Voodoo managed to secure a $200 million investment from Goldman Sachs shortly after releasing Hole.io. According to Variety, Hole.io's developer Voodoo's entire range of games consists of clones of other games. Both games use the same mechanic of a hole in the ground swallowing objects to grow bigger however, Donut County additionally features a storyline and a cast of characters which Hole.io lacks. Comparison to Donut County ĭonut County is a 2018 independent video game that was in development for at least six years before its release on 28 August 2018, sparking allegations by that game's developer that Voodoo copied his idea. The simple mechanics of the game put it in the hyper-casual genre. Additionally, a solo mode exists which allows players to play alone with the goal of consuming as close to 100% of the city within two minutes. īoth Classic and 'Battle' mode are not played against players, but rather computers. While players can still consume the environment, the goal is to eliminate all other holes. 'Battle' mode is a battle royale mode that pits the player against multiple opponents with the goal of being the last hole standing. Other black holes can consume the player's hole resulting in 'death' and respawning several seconds later. Players need to utilize the game's real time physics to their advantage and optimize their path for effective growth. If an object is too big it will not fall in and might block the way preventing other objects from going through. Gradually the hole becomes larger and capable of sucking in buildings and smaller black holes. In Classic mode, the player's objective is to become the largest black hole by the end of a two minute round by travelling around the area and consuming trees, humans, cars, and other objects which fall into the black hole if appropriately sized. Hole.io combines several gameplay mechanics.

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