Monument Valley (computer game)

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Monument Valley
Studio Ustwo
Publisher Ustwo
Senior Developer Neil McFarland
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 iOS: April 3, 2014
Android: May 14, 2014
Windows Phone: April 30, 2015
platform Android , iOS , Windows Phone
genre Adventure , puzzle game
Subject Fantasy
Game mode Single player
control Touch screen
medium test
language German English

Monument Valley (German: Valley of Monuments ) is an adventure and puzzle game that was developed by the British development studio Ustwo for iOS , Android and Windows 10 Mobile and published in 2014.

action

The player controls the player character Princess Ida through the valley of the monuments. She stole the "Sacred Geometry" and must bring it back to find forgiveness.

Game principle and technology

The player steers Ida with touch gestures from an isometric perspective through ten levels with labyrinths of optical illusions and impossible figures , which have to be explored and changed by the character in order to reach the respective exit.

Production notes

The game was initially developed by Ustwo as a native app for iPhone , iPod touch and iPad , and ported to Android the following month . The game was designed by game designer Ken Wong, whose visual design is similar to graphics by MC Escher and is inspired by games like Fez .

reception

The game design was compared with graphics by MC Escher and praised in numerous reviews. In 2014 the game won the Apple Design Award , topped the app store charts and, according to the producer, sold over a million copies for iOS alone. The reviews of the game were mostly positive. On Metacritic , an average rating of 89 was determined from 37 aggregated reviews. Numerous reviews praise the successful artwork, which also convinces in detail, as well as the sound design. Spiegel Online describes Monument Valley as a wonderful game. Simple and effective in the graphics, minimal and hypnotic in the music. The low level of difficulty, the rather short playing time of two to three hours and the price are viewed critically.

The game is featured in House of Cards in Season 3 episode 31 . This is not intended to be a paid product placement .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Redbaragon.com: Mobile Apps That Apple Recognized As The Best Apps For iOS At WWDC ( Memento from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Indiegames.com Trailer: ustwo's Monument Valley
  3. ↑ a b c http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/monument-valley (accessed on August 31, 2014)
  4. ↑ a b c d Spiegel Online (Carsten Görig) iOS game "Monument Valley": Every level a small work of art , April 11, 2014 (accessed on August 31, 2014)
  5. ↑ a b c d Sueddeutsche.de (Hakan Tanriverdi) Impossible Beautiful Worlds , April 15, 2014 (accessed July 31, 2014)
  6. ↑ https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/2014/Monument-Valley (accessed August 31, 2014)
  7. ↑ 4Players (Benjamin Schmädig) Monument Valley: 1 million sold, new levels announced , July 22, 2014 (accessed August 31, 2014)
  8. ↑ eurogamer.de
  9. ↑ Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor takes Game of the Year at GDC Awards 2015
  10. ↑ BAFTA Games Awards 2015 Winners Revealed , March 12, 2015 (accessed September 28, 2019)
  11. ↑ Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 18th Annual DICE Awards Finalists , January 14, 2015 (accessed September 28, 2019)