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Octodad student dev team now 'Young Horses,' Octodad 2 looks floppier than ever

Griffin McElroy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:30:00 EST

The student team from the DePaul Game Dev program responsible for whipping up Octodad -- a hilarious indie game about the perils of being floppy -- are moving on to bigger and potentially floppier things. As hinted at in our interview with the game's creators earlier this year, the team has incorporated into its own indie studio named Young Horses, where they will incubate and release their next, tentacle-rich opus into the world: Octodad 2.

Young Horses is now seeking fans' help to bring their invertebrate vision to fruition, asking for Kickstarter donations to fund the game's year-long development cycle. Though they're targeting a release on PC and Mac, the team also hopes to give the game a console release "using motion-control devices for added realism (hilarity) to the octopus/father simulation." Based on what we saw of Octodad's basic Kinect functionality, that is a thing we desperately want as well. Check out Octodad 2's announcement trailer above!

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Octodad meets Kinect: How one of the funniest games ever is finding new legs

Griffin McElroy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST

"Loving Father. Caring Husband. Secret Octopus."

Any doubts you may have harbored about the comedic value of Octodad -- the latest project from the increasingly acclaimed DePaul Game Development program -- were almost certainly abandoned after reading the tagline above. Cold souls in need of further convincing only need spend a few minutes with the free indie title to realize its genius. Everyone else is probably dead, or born without a sense of humor, which some might argue to be worse.

Octodad doesn't rely on shortsighted bursts of wit, wordplay or other pre-programmed gags to arouse laughter. Its humor is emergent -- the very act of wobbling the cephalo-protagonist between his patronly objectives simply is funny. Rather, it was funny.

Now that the game's collegiate developers have followed through with their plan to infuse the game with Kinect support, Octodad has reached a plane of comedy few other titles have even approached.

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Octodad: A free indie game about a loving father who is also a secret octopus

Griffin McElroy — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:41:00 EST

If we've learned anything from our bi-weekly viewings of Cheaper by the Dozen, it's that fatherhood is a pretty tough gig. There's so many tasks related to keeping your offspring alive, healthy and happy -- but imagine how much more difficult those tasks would be if you didn't have any bones. Or hands. Or if you had six-too-many legs. Or if you were covered in suction cups. Or if you tasted delicious when deep fried and covered in red wine and tomato sauce. Oh yes. Yes please.

Sorry, we lost our train of thought. The scenario described above is the basis of the latest onus from the DePaul Game Development program (the group behind last year's excellent indie gem Devil's Tuning Fork), a 3D adventure title called Octodad. The game's as free as it is bizarre and charming -- but if you're reserving your precious bandwidth until you can be sure of its capacity to win your heart, you can check out a trailer after the jump.

Just look at him waddle around, trying to mop. We love you, Octodad.

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