The last few years have been huge for indie games. More and more seem to be going viral, building huge player bases in an instant. We've seen it with the likes of Peak, Schedule 1, and, most recently, How to Fish, which peaked at almost 270,000 players over the weekend.
There is definitely something to be said about how players are flocking to smaller, more unique experiences, and this next one takes that to the extreme.
Over the weekend, a developer shared a game in which players need to sort through a haystack containing five million pieces of hay to find a single needle.
Over the weekend, a new video advertising one of the most bonkers games went viral. Shared by developer NasNakarus, this now-in-development title challenges players to sift through five million pieces of hay to find a needle in a haystack. It's a saying we've all heard, and now it can be a reality.
The trailer quickly gained over 46 million views on Twitter, receiving over 189,000 likes, 10,000 reposts, and 3,000 comments: The definition of a viral sensation.
Its developer promised that the goal was to push the "absolute limits for those types of games"...
