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Defunct (video game)

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Defunct
Logo for Defunct, video game from Freshly Squeezed.png
Developer(s)Freshly Squeezed
Publisher(s)Soedesco
Designer(s)Robert Graff
Jonatan Keil
Programmer(s)David Forssell
Petter Vernersson
Artist(s)Anders Hedström
Mikael Karlsson
Simon Öqvist
Composer(s)Joel Forssell
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Release
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Defunct is an indie adventure video game developed by the Swedish indie video game development studio Freshly Squeezed from Visby. Defunct received several nominations at the 2014 Swedish Game Awards[1] including Game of the Year, which it went on to win.[2] The game was also nominated for Best Student Project at the 2014 Unity Awards.[3]

In March 2015, it was announced that Freshly Squeezed had signed a publishing deal with the Dutch video game publisher SOEDESCO.[4] The release date was originally expected to be in Q3, 2015, for PC.[5] However, the release date was pushed back and released on Steam on January 29, 2016.[6]

In December 2017, the game was released for PS4 and Xbox One. In January 2018 it was added to the Windows Store. These ports were done by Soedesco Studios, the in-house porting studio of SOEDESCO.

On September 13, 2018, a port for the Nintendo Switch was released.[7] It is scheduled for release in Japan on May 14, 2020.[8]

Gameplay

The game is set on a post-human Earth, where the player plays as an old, broken racing robot. Players are barely able to move by themselves and are therefore required to use the environment for propulsion by utilizing the "Gravitize" ability to increase their gravitational pull. By turning this ability on when going downhill, the player will go faster; turning it off when going uphill will result in less of a decrease in speed.

There are speed boosts throughout the levels, either in the shape of little orbs which give the player a short burst of speed or as bottles or pools of "Enerjuice" which fill up a blue meter and can be used whenever the player chooses.

The player also has the ability to "Magnetize" which allows the player to stick to surfaces when going upside down or vertically.

Reception

On Metacritic, the Nintendo Switch version of Defunct received a score of 57 out of 100, based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9] PlayStation Country gave the game 4 out of 10 points.[10]

Awards

Year Event Award Result Notes
2014 Gotland Game Conference Best 2nd Year Game[11] Won
2014 Swedish Game Awards Best Execution in Art Nominated
2014 Swedish Game Awards Best Execution in Audio Nominated
2014 Swedish Game Awards Best Execution in Design Nominated
2014 Swedish Game Awards Best Technical Execution Nominated
2014 Swedish Game Awards Game of the Year Won
2014 Unity Awards Best Student Project Nominated Finalist

References

  1. ↑ "The nominees for the Swedish Game Awards 2014". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415173019/http://2014.gameawards.se/news/the-nominees-for-the-swedish-game-awards-2014/. Retrieved 9 April 2015. 
  2. ↑ "The winners of the Swedish Game Awards 2014". Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415173023/http://2014.gameawards.se/news/the-winners-of-the-swedish-game-awards-2014/. Retrieved 9 April 2015. 
  3. ↑ "2014 Unity Awards Winners". https://unity3d.com/awards/2014/winners. Retrieved 9 April 2015. 
  4. ↑ "SOEDESCO signs award winning game Defunct from independent studio Freshly Squeezed". Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509015738/http://www.soedesco.com/en/soedesco-signs-award-winning-game-defunct-from-independent-studio-freshly-squeezed/. Retrieved 9 April 2015. 
  5. ↑ "New Defunct screenshots dropped in from Orbit!". Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150509015711/http://www.soedesco.com/en/new-defunct-screenshots-dropped-in-from-orbit/. Retrieved 12 May 2015. 
  6. ↑ "Defunct on Steam". http://store.steampowered.com/app/359350. Retrieved 13 January 2015. 
  7. ↑ "Defunct for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details" (in en-US). https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/defunct-switch/. 
  8. ↑ "Defunct". https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000030388. Retrieved May 6, 2020. 
  9. ↑ "Defunct". https://www.metacritic.com/game/defunct/critic-reviews/?platform=nintendo-switch. 
  10. ↑ Grizz (2018-01-24). "Defunct - PS4 Review". http://www.playstationcountry.com/defunct-ps4-review/. 
  11. ↑ "Gotland Game Conference 2014". 9 June 2014. http://game.speldesign.uu.se/blog/gotland-game-conference-2014/. Retrieved 9 April 2015. 

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