Italian Indie Studio PurpleTurtle Creates Love Letter to 90s and Early 2000s Gaming Culture
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Gorizia, Italy – PurpleTurtle, an indie game development team from Italy, today launched their Kickstarter campaign for “Five More Minutes,” a roguelite deckbuilder set in the world of childhood videogames from the nineties to early 2000s.
The game serves as a love letter to growing up with videogames, where players guide a young gamer through procedurally generated worlds inspired by different video game genres. Players choose from three starting characters – the Hero, the Cop, and the Mascot – each representing different gaming archetypes with distinctive playstyles and abilities.
“We wanted to create a game we would love to lose ourselves in,” said Matej Dornik, co-creator of Five More Minutes alongside Claudio Zeni. “The story is in many ways our story – the journey of a kid growing up with videogames as means of escapism.”
Players embody gaming archetypes from the resource management of the Horror Cop to the power-scaling of the RPG Hero and the agile movements of the Platformer Mascot. The game uses four unique button resources for different action types: attack, special attack, defense, and utility.
A mysterious “demon” character with a joystick-shaped head serves as the player’s guide throughout the journey, disguising as helpful figures while harboring a hidden agenda as the embodiment of video game addiction and the game’s secret final boss.
Key features include:
- Roguelite deckbuilder with procedurally generated levels ensuring unique playthroughs
- Three distinct starting characters with genre-specific abilities and playstyles
- Four-button resource system for attack, special attack, defense, and utility actions
- Character combination system allowing mixed card pools and deck building strategies
- Emotional narrative exploring gaming as escape and coping mechanism
- Cards and characters referencing classic gaming memories from the 90s and early 2000s
The Five More Minutes campaign seeks €10,000 in funding, and the game will launch on PC in 2026, with console versions planned. Early supporters can secure bonus content including a Steam key, digital soundtrack, and worldwide delivery.
The campaign is live now at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/purpleturtle/five-more-minutes
Contact: Matej Dornik, matej@purpleturtle.games
Press Kit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_aG-pJzCFPJ4tIZflMurwDz_FInPmW1a?usp=drive_link