I felt goodwill and hope for the future seeing Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor, an FPS that's 60% HUD and looks like an Adult Swim cartoon where you smoke 'deepweed' to restore your health and blow clouds that spell out 'doink' and 'loud'

The titluar Cyberlich of Cyberlich surrounded by a smoky cloud and with a saintly halo behind his head.

Indie developer Polyhedra Games just has a single 30-second YouTube video and a Steam page showing off its upcoming FPS, Cybrlich and the Death Cult of Labor, but man, does it make an impression. The shooter boasts a knockout cartoony art style and anarchic sense of humor straight out of the classic Adult Swim days⁠—an inspiration Polyhedra proudly lays claim to on its Steam page.

I'm a bit of a freak for shooters of the boomer or just generally indie variety, but there are getting to be so many that it takes some real zing to get me out of bed for one sight unseen. Cybrlich's art style delivered that zing for me: It reminds me of when they let Genndy Tartakovsky off the leash to do something really gnarly like the Samurai Jack reboot or Primal.