Un pas fragile

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Un pas fragile
Developer(s) Un pas fragile Team
Publisher(s) Opal Games
Designer(s) Géraud de Courrèges
Platform(s) Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows
Release24 June 2019
Mode(s) Single-player

Un pas fragile (A delicate step in French. [1] ) is an adventure game developed by Un pas fragile Team and published by French company Opal Games for Android, iOS and Microsoft Windows in 2019. [2]

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Plot

Camille is a frog who dreams of becoming a ballet dancer. [3]

Gameplay

Un pas fragile features slices of the life of Camille. The player has to interact with each scene to progress in the game. [4] The game does not use text. [3]

Development

The development of the game began as a student project in ENJMIN school in Angoulême, France. [5] The game was submitted to Independent Games Festival at the end of the school year and then reworked until its release in 2019. [5] [6]

Reception

Prior to its release, Un pas fragile won Best Student Game during Independent Games Festival 2017 and an honorable mention in Excellence in Visual Art. [6]

In 2020, the game was reviewed by French website Gamekult compared the game to a "candy box that should be shared so everyone can taste its subtle and fizzy taste". [7] French magazine JV - Culture jeu vidéo also wrote the game "has a true sensitivity and a touching restraint". [8] Jeuxvideo.com called it "excellent and very cute". [9]

The game obtained the Pégase Award for Best First Game [10] and was nominated for Best Character alongside A Plague Tale: Innocence and Life Is Strange 2 . [11] The game was also nominated at Ping Awards for Best Indie Game. [12]

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  2. ↑ "Un pas fragile". TouchArcade . Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  3. 1 2 pset (2019-06-26). "Un Pas Fragile : la quête d'une grenouille qui rêve de danse". 3DVF (in French).
  4. ↑ Joel Couture (2017-02-16). "Road to the IGF: Student project Un Pas Fragile". Gamasutra .
  5. 1 2 Anne Kerjean (2019-07-19). "Doc Géraud à pas de géant". Charente libre (in French).
  6. 1 2 "2017: Independent Games Festival Winners". Independent Games Festival website. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  7. ↑ Amaebi (2019-08-03). ""Juste un doigt" aux couleurs de l'été 2019 : notre sélection de jeux mobiles pour le mois d'août". Gamekult (in French).
  8. ↑ "Test - Un pas fragile". JV - Culture jeu vidéo (in French). Vol. 65. 2019-07-01.
  9. ↑ Damien-Scaletta (2019-10-03). "Le Journal : CoD : Warzone, Pégases 2020, Reggie Fils-Aimé ... les news du jour". Jeuxvideo.com (in French).
  10. ↑ Corentin Lamy (2020-03-11). "Jeu vidéo : " A Plague Tale : Innocence " triomphe aux Pégases". Le Monde (in French).
  11. ↑ Adeline Louvigny (2020-02-10). "Pégases 2020 du jeu vidéo: "A Plague Tale: innocence" et "Life is Strange 2" en tête des nominations". RTBF (in French).
  12. ↑ Tiraxa (2020-03-05). "Ping Awards 2020 : la liste des nommés". Jeuxvideo.com (in French).
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