What's the opposite of the long arm of the law? The thief in a new game: My Arms Are Longer Now

If you were a thief, what would you consider to be a handy superpower? Being invisible, perhaps, that could be very useful - but forget that, what you really need is incredibly long arms (technically, not just a handy power, but also an 'army' one).

What do you mean: That's just silly. Well, you're quite right, but a new heist game called 'My Arms Are Longer Now' is going firmly for a comedy angle as you might imagine.

The game casts you in the role of a stupendously long arm (you don't actually see the person attached to it), presented with a whole load of tasks that revolve around stealing stuff and generally causing havoc.

The YouTube trailer above gives you a pretty good idea of what the game is about, and it's in a similar vein to mischief-making puzzlers which are humor-heavy, such as Untitled Goose Game. Indeed, Matthew Jackson of Toot Games, the developer, cites that game an influence.

Jackson told PC Gamer:

"I think it's fun to just also be horrid. There's a word that we overuse sometimes, when we talk about the game. Is it grotty? That's the vibe. And there's a real line to that as well, because if you go too grotty, you'll gross people out. And if you don't go grotty enough, it kind of feels a bit too plain and simple. So you want to have a little bit of disgust in both the actions and the art style to keep people hooked onto it, right?"

As well as the titular snaking arm - reminiscent of Mr Tickle from the Mr Men show - the game has a "hard-boiled detective" who is a week away from retirement and closing the net on your criminal activities - so you'll need to stay a step ahead of them, too.

We don't yet have a release date for My Arms Are Longer Now, but doubtless it'll be ready when it's ready.