Guts and Glory
Guts and Glory is a 3D simulation video game in which players, choosing from a variety of vehicles, navigate a race course while dodging with lethal traps and hazards like buzzsaws, spikes, and land mines. The game was created and developed solely by Jed Steen of HakJak Productions and released by independent publisher tinyBuild. Glory debuted on Steam in 2017 following a successful 2016 Kickstarter campaign, becoming a "cult favorite," according to one review website.
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Guts and Glory
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Guts and Glory is a 3D simulation video game in which players, choosing from a variety of vehicles, navigate a race course while dodging with lethal traps and hazards like buzzsaws, spikes, and land mines. The game was created and developed solely by Jed Steen of HakJak Productions and released by independent publisher tinyBuild. Glory debuted on Steam in 2017 following a successful 2016 Kickstarter campaign, becoming a "cult favorite," according to one review website.
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It ranked as the most popular game on IndieDB during 2016 and Steen claims that it sold more than 100,000 copies on Steam Early Access. The version 1.0 release on Steam came on July 19, 2018. Part of a trend in video games in which gore is "played off for comedic effect," wrote one reviewer. Another review notes that "severed limbs spray gallons of unlimited blood" with "real time dismemberment", although the blood is said to be "cartoonish enough that any passing minors won't be scarred for life". The game's characters and ragdoll physics have drawn comparisons to Happy Wheels. The game is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PCs, Macs, and Linux. The console versions have been criticized for a lack of community-designed levels and a map editor for users. Based on their partnership, Steen joined tinyBuild to open a studio in Boise, Idaho in 2020.
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• Title — Guts and Glory • Developer — HakJak Productions • Publisher — tinyBuild • Engine — Unity • Platforms — Linux macOS Microsoft Windows Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One • Released — July 19, 2018 • Genre — Simulation • Modes — Single-player
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Guts and Glory received mixed reviews. On Metacritic, the Xbox One version of the game holds a score of 59/100 based on 6 reviews.
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- 1.Joel Couture. Guts And Glory – A Father/Son Bike Ride Filled With Mayhem. March 1, 2017.
- 2.ComicBook Staff. Guts and Glory Nintendo Switch Review: There's Nothing Funny About Defeat. ComicBook.com. July 25, 2008.
- 3.Spiel Times. Guts and Glory – The 3D Happy Wheels: Hands-on Impressions. October 22, 2016.
- 4.Jedediah Steen. How to do the Impossible: The Guts and Glory Success Story. Gamasutra. April 1, 2018.
- 5.SteamCommunity.com. GUTS AND GLORY v1.0 IS HERE!!!. July 19, 2018.
- 6.Will Worrall. Guts and Glory Review. Gaming Respawn. August 3, 2018.
- 7.Sam Desatoff. TinyBuild says traditional indie publishing unsustainable, opens new studio with HakJak. GameDaily.biz. March 4, 2020.
- 8.Guts and Glory Reviews. Metacritic.
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