Indie games have been responsible for many of the more unique and experimental concepts and game mechanics in the industry, and SUPERHOT is no exception.
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The main hook of the simple FPS is that time moves only when you do, all but stopping when you stand still. Abstract humanoid enemies shoot easily-visible bullets in your direction, and you must manipulate the time-freezing mechanic to dodge and fire back.
SUPERHOT is highly stylized, as you can see from the title alone, including a ridiculous narration of the game's name between levels. A demo build is currently playable in your browser on its website.
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A Kickstarter campaign is also underway, and it's been pretty successful so far. The Polish development team is aiming for $100,000 in funding, and have already achieved $55,000 in the first day. SUPERHOT has received a good amount of coverage online before, as they explain in the video below, helping the crowdsourcing campaign quite a bit.
The strong concept and execution is what drives it though, as the demo shows. It could use some refinement (though that is relatively old build now) but it's an enjoyable proof of concept. I think the mechanics themselves have a lot of potential, regardless of what the actual game ends up as. A 'time only moves when you do' concept is really interesting, and could probably be employed in a variety of genres to good effect.
Play the game for yourself in the link above, and watch check out the Kickstarter video and page. If you want to see it happen and get a copy and rewards, go ahead and donate yourself. The game looks like it will certainly be meeting its goal, and it will be exciting to see how it turns out going forward.
