Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[The Joystiq Indie Pitch: They Breathe]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-they-breathe/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-they-breathe/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/21/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-they-breathe/#comments Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We at Joystiq believe no one deserves to starve, and many indie developers are entitled to a fridge full of tasty, fulfilling media coverage, right here. This week, we get a lesson in deep-water ecosystems form Magnus Nystrom of The Working Parts, with its dark, "sunken forest frog adventure" title for XBLIG and PC, They Breathe.


What's your game called and what's it about?

They Breathe is a game about discovery. It's a short indie game where you play as a frog who encounters strange creatures on the way toward the bottom of a flooded forest. In order to survive, you have to connect the dots and figure out how the forest's bizarre ecosystem works.

Do you think They Breathe has something completely different than any other game on XBLIG?

Well, we don't have avatars. It's not about zombies. Our world is not made of blocks. But other than that, we try to do what we believe that most other XBLIG developers also try to do, which is give our players a great experience.

At first glance, we hope that the box art will convey the game's darker mood and that players will be intrigued by the mysteries lurking in the depths.

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JoystiqThe Joystiq Indie Pitch: They Breathe originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ecosystemfrogjoystiq-indie-pitchMagnus-NystrommicrosoftpcThe-Working-PartsThey-BreathewaterxboxWed, 21 Mar 2012 23:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Desi Leaves Town]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-desi-leaves-town/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-desi-leaves-town/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/19/the-joystiq-indie-pitch-desi-leaves-town/#comments Indie developers are the starving artists of the video-game world, often brilliant and innovative, but also misunderstood, underfunded and more prone to writing free-form poetry on their LiveJournals. We at Joystiq believe no one deserves to starve, and many indie developers are entitled to a fridge full of tasty, fulfilling media coverage, right here. This week, Jakob Haglof of Pajamahouse gets literally literary with his iOS title Desi Leaves Town, which follows the life of an eccentric, rich frog in the 1880s. As you do.

What's your game called and what's it about?

Our game is called Desi Leaves Town and it stars an eccentric frog that gets himself into all sorts of situations in his attempts to stave off boredom.

Desi is an escapist who blames the world around him for his predicament but everything is pretty much his fault.

The game's story is told through cartoon segments, puzzles and action challenges. You do all sorts of things like assembling the perfect chair to knocking kids out with bread.

What inspired you to make Desi Leaves Town?

Desi Leaves Town came out of a conversation Nicholas Kratochvil -- the game's writer -- and I had at a bar. I had this idea for a mini game with a pompous frog that would berate you if you sat him in the wrong chair.

Nicholas said it reminded him of Against Nature's main character Jean Des Esseintes and maybe we could do an interactive adaptation of the novel instead of a mini game. And the next day we started working on it.

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JoystiqThe Joystiq Indie Pitch: Desi Leaves Town originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We can't help but feel sorry for the little guy, to be honest. There he is, thinkin' he's about the receive a delicious buggy treat, only to have his enthusiastic face smushed against the cold, unforgiving capacitive touchscreen of his owner's nondescript Android device. Don't get us wrong, we love watching animals play video games as much as the next guy, but we'd be lying if we said that thumb didn't get what was coming to it.

JoystiqMerry Christmas, here's a frog playing video games originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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