There's no denying the toy-like simplicity that Donut County excels in, even if by the end of the story you feel more than a little guilty swallowing up all these fine critters' belongings.

A "Donut County" delivery driver takes the plunge. Annapurna Interactive / Ben Esposito "That was the beginning of 'Silicon Beach' in L.A., which is kind of a nightmare zone now," Esposito said.

Yes, in Donut County you literally control a hole in the ground. ... Towards the end of the story, for instance, there’s a set of levels where I was moving from room to room in a larger complex.

Thus, “Donut County” became a game, in Esposito’s words, about the “gentrification in L.A. told through donuts.” “It takes place in some version of Los Angeles,” Esposito says.

Your Donut hole works the same way. In one section of the game, you clear out an entire gridlocked freeway by situating your hole at one end of it. The army of cars rolls slowly forward ...

Donut County then is nothing if not eccentric, ... writing extends further than just the story itself too as players will be greeted with a handy ‘trashpedia’ at the end of every level, ...

Playing Donut County is like cleaning your room when you’re five: put everything in a big, dark space, shut the door and hope for the best.In this case though, you’ll drop it all into the ...

Donut County lets you control a hole and eat everything in sight, from bricks to buildings. Here's how the game stacks up in our full review.

Donut County's release date is set for the end of August. This quirky indie has you playing as a raccoon and using a hole to suck up everything via physics based puzzle solving.

Donut County was created by Ben Esposito ... (an end-of-level accounting of everything the hole has swallowed, complete with pitch-perfect, occasionally hilarious item descriptions).

Telling Lies, Worms WMD, and Donut County all received recommended badges in our reviews, so if you'd like to try them out you've only got a week and a bit left to do so.