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Shadow Puppeteer trashbin Boy and Shadow

Gameplay elements: «Darlings» that have come and gone – Part 1

We have come a long way.

Shadow Puppeteer is an asymmetric co-op game where you play as a boy and his shadow.
The boy exists in the physical 3D world where he can run, jump, climb ladders and interact
with selected objects (marked by a cogwheel). The Shadow exists in the worlds 2D space,
where he is controlled in two axes. For him every shadow is physical. He can run, jump and
interact with the shadow of the same objects as the Boy. For the shadow, though, gravity is
ever changing depending on the light source he is in.

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Shadow Puppeteer controlls illustration single player

The Development of the Single Player controls

When the concept for “Shadow Puppeteer” was developed in the spring of 2010, we were already planning to have both co-op and single player. Because of great feedback from other developers, warning us not to spread the concept too thin, we decided to focus mainly on the co-op experience. Since Shadow Puppeteer was intended as a co-op game, that should be our main priority and we should make sure, first and foremost, to make that a great experience.

As we attended gaming conferences like Gamescom, NGC and GDC, showing off the game, people kept asking: «So, the game will have a single player mode too, right?».

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Favourite Game: Star Wars : Republic Commando

Favourite Game: Star Wars : Republic Commando

This week we continue our series of posts where each member of the team write about one of their favourite games. Today’s post is by Øyvind.

The game I chose to write about is Star Wars : Republic Commando, one of my favorite games which I’ve probably replayed the most. It is centered around Delta Squad, one of the clone commando groups bred from DNA of Jango Fett , the famous bounty hunter.

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Lilla Torg Malmø Malmö

Nordic Game Conference 2014

Hi everyone,
Today’s post is by Marianne, who attended the Nordic Game Conference last week.

Many people who know geography are aware that Norway is part of the Nordic region. They often also know that Sweden is too. So when a conference is titled Nordic Game Conference it seems only natural for Norwegians to go to Sweden to attend it. More precisely, to the city of Malmö (variations of the name included Malmø, Malmo and Malmoe).

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