Pid is the newest game to come from indie game developer Might and Delight.

When a young schoolboy gets stranded on a remote old planet, a unique and eccentric journey begins. His search for a way off the planet takes him through cities and castles, attics and space stations into a dreamlike yet dangerous world. Along the way, he outsmarts a variety of malicious robots bent on stopping him and, befriends unlikely allies that start to shed light on a huge conspiracy that keeps the planet mesmerized and prevents him from ever reaching home

This platform (side-scrolling) adventure sounds like a lot of fun, and has a great look and feel to it.  On top of the simple premise and classic development style the player is given several options of ways to play.

The core feature in Pid allows players to manipulate a powerful force that can be used to maneuver around the levels in thousands of unique ways. To top it off, it completely changes the way you maneuver within a 2d world. It’s also used to move enemies and objects, deflect bullets, activate machinery and change level layouts. Mastering the use of this core feature will turn everything you know about platforming upside down..

You’ll notice in all the screenshots, and the trailer, that he throws little balls of light that make him or his enemies float…yup that’s what the above is referring too.  I think it’s actually a really awesome concept of the game.

You also get co-op capabilities!

In Pid, two players can experience the adventure together. In coop-mode, players are expected to truly cooperate in order to safely advance through the levels. Both are highly dependent on the other, and even if friendly cooperation is a must, there is plenty of room to wildly compete and test your retro skills against your friends.

This game sounds like tons of fun, and I’m really looking forward to it coming to my “digital platform” next year.  If I could add this to Junk’s X-mas list this year I totally would!

Check out more on Pid at their website.