{"id":27181,"date":"2024-02-14T14:24:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T05:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=27181"},"modified":"2024-02-14T14:24:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T05:24:58","slug":"20240214-27181","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240214-27181\/","title":{"rendered":"Hikikomori beat \u2018em up tower defense game Pull Stay releases February 26 in Early Access\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese indie developer Souji Nito announced that the highly anticipated <strong>Pull Stay<\/strong> will be releasing in Early Access on February 26 (JST) for the PC (Steam). A new trailer showcasing the game\u2019s features was released along with the announcement.&nbsp;<\/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=\"Pull Stay Early Access Trailer : Japanese Comedic Beat &#039;em up + Tower Defense #indiegame\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vgC-15be3YU?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>Pull Stay is a beat \u2018em up action game with tower defense elements in which you fight off waves of enemies trying to enter your house by setting up bizarre traps or smacking them. The objective is to protect Susumu, a young unemployed hikikomori (shut-in) man who hasn\u2019t left his room in years. The enemies come at Susumu while destroying the house, and as his robot friend Robo, you must prevent them from reaching him.\u00a0<\/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=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pull Stay by Souji Nito\" class=\"wp-image-27189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-1-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-1-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\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=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-002-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pull Stay by Souji Nito\" class=\"wp-image-27187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-002-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-002-1-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-002-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-002-1-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To fight off enemies, you can build additional rooms and set up various traps in a belt-scrolling action game style. Robo can perform various actions such as jumping, grabbing and launching consecutive attacks, and is even capable of destroying neighborhood houses and convenience stores to gather resources. These resources can then be used for placing strategic traps to stall enemies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pull Stay\u2019s selling point is the inspiration it pulls from Japan\u2019s bizarre and comical variety show culture. This means you\u2019ll be seeing old dudes in girly sailor suits and wacky traps such as pie throwing machines, baked fish missiles, and dakimakura (anime hugging pillow) traps. The game will include about 15 types of traps, which are gradually unlocked as you progress in the game.&nbsp;<\/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=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003.jpg\" alt=\"Pull Stay by Souji Nito\" class=\"wp-image-27185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20240213-282374-003-600x338.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But what\u2019s most fascinating about Pull Stay is its background \u2013 the game is being developed by indie creator Souji Nito, who happens to be a hikikomori himself. He started independently studying game development after Unreal Engine became available for free in 2015. Pull Stay was intended as a \u201cgame about a hikikomori by a hikikomori\u201d and as a way for Nito to rebuild his life after spending over 10 years of his life as a hikikomori. His full story can be found in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IAmA\/comments\/fuv88f\/i_am_a_japanese_dude_having_been_a_shutinaka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMA thread on Reddit.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pull Stay will initially be released in Early Access and will start off with 6 stages, 3 bosses and over 10 varieties of enemies, traps, moves and mini games. The Early Access period will last about a year, and additional stages, bosses, traps, moves, and mini games are planned in the run up towards the full release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pull Stay Early Access launch on 26 February!<br>Just in 2 Weeks!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lO8rSokwj1\">https:\/\/t.co\/lO8rSokwj1<\/a><br><br>feeling so anxious to post this<br>why.. (\u00b4\u30fb\u03c9\u30fb\uff40;)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indiegames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indiegames<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indiedev?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#indiedev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4OahnaflD\">pic.twitter.com\/c4OahnaflD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nito Souji (@EternalStew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EternalStew\/status\/1757100766248968406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pull Stay will release in Early Access on February 27 for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1179890\/Pull_Stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>). A demo is currently available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><em>Written by.&nbsp;Amber V&nbsp;based on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20240213-282374\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>&nbsp;(original article\u2019s publication date: 2024-02-13 17:18 JST)&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated Pull Stay, a game about hikikomori by a hikikomori, is going to release in Early Access on February 26 on Stea,.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":27184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[39,17],"class_list":["post-27181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-indie-games","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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