Strange Scaffold’s Oopsie-Daisy Drive-By Anime Game Has Me Rethinking My Isekai Ick

According to io9, indie developer Strange Scaffold has released a game demo that flips the script on a classic anime trope. In 'Truck-kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?!', you don't get hit by a truck—you drive one. The twist: anything your kei truck bumps into gets transported to an alternate dimension. It's a tongue-in-cheek take on the 'isekai' genre, where protagonists mysteriously end up in fantasy worlds, and early players say the premise is as fun as it sounds.

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