have been updated to Ver1.10 adding a rare \u201cLegendary Macho\u201d and a retry button for Challenge Mode. This new legendary macho is supposedly rarer than even the Gold Macho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A game that saves the muscles caught in the ceiling of the gymnasium<\/em> is now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2026370\/_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> for $1.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A game that saves the muscles caught in the ceiling of the gymnasium is a new kind of shooting game where players throw balls at body builders stuck in a ceiling to rescue them. 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