Crunchy lo-fi synths and off-kilter grooves bounce through this plinko roguelike like a 90s shareware screensaver gained sentience. Vinegart (Malakai Martin) scored Nubby's Number Factory, the Peggle-meets-Balatro fever dream where failing your number quota means the sun explodes.
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Factory A has this infectious mechanical chug that perfectly matches launching a sentient ball into pegs, while Stratosphere A opens things up into spacier, more ambient territory. Sun Temple B hits with unexpected grandeur for a game about making numbers bigger.
Game Over, Sun Exploded is exactly as dramatic as it sounds. The whole OST shifts between cozy and absurd without ever losing its groove. If you've been grinding runs at 3 AM wondering why the music slaps this hard, you're not alone.