By Nathan Grayson on March 21st, 2013 at 4:00 pm.
The Swapper sounds like a name for either a bang-up cleaning product or a not-very-clean banging product, but I assure you it is (thankfully) neither of those. Instead, it’s an extremely intriguing platforming adventure in which you can clone yourself at will and hop between said soulless vessels to give some mean old brain-teasers what-for. Also, as John pointed out, Penumbra’s Tom Jubert is on writing duties, promising a tale about the nature of our being and whether leaping between countless clones somehow perverts that. It sounds well worth getting into an excitement tizzy over, in other words. One made up of equal parts frothy flailing and existential befuddlement, as all the greatest tizzies are. And the best part? Swapper’s coming to Steam. Fairly soon, in fact.
After initially catching our collective eye waaaaaaaaaaay back in the lonesome, comparatively cloneless year of 2010, The Swapper’s finally set for a spring 2013 release date. It’s got Indie Fund backing now, too, so it’s evolved into quite the robust, quietly atmospheric explorer.
Also worth noting: in spite of looks that seem to come right out of Vogue: Dead Space Edition, everything in Swapper is actually handmade. And while its tempting (not to mention plausible) to believe that Facepalm built entire, fully functioning space stations for the sole purpose of use in a videogame, the reality’s actually much more down-to-earth.
“The Swapper is an atmospheric 2D puzzle platformer, constructed using clay models and other everyday materials for a uniquely detailed look and feel. The game takes place on an abandoned space station and tackles the implications of the ‘Swapper’ – a device that can clone the user and transfer consciousness between different bodies.”
Its many multi-megabyte info-clones will be tip-toeing toward our hard drives quite soon. Do you plan on welcoming them aboard?
21/03/2013 at 16:21 Gnoupi says:
Dear developers.
I do not want to spend 40 seconds out of 50 seconds of your trailer staring at names, rewards, or glowing reviews on an atmospheric background.
I want to see what the game actually plays like. If all you can show are a few seconds of the actual game, someone is clearly doing his job wrong.
21/03/2013 at 16:57 mikmanner says:
I think the trailer is nice, it captures the vibe of what they want you to think the game is, slow and moody.
21/03/2013 at 21:20 Ninja Foodstuff says:
On the plus side you’ve saved me the bother of watching it
21/03/2013 at 19:10 guygodbois00 says:
“Has the unbearable amount of Quotations in the trailer” – Edge (not really Edge).
21/03/2013 at 21:18 Tayh says:
I will never understand why adding DRM to a game makes so many people wet their pants in anticipation.
22/03/2013 at 01:16 brotherthree says:
“The Swapper sounds like a name for either a bang-up cleaning product or a not-very-clean banging product”
That is single handedly the best line I have ever read on this website.
Congratulations.