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It was 8 years ago and the Indie game scene was not so saturated with games in this style and genre.


Even so, that was the era of Cuphead, the first Overcooked, and other local multiplayer games that had undeniable character about them. Even compared to marquee 2010 _flash games_, this game comes off as lackluster.

(Props to them for their effort and this writeup, of course.)


Juicy Beast was considered a top tier studio in the Flash ecosystem with many hits in that space, and Toto Temple was well-known and much anticipated at the time by the scene. Unfortunately the scene was dying; and the gameplay aesthetics that made for a successful Flash game did not translate well to the PC and console markets.

Cuphead and Overcooked wouldn't come until a couple years later, on the next generation of hardware. It's easy to blend these timelines together in 2023, but at the time these things were worlds apart and not influential over each other at all.


https://steamdb.info/stats/gameratings/2015/

Steam releases in 2015. Some 2200+ titles in total. Lot of them indie.

Notable pick at least Duck Game. For something completing in multiplayer games.


It was even more saturated 8 years ago, especially if you take Flash gaming into account that was still fresh in people's minds.


It had enough games that were not one gimmick to overshadow it anyway.




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