Seasons After Fall

Last updated
Seasons After Fall
Seasons After Fall cover.jpeg
Developer(s) Swing Swing Submarine
Publisher(s) Focus Home Interactive
Composer(s) Yann van der Cruyssen ("Morusque")
Engine Unity
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows
  • September 2, 2016
  • Xbox One, PS4
  • May 16, 2017
Genre(s) Puzzle-platform

Seasons After Fall is a puzzle-platform game developed by Swing Swing Submarine and published by Focus Home Interactive.

Contents

Gameplay

The gameplay is a mixture of platforming and puzzle solving. Gradually the player unlocks the ability to change seasons at their will, manipulating the environment to allow the player to progress. For example, switching to winter will cause lakes to freeze, so they can be walked over, and then switching to fall will cause strong winds in certain areas, which lift up some platforms. Flying jellyfish can be used as a mode of transportation. Certain plants will allow the fox to jump higher. [1] The game will not contain a steep difficulty curve in an attempt to feel generous to players. [2] The player cannot actually die or lose – there are no "enemies" to speak of, but rather the game's main obstacles come in the form of figuring out what to do and where to go next.

Plot

The game follows a Red fox as it traverses a mysterious forest in an effort to rescue the lost spirits of the four seasons. [3]

Development

Seasons After Fall was showcased at the 2015 Game Developers Conference. [1] It was released on Windows and consoles in 2016. [3] A trailer was shown at Gamescom 2014. [4]

Music

The soundtrack to Seasons After Fall was composed by Yann van der Cruyssen ("Morusque") and released by G4F Records on September 2, 2016. [5]

Reception

On PC, it has a score of 75 on both Metacritic and GameRankings. [10] It has somewhat lower scores on PlayStation 4.

Related Research Articles

<i>Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events</i> (video game) 2004 video game

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 2004 action-adventure game based on the 2004 film of the same name. Players take the roles of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, solving puzzles, fighting villains and finding objects. Players encounter characters such as Mr. Poe, Uncle Monty, and Aunt Josephine, along with villains such as Count Olaf, the Hook-Handed Man, the White-Faced Women, and the Bald Man with the Long Nose.

<i>Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords</i> 2007 video game

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a puzzle video game designed by Steve Fawkner for Australian game developer Infinite Interactive and published by D3 Publisher in 2007. The game combines role-playing with tile-matching elements. Taking place in a high fantasy setting, the player moves his or her character around the game's world and encounters monsters and other enemies to fight so as to gain experience and acquire treasure as in a typical role-playing game. Combat takes place on a board similar to Bejeweled, and by making matches of colored gems, the combatants can cause damage to their opponents, cast spells, or perform other abilities that affect the flow of the game.

<i>Puzzle Quest: Galactrix</i> 2009 video game

Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, or Galactrix, is a puzzle video game developed by Infinite Interactive for the PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade, and PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network service.

<i>Closure</i> (video game) 2012 video game

Closure is a puzzle-platform game developed by American programmer Tyler Glaiel and artist Jon Schubbe with music and sound by Chris Rhyne. Originally available as a Flash game on the website Newgrounds, a full version of the game was later released for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, and PlayStation Network in Spring 2012. A Linux port was included in the Humble Indie Bundle 7 in 2012.

<i>Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars</i> 2011 video game

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts in March 2011 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows and a launch title for the Nintendo 3DS. The game features missions and characters from the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars and its follow-up television series, as well as fan-favorites from the original Star Wars saga, in both single-player and multiplayer gameplay modes. The Mac OS X version of the game was released by Feral Interactive.

<i>The Walking Dead: Season Two</i> 2013 episodic adventure video game

The Walking Dead: Season Two is an episodic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games based on the comic book series of the same name. It is the sequel to The Walking Dead, with the episodes released between December 2013 and August 2014. There was a retail collector's disc edition released after the conclusion of the season. The game employs the same narrative structure as the first season, where player choice in one episode will have a permanent impact on future story elements. The player choices recorded in save files from the first season and the additional episode 400 Days carry over into the second season. Clementine, who was the player's main companion during the first season, is the playable character in Season Two.

<i>Oddworld: New n Tasty!</i> 2014 video game

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! is a 2014 cinematic platform video game developed by Just Add Water and published by Oddworld Inhabitants as a "ground-up remake" of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. The game was released in North America on 22 July 2014 and in Europe on 23 July 2014 for the PlayStation 4. The title was also released for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Wii U. It has been ported on iOS and Android and released worldwide on 14 December 2017. A Nintendo Switch version was released on 27 October 2020.

The Swapper is a puzzle-platform game for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux from Facepalm Games, an independent developer in Helsinki, Finland. Curve Studios later ported the game to PlayStation and Nintendo platforms in 2014. A science fiction-themed title, the player controls a female scavenger stranded aboard an abandoned research station, and discovers a strange device that allows her to create clones of herself and switch her consciousness between these clones. The player uses this ability to solve various puzzles and learn about the fate of the station's researchers. The Swapper was released on May 30, 2013 to critical acclaim, with reviewers praising the game's visual style and atmosphere, the quality of the puzzles, and the game's ability to innovate on already well-established game mechanics.

<i>Farming Simulator</i> Series of farming simulation video games

Farming Simulator is a farming simulation video game series developed by GIANTS Software. The locations are based on American and European environments. Players are able to farm, breed livestock, grow crops, and sell assets created from farming.

<i>Rime</i> (video game) 2017 video game

Rime is an adventure puzzle video game developed by Tequila Works. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2017, for Nintendo Switch in November 2017, and for Amazon Luna in October 2020. The game follows a boy arriving at and searching a mysterious island with a fox-like spirit as a guide. The player guides the boy in solving environmental puzzles across five large levels.

<i>Minecraft: Story Mode</i> 2015 video game

Minecraft: Story Mode is an episodic point-and-click video game developed and published by Telltale Games, based on Mojang Studios' sandbox video game Minecraft. The first five episodes were released between October 2015 through March 2016 and an additional three episodes were released as downloadable content (DLC) in mid-2016. A second season consisting of five episodes was released in 2017.

<i>Donut County</i> 2018 video game

Donut County is a puzzle video game developed by American designer Ben Esposito and published by Annapurna Interactive in 2018. The player moves a hole to swallow objects, which makes the hole increase in size. The concept originated in a game jam based on pitches from a Twitter account parody of game designer Peter Molyneux, and later added a mechanic similar to that of Katamari Damacy. Other inspirations for the game included Hopi figurines—a theme Esposito later relinquished—and locations from Bruce Springsteen songs. Donut County was released in August 2018 for iOS, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows platforms while versions for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch were released in December 2018. It also released for Android in December 2020.

<i>Jotun</i> (video game) 2015 video game

Jøtun is an action-adventure video game developed by Canadian studio Thunder Lotus Games. It was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux on September 29, 2015. The Wii U version was released on September 8, 2016, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were released on September 9, 2016. The Nintendo Switch version was released on April 27, 2018. The Stadia version was released on May 26, 2020.

<i>Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power</i> 2015 video game

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a 2015 action-adventure puzzle-platform video game developed by Frozenbyte, released on August 20, 2015 for Microsoft Windows. It was made available on Linux, OS X and Playstation 4 later in 2015. It is the sequel to Trine 2 and features a return of the series' three protagonists and medieval fantasy location. The game is the first in the series to feature fully 3D gameplay. A port to the Nintendo Switch was released in 2019.

<i>Tricky Towers</i> 2016 video game

Tricky Towers is a physics based tower building game puzzle video game that uses a form of the block-stacking problem as the central game mechanic. It was released on digital distribution service Steam for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and for the PlayStation Plus service in August 2016, before being released on PlayStation 4 a month later. It was released on Xbox One on September 18, 2017, and on the Nintendo Switch on October 11, 2018.

<i>Black the Fall</i> 2017 video game

Black the Fall is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Sand Sailor Studio and published by Square Enix for Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The player controls a machinist in a dystopic world inspired by the Romanian Revolution, solving environmental puzzles and avoiding death.

<i>Hue</i> (video game) 2016 adventure puzzle video game

Hue is a 2016 puzzle-platform game designed by Henry Hoffman and Dan Da Rocha, developed by Fiddlesticks, and published by Curve Digital. The game was released on August 30, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and later released on November 29, 2016 for PlayStation Vita. It was released for Nintendo Switch on June 6, 2019. There were further releases for iOS on January 25, 2020 and Android on April 22, 2020.

<i>Lumo</i> (video game) 2016 puzzle video game

Lumo is a 3D isometric puzzle platform game developed by Triple Eh? Ltd. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows and Xbox One in 2016 and for the Nintendo Switch in 2017.

<i>Human: Fall Flat</i> 2016 video game

Human: Fall Flat is a puzzle-platform game developed by Tomas Sakalauskas, founder of the Lithuanian studio No Brakes Games, and published by Curve Digital. It was initially released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in July 2016, and received ports for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, and iOS and Android over the next several years.

<i>Forgotton Anne</i> 2018 video game

Forgotton Anne is an adventure-platform game developed by ThroughLine Games and published by Square Enix Collective. The game uses a hand-drawn anime aesthetic style and an orchestral score performed by the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra and was released on May 15, 2018 on Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The game was released for macOS on June 21, 2018, Nintendo Switch on November 9, 2018, iOS on June 26, 2019, and Android on December 18, 2019.

References

  1. 1 2 Turi, Tim (March 6, 2015). "The Very Best Indie Games Of GDC 2015". Game Informer . Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  2. Morrow, Rob (January 15, 2015). "Seasons after Fall is fiendishly cute, coming in 2016". Destructoid . Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Seasons After Fall" . Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  4. "Seasons After Fall: Debut Trailer". GameTrailers . Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  5. "Seasons after Fall, by Yann van der Cruyssen".
  6. GameRankings staff. "Seasons After Fall for PC". GameRankings . Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  7. GameRankings staff. "Seasons After Fall for PlayStation 4". GameRankings . Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  8. Metacritic staff. "Seasons After Fall for PC Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  9. "Seasons After Fall for PlayStation 4". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  10. "Seasons After Fall Metacritic listing" (https://www.metacritic.com/game/seasons-after-fall/critic-reviews/?platform=pc). Metacritic. Accessed 3rd October 2017.