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| Fez | |
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| File:Fez cover.png Fez cover art by Bryan Lee O'Malley. | |
| Developer(s) | Polytron |
| Publisher(s) | Polytron |
| Designer(s) | Phil Fish (Idea Guy) Renaud Bédard (lead programmer) Rich Vreeland (composer) Brandon McCartin (sound designer) |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) Microsoft Windows |
| Release | XBoX 360 April 13, 2012[1] Microsoft Windows TBA[2] |
| Genre(s) | Platforming |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Fez is a platform game developed by independent software developers Polytron. The game was initially announced by its creator, Phil Fish, on TIGSource.com on July 17, 2007.[3] It was later announced that the game would come to Xbox Live Arcade in early 2010, but it was pushed back.[4] The game was released on April 13, 2012 for Xbox Live Arcade.[1] More platforms are being considered.[5]
Gameplay
Fez features 2D/3D perspective shifts in a manner similar to Super Paper Mario and Crush. The use of Escher-like optical illusions also predominates gameplay in a manner similar to Echochrome. Gameplay is similar to that of Neutronized's Sky Island, a Flash game inspired by Fez, released in 2011.[6]
Reception
Fez won the "Excellence in Visual Art" award at the Independent Games Festival in 2008. The game was also nominated for the "Design Innovation" award.[7]
Fez appeared at PAX Prime 2011 as one of the PAX 10.[8]
Fez won "Best In Show" at IndieCade in 2011.
A demo of Fez was shown on 31 January, 2012 at the International Game Developers Association Montréal DemoNight.[9]
Fez won the Grand Prize at IGF 2012.
Fez has also received many high review scores including IGN giving the game 9.5/10 and many other websites giving perfect scores. [10]
In other media
Fez is one of the games featured in Indie Game: The Movie.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b "FEZ FRIDAY THE 13TH". Polytron Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "Fez - PC - IGN". IGN. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ^ fish, Phil (2 July 2009). "FEZ IS COMING TO XBOX LIVE ARCADE EARLY 2010". Polytron Corporation. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ fish, Phil (2 July 2009). "FEZ". Polytron Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ Fish, Phil (5 July 2009). "WILL THERE BE A PC / MAC / WII / PSN / LINUX / JAGUAR VERSION?". Polytron Corporation. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Sky Island (Neutronized)". TIGSource. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "The 12th Annual Independent Games Festival - 2008 Finalists & Winners". Independent Games Festival. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "The PAX 10". PAX. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "January 31 - DemoNight!". International Game Developers Association. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "IGN Review". Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ "Indie Game: The Movie".
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