{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f2c9dcce49e282d748e68956","clusterId":"c_39580621377cf34d28ec7259","slug":"kick-launches-on-steam-for-750-yen-with-20-percent-off-until-november-18","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kick Launches on Steam for 750 Yen With 20 Percent Off Until November 18","summary":"Shoreline Games released Kick, a side-scrolling action game by Swiss solo developer nospacelost, on Steam on November 4, 2026. It costs 750 yen, with a 20 percent launch discount to 600 yen through November 18. The Kid dribbles a physics-simulated ball through 23 stages modeled on Japanese townscapes. nospacelost, Peter Soerensen, began learning Unreal Engine in 2023 with no prior development experience.","whyItMatters":"The game's Japanese-town scenery and Captain Tsubasa influence come from a developer who started learning Unreal Engine in 2023, which makes the finished 23-stage release the point of interest rather than the nostalgia alone.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSoerensen built the game self-taught after starting with Unreal Engine in 2023. The original concept was a boy who missed a bus and ran to school, with the influence of the Roach Race minigame in Cyberpunk 2077 behind it. The current system came about when a ball placed as an obstacle happened to roll like a dribble.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stages cover residential areas, shopping streets, sandy beaches, elevated tracks, and parks. Players jump, slide, keep the ball up, and shoot around obstacles, and they can turn off the timer to explore at their own pace. The hand-drawn 2D characters against 3D backgrounds came from his lack of knowledge of 3D animation. Japanese is supported.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kick's launch discount expires November 18, but the more unusual fact is Peter Soerensen: he started learning Unreal Engine in 2023 with no prior development experience, and the physics ball across 23 stages is the result.","twitterPost":"Kick's real outlier is nospacelost: Peter Soerensen started learning Unreal Engine in 2023 with no prior development experience.","threadsPost":"Kick ships with a 20 percent discount through November 18. The detail underneath it is who made it: Peter Soerensen, working as nospacelost, started learning Unreal Engine in 2023 with no prior development experience. The physics ball and 23 stages came out of that.","newsletterBlurb":"Kick, a side-scrolling action game about a boy kicking a ball along his school route, is out on Steam at 750 yen with a 20 percent launch discount through November 18. Swiss solo developer nospacelost built it self-taught in Unreal Engine after starting in 2023. The 23 stages draw on Japanese residential streets, shopping arcades, and beaches, and the game supports Japanese.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/055/G105531/20261105024/\",\"title\":\"Kick, About Continuously Kicking a Ball on the Way to School, Released. 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