The action maintains a frantic pace throughout, with timed elements frequently coming into the picture, especially once players trigger the vomit mechanic (which activates a timer that ticks down to an even severe case of additional barfing). In addition to the game’s obvious, direct references to classic coin-op works, it feels like an arcade game. Jokes aside, the arcade heritage of Pig Eat Ball shines through its surreal façade. Sharp players will notice nods to Q*bert, Burger Time, and even Tapper !” Every world has at least two, and sometimes three, hammy homages to classic arcade games.
“Using a sous vide technique I learned abroad, I submerged the entire game design document in PCB sauce to ensure satisfying and rewarding gameplay. “I worked hard to infuse Pig Eat Ball with as much arcade sensibilities as possible,” Fouts says.
But it comes by its bizarre tone honestly: It reflects designer Nathan Fouts’s own sense of humor-as do his musings on how the game came to be in the first place. In other words, Pig Eat Ball is kind of weird. Except the goal is the princess’ stomach, and she eats the balls, which cause her to bloat, which means that sometimes she needs to messily vomit the balls and consume them again. Pig Eat Ball is a difficult game to describe: A top-down arcade-style action adventure in which a princess (who is also space pig) attempts to make her way in the universe by becoming the champion of a sport that, like many sports, involves making goals with an array of balls. With a title like Pig Eat Ball, you might expect the latest release from Shoot 1UP creator Mommy’s Best Games would tend toward the strange, even inexplicable.
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