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Steam Next Fest is currently underway, and players have found a variety of entertaining creations from small studios. However, one catches the eye for its offbeat concept. Named Unko Technica, this old-school styled jumping adventure includes a protagonist that is truly a turd attempting to travel to a toilet. As a fun fact, "Unko" is Japanese for "poop."

How you interact is easy to grasp: press a one button to leap. Across numerous challenges, you'll face boss fights and access a market to acquire customizations for your poop character.

Execute your movements with caution, as a error requires starting over. Bounce off floating orbs to launch the poop higher, cross fragile surfaces, and activate switches to unlock new areas. Earn UN-KOINS for buying tougher game content as gameplay ramps up.

Graphically, the game features neon level designs and a killer soundtrack. Its minimalist visual style with morphing basic polygons may remind gamers of old favorites like Earthbound.

Although hard to recall similar titles where you play as a piece of feces, gaming have long incorporated toilet humor. For example, in Death Stranding, players make grenades from protagonist excrement. Examples include Palworld and Ark: Survival Evolved use feces as soil enrichment. And of course, such content appears heavily in the role-playing game The Stick of Truth.

Putting aside its silly concept, Unko Technica has already garnered impressive awards, such as being named best at a major publisher's indie contest in 2023. This trial version is accessible now on Steam, with the complete version planned to launch on computers on November 19.