{"rewrite":{"id":"r_6669b98bc9e3e01461a62128","clusterId":"c_9d9a039fc636193c247063ab","slug":"soft-ruin-parkour-game-cuts-combat-to-focus-on-movement","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Soft Ruin Parkour Game Cuts Combat to Focus on Movement","summary":"Independent developer root announced the Steam store page for Soft Ruin on August 28. The 3D parkour action game has players run through massive ruins, kicking off walls and wire-swinging to keep momentum. root plans an Early Access release lasting about a year, with roughly half the final map explorable at launch. root has said it intends to almost entirely remove combat and focus on movement, and will adjust the system based on player feedback.","whyItMatters":"Soft Ruin is being shaped around a movement system that root has stripped of most combat, and the year-long Early Access period is where player feedback will tune that system.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSoft Ruin sends a small character through grassland ruins and a vegetation-covered fortress, with cylindrical shafts so deep the bottom is out of sight. Movement is the point: players kick off walls, leap across gaps, and throw a purple sphere to anchor a wire for swinging. root says the design aims to avoid obstacles that only hinder progress, keeping a sense of openness with cohesive level design. The store page lists solo play and play with friends.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eroot has also mentioned earlier concepts for a roguelike or Metroidvania structure, and a July plan to almost entirely remove combat. The full release is expected to add locations, creatures, NPCs, mini-games, battle arenas, and boss fights, with the price rising at launch.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Soft Ruin launches Early Access with roughly half its map and almost no combat. root is treating player feedback as the design tool for the other half, which makes the game's final shape a live negotiation.","twitterPost":"Soft Ruin is almost combat-free. root launches half the map in Early Access and builds the rest from player feedback, making the community the second designer.","threadsPost":"Soft Ruin is almost entirely without combat, and root plans to keep it that way. The Early Access launch will have roughly half the map, with the rest shaped by player feedback. That makes the community a co-designer from day one, not a tester after the fact.","newsletterBlurb":"Indie developer root announced Soft Ruin, a 3D parkour game where a small character runs through massive ruins using momentum, wall kicks, and wire swings. The game hits Steam Early Access with about half the final map, and root plans to almost entirely remove combat in favor of movement. Full release will add locations, creatures, NPCs, and boss fights, with a price increase.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260828-463788/\",\"title\":\"Fluffy Cat Kid Slime Parkour 'Soft Ruin' Announced. Solo or with Friends, Leap and Wire-Swing Through a Giant Maze\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4504,"outputTokens":4170,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787972028,"createdAt":"2026-08-29T02:36:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-29T02:46:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-29T02:36:58.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_9d9a039fc636193c247063ab","canonicalTitle":"もふもふネコっ子ぬるぬるパルクール『Soft Ruin』発表。一人でも友達とでも、大ジャンプ、ワイヤー移動で巨大迷宮を飛び回る","representativeArticleId":"a_4cfeada6ea4325fc895b214a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Soft Ruin\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"のroot\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-28T02:11:21.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-28T02:11:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-29T02:46:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260828-463788/","title":"もふもふネコっ子ぬるぬるパルクール『Soft Ruin』発表。一人でも友達とでも、大ジャンプ、ワイヤー移動で巨大迷宮を飛び回る"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Soft Ruin"],"studios":[],"people":["のroot"],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}