Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets launches for Switch on July 11, demo out now

Nihilumbra developer BeautiFun Games has announced a release date for Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets. The narrative driven space puzzle adventure launches July 11, the studio revealed today. If you’re interested in giving the title a shot, you can find a demo on the eShop.

As the Professor’s personal Intern, players are set to deal with the ferocity of his collection of so-called horrible pets: deceiving alien creatures with a double nature, looking adorable while unbothered, but turning into hungry monsters when they sense their prey. When a series of catastrophes cause them to run amok across the Aurora Space Station, it’s every Intern for themself. Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets is an adventure game with 100 levels that delivers clever puzzle gameplay mechanics, a heavy dose of humor in a suspenseful plot, and original art with traditional 2D animations.

Embracing the Nintendo Switch philosophy, the game supports every configuration the console provides, including portable, tabletop and TV modes. Players can use the joycons, gamepads, and tactile screen to play through the story however and wherever they want. On Steam, players can choose between point and click mode, keyboard controls or the Steam controller, which the game is fully compatible with.

Professor Lupo and His Horrible Pets Key Features
Puzzle-adventure game strongly focused on the narrative!
Learn the aliens’ behavior: use them in your favor!
100 levels, collectible items and replayability: 12+ hours of gameplay!
Distinctive English voice-overs for each character!
A new hit from the creators of multi-award winning game Nihilumbra!

You can pre-purchase Professor Lupo and his Horrible Pets on the Switch eShop now. Doing so will let you buy the game for $12.74 as opposed to $14.99.

Source: BeautiFun Games PR