Unique team shooter Morphie’s Law coming to Switch this Summer

Splatoon 2 stand aside, there’s a new unique team shooter in town. Announced today during the Nindies Summer Showcase was Morphies Law, a strange shooter in which players score points for their team by sapping the size from enemies’ body parts. Weird, huh?

Morphies Law is slated for a Winter release in the US, which is Summer for us in the Southern Hemisphere, and will be a Nintendo Switch console exclusive. You can read the description below, or scroll to the bottom of the page to watch the announcement trailer.

MORPHIES LAW is a robot morphology driven 3D shooter 
The basic law of the game is simple: Each weapon hit transfers mass from the victim’s inflicted limb to the corresponding limb of the wielder of the weapon. As an immediate consequence, skilled players become tall and easy to hit, whereas beginners shrink until they become difficult targets. Highly skilled players may therefore play with casual players in the same match and both can enjoy the Game. Your skill will not be expressed by your kill-death-ratio, but by your body size.

Different body sizes require different strategies. A player with tall legs can jump on buildings, small players can hide in tiny holes. The size of every limb has an impact on your abilities and properties. For example the behavior of your butt-rocket depends on the size of your lower body. A successful player adapts to his own body-size.

A successful team builds its strategy around the body sizes of its members. In team games the team avatar combines the sizes of all team members. The team with the tallest team avatar wins. Friendly fire does not change your team’s avatar size and can therefore be used to implement advanced team tactics. Shift your team mass from one player to the other to get your whole team to an advantageous position. Or designate an offensive player and shrink him to make him difficult to hit. Then, once he grows by decimating the other team, transfer his mass to your defensive players by showering him with friendly fire. Used the right way, friendly fire can be a crucial part of your team strategy.