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What’s Happening

Okay so Yapyap stands apart from other friendslop horror extraction games by giving you plenty of firepower to begin with.

You and up to four mates are the boggle-eyed, flap-jawed minions of an enormous, moon-masked wizard. You ve been summoned to wreak havoc on a rival wizard s procedurally generated tower. (shocking, we know)

Over the course of three nights per round, you must smash as many fixtures as you can to fill up your quota of Chaos tapestries, crates, painti Home Features Yapyap Yapyap is a jolly bit of gang wizard vandalism with a touch of Dark Messiah Gandaft Image credit: Maison Bap Feature by Edwin Evans-Thirlwell News Editor Feb.

The Details

4, 2026 Follow Yapyap Yapyap stands apart from other friendslop horror extraction games plenty of firepower to begin with. For this purpose, you are handed a range of magical artefacts.

Some of the artefacts have to be bought with gold, but there s a tree in the game s lob grows wands of wind magic, pluckable for free. Wind magic is the Ringo Starr of the four elements, IMO, but the default wands are fun, especially given that you have unlimited mana.

Why This Matters

There s a basic Force Push style wind spell, used to blow the helmets off zombie knights, a levitation spell to enhance your parkour, and a summonable tornado that will happily engulf the caster. YAPYAP - Official Release Trailer Watch on YouTube The twist is that you re asked to actually speak the incantation into your microphone, though there s a text wheel option, if you re too cool to yell AERO within earshot of other humans. From this voice mechanic arises much Youtuber-friendly comedy, pebbled with dad humour.

The gaming community has been watching developments like this closely.

Key Takeaways

• The magic words for levitation are up dog , for example.
• We are all profoundly weary of up dog , but it s amusing to hear people squealing it repeatedly as they try to airlift to safety.

The Bottom Line

We are all profoundly weary of up dog , but it s amusing to hear people squealing it repeatedly as they try to airlift to safety. I think Lethal company has too many imitators REPO, Content Warning , Murky Divers , etcetera - but I am always delighted to explore another variation on the fizzy, memetic and uncanny Lethal company aesthetic.

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