Soedesco
Defunct is an indie adventure video game developed by the Swedish indie video game development studio Freshly Squeezed from Visby. The game received several nominations at the 2014 Swedish Game Awards, including Game of the Year, which it went on to win. It was also nominated for Best Student Project at the 2014 Unity Awards.
Also recorded as SOEDESCO
Soedesco
- Founded
- 2001
- Headquarters
- Rotterdam
- Activity
- video game industry
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Defunct is an indie adventure video game developed by the Swedish indie video game development studio Freshly Squeezed from Visby. The game received several nominations at the 2014 Swedish Game Awards, including Game of the Year, which it went on to win. It was also nominated for Best Student Project at the 2014 Unity Awards.
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Overview
Overview
In March 2015, it was announced that Freshly Squeezed had signed a publishing deal with the Dutch video game publisher Soedesco. The release date was originally expected to be in Q3, 2015, for PC. However, it was pushed back, and the game was released on Steam on January 29, 2016. 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. It is scheduled for release in Japan on May 14, 2020.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Defunct • Developer — Freshly Squeezed • Publisher — Soedesco • Designer — Robert Graff Jonatan Keil • Programmer — David Forssell Petter Vernersson • Artist — Anders Hedström Mikael Karlsson Simon Öqvist • Composer — Joel Forssell • Engine — Unity • Platforms — Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • Genre — Adventure • Modes — Single-player
Gameplay
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.
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2001
Soedesco established.
2001
Soedesco is recorded from 2001.
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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". PlayStation Country gave the game 4 out of 10 points.
Awards
• Year — Event — Award — Result — Notes • | 2014 — Gotland Game Conference — Best 2nd Year Game • | 2014 — Swedish Game Awards — Best Execution in Art • | 2014 — Swedish Game Awards — Best Execution in Audio • | 2014 — Swedish Game Awards — Best Execution in Design • | 2014 — Swedish Game Awards — Best Technical Execution • | 2014 — Swedish Game Awards — Game of the Year • | 2014 — Unity Awards — Best Student Project — Finalist
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- 1.The nominees for the Swedish Game Awards 2014. Swedish Game Awards 2014.
- 2.The winners of the Swedish Game Awards 2014. Swedish Game Awards 2014.
- 3.2014 Unity Awards Winners. Unity - Game Engine.
- 4.SOEDESCO signs award winning game Defunct from independent studio Freshly Squeezed. SOEDESCO.
- 5.New Defunct screenshots dropped in from Orbit!. SOEDESCO.
- 6.Defunct on Steam. Steam.
- 7.Defunct for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details. www.nintendo.com.
- 8.Defunct. Nintendo Japan.
- 9.Defunct. Metacritic.
- 10.Grizz. Defunct - PS4 Review. PlayStation Country. 2018-01-24.
- 11.Gotland Game Conference 2014. GAME - The department of Game Design at Uppsala University, Campus Gotland. 9 June 2014.
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