Hi PS4 gamers! I’m Jaakko from the Finnish game developer 10tons, and I’ve got some great news: Our fair studio is about to debut on PS4! Our first PS4 title is a strange, skill-based physics puzzle called King Oddball. Some of you may know the game from its PS Vita version released in January. We have more great games for PS4 in production too, and we’ll share more on those soon.

As far as physics-based puzzles go, King Oddball stands out quite distinctly. Few games feature a floating rock head with a ginormously long tongue as the main character. As eccentric as the theme may be, the game is decidedly straightforward. King Oddball is ending the world, and you’re going to help him.

The gameplay is based on pressing a button at precisely the right moment. The King picks up a rock with his tongue and swings it back and forth like a pendulum. The rock is released when you hit X. It’s not just a simple test of timing though: After the first few levels, you’ll need to crush more enemies than you have rocks for. That, in turn, requires careful strategy and anticipation of how the chain reactions will unfold. We’ve tuned the physics model to pretty extreme accuracy, so relying solely on luck won’t work. The game gets very challenging towards the end, and The Hall of Diamonds mode actually gets well into masocore territory. You’ve been warned!

King Oddball features a free trial, so you can check the game out for yourself on release day. Its world-class accordion-heavy soundtrack and striking art style are best experienced live, and we think that the simple yet challenging gameplay will grow on you. For us, April 1st can’t come soon enough!