Great meat boy
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| Studio |
 Team Meat |
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Microsoft Studios (Xbox 360) Team Meat (Download) Lace Mamba (PC) HeadUp Games (PC) Merge Games (PC) 
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| Senior Developer |
Edmund McMillen (Designer) Tommy Refenes (Programmer) |
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| composer | Danny Baranowsky | ||
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
Xbox Live Arcade : October 20, 2010 Windows : November 30, 2010 (Steam) December 2, 2010 (Direct2Drive) April 28, 2011 (Store version) Mac OS X: November 18, 2011 Linux: November 13, 2011 PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita : October 6, 2015 Switch : January 11, 2018 (Nintendo E-Shop) |
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| platform | Xbox 360 ( Xbox Live ), Windows , Linux , macOS , Wii U ( Nintendo eShop ), PlayStation 4 , PlayStation Vita , Nintendo Switch | ||
| Game engine | Communism engine | ||
| genre | Jump 'n' run , game of skill | ||
| control | Gamepad , keyboard | ||
| system advantages preconditions |
Windows XP or newer, 1.2 GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, graphics card with Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0c, 300 MB storage space | ||
| medium | Download , DVD-ROM | ||
| language | German | ||
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Super Meat Boy is one of Team Meat developed platformers Run - Computer game . It is the successor to the Flash game Meat Boy , which was originally developed by Edmund McMillen for the Newgrounds website .
action
The game character Meat Boy (English literally for "meat boy") is described as a boy without skin and represented as a small, red cube with a mostly friendly face and short arms and legs. He loves Bandage Girl (literally " Bandages girls") who resembles him, but something smaller and pink. As an opponent, Dr. Fetus presented, a fetus in a glass that is in a black suit. He beats up Meat Boy for no particular reason, which makes his face look damaged in the game, and kidnaps Bandage Girl. The player's task is to find Dr. Chasing Fetus and Liberating Bandage Girl.
Gameplay
The platform game shows a two-dimensional game world from the side, through which the character moves running and jumping. When it comes into contact with traps such as circular saws , the character dies instantly, no hit points or a damage model exist. The loss for the player is minimal, however, as the levels are extremely short - with a little practice, often only 10 seconds are needed to solve the problem - and if the game figure is lost, start from the beginning with practically no time delay. The number of attempts is only counted globally, but not per level. Savegames do not exist either; instead, the progress is automatically saved in the user profile .
The main game is divided into six sections with five times 20 and once five levels . In each section you have to solve at least 17 levels and defeat a boss in order to unlock the following section. The so-called "dark world", in which each level can be played in a more difficult version, offers additional challenges, as well as underbidding a time set by the developers for each level. It is also possible to compare the times with other players online. Numerous other levels are hidden in so-called "warp zones", in which the game is presented in a retro design, for example as a Game Boy or game console game. In total, the game should contain over 350 levels.
How the characters play
The control of the character remains limited to the arrow keys, a jump key and another key for running, but the game can also be controlled with a controller for the PC, which works much better than with the keyboard control due to the analog sticks and the better handling. Meat Boy sticks to walls, glides slowly down them and can repel itself. Even in the air, it can - physically incorrect but typical for the genre - make quick changes of direction. Additional characters, which are usually borrowed from other independent games and can be unlocked during the course of the game, have different properties, such as the ability to float. The available characters differ depending on the version; For example, the version distributed via Steam exclusively contains a head crab from the Half-Life universe as a playable character.
On December 1, 2010, the PETA released a parody that copied the original Flash game, but replaced the character with "Tofu Boy" and declared Meat Boy the villain. Edmund McMillen was honored and added “Tofu Boy” as a playable character in Super Meat Boy , who is so slow and weak there that he can hardly solve a level.
development
Super Meat Boy was developed by the US team Team Meat, consisting of game designer Edmund McMillen and programmer Tommy Refenes. The music, which is also available as a soundtrack , comes from Danny Baranowsky, the sound effects from Jordan Fehr. McMillen was previously a lead author on games like Gish and Aether, and created early designs for Braid .
In the remake of the game for the Nintendo Switch, a new race mode has been added, in which players have to compete against each other in a race. The race mode was previously an idea of the developers and has now been implemented. The mode is also sent to the PC via update.
Publications
Super Meat Boy was released on Xbox Live Arcade on October 20, 2010 and for Windows on November 30, 2010. Versions for Mac and Linux were released as part of the fourth Humble Indie Bundle 2011, ported by Ryan C. Gordon . Plans to release the game for Wii have been abandoned because the game has exceeded the Wii's 50MB download size. After several suggestions, Team Meat officially announced an iOS version of Super Meat Boy on March 31, 2012, which will be specially designed for control with a touchscreen. A version for Nintendo Switch with exclusive additional content was also announced in the official newsletter, which was released as a download version in January 2018, and a retail version is also planned. According to the developers, the rush for the title at the time of publication was as large as when it was launched on the Xbox 360 in 2010.
Reviews
The game received high praise from critics. Both the Xbox 360 and the PC version achieved a Metascore of 90% on Metacritic . Critics praise generally precise control and the retro - atmosphere .
Super Meat Boy was named the Most Challenging Game of 2010 by IGN Entertainment and was nominated in other categories, including Best Soundtrack and Best Retro Design .
Sequels
In August 2014, Team Meat announced an offshoot called Super Meat Boy Forever especially for mobile devices with iOS , Android and Windows . In August 2017, Edmund McMillen again announced that a full-fledged successor should appear on all platforms in 2018. Super Meat Boy Forever will be released in April 2019 for Windows, PlayStation 4 , Xbox One and Nintendo Switch . The PC version will be published exclusively in the Epic Games Store , on Steam it will not be available until April 2020. Versions for Linux and macOS should follow soon. The publication for mobile operating systems remains undated.
literature
- Konrad Lischka : A raw steak fights for love . January 4, 2011.
- Matt Morgan: Super Meat Boy is Your Ticket to Classic 8-Bit Gaming (English). January 7, 2011.
- Jordan Fehr: The Man Behind Super Meat Boy's Squishy Sound (English). January 14, 2011.
- Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes: Postmortem: Team Meat's Super Meat Boy (English). April 14, 2011.
Web links
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- ↑ http://marketplace.xbox.com/de-DE/Product/Super-Meat-Boy/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a5a
- ↑ Edmund McMillen: Super Meat Boy vs Peta! ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . December 1, 2010.
- ↑ Super Meat Boy - Download Size Details + Race Mode. Retrieved January 15, 2018 (German).
- ↑ IGN EN - Super Meat Boy: Official iOS announcement ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012
- ↑ Super Meat Boy Newsletter. Retrieved December 1, 2017 .
- ↑ The Nintendo Switch version of Super Meat Boy is planned for December - it will contain something exclusive - ntower . In: ntower . ( ntower.de [accessed December 1, 2017]).
- ↑ Super Meat Boy: Sales figures "shockingly close" to those of the Xbox 360, PC update brings new mode into play . In: playm.de . January 14, 2018 ( playm.de [accessed January 15, 2018]).
- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/super-meat-boy
- ↑ IGN Entertainment : Most Challenging Game of 2010 ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Super Meat Boy Forever is back in development on pcgamer.com (accessed March 11, 2019)
- ↑ Super Meat Boy Forever release window set, will be Epic Store exclusive for a year on pcgamer.com (accessed March 11, 2019)
