Owlboy!

[manny_c44]

Anybody playing this? After two hours I'll say this: it feels great to control and is just so so polished. An indie game that just kept polishing itself for a decade! Lovely illustration and animation. It has really sucked me in so far.

 

Gameplay and story so far are pretty basic though, I'm not sure what to expect on this front.

[Vainamoinen]

No responses? Really? I knew it was too good to be true that someone wanted to talk about a not Steam exclusive, non-console game.

 

Well, I'm pretty far in the game, and after a phase of absolute delight that lasted the first six hours or so, the game now seems to be a series of annoying and next to impossible boss fights, which is really not what I've bought it for.

 

Nonetheless, the graphics are fantastic, I love the characters, the music is infinitely well done and there's not just a lot of it, there are even some interactive music elements too. The story is more or less Mass Effect put in a mixer, which is cute, but really not what the game is about that much.

[marginalgloss]

I'd really like to play this but it seems to be Windows-only at the moment.  I'm hoping it'll come to Mac or Playstation at some point. I have no idea what it's about but the art looks unspeakably gorgeous.

 

Also, in a weird twist, the official twitter account of noted beef-monger Arby's was very excited about the game.

[osmosisch]

Platformer = negative interest

[Twig]

Cool.

 

I think it's unlikely it'll come to Mac, as IIRC it is made in XNA (?!!!). It's unfortunate, but hilariously apt, considering the time it began its development.

[thenexus6]

Don't really know much about this game, going to check out that new Double Fine stream I think.

[pabosher]

This is part of the latest Humble Indie bundle: is it worth picking up, friends?

[dartmonkey]

It's coming to Switch too. Think I'll wait for that version.